On 6 Nov 2026, Kronox Lab Sciences was priced at ₹194.32, or 25.1× trailing earnings, against an industry P/E of 22.1×, and the shares are 15% below their 52-week high. Sales and net profit grew 1.9% and 19% a year over 3 years; its ROCE of 32% is the highest among the 7 largest Specialty Chemicals peers. It carries very little debt, and its dividend yield is 0.3%. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹721 Cr, ranked 88th of 204 Specialty Chemicals companies by market cap; the shares rose 32% over the past year.
- ₹190.05
- ₹195.50
- ₹185.62
- ₹195.38
- 30.4K
Health check
- ReturnsAhead
+32.4% over a year, better than 5 of 7 peers.
- Price tagIn line
P/E 25.1 vs industry 22.1.
- GrowthSteady
Sales +1.9%, profit +18.5% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityStrong
ROCE 31.9% vs peer median 24.4%.
- Balance sheetFair
Practically debt-free, Piotroski 5 of 9.
- Red flags1 to check
Promoter stake down from 74.2% to 64.3%.
Small cap
Moves with the market
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹721 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 25.1
- Industry 22.1
- Price to book
- 6.21
- Peers 13.33
- Dividend yield
- 0.26%
- ROE
- 26.8%
- Peers 23.0%
- ROCE
- 31.9%
- Peers 24.4%
- Debt to equity
- 0.01
- Debt ₹1.61 Cr
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹7.73
- Face value ₹10
- OPM (TTM)
- 33.4%
- Net margin 27.2%
- Sales growth
- +16.9%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profit growth
- +16.3%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 6.85
- EV/EBITDA 18.7
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Return on equity of 26.8%.
- Return on capital employed of 31.9%.
- Practically debt-free.
- Quarterly sales up 16.9% on a year ago.
- Net margin of 27.2%.
Risks to check
- Promoter stake down from 74.2% to 64.3%.
About Kronox Lab Sciences
Kronox Lab Sciences Limited manufactures and sells fine chemicals, inorganic chemicals, phosphates, and metallic chemicals in India and internationally. The company provides bulk reagents comprising ACS reagents, as well as LR, AR, and GR reagents; bulk ingredients that includes oral care, pharmacopoeia, food and nutraceutical, personal care and cosmetics, and veterinary pharma and animal health; and specialty chemicals, such as tartrates, citrates,…
- Headquarters
- Vadodara
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- ISIN
- INE0ATZ01017
- Website
- kronoxlabsciences.com
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 6.6 L
- 1-year return
- plus 32.4%
- From 52-week high
- minus 14.7%
Peers · Specialty Chemicals
| Company | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASIANPAINTAsian Paints | 2,546.00 | plus 0.88% | 2,44,025 | 50.5 | 35.0 | 24.4% | 18.9% | 0.21 | 1.1% | plus 1.5% |
| SOLARINDSSolar Industries India | 18,608.00 | plus 0.48% | 1,68,384 | 74.4 | 64.1 | 29.5% | 27.8% | 0.22 | 12.4% | plus 35.9% |
| PIDILITINDPidilite Industries | 1,579.00 | plus 1.63% | 1,60,827 | 60.0 | 44.4 | 28.5% | 23.5% | 0.03 | 7.4% | plus 6.8% |
| LINDEINDIALinde India | 6,859.00 | plus 8.73% | 58,496 | 118.4 | 64.2 | 16.3% | 31.5% | 0.23 | – | plus 5.4% |
| BERGEPAINTBerger Paints India | 478.35 | minus 5.28% | 55,776 | 45.4 | 29.4 | 20.6% | 15.3% | 0.15 | 4.2% | minus 6.0% |
| FLUOROCHEMGujarat Fluorochemicals | 4,665.50 | minus 0.94% | 51,251 | 75.9 | 44.0 | 9.6% | 24.1% | 0.26 | −4.5% | plus 28.0% |
| ACUTAASAcutaas Chemicals | 3,786.60 | plus 0.42% | 31,001 | 70.9 | 64.1 | 27.7% | 39.4% | 0.01 | 29.4% | plus 105.6% |
| KRONOXKronox Lab Sciences | 194.32 | minus 0.54% | 721 | 25.1 | 19.4 | 31.9% | 33.4% | 0.01 | 1.9% | plus 32.4% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | 0.48% | 58,496 | 70.9 | 44.4 | 24.4% | 24.1% | 0.21 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.3 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 28.4 | |
| 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 19.4 | |
| 8 | 8.6 | 8 | 9.5 | 9 | |
| 32.8% | 33.9% | 31.7% | 36.4% | 31.7% | |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | |
| – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
| 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 11 | 9.8 | |
| 25.6% | 27.3% | 23.4% | 27.1% | 25.6% | |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 8 | 7.3 | |
| 1.70 | 1.82 | 1.79 | 2.16 | 2.00 |
Profit & loss
- Sales CAGR 3Y
- +1.9%
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +18.5%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +18.7%
- ROE
- 26.8%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95.6 | 89.9 | 100 | 101 | |
| – | minus 6.0% | +11.5% | +1.0% | |
| 73.6 | 61.2 | 66.6 | 66.4 | |
| 22 | 28.7 | 33.6 | 34.8 | |
| 23.0% | 31.9% | 33.5% | 34.4% | |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.6 | |
| 0.1 | – | – | 0.1 | |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2 | |
| 0.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| 22.3 | 28.6 | 34.3 | 37.3 | |
| 25.6% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 25.9% | |
| 16.6 | 21.4 | 25.5 | 27.7 | |
| – | +28.5% | +19.3% | +8.6% | |
| 4.48 | 5.75 | 6.90 | 7.50 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.1 | 37.1 | 37.1 | 37.1 | |
| 7.6 | 29.2 | 53 | 79 | |
| – | – | – | 1.6 | |
| 9.4 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 | |
| 54 | 74 | 98.8 | 128 | |
| 15.9 | 26.9 | 28.6 | 29.6 | |
| – | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | 6.4 | 18.6 | |
| 5.6 | 14.9 | 36.7 | 48.7 | |
| 29 | 31.7 | 26.4 | 29.7 | |
| 54 | 74 | 98.8 | 128 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.7 | 17.4 | 30.7 | 23.9 | |
| −5.5 | −17.3 | −28.4 | −23.8 | |
| −13.4 | – | −1.9 | −0.4 | |
| 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | −0.3 | |
| −8.4 | −12.3 | −3.1 | −3.3 | |
| 11.3 | 5.1 | 27.6 | 20.6 | |
| – | – | −1.9 | −1.9 |
Shareholding pattern
- Promoters64.26%
- Public35.74%
| Quarter | Split | Promoters | Public | Promoter change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2026 | 64.26% | 35.74% | minus 9.95 | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 74.21% | 25.79% | 0.00 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 74.21% | 25.79% | 0.00 | |
| 31 Dec 2025 | 74.21% | 25.79% | 0.00 | |
| 30 Sep 2025 | 74.21% | 25.79% | – |
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