Dai-Ichi Karkaria share price & results
- Jun 2026
- Jun 2026
Speciality-chemicals manufacturer of surfactants, esters and polymer additives (ethoxylates, PPDs, flocculants) for oilfield, agrochemical, personal-care, paints, textile and water-treatment customers, from plants at Dahej and Kurkumbh.
Reported
The figures, each with its period
Each figure keeps its basis and period; nothing is filled in.
| Metric | Value | Change | Basis | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 57.8 | +46.6% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Jun 2026 | Revenue from operations as filed. |
| Operating margin | 10.4 | +7.1 pts YoY | Operating profit / revenue | Quarter to Jun 2026 | For the quarter; a change is in percentage points. |
| Net profit | 6.1 | +178.1% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Jun 2026 | Profit after tax as filed. |
| Return on equity | 1.17 | −4.3 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM to Jun 2026 | Adjusted profit attributable to owners ÷ average owners’ equity. |
| Free cash flow margin | -2.66 | −10.1 pts | Fiscal year | FY ending Mar 2026 | (Operating cash flow − fixed-asset purchases + disposals) ÷ revenue. |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.89 | −48.2 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM to Jun 2026 | Revenue change against the same period one year earlier. |
Price
Performance +8.9% 1Y
1Y: ₹278.6 on 24 Oct 2025 → ₹303.5. High ₹370.6 (7 Sept 2026), low ₹222.7 (30 Mar 2026).
- Previous close
- ₹293.05
- Market cap
- ₹240 Cr
- 52-week range
- ₹222.7 – ₹370.6
- One year
- +10.58%
- Price to earnings (TTM to Jun 2026)
- 110.60×
- Return on equity (TTM to Jun 2026)
- 1.17%
Overview
- Symbol
- NSE:DAICHI
- Sector
- Chemicals
- Industry
- Commodities
- Exchange
- NSE
- Currency
- INR
What Dai-Ichi Karkaria Limited does
Based on the company's own presentations, annual report and earnings calls.
Dai-ichi Karkaria develops and manufactures performance chemical additives — surfactants, esters, phosphates and polymers — using processes such as ethoxylation, propoxylation, sulfation, sulfosuccination and quarternisation. It runs two manufacturing plants, at Dahej (Gujarat) and Kurkumbh (Maharashtra), supplying customised formulations to industries including oilfield chemicals, agrochemicals, home & personal care, paints & coatings, textiles, and water treatment. Its manufacturing traces back to 1963, begun in technical collaboration with Japan's Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku, and the company continues to co-develop and commercialise new products with customers each year.
Segments
- Agrochemicals
- Home & Personal Care
- Energy & Oilfield Chemicals
- Paints & Coatings
- Textile Auxiliaries
- Flocculants & Water Treatment
- Construction Chemicals
- Rayon Additives
- Sizing Chemicals
- Manufacturing plants
- 2 (Dahej, Gujarat and Kurkumbh, Maharashtra)
- Core chemical process technologies
- 8 (Ethoxylation, Propoxylation, Sulfation, Sulfosuccination, Esterification/Transesterification, Phosphorylation, Polymerisation, Quarternisation)
- End-user industries served
- 10 (Agrochemicals, Oilfield Chemicals, Home & Personal Care, Paints/Pigments & Coatings, Construction Chemicals, Rayon Additives, Sizing Chemicals, Textile Auxiliaries, Flocculants for Paper/Sugar/Mining, Water & Environment)
- New products commercialised
- 12+ (FY2024-25, co-developed with strategic customers)
- Technical collaboration heritage
- Since 1963, with Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku (Japan)
- Employee training intensity
- 270+ man-days of EHS/IMS/POSH and soft-skills training (FY2024-25)
Fundamentals
Ratios, each with its period
Current values with the period they cover; the trend reads across the 6 fiscal years held (Mar 2021 to Mar 2026).
Financials
What the filings say
Net profit, year on year: +178% (quarter to jun 2026 against jun 2025).
| Line item | Sept 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sept 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 37 | 41 | 70 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 58 |
| Expenses | 35 | 38 | 62 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 41 | 52 |
| Operating profit | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | -0 | 1 | 6 |
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 6.7% | 11.5% | 3.2% | 4.2% | −0.8% | 1.6% | 10.4% |
| Other income | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Interest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Profit before tax | -0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | -2 | -1 | 9 |
| Tax rate | 48.0% | 25.1% | 24.8% | −9.0% | 153.1% | −32.4% | −1.1% | 28.4% |
| Net profit | -0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -0 | -1 | -1 | 6 |
| EPS (₹ per share) | -0.50 | 2.56 | 6.59 | 2.94 | -0.46 | -2.01 | -1.19 | 8.17 |
| Line item | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 184 | 132 | 181 | 161 |
| Expenses | 168 | 125 | 167 | 158 |
| Operating profit | 16 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| Other income | 17 | 27 | 6 | 7 |
| Interest | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Depreciation | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Profit before tax | 22 | 21 | 8 | -0 |
| Net profit | 20 | 16 | 6 | -1 |
| Line item | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sept 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Reserves | 122 | 140 | 153 | 158 | 178 | 155 |
| Borrowings | 22 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Other liabilities | 43 | 39 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 26 |
| Total liabilities | 194 | 225 | 202 | 210 | 225 | 202 |
| Fixed assets | 105 | 139 | 132 | 126 | 122 | 122 |
| Capital work in progress | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Investments | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
| Other assets | 86 | 85 | 67 | 82 | 78 | 71 |
| Total assets | 194 | 225 | 202 | 210 | 225 | 202 |
| Line item | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | -22 | -3 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| Cash from investing | 130 | -4 | -33 | 18 | -4 | -10 |
| Cash from financing | -97 | -2 | 13 | -25 | -10 | -3 |
| Net cash flow | 11 | -10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | -8 |
| Free cash flow | 109 | -14 | -10 | 2 | 14 | -4 |
| Line item | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor days | 89 | 53 | 53 | 62 | 60 | 71 |
| Inventory days | 133 | 93 | 59 | 77 | 60 | 68 |
| Days payable | 210 | 122 | 87 | 74 | 75 | 62 |
| Cash conversion cycle | 11 | 24 | 25 | 65 | 45 | 77 |
| Working capital days | 27 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 49 |
| Return on capital employed | −8.0% | −12.0% | 9.0% | 2.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| Dividend payout | 4.0% | 0.0% | 16.0% | 9.0% | 42.0% | −207.0% |
Ownership
Who owns it
Promoters hold 63.98% as of Jun 2026; institutions added 0.00 pts since Mar 2026.
- Promoters 63.98%
- Foreign institutions 0.00%
- Domestic institutions 0.00%
- Public 36.02%
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Dai-Ichi Karkaria Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 45.73% | unchanged | |
| 4.90% | unchanged | |
| 4.28% | unchanged | |
| 4.14% | unchanged | |
| 3.53% | unchanged | |
| 2.43% | unchanged | |
| 1.88% | unchanged | |
| 1.26% | unchanged | |
| 1.12% | unchanged | |
| 1.11% | unchanged | |
| 1.02% | −0.18 pp | |
| 0.14% | unchanged |
A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.
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