Sector analysis · India

Construction Materials sector earnings growth, Q3 FY25

The 20 largest Construction Materials companies by market cap at the end of Q3 FY25 (31 Dec 2024), compared with Q3 FY24.

The top 20 at Q3 FY25

Q3 FY25 vs Q3 FY24: combined net profit ₹5,323 cr (−36%), median EPS −65% (4 of 19 up), market-cap-weighted price +6%. 20 of 20 reported.

Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS ₹, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1UltraTech Cement LimitedULTRACEMCO36.7%61.55 → 50.90−17% −5.9 pp+9%
2Grasim IndsGRASIM17.9%22.25 → 13.21−41% −11.8 pp+14%
3Ambuja Cements LimitedAMBUJACEM14.7%— → 8.59sources disagree —+14%
4Shree Cement LimitedSHREECEM10.3%194.53 → 53.60−72% −9.7 pp−10%
5J K CementsJKCEMENT4.0%36.73 → 24.54−33% −1.8 pp+21%
6Dalmia BharatLtdDALBHARAT3.7%14.02 → 3.25−77% −3.9 pp−22%
7The Ramco Cements LimitedRAMCOCEM2.5%3.58 → 7.72+116% one-off+1.9 pp−5%
8Nuvoco Vistas Corporation LimitedNUVOCO1.4%0.87 → −1.72to loss −1.8 pp−8%
9The India Cements LimitedINDIACEM1.3%0.02 → 3.95+19,650% one-off+2.3 pp+45%
10JK Lakshmi Cement LimitedJKLAKSHMI1.1%12.21 → 5.05−59% −1.6 pp−7%
11Star CementSTARCEMENT1.1%1.82 → 0.22−88% −1.2 pp+32%
12Birla Corporation LimitedBIRLACORPN1.1%14.17 → 4.05−71% −1.5 pp−14%
13Prism Johnson LimitedPRSMJOHNSN1.0%−0.07 → 0.96turned profitable +1.0 pp−7%
14Orient Cement LimitedORIENTCEM0.8%2.20 → 0.49−78% −0.7 pp+37%
15Kesoram Industries LimitedKESORAMIND0.8%−1.57 → −2.23loss, bigger −0.4 pp+24%
16HeidelbergCement India LimitedHEIDELBERG0.5%1.39 → 0.23−83% −0.5 pp−11%
17K C PKCP0.3%5.44 → 1.24−77% one-off−1.0 pp+50%
18Sagar Cements LimitedSAGCEM0.3%−0.78 → −4.21loss, bigger −0.9 pp−12%
19Mangalam Cement LimitedMANGLMCEM0.3%5.80 → 2.84−51% −0.2 pp+34%
20Ramco Industries LimitedRAMCOIND0.3%3.04 → 10.24+237% +1.2 pp+25%
Sector earnings growth100%−36.3 pp

Who joined and who left

1 joined and 1 left the top 20 since Q2 FY25, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q2 FY25 1

Left the top 20 since Q2 FY25 1

  • was #20 BirlaNu Ltd BIRLANU

EPS growth by company, Q2 FY24 to Q1 FY27

Each company's EPS growth year on year, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • sources disagree our two sources disagree, so the figure is left out of the sector totals
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ2 FY24Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
ULTRACEMCO+70%+68%+35%0%−36%−17%+8%+29%+47%+15%+20%+17%
GRASIM+15%−40%0%−23%−66%−41%+9%+17%+42%+15%+31%+51%
AMBUJACEMsources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagree+22%+286%−90%+90%−28%
SHREECEM+144%+149%+28%−51%−83%−72%−15%+131%+304%+38%−8%−18%
JKCEMENT+59%+627%+96%+61%−29%−33%+64%+76%+28%−8%−8%−14%
DALBHARAT+157%+29%−47%+9%−61%−77%+38%+179%+413%+100%−11%−52%
RAMCOCEM+2,246%+64%−14%−50%−64%+116%−79%+129%+200%+111%+450%−63%
NUVOCOturned profitableturned profitable−50%−80%to lossto loss+65%+4,563%turned profitableturned profitable−15%+20%
INDIACEMloss, smaller−100%loss, smallerturned profitableloss, bigger+19,650%turned profitableto lossturned profitableto loss+309%turned profitable
JKLAKSHMI+52%+88%+43%−10%to loss−59%+17%+114%turned profitable−9%−36%−32%
STARCEMENT+31%+39%−9%−67%−86%−88%+41%+217%+1,171%+741%+20%−24%
BIRLACORPNturned profitableturned profitable+128%−45%to loss−71%+33%+266%turned profitable+69%+15%−3%
PRSMJOHNSNturned profitableloss, smallerloss, biggerto lossto lossturned profitableturned profitableloss, smallerturned profitable+26%−95%turned profitable
ORIENTCEMturned profitable+64%+1%−1%−91%−78%−38%+459%+2,073%+176%+32%−63%
KESORAMINDloss, smallerloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, biggeroutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutside
HEIDELBERG+410%+456%+38%−24%−69%−83%+5%+21%+124%+200%−10%−37%
KCPoutsideoutsidesources disagree+6%+88%−77%−32%+98%−46%−3%+126%−42%
SAGCEMloss, smallerloss, smaller−88%loss, smallerloss, biggerloss, biggerto lossturned profitableloss, smallerloss, biggerturned profitableto loss
MANGLMCEMoutsideoutside+11%outside−72%−51%−2%+89%+514%+45%+286%−44%
RAMCOINDoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutside+237%−19%+67%+143%+26%+145%+32%