Amines & Plasticizers Ltd

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd trades at ₹201, building a base and 5 weeks into that stage. That is +4.6% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 67% of a 52-week range of ₹138 to ₹231. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (1 week and counting).

Today the stock is building a base — week 5 of stage 1. At ₹201 it trades +4.6% versus its 200-day average and sits at 67% of its 52-week range (₹138–₹231).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +1,095% while the NIFTY 500 moved +276% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (1 week and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-24) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

Valuation P/E is the price of ₹1 of annual profit: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee the company earns in a year.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd trades at 29.9× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 21.8×, measured across 10.4 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 29.9× is at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile), against a long-run median of 21.8× measured over 10.4 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −10.9% against a −11.4% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +5.7%/yr price move, ~+2.4%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+3.3 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +24.6%/yr price move, ~+18.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+5.9 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

A quarterly PEG curve, which only the second data source carries, is not drawn on this page: its two data sources do not share enough overlapping reported history to be compared. A figure nobody could check is not used to price growth — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

Stage: Topping out Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd reads as topping out on its fundamental arc. Topping out — revenue and profit growth have decelerated hard (revenue growth +8.4% at its peak → −13.8% latest) while ROCE still reads 17.0%. The read is built from 8 quarters across 4 curves, on partial evidence.

Why it matters: decelerating from a peak is where good stories quietly end — the multiple usually notices late.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.

4-Factor Sector Score

40.0/100 — rank 22 of 27 in Speciality Chemicals · 77% evidence confidence

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd scores 40.0 out of 100 against the 27 companies it is compared with in Speciality Chemicals, ranking 22. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 9.4 + 15.2 + 8.5 + 6.9 = 40. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd reported ₹155 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −6.6% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 8.1% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹571 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹570 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹571 Cr (−13.6% on the year), capping 10 years at 8.1% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹155 Cr, −6.6% year on year.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged −12.6% growth against the decade's 8.1% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew −13.8% over the last 4 quarters against −6.1%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit −14.3% vs −5.1%/yr — rolling over.

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every ₹100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd's operating margin is 15.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 7.0% to 12.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 15.0%, +2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 7.0%–12.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +2.5 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.5 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd earned ₹15.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +15.4% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹37.0 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.2%. That is 9.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹13.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹15.0 Cr, +15.4% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹37.0 Cr (−9.8%), and the 10-year compound rate is 15.2%.

Why profit moved: revenue contributed −6.6% and the margin +2.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −16.7% vs revenue −12.6%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 120% of Amines & Plasticizers Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹66.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹37.0 Cr of profit. After ₹2.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹64.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹66.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹37.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹64.0 Cr after ₹2.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 120% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

Why conversion sits at 120%: the cash cycle stretched 62 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 109 days in FY26, up from 47 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹8.0 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹571 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹1.6 Cr, so roughly ₹171 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 89 days, inventory at 79 days — roughly 2.6 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 109 days, looser than FY21's 47.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 79 days to sell; customers pay about 89 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 60 days — netting out to the 109-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹571 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹1.6 Cr — so the 109-day loop keeps roughly ₹171 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹8.0 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹17.0 Cr of depreciation — spending at or below maintenance level. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹0.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

Return on capital Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it — equity and debt together. It is the single best test of whether growth creates value or just size.⚠ unverified

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd earns a ROCE of 17% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 16% in FY23. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +3.0 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 6.5% net margin on 1.35× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 17%, recovered from a FY23 trough of 16% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 6.5% net margin × 1.35× asset turns × 1.45× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 12.7% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 15.0% − 12.0% = a +3.0 pp spread. The 12.0% is a standing assumption for the cost of capital in India, not a per-stock estimate — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Positive but thin — value creation with little room for error.

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.⚠ unverified

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd carries total debt of ₹27.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹292 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.09 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.44 in FY22 to 0.09 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹27.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹292 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.09. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.44 (FY22) to 0.09 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.

No holder of Amines & Plasticizers Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 73.2%.

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Amines & Plasticizers Ltd: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

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