EKC
Everest Kanto Cylinder share price & financials
- Price
- ₹113.05
- Market cap
- ₹1.1k Cr
- Sector
- Capital Goods
- Calls analysed
- 6
Everest Kanto Q4 FY26
What went well
- FY26 Consolidated Revenue stood at ₹1,470.6 crore.
- FY26 Consolidated EBITDA increased by 15.7% YoY to ₹203 crore, with margins improving by 210 basis points to 13.8%.
- FY26 Consolidated PAT came in at ₹146.7 crore, reflecting a growth of 50.1% YoY.
What to watch
- Dubai business continued to be under pressure in Q4 FY26 and the full year, operating at around 50% capacity due to geopolitical situation in the Middle East.
- Near-term fuel price volatility remains a factor to monitor for the industry.
What Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited does
Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited (EKC), incorporated in 1978, is a global manufacturer of seamless steel high-pressure gas cylinders used to store gases such as oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, helium and compressed natural gas (CNG). It makes industrial, CNG and jumbo cylinders that serve manufacturing, fire-suppression, medical, aerospace/defence and automotive customers. The business is organised around an India operation (Tarapur, Kandla SEZ and Mundra facilities) and an international operation spanning Dubai, the USA and Egypt, giving it manufacturing and sales presence across the Middle East, North America and Africa alongside its home Indian market.
Segments
- India business
- International business
- Cylinders in service globally
- 20 million+
- Manufacturing facilities
- 6 (3 in India, 3 international)
- Aggregate installed capacity
- ~1.8 million cylinders per year
- Indian manufacturing locations
- Tarapur (Maharashtra), Kandla SEZ (Gujarat), Mundra (Gujarat)
- International manufacturing locations
- Jebel Ali Free Zone (Dubai, UAE), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA), Egypt
- Geographic markets served
- India plus international markets including the Middle East, USA and Egypt
Guidance record · Q4 FY26
what the last two calls moved 8 tracked 2 delivered 2 missed 4 open- India Business Margin delivered said Q4 FY25 Promised: coming back to our normal margins of 12%-15% from next quarter onwards Q4 FY26: FY26 Standalone EBITDA margin was 16.0%, achieving the target range for the full year.
- Consolidated EBITDA Margin missed said Q3 FY25 Promised: sustain at 14% Q4 FY26: Dropped to 11.1%, missing the revised 15-17% guidance. Full year margin was 13.8%.
- Egypt Plant Operations Timeline delayed said Q3 FY25 Promised: operational in September 2025 Q4 FY26: Slightly delayed, now expected to be operational by end of June 2026.
All 8 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue down 10.6%, net profit down 42.3% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 367 | 367 | 422 | 387 | 360 −2% | 365 −1% | 358 −15% | 346 −11% |
| EBITDA | 53 | 40 | 38 | 61 | 43 −19% | 59 +48% | 40 +5% | 47 −23% |
| Net profit | 39 | 18 | 13 | 52 | 14 −64% | 36 +100% | 46 +254% | 30 −42% |
How to read this
₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.
Performance −27.8% 1Y
1Y: ₹140.99 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹101.8. High ₹151.72 (24 Oct 2025), low ₹90.89 (30 Mar 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q4 FY26
- −1.1%
- 3 Jun
- Q3 FY26
- +2.8%
- 17 Feb
- Q2 FY26
- −0.9%
- 18 Nov
The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.
Financials, as filed
Revenue grew 8.3% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin widened to 13.8%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹132 Cr | ₹161 Cr | ₹172 Cr | ₹203 Cr |
| Operating margin | 11.4% | 13.2% | 11.5% | 13.8% |
| Interest | ₹10 Cr | ₹8 Cr | ₹14 Cr | ₹15 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹36 Cr | ₹40 Cr | ₹42 Cr | ₹51 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹50 Cr | ₹97 Cr | ₹98 Cr | ₹148 Cr |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 10.1% |
| Cash from operations | ₹106 Cr | ₹226 Cr | ₹58 Cr | ₹142 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹23 Cr | ₹161 Cr | ₹-63 Cr | ₹-31 Cr |
| ROCE | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% |
How to read this
From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.
Balance sheet
| Year ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹22 Cr | ₹22 Cr | ₹22 Cr | ₹22 Cr | ₹22 Cr | ₹22 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹606 Cr | ₹880 Cr | ₹977 Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹203 Cr | ₹114 Cr | ₹96 Cr | ₹41 Cr | ₹197 Cr | ₹267 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹222 Cr | ₹284 Cr | ₹297 Cr | ₹293 Cr | ₹226 Cr | ₹227 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹312 Cr | ₹334 Cr | ₹392 Cr | ₹411 Cr | ₹441 Cr | ₹593 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹46 Cr | ₹38 Cr | ₹64 Cr | ₹82 Cr | ₹203 Cr | ₹162 Cr |
| Investments | ₹3 Cr | ₹3 Cr | ₹3 Cr | ₹44 Cr | ₹66 Cr | ₹68 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹692 Cr | ₹926 Cr | ₹932 Cr | ₹898 Cr | ₹1.0k Cr | ₹1.1k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr |
How to read this
As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.
Who owns it
As disclosed at Jun 2026
Since Jun 2025, FIIs trimmed −0.20 pp while DIIs added +0.13 pp. The shareholder count shrank 9% to 82,813.
- Promoters
- 67.4%
- FIIs
- 1.2%
- DIIs
- 0.3%
- Public
- 31.1%
Since Jun 2025
- FIIs −0.20 pp
- DIIs +0.13 pp
- Public +0.07 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 0.4%, DIIs 0.8%, Public 31.4%.Dec '23: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 0.6%, DIIs 0.8%, Public 31.2%.Mar '24: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 0.7%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 31.7%.Jun '24: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.4%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 31.1%.Sep '24: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.4%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 31.2%.Dec '24: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 2.4%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 30.1%.Mar '25: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.8%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 30.7%.Jun '25: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.4%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 31.1%.Sep '25: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.7%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 30.8%.Dec '25: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.4%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 31.0%.Mar '26: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.2%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 31.2%.Jun '26: Promoters 67.4%, FIIs 1.2%, DIIs 0.3%, Public 31.1%.
Who bought this quarter
since Mar 2026
Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.
- Pushkar Premkumar Khurana - 2 newly disclosed 9.13% held
The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 1 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Suman Premkumar Khurana | 24.40% | unchanged |
| Khurana Gases Private Limited | 15.88% | unchanged |
| Puneet Premkumar Khurana | 9.33% | unchanged |
| Pushkar Premkumar Khurana - 2 | 9.13% | newly disclosed |
| Medical Engineers (India) Limited | 4.28% | unchanged |
| Varun Khurana | 3.85% | unchanged |
| Sonia Khurana | 0.31% | unchanged |
| Pushkar Family Trust (Suman Premkumar Khurana) | 0.20% | unchanged |
| Nishita Khurana | 0.01% | unchanged |
| Pooja Khurana | 0.00% | unchanged |
| Pushkar Premkumar Khurana | — | off the list |
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.
What the price assumes
AttractiveTo justify its price of ₹102, this stock must grow earnings at -1% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~35%. At that growth it is worth ₹656 — upside of 544%.
- Growth the price implies
- -1.0% a year
- for 7 years, fading to 4%
- It has actually compounded at
- 36.1% a year
- net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS 34.9%
- The gap
- -0.4 pp
- 544% downside if it only repeats history
All earnings calls (6)
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