KANCHI
Kanchi Karpooram financials
- Market cap
- ₹182 Cr
- Sector
- Chemicals
What Kanchi Karpooram Limited does
Kanchi Karpooram Limited manufactures Synthetic Camphor and camphor derivatives at its manufacturing plant in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu (co-located with its registered office), where it has operated continuously since incorporation in 1992. The company has recently carried out plant upgradation and automation work — including automating distillation columns with DCS/PLC controls, upgrading its diesel generator, and improving warehousing and laboratory/testing facilities — to raise throughput, safety and utilization. It also holds a subsidiary, Kanchi Agro Product Private Limited, which is consolidated into its financial statements.
Segments
- Synthetic Camphor & Derivatives
- Kanchi Agro Product Private Limited
- Manufacturing plants
- 1 (Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu)
- Years in continuous operation
- 33 years (since 1992)
- Quality certification
- ISO 9001:2015 certified
- Subsidiaries
- 1 (Kanchi Agro Product Private Limited)
Quarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 14.7%, net profit up 109.6% 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 | 47 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 39 −17% | 34 −5% | 39 +16% | 41 +15% |
| EBITDA | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 −69% | 1 −20% | 1 +42% | 6 +112% |
| Net profit | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 −74% | 0 −37% | 1 −16% | 5 +110% |
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 −7.4% 1Y
1Y: ₹421.95 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹390.75. High ₹438.7 (24 Apr 2026), low ₹313.9 (30 Mar 2026).
Financials, as filed
Revenue grew 7.8% a year over 2 years, FY24 to FY26. Operating margin widened to 5.3%.
| Year ending | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹127 Cr | ₹151 Cr | ₹148 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹2 Cr | ₹19 Cr | ₹8 Cr |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 12.4% | 5.3% |
| Interest | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹1 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹3 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹1 Cr | ₹14 Cr | ₹5 Cr |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 9.4% | 3.5% |
| Cash from operations | ₹17 Cr | ₹6 Cr | ₹-6 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹8 Cr | ₹-2 Cr | ₹-10 Cr |
| ROCE | 2.0% | 9.0% | 4.0% |
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 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹4 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹194 Cr | ₹195 Cr | ₹209 Cr | ₹213 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹1 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹14 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹5 Cr | ₹8 Cr | ₹10 Cr | ₹10 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹204 Cr | ₹207 Cr | ₹237 Cr | ₹228 Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹53 Cr | ₹51 Cr | ₹71 Cr | ₹74 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹9 Cr | ₹19 Cr | ₹3 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Investments | ₹0 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹11 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹141 Cr | ₹136 Cr | ₹162 Cr | ₹142 Cr |
| Total assets | ₹204 Cr | ₹207 Cr | ₹237 Cr | ₹228 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, promoters added +1.11 pp while the public trimmed −1.10 pp. The shareholder count shrank 11% to 10,761.
- Promoters
- 51.2%
- Public
- 48.8%
Since Jun 2025
- Promoters +1.11 pp
- Public −1.10 pp
- FIIs 0.00 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window promoters went from 49.3% to 51.2% — +1.9 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 49.3%, FIIs 0.5%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 50.2%.Dec '23: Promoters 49.5%, FIIs 0.5%, Public 50.0%.Mar '24: Promoters 49.8%, Public 50.2%.Jun '24: Promoters 49.8%, Public 50.2%.Sep '24: Promoters 49.8%, FIIs 0.2%, Public 50.0%.Dec '24: Promoters 49.8%, Government 0.5%, Public 49.7%.Mar '25: Promoters 50.1%, Public 49.9%.Jun '25: Promoters 50.1%, Public 49.9%.Sep '25: Promoters 50.1%, Public 49.9%.Dec '25: Promoters 50.4%, Government 0.3%, Public 49.3%.Mar '26: Promoters 51.2%, Public 48.8%.Jun '26: Promoters 51.2%, Public 48.8%.
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.
- Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) newly disclosed 4.93% 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 Kanchi Karpooram Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Pushpa S Jain | 10.43% | unchanged |
| V Suresh | 10.40% | unchanged |
| Dipesh Suresh Jain | 7.79% | unchanged |
| Varshaa Goal | 7.33% | unchanged |
| Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) | 4.93% | newly disclosed |
| Arun V Shah | 4.10% | unchanged |
| V M Goal | 3.14% | unchanged |
| Kavita Jain | 2.83% | unchanged |
| Roop Chand Betala | 2.07% | unchanged |
| Lata A Shah | 2.06% | unchanged |
| Ramkala Kanodia | 1.64% | unchanged |
| Madhu J Shah | 1.52% | 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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