Commodity Chemicals industry

77 companies · ₹1.7 L cr · 9 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Geopolitical supply shocks lifted margins to cycle peak; normalisation flagged, China overhang unresolved.

Turning upmargin troughed at 11.8% and has risen for 2 quarters to 17.5%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+20.0%
EBITDA margin
17.5%
+290bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-12.4%
38% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+29.0%
21.3x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 25 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
22,481 cr
Mar 26
20,600 cr
QoQ
+9.1%
Jun 25
18,735 cr
YoY
+20.0%
Peak
22,481 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
17.5%
Mar 26
14.8%
QoQ
+270bps
Jun 25
14.6%
YoY
+290bps
Peak
17.5%
vs peak
0bps

Breadth: 74% of 27 companies grew revenue year on year (was 67% a quarter earlier) and 63% expanded margin (was 37%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

14.16x - 30.65x across the panel today

The median name trades at 21.3x, +29.0% against this industry's own 5-year median of 16.5x, and -10.2% against its own peak of 23.7x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹1.7 L cr

SRF Ltd is 46.4% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 76.1% and the top 10 are 86.6%.

large 1mid 2small 13micro 6127 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 21.29x, 5y ROCE above its median of 10.35%, and at least 2 growth triggers stated on the latest earnings call.

Which names clear this screen is premium

The screen runs on stated growth triggers from the latest earnings calls - the same guidance data the stock screener reserves for premium. Premium names every company in this industry that is cheap against its own median and has the triggers behind it.

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Exhibit 5Coverage (25 of 77)

Every company here with a deep dive, topped up by market cap. The rest of the industry is in the appendix.

Mcap
₹73,602 cr
P/E
34.0x
EV/EBITDA
22.9x
ROCE
16.9%
Margin
22.5%
Rev YoY
+31.8%
Mcap
₹16,740 cr
P/E
17.0x
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
11.3%
Margin
15.4%
Rev YoY
+22.5%
Mcap
₹15,668 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
143.4x
ROCE
-3.2%
Margin
0.2%
Rev YoY
+14.4%
Mcap
₹8,264 cr
P/E
8.0x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
13.4%
Margin
16.7%
Rev YoY
+39.8%
Mcap
₹7,168 cr
P/E
101.2x
EV/EBITDA
63.5x
ROCE
25.4%
Margin
16.0%
Rev YoY
+6.4%
Mcap
₹3,885 cr
P/E
11.8x
EV/EBITDA
5.2x
ROCE
11.8%
Margin
24.3%
Rev YoY
-2.7%
Mcap
₹2,702 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
61.1x
ROCE
-8.4%
Margin
1.8%
Rev YoY
+2.3%
Mcap
₹2,334 cr
P/E
31.0x
EV/EBITDA
23.9x
ROCE
17.1%
Margin
10.2%
Rev YoY
+44.8%
Mcap
₹1,679 cr
P/E
20.6x
EV/EBITDA
16.9x
ROCE
3.1%
Margin
11.0%
Rev YoY
+31.4%
Mcap
₹726 cr
P/E
18.6x
EV/EBITDA
6.5x
ROCE
6.8%
Margin
18.3%
Rev YoY
-2.0%
Mcap
₹5,177 cr
P/E
78.1x
EV/EBITDA
11.0x
ROCE
3.2%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
+12.7%
Mcap
₹3,445 cr
P/E
21.5x
EV/EBITDA
14.2x
ROCE
19.4%
Margin
18.6%
Rev YoY
+17.9%
Mcap
₹1,891 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-163.1x
ROCE
-3.3%
Margin
-1.4%
Rev YoY
+21.5%
Mcap
₹1,557 cr
P/E
27.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
19.1%
Margin
31.1%
Rev YoY
+31.3%
Mcap
₹1,407 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-2720.0x
ROCE
-77.6%
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹1,314 cr
P/E
12.5x
EV/EBITDA
6.3x
ROCE
6.5%
Margin
8.4%
Rev YoY
+4.6%
Mcap
₹1,128 cr
P/E
8.1x
EV/EBITDA
4.0x
ROCE
13.1%
Margin
18.6%
Rev YoY
+10.6%
Mcap
₹1,065 cr
P/E
24.3x
EV/EBITDA
19.2x
ROCE
32.5%
Margin
43.0%
Rev YoY
+32.4%
Mcap
₹920 cr
P/E
23.9x
EV/EBITDA
15.7x
ROCE
18.2%
Margin
10.8%
Rev YoY
+7.3%
Mcap
₹905 cr
P/E
9.8x
EV/EBITDA
7.0x
ROCE
11.9%
Margin
18.0%
Rev YoY
+17.0%
Mcap
₹851 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-21.6x
ROCE
-11.7%
Margin
-79.3%
Rev YoY
-3.1%
Mcap
₹809 cr
P/E
10.8x
EV/EBITDA
10.0x
ROCE
12.7%
Margin
17.6%
Rev YoY
+78.5%
Mcap
₹753 cr
P/E
22.0x
EV/EBITDA
12.9x
ROCE
14.7%
Margin
19.7%
Rev YoY
+6.0%
Mcap
₹570 cr
P/E
35.6x
EV/EBITDA
8.0x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
15.1%
Rev YoY
-1.1%
Mcap
₹553 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
18.8x
ROCE
1.2%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
-20.1%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindMiddle East conflict elevating RM costs and creating supply dislocations sector-wide6 managements

