As of 6 Nov 2026, Orient Cement trades at 13.5× trailing earnings, below the industry P/E of 27.3×, and the shares are 38% below their 52-week high. Its ROCE of 13% is the second-highest among the 7 largest Building Materials peers, and sales fell 1.6% a year over 3 years while net profit grew 40%. It has almost no debt, and its dividend yield is 0.4%. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹2,587 Cr, ranked 19th of 58 Building Materials companies by market cap; the shares fell 41% over the past year.
- ₹124.10
- ₹126.85
- ₹121.68
- ₹125.55
- 1.8 L
Health check
- ReturnsBehind
−40.8% over a year, better than 0 of 7 peers.
- Price tagCheaper
P/E 13.5 vs industry 27.3.
- GrowthSteady
Sales −1.6%, profit +40.1% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityAverage
ROCE 13.3% vs peer median 10.2%.
- Balance sheetStretched
Practically debt-free, Piotroski 3 of 9.
- Red flags3 to check
Quarterly profit down 34.7% on a year ago.
Small cap
Market sensitivity
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹2,587 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 13.5
- Industry 27.3
- Price to book
- 1.15
- Peers 2.12
- Dividend yield
- 0.40%
- ROE
- 8.9%
- Peers 4.9%
- ROCE
- 13.3%
- Peers 10.2%
- Debt to equity
- 0.03
- Debt ₹73 Cr
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹9.36
- Face value ₹1
- OPM (TTM)
- 17.0%
- Net margin 7.9%
- Sales growth
- −12.1%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profit growth
- −34.7%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 1.06
- EV/EBITDA 6.4
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Practically debt-free.
- P/E of 13.5 against an industry P/E of 27.3.
Risks to check
- Quarterly profit down 34.7% on a year ago.
- Quarterly sales down 12.1% on a year ago.
- 38% below its 52-week high.
About Orient Cement
Orient Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement in India. The company offers pozzolana and ordinary Portland cement under the Birla A1 Premium Cement, Birla A1 StrongCrete, Birla A1 OrientGreen, and Birla A1 Dolphin brand names. Its products are used in residential, commercial, infrastructure, industrial, and community projects. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Ahmedabad, India. Orient Cement Limited operates as a subsidiary of Ambuja…
- Headquarters
- Ahmedabad
- Employees
- 1,070
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- ISIN
- INE876N01018
- Website
- orientcement.com
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 4 L
- 1-year return
- minus 40.8%
- From 52-week high
- minus 37.9%
Peers · Building Materials
| Company | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULTRACEMCOUltraTech Cement | 12,450.00 | plus 1.63% | 3,66,110 | 41.6 | 22.8 | 11.8% | 19.1% | 0.38 | 11.9% | plus 3.6% |
| GRASIMGrasim Industries | 3,227.00 | minus 0.02% | 2,18,884 | 38.5 | 16.8 | 4.0% | 15.0% | 1.35 | 14.3% | plus 12.0% |
| AMBUJACEMAmbuja Cements | 390.60 | plus 0.67% | 97,057 | 34.7 | 14.6 | 4.6% | 14.3% | 0.01 | – | minus 31.6% |
| SHREECEMShree Cement | 25,100.00 | plus 0.82% | 90,563 | 57.2 | 18.0 | 10.2% | 20.1% | 0.09 | 5.7% | minus 9.8% |
| JKCEMENTJ.K. Cement | 5,239.80 | minus 0.20% | 40,487 | 42.3 | 19.2 | 13.3% | 15.8% | 1.01 | 12.1% | minus 9.1% |
| DALBHARATDalmia Bharat | 1,470.30 | plus 0.27% | 27,602 | 56.3 | 9.6 | 7.0% | 16.5% | 0.57 | 3.0% | minus 28.5% |
| ACCACC | 1,236.20 | plus 0.77% | 23,214 | 26.4 | 7.9 | 10.4% | 8.7% | 0.02 | – | minus 33.1% |
| ORIENTCEMOrient Cement | 125.92 | plus 0.29% | 2,587 | 13.5 | 4.8 | 13.3% | 17.0% | 0.03 | −1.6% | minus 40.8% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | 0.67% | 90,563 | 41.6 | 16.8 | 10.2% | 15.8% | 0.38 | 11.9% | −9.8% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 | Sep 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 643 | 636 | 647 | 604 | 565 | |
| 478 | 546 | 539 | 460 | 490 | |
| 165 | 89.6 | 108 | 144 | 75 | |
| 25.7% | 14.1% | 16.7% | 23.8% | 13.3% | |
| 12 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 5 | 13 | |
| 2 | 2 | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 101 | 47.9 | 44.9 | 43 | 43 | |
| – | −6.4 | 0.1 | – | – | |
| 74 | 36.2 | 64 | 103 | 44 | |
| 33.8% | 23.3% | 13.4% | 25.2% | 27.3% | |
| 49 | 27.8 | 55.4 | 77 | 32 | |
| – | 1.35 | 2.70 | 3.76 | 1.56 |
Profit & loss
- Sales CAGR 3Y
- −1.6%
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +40.1%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +40.0%
- ROE
- 8.9%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,934 | 3,177 | 2,704 | 2,792 | |
| – | +8.3% | minus 14.9% | +3.2% | |
| 2,562 | 2,725 | 2,401 | 2,243 | |
| 372 | 451 | 304 | 549 | |
| 12.7% | 14.2% | 11.2% | 19.6% | |
| 0.1 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 19.1 | |
| 37.1 | 33.6 | 22 | 12.3 | |
| 147 | 149 | 153 | 231 | |
| 3.6 | −0.3 | 0.7 | −5.9 | |
| 192 | 281 | 145 | 318 | |
| 36.0% | 37.9% | 37.3% | −6.1% | |
| 123 | 175 | 91.2 | 338 | |
| – | +42.4% | minus 47.8% | +270.1% | |
| 5.99 | 8.53 | 4.45 | 16.44 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | |
| 1,583 | 1,723 | 1,787 | 2,125 | |
| 398 | 170 | 69.7 | 72.5 | |
| 875 | 943 | 925 | 915 | |
| 2,877 | 2,855 | 2,803 | 3,133 | |
| 2,090 | 2,057 | 1,950 | 1,753 | |
| 140 | 88.9 | 24.2 | 32.3 | |
| 4.4 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 25.6 | |
| 69.4 | 76.4 | 77.3 | 16.2 | |
| 574 | 621 | 738 | 1,307 | |
| 2,877 | 2,855 | 2,803 | 3,133 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 426 | 205 | −38.6 | |
| −120 | −85.3 | −97.3 | 8.8 | |
| 35.2 | −334 | −136 | −2.2 | |
| 26.4 | 7 | −28.2 | −32.1 | |
| −130 | −79.1 | −59.6 | −31.7 | |
| −19 | 347 | 146 | −70.2 | |
| −46.1 | −35.9 | −30.7 | −10.3 |
Shareholding pattern
NSE hasn’t returned a shareholding pattern for this company. Institutions hold about 1.8% (Yahoo estimate).
Major shareholders
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