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Premier Explosives Limited

Premier Explosives Limited

692.50
INR
0.00
(0.00%)
6.23EPS
129.28P/E
43.33BMarket Cap
Premier Explosives Limited
NSE:PREMEXPLN
(National Stock Exchange of India)

Recent

price

692.50

P/E

ratio

129.28

div

yld

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ROIC.AI

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TTM
INR
23.41
26.66
26.92
35.52
34.29
41.76
53.65
53.01
47.48
30.6
28.58
36.94
37.49
50.29
77.43
72
64.83
Revenue per Share
2.47
2.94
1.31
2.25
1.22
1.28
3.55
1.57
2.13
-1.85
-2.03
0.99
1.28
5.27
5.34
8.52
6.23
Basic EPS, GAAP
1.47
2.44
0.22
1.49
-0.44
2.31
-1.52
-7.65
2.31
-6.67
-0.56
-3.08
1.27
10.34
19.54
-5.41
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
0.46
0.46
0.58
0.58
0.64
0.94
0.02
0.74
0.6
0.65
- -
- -
0.3
0.34
0.5
0.5
- -
Dividend per Share
8.84
11.2
11.92
13.69
13.98
24.67
28.23
37.41
39.01
36.53
34.37
35.25
36.22
40.95
45.72
53.77
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Book Value per Share
8.81
11.18
11.92
13.69
13.97
24.66
28.22
37.4
38.25
35.7
33.16
33.83
34.91
39.67
44.58
52.76
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Tangible Book Value per Share
41
41
41
41
44
44
44
52
53
54
54
54
54
54
54
54
54
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
951
1,083
1,094
1,454
1,495
1,850
2,377
2,749
2,530
1,645
1,536
1,986
2,015
2,704
4,163
3,871
3,488
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
16.27
14.61
8.17
10.31
6.38
8.02
11.03
6.04
9.05
-1.66
1.88
7.6
9.62
18.56
11.24
10.24
3.44
Operating Margin (%)
18
19
21
24
33
33
37
39
45
53
63
95
98
115
115
117
116
Depreciation Expense
100
119
53
92
53
57
157
81
114
-99
-109
53
69
284
287
458
335
Net Income, GAAP
33.45
28.04
28.2
28.88
30.2
31.89
31.95
36.62
28.73
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- -
25.27
25.3
30.04
23.98
24.26
26.82
Effective Tax Rate (%)
10.53
11.02
4.88
6.34
3.56
3.05
6.62
2.96
4.49
-6.04
-7.11
2.67
3.43
10.49
6.89
11.84
9.62
Profit Margin (%)
76
115
108
167
210
192
369
970
721
272
133
136
172
506
703
1,016
- -
Working Capital
17
24
40
29
6
3
65
78
65
39
102
51
23
125
75
132
- -
LT Debt
359
455
485
572
619
1,093
1,267
2,005
2,111
1,977
1,861
1,907
1,960
2,215
2,472
2,904
- -
Total Equity
25.86
26.1
9.7
14.4
7.18
5.08
9.56
4.9
5.7
- -
- -
3.79
4.88
11.75
12.33
8.2
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
26.26
27.02
9.8
17.18
9.43
6.93
11.87
5.09
5.9
- -
- -
3.73
4.2
11.8
11.8
15.32
- -
Return on Capital (%)
31.28
29.34
11.37
17.43
8.93
6.6
13.43
5.03
5.56
-4.89
-5.73
2.83
3.6
13.67
12.32
17.13
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
ST Debt
- -
192
- -
LT Borrowings
- -
132
- -
LT Finance Leases
- -
- -
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
54
54
54
Market Capitalization
28,211
20,510
43,329

Working Capital

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'26
Mar'26
Jun'27
Total Current Assets
- -
2,583
- -
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
- -
669
- -
Accounts Receivable, Net
- -
520
- -
Inventories
- -
1,030
- -
Total Current Liabilities
- -
1,567
- -
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
- -
192
- -
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
11.46%
9.48%
17.51%
Free Cash Flow
69.32%
197.23%
-127.7%
Net Income, GAAP
24.51%
50.63%
59.65%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
10.64%
22.37%
-7.01%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
829
946
1,659
741
4,163
2026
1,421
756
814
892
3,871
2027
1,026
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
1.36
1.57
1.71
0.7
5.34
2026
2.85
3.32
1.13
1.22
8.52
2027
0.57
- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.5
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.5
2027
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Premier Explosives Limited is an India-based company primarily engaged in the manufacture of high energy materials and allied products, serving the defense, space, mining, infrastructure, and homeland security sectors. The company offers a comprehensive range of products including bulk explosives, packaged explosives, emulsion and slurry explosives, cast boosters, pillow-packs for secondary blasting, detonators (plain, instantaneous electric, electric delay, permitted), detonating fuses with various core loads, and non-electric shock-tube detonators. In addition, the company manufactures solid propellants, fully assembled rocket motors, strap-on motors for satellite launch vehicles, chaff, infrared flares, explosive bolts, pyro initiators, pyrogen igniters, pyro devices, smoke markers, cable cutters, tear gas grenades, and other advanced defense and space-related products. Premier Explosives also undertakes operation and maintenance services for solid propellant plants at defense and space establishments and provides technical support and blasting consultancy services. Its geographic operations extend across India with manufacturing units in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, along with international supply markets. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, Premier Explosives has pioneered the indigenization of explosive technology in India, commencing commercial production in 1993. The company’s latest strategic developments include a significant expansion into the defense sector with an investment approval of approximately Rs. 864 crore to establish a Defence Explosives Raw Materials and Ammunition Plant in Odisha. It also completed a stock split in mid-2024 to enhance equity liquidity, subdividing its shares from a face value of Rs 10 to Rs 2. Despite a temporary operational shutdown in 2025 due to an accident at its solid propellant mixing facility, the company has resumed production after regulatory clearance and is actively securing sizable export orders for defense products, including rocket motors and solid propellants. Premier Explosives maintains strategic ties with Indian defense bodies such as DRDO and BDL and is advancing its capabilities with a strong product portfolio tailored to indigenous defense and space applications. The company, publicly listed under ticker PREMEXPLN.NS, operates multiple manufacturing facilities specialized for both commercial explosives and precision defense products. Its vertically integrated operations encompass product research, development, manufacturing, application engineering, and after-sales technical support, targeting mining and infrastructure companies, defense forces, and space agencies in India and abroad. Premier Explosives also emphasizes safety and compliance, supported by a technically qualified team and a nationwide distribution network ensuring timely delivery even to remote locations. Its product innovation strategy includes manufacturing detonators with Nickel Hydrazine Nitrate as a primary charge and expanding its supply chain footprint to meet growing defense and strategic needs.