The ongoing Middle East war is the most-cited operational risk. Deepak Fertilisers reported FOB ammonia ~USD 600/MT with no near-term reversion; GNFC curtailed acetic acid, ethyl…

  • DEEPAKFERT (Q1FY27): “Even if war stopped, it won't fall to a same level so soon. At least the all…
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AppendixThe other 52 companies

1-30
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹508 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
370.8x
ROCE
2.2%
Margin
2.8%
Rev YoY
-9.6%
Mcap
₹504 cr
P/E
12.7x
EV/EBITDA
8.4x
ROCE
33.7%
Margin
4.5%
Rev YoY
+25.1%
Mcap
₹404 cr
P/E
19.4x
EV/EBITDA
8.5x
ROCE
15.9%
Margin
14.2%
Rev YoY
+22.2%
Mcap
₹401 cr
P/E
15.9x
EV/EBITDA
60.4x
ROCE
3.0%
Margin
94.3%
Rev YoY
+103.2%
Mcap
₹397 cr
P/E
11.6x
EV/EBITDA
8.4x
ROCE
12.6%
Margin
16.9%
Rev YoY
+6.1%
Mcap
₹391 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-2.1%
Margin
0.4%
Rev YoY
-90.0%
Mcap
₹383 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-2753.0x
ROCE
18.9%
Margin
-12.0%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹362 cr
P/E
31.4x
EV/EBITDA
12.3x
ROCE
2.2%
Margin
10.0%
Rev YoY
+44.1%
Mcap
₹359 cr
P/E
15.1x
EV/EBITDA
8.6x
ROCE
21.5%
Margin
23.4%
Rev YoY
-39.3%
Mcap
₹248 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
62.6x
ROCE
0.6%
Margin
1.4%
Rev YoY
-41.4%
Mcap
₹200 cr
P/E
18.0x
EV/EBITDA
9.7x
ROCE
25.2%
Margin
10.2%
Rev YoY
-0.6%
Mcap
₹178 cr
P/E
14.0x
EV/EBITDA
21.7x
ROCE
13.8%
Margin
9.2%
Rev YoY
+125.8%
Mcap
₹169 cr
P/E
22.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
5.5%
Margin
9.9%
Rev YoY
+16.4%
Mcap
₹155 cr
P/E
31.7x
EV/EBITDA
10.1x
ROCE
5.5%
Margin
9.3%
Rev YoY
-0.8%
Mcap
₹139 cr
P/E
27.0x
EV/EBITDA
8.5x
ROCE
9.3%
Margin
10.9%
Rev YoY
+11.7%
Mcap
₹136 cr
P/E
6.0x
EV/EBITDA
14.1x
ROCE
2.2%
Margin
10.4%
Rev YoY
+134.7%
Mcap
₹134 cr
P/E
15.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
5.3%
Margin
1.6%
Rev YoY
-6.2%
Mcap
₹108 cr
P/E
18.1x
EV/EBITDA
14.6x
ROCE
15.6%
Margin
2.5%
Rev YoY
+93.1%
Mcap
₹76 cr
P/E
13.8x
EV/EBITDA
12.6x
ROCE
18.1%
Margin
4.0%
Rev YoY
+44.2%
Mcap
₹76 cr
P/E
5.7x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
45.9%
Margin
48.9%
Rev YoY
-7.2%
Mcap
₹64 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-134.4x
ROCE
31.9%
Margin
-24.2%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹56 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-169.6x
ROCE
-43.2%
Margin
-199.1%
Rev YoY
-50.0%
Mcap
₹56 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
144.0x
ROCE
-5.5%
Margin
3.8%
Rev YoY
-98.1%
Mcap
₹53 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
9.7x
ROCE
11.1%
Margin
1.1%
Rev YoY
+18.8%
Mcap
₹45 cr
P/E
47.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
0.6%
Margin
63.5%
Rev YoY
-8.7%
Mcap
₹42 cr
P/E
19.5x
EV/EBITDA
28.7x
ROCE
45.6%
Margin
4.1%
Rev YoY
+98.7%
Mcap
₹34 cr
P/E
58.3x
EV/EBITDA
376.0x
ROCE
-0.7%
Margin
36.0%
Rev YoY
-35.3%
Mcap
₹34 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-15.8x
ROCE
-9.7%
Margin
-11.5%
Rev YoY
+52.0%
Mcap
₹28 cr
P/E
24.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
7.9%
Margin
8.7%
Rev YoY
+24.8%
Mcap
₹26 cr
P/E
21.8x
EV/EBITDA
10.4x
ROCE
18.9%
Margin
3.6%
Rev YoY
-2.7%

22 more companies

This industry has 52 constituents beyond the covered names. The first page is free; premium opens the rest.

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