profit from every ₹100 of sales.
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PCBL Chemical
₹282.75-0.93% today
-10.6% in 1 year
1-year low ₹232.301-year high ₹365.85
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay ₹56.22 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What PCBL Chemical sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹57.5 billion in 2023 to ₹81.9 billion in 2026, with ₹1.98 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
PCBL Chemical handed back 27% of the cash it generated last year.
₹2.3B
Free cash flow 2026₹8.5B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends₹2.3B
Cash vs. debt₹2.3B vs. ₹49.9B
PCBL Chemical vs. similar companies
PCBL Chemical grows the fastest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCBL Chemical | 56.2× · Expensive | ||
 Linde | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.1× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.8× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 32.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads PCBL Chemical's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57,518 | 63,871 | 84,043 | 81,893 | |
| 12,715 | 17,597 | 25,947 | 24,704 | |
| 5,851 | 7,753 | 9,911 | 6,702 | |
| 7,717 | 10,710 | 13,837 | 10,565 | |
| 4,418 | 4,909 | 4,346 | 1,979 | |
| 11.70 | 13.00 | 11.48 | 5.13 | |
| 22.1% | 27.6% | 30.9% | 30.2% | |
| 10.2% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 8.2% | |
| 7.7% | 7.7% | 5.2% | 2.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 54,328 | 112,954 | 117,219 | 112,945 |
| Cash | 402 | 3,123 | 3,185 | 2,295 |
| Total debt | 10,294 | 49,831 | 55,713 | 49,891 |
| Total liabilities | 25,935 | 80,450 | 80,127 | 72,754 |
| 28,302 | 32,467 | 36,974 | 40,063 | |
| 377 | 377 | 379 | 386 | |
| 13.0% | 8.2% | 8.8% | 6.0% | |
| 15.6% | 15.1% | 11.8% | 4.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,041 | 11,054 | 7,605 | 15,760 | |
| 8,959 | 5,358 | 7,738 | 7,265 | |
| -3,918 | 5,697 | -133 | 8,495 | |
| Dividends paid | 2,076 | 2,076 | 2,076 | 2,265 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 56.2×
- –
- –
- 2.7×
- 1.4×
- 13.1×
- 15.0×
- 7.6%
- 1.8%
- 2.0%
Profitability
- 30.2%
- 8.2%
- 2.4%
- –
- 5.7%
- 8.6%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +12.5%
- −24.0%
- –
- –
- +0.7%
Financial health
- 4.5×
- 1.25
- –
- 1.6×
- 0.83
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 46%of 989
Bottom 43%of 954
Bottom 15%of 778
Top 26%of 940
Top 20%of 990
2.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$20a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
114.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 26.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
26No pass
Benjamin Graham
29No pass
Philip Fisher
20No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
14No pass
Charlie Munger
11No pass
Terry Smith
15No pass
Questions about PCBL Chemical
Is PCBL Chemical a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the PCBL Chemical AI analysis
What does PCBL Chemical do?
PCBL Chemical Limited, together with subsidiaries, produces, sells, and exports carbon black in India and internationally. The company operates through Carbon Black, Power, Chemicals, and Battery Chemical segments. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in Kolkata, India.
Does PCBL Chemical pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.0% a year, about 114% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹2.26 billion in dividends.
Is PCBL Chemical stock halal?
No. PCBL Chemical does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 45% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has PCBL Chemical stock done over the past year?
Down 10.6% over the past twelve months, to ₹282.75. It traded between ₹232.30 and ₹365.85 and is 22.7% below its high.
Who are PCBL Chemical's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, Ecolab and The Sherwin-Williams. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with PCBL Chemical's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.