Archean Chemical Industries Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
Archean Chemical reported Q4 FY26 total income of Rs 304.7 crore, down 9% year-on-year, with EBITDA of Rs 66.4 crore and PAT of around Rs 29.8 crore, as industrial salt volumes and pricing were impacted by customer deferrals, logistics disruptions from a Kutch road diversion, and the US-Iran conflict. Bromine volumes recovered to around 3,731 metric tons for the quarter with realization up 14% year-on-year, and management said it had renegotiated a majority of its long-term bromine contracts upward. For the full year, total revenue was Rs 1,088.8 crore, up 2%, while EBITDA declined 17% to around Rs 308 crore and PAT fell 17% to Rs 154.3 crore.
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Numbers mentioned
Total income: INR304.7 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“total income for Q4 F '25- '26 stood at INR304.7 crores, a 9% decrease on a year-on-year basis”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA: INR66.4 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“Overall, EBITDA stood at -- reported was INR66.4 crores, a 34.3% decline year-on-year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin: 21.79% (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“EBITDA margin stood at 21.79% for the quarter”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Profit after tax: around INR29.8 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“profit after tax for Q4 FY 26 was at around INR29.8 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total revenue: INR1,088.8 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“total revenue for the year stood at -- is reported at INR1,088.8 crores, a 2% growth on a year-on-year basis”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA: around INR308 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“EBITDA for the year stood at around INR308 crores, a 17% dip on a year-on-year basis”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Profit after tax: INR154.3 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“Profit after tax for the year reported was INR154.3 crores, a 17% decline year-on-year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Industrial salt volume: 1.1 million tons (Q4 FY26)
p. 4
“Industrial salt, for the volume for the quarter was 1.1 million tons, down 7.2% versus last year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Industrial salt volume: 4.2 million tons (FY26)
p. 4
“For the full year, though, we had sales of 4.2 million tons, up by 22% from the previous year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bromine volume: 3,731 metric tons (Q4 FY26)
p. 5
“Bromine volume -- coming to bromine. Bromine volume was at around 3,731 metric tons for the quarter”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bromine realization growth: 14% year-on-year (Q4 FY26)
p. 5
“Realization was up 14% year-on-year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
SOP volume: 644 tons (FY26)
p. 5
“SOP volumes in F '26 stood at 644 tons, contributing to a very small level of revenue of around INR3.5 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated total revenue: INR306.3 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“On a consolidated basis, total revenue for Q4 was around INR306.3 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated EBITDA: INR49.1 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“EBITDA for the company overall stood at INR49.1 crores in Q4 FY '26”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated PAT: around INR12.2 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 6
“profit after tax on a fully consolidated basis was around INR12.2 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated revenue: INR1,108 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“From FY '26 perspective, overall revenue is INR1,108 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated EBITDA: INR265 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“EBITDA for the company stood at INR265 crores on a fully consolidated basis with net profits of INR105.4 crores”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Standalone cash and bank balances: INR37 crores (as of March 31, 2026)
p. 18
“Yes, just stand-alone cash, cash equivalent bank balances, INR37 crores and consolidated is INR55 crores”
Ramamurthy Natarajan, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bromine derivatives revenue growth: nearly 300% (FY26)
p. 5
“revenue for the full year was up by nearly 300% compared to the previous year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Global freight cost increase: 18% to 20% (Q4 FY26)
p. 4
“our costs have increased by 18% to 20% on global freight”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Industrial fuel price increase: nearly 50% (since late February)
p. 4
“our industrial fuel prices have increased by nearly 50% and inconsistent retail availability has had a large bearing on our transportation costs”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Salt business growth — 10% to 12%
stated as an aspiration by Rampraveen Swaminathan
p. 8
“we do expect the salt business will continue to grow at 10% to 12%”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Semiconductor project substructure work start — July
stated firmly by Rajeev Kumar
p. 10
“Our target is to start the substructure work from July”
Rajeev Kumar, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Semiconductor project timeline to production — 24 to 30 months · from July
stated conditionally by Rajeev Kumar
p. 10
“And broadly, it should 24 to 30 months from that time”
Rajeev Kumar, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bromine derivatives plant trials completion — first quarter of this year
stated firmly by Rampraveen Swaminathan
p. 5
“we expect to complete plant trials in the first quarter of this year and go into a higher