Investors in this fertilizers company harvested multibagger returns in the last one year!

An investment of Rs 1 lakh in this stock last year would have turned to Rs 2.13 lakh today.

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemical Ltd, an S&P BSE 500 company, has delivered multibagger returns to its shareholders in the last one year. During this period, the company’s share price jumped from Rs 219.80 on 26 April 2021 to Rs 469.25 on 22 April 2022, an increase of 113% YoY. An investment of Rs 1 lakh in this stock last year would have turned to Rs 2.13 lakh today.

These returns are 5.17 times the returns delivered by the S&P BSE 500 index, of which the index is a part. In the last 1 year, the index has climbed from the level of 19,447.06 on 26 April 2021 to 23,715.18 on 22 April 2022, a rally of 21.94% YoY. 

The company is one of the largest private-sector fertilizer producers in India. Its two hi-tech nitrogenous fertiliser (urea) plants are located at Gadepan in the Kota district of Rajasthan. These two plants manufacture nearly 2 million MT of Urea per annum. The company caters to the need of the farmers in twelve states in the northern, eastern, central and western regions of India and is the lead fertiliser supplier in the State of Rajasthan.

In the recent quarter Q3FY22, on a consolidated basis, the company’s topline increased by 5.9% YoY to Rs 4,743.33 crore. However, the bottom line decreased by 23.5% YoY to Rs 325.45 crore.

The company is currently trading at a TTM PE of 11.01x, as against the industry PE of 15.70x. In FY21, the company delivered an impressive ROE & ROCE of 29.27% and 19.75% respectively.

At 11.54 am, the shares of Chambal Fertilisers and Chemical Ltd were trading at Rs 462.3, a decrease of 1.48% from the previous closing price of Rs 469.25 on BSE. The stock has a 52-week high & low of Rs 515.95 and Rs 209.65 respectively on BSE.