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UltraTech Cement

ULTRACEMCO · NSE & BSE · Construction Materials · Cement

Current price

₹11,500.00

+0.40%FY24 (illustrative)

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About the company

India's largest cement company, part of the Aditya Birla group.

Origin & history

Founded in 1983, UltraTech grew through acquisitions into India's largest cement producer.

Founded

1983

Headquarters

Mumbai

Business segments

Grey Cement90.0%
White Cement & Others10.0%

Competitive position (moat)

Scale, logistics and a wide geographic footprint.

Governance

Aditya Birla group promoter with professional management.

Promoter holding

62.6%

Institutional holding

20.0%

Why it's interesting

A market leader in a consolidating cement industry with scale and pricing power.

What to verify

  • Cement demand and capacity utilisation
  • Input costs (coal, power)
  • Industry consolidation and pricing

Key risks

  • Cement price competition
  • Input costs
  • Demand cyclicality

Valuation snapshot

Market cap

₹3.3 L cr

Total value of all shares: price multiplied by shares outstanding.

P/E

42.0

Price to earnings: how much you pay per rupee of profit.

P/B

4.5

Price to book: how the price compares to net asset value per share.

EV/EBITDA

20.0

Enterprise value to operating profit: a valuation that accounts for debt and cash.

Dividend yield

0.5%

Annual dividend per share as a percentage of the price.

Profitability

Revenue

₹72,000 cr

EBITDA

₹14,000 cr

Net income

₹7,900 cr

EPS

₹274.00

EBITDA margin

19.4%

Net margin

11.0%

ROE

12.0%

ROCE

13.0%

Revenue growth

9.0%

Balance sheet health

Debt/equity

0.3

Total debt divided by shareholders' equity: how leveraged the company is.

Cash

₹4,000 cr

Cash and equivalents on the balance sheet.

Interest coverage

7.0

How many times operating profit covers interest expense.

Dividends & returns

Dividend yield

0.5%

Dividend yield is the annual payout as a share of the price. A higher yield can signal a mature, cash-generative business - or a falling price. Check the payout history before reading too much into it.

Growth trend

Revenue growth

9.0%

Revenue growth shows how fast the top line is expanding. Pair it with margin trends to see whether growth is turning into profit.

Ownership

Promoter holding

62.6%

Share held by the founding family or group.

Institutional holding

20.0%

Share held by mutual funds, insurers and foreign institutions.

Placeholders - verify in the shareholding pattern.

Key catalysts

  • Infrastructure demand
  • Pricing

Red flags

  • Competition
  • Valuation

52-week range

52-week low

₹8,200.00

Lowest price in the 52-week range.

52-week high

₹12,000.00

Highest price in the 52-week range.