As of 6 Nov 2026, POCL Enterprises trades at 9.4× trailing earnings, below the industry P/E of 18.2×, and the shares are 34% below their 52-week high. It earns ROCE of 34% and ROE of 28%, and sales and net profit grew 18% and 48% a year over 3 years. Its dividend yield is 1.4%, and debt is 0.69× equity. It is a small-cap company with a market cap of ₹345 Cr, ranked 43rd of 76 Chemicals companies by market cap; the shares fell 31% over the past year.
- ₹111.60
- ₹115.62
- ₹110.55
- ₹113.68
- 11.2K
Health check
- ReturnsBehind
−30.7% over a year, better than 2 of 7 peers.
- Price tagCheaper
P/E 9.4 vs industry 18.2.
- GrowthStrong
Sales +17.7%, profit +47.6% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityStrong
ROCE 33.7% vs peer median 10.6%.
- Balance sheetFair
Debt 0.69× equity, interest covered 4.2×, Piotroski 4 of 9.
- Red flags2 to check
Quarterly profit down 45.5% on a year ago.
Small cap
Defensive
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹345 Cr
- Small cap
- P/E
- 9.4
- Industry 18.2
- Price to book
- 1.73
- Peers 2.62
- Dividend yield
- 1.43%
- ROE
- 28.4%
- Peers 11.7%
- ROCE
- 33.7%
- Peers 10.6%
- Debt to equity
- 0.69
- Debt ₹134 Cr
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹11.96
- Face value ₹2
- OPM (TTM)
- 4.2%
- Net margin 2.4%
- Sales growth
- +25.1%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profit growth
- −45.5%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 0.23
- EV/EBITDA 7.0
Strengths and risks
Strengths
- Return on equity of 28.4%.
- Return on capital employed of 33.7%.
- Quarterly sales up 25.1% on a year ago.
- P/E of 9.4 against an industry P/E of 18.2.
- Positive operating cash flow in each of the last 4 years.
Risks to check
- Quarterly profit down 45.5% on a year ago.
- 34% below its 52-week high.
About POCL Enterprises
POCL Enterprises Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacturing and trading of various metals, chemicals, and its oxides in India and internationally. It operates through Metal, Metallic Oxides, Plastic Additives, and Others segments. The company offers pure lead, lead antimony alloys, lead calcium alloys, lead tin alloys, and other master alloys; high grade and remelted zinc metal; zinc oxides; lead oxides, including grey oxide,…
- Headquarters
- Chennai
- Employees
- 581
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- ISIN
- INE035S01028
- Website
- poel.in
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 28.6K
- 1-year return
- minus 30.7%
- From 52-week high
- minus 33.7%
Peers · Chemicals
| Company | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAVINFLUORNavin Fluorine International | 9,010.00 | plus 1.87% | 46,250 | 50.8 | 42.7 | 18.7% | 34.3% | 0.28 | 16.5% | plus 46.1% |
| DEEPAKNTRDeepak Nitrite | 1,533.60 | minus 0.67% | 20,917 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 10.8% | 18.0% | 0.27 | −0.5% | minus 11.9% |
| TATACHEMTata Chemicals | 607.45 | minus 1.36% | 15,475 | – | 12.4 | −3.0% | 12.2% | 0.36 | −4.8% | minus 31.0% |
| DEEPAKFERTDeepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp. | 1,155.30 | minus 0.69% | 14,599 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 11.2% | 17.6% | 0.76 | 2.6% | minus 22.7% |
| RPELRaghav Productivity Enhancers | 1,780.80 | plus 0.95% | 8,178 | 116.0 | 107.1 | – | 29.9% | 0.02 | 23.5% | plus 95.4% |
| GNFCGujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals | 451.80 | minus 1.87% | 6,639 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 10.4% | 14.8% | 0.01 | −8.8% | minus 7.2% |
| ACIArchean Chemical Industries | 416.40 | minus 1.95% | 5,141 | 51.3 | 23.2 | 7.7% | 20.0% | 0.28 | −9.2% | minus 34.6% |
| POELPOCL Enterprises | 111.98 | minus 1.50% | 345 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 33.7% | 4.2% | 0.69 | 17.7% | minus 30.7% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | −0.69% | 14,599 | 35.2 | 22.3 | 10.6% | 18.0% | 0.28 | −0.5% | −11.9% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Sep 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 372 | 363 | 364 | 332 | 466 | |
| 353 | 344 | 348 | 315 | 454 | |
| 19.6 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 11.7 | |
| 5.3% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 5.2% | 2.5% | |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
| – | – | −0.3 | – | – | |
| 15.6 | 13.2 | 11.8 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| 25.5% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 25.2% | 25.8% | |
| 11.3 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 6.2 | |
| 3.68 | 2.77 | 3.00 | 4.18 | 2.01 |
Profit & loss
- Sales CAGR 3Y
- +17.7%
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +47.6%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +42.8%
- ROE
- 28.4%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 874 | 1,120 | 1,449 | 1,426 | |
| – | +28.1% | +29.4% | minus 1.6% | |
| 845 | 1,080 | 1,384 | 1,355 | |
| 29.7 | 40.2 | 65.5 | 71.4 | |
| 3.4% | 3.6% | 4.5% | 5.0% | |
| 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 5.1 | |
| 10.2 | 13.6 | 18.7 | 16.6 | |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 5.5 | |
| −0.6 | −1 | −2.7 | −0.7 | |
| 17.2 | 23.9 | 41.8 | 53.6 | |
| 24.9% | 25.7% | 25.4% | 26.1% | |
| 12.9 | 17.7 | 31.2 | 41.5 | |
| – | +37.6% | +75.8% | +33.0% | |
| 4.62 | 6.36 | 11.18 | 13.48 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.2 | |
| 46 | 62.6 | 92.3 | 188 | |
| 90.1 | 105 | 107 | 134 | |
| 21.1 | 25.6 | 20.4 | 35.9 | |
| 163 | 199 | 226 | 365 | |
| 30.7 | 32.4 | 45.7 | 48.5 | |
| 0.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | |
| 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 9.7 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 22.9 | |
| 131 | 164 | 178 | 283 | |
| 163 | 199 | 226 | 365 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.6 | 40.4 | 26.2 | |
| −1.1 | −2.8 | −19.6 | −76 | |
| −5.8 | 0.2 | −20.8 | 65.7 | |
| −0.5 | 0 | −0 | 16 | |
| −1.2 | −3.6 | −13.9 | −8.6 | |
| 5.2 | −1 | 26.5 | 17.6 | |
| – | −1.1 | −1.4 | −3.4 |
Shareholding pattern
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Major shareholders
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