Carborundum Universal Limited share price
NSE: CARBORUNIV · ISIN INE120A01034
Key numbers
- Market cap
- ₹ 24,356 Cr
- Current price
- ₹ 1,278.50
- 52-week high / low
- ₹ 1,369 / 735
- Stock P/E
- 116.0
- Book value
- ₹ 204.7
- Dividend yield
- 0.31%
- ROCE
- 7.6%
- ROE
- 5.2%
- Debt to equity
- 0.08
- Sales growth (3 yrs)
- 3.8%
- Profit growth (3 yrs)
- -22.2%
- 1-year return
- 31.5%
About Carborundum Universal Limited
Carborundum Universal Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells abrasives, ceramics, and electrominerals in India and internationally. It operates through three segments: Surface Engineering, Technical Ceramics and Super Refractory Solutions, and Electrominerals. The company offers super, bonded and coated abrasives, cutting and grinding, metal working fluids, and power tools; and electro minerals, such as alumina, carbides, zirconia; and thermal spray and ceramic powders. It also provides industrial ceramics for applications in mining and mineral processing, power and energy systems, mobility, semiconductors and electronics, and aerospace and defense; and dense refractories, including bricks and engineered shapes, insulating, and range of monolithic refractories, pre-cast pre-fired components, acid-resistant liners comprising carbon bricks, advanced composites, specialty screeding and coatings, polymer concrete cells, and structural composites, including piping for abrasion resistance; and graphene, phase change materials, high-purity silicon carbide, and specialty polymers. In addition, the company offers IT infrastructure facility management, software…
Quarterly results
Consolidated figures in ₹ crores
| Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 1,199 | 1,207 | 1,273 | 1,383 | 1,411 |
| Operating profit | 146 | 121 | 157 | 144 | 135 |
| Net profit | 29 | 62 | 76 | -18 | 76 |
| EPS (₹) | 1.73 | 3.28 | 4.02 | -0.93 | 4.04 |
Concall summary (2026-08-14)
AI summary of the earnings call transcript · tone: Positive · source document
Guidance & outlook
- On a sequential basis, consolida ted PBIT increased by 11.6% from INR 102 crores in Q4 FY'26 to INR 114 crores in Q1 FY27.
- We gave a guidance of INR 400 crores for the full year FY'27 and we keep the same guidance.
Growth & demand
- To begin with, I will start with the standalone performance: In Q1 FY'27, standalone sales were INR 846 crores compared to INR 698 crores in Q1 FY '26, which is a growth of 21.2%.
- Electrominerals segment grew by 33%, Ceramics segment grew by 15.2%, and Abrasive segment grew by 14.7%.
Margins & costs
- If you remember, consolidated PAT in Q4 FY'26 included exceptional items, costs of about INR 135 crores related to CUMI Awuko Abrasives and Foskor Zirconia (Pty) Limited.
- Besides this, raw material cost push, normal inflationary cost push and other costs were there.
Capex & expansion
- Carborundum Universal Limited August 10, 2026 Consolidated CAPEX in Q1 FY'27 was INR 53 crores compared to INR 64 crores in Q1 FY'26.
- We retained our CAPEX guidance of about Rs 400 crores in FY'27.
Balance sheet & cash
- Standalone profit after tax in Q1 FY'27: Standalone PAT was INR 88 crores compared to INR 77 crores in Q1 FY'26 without the impact of one-time dividend of INR 68 crores received from a subsidiary in Q1 FY '26.
- Profit of Q4 FY '26 included dividend income of subsidiaries and JVs of INR 30.5 crores compared to a dividend income of INR 14.5 crores in Q1 FY'27.
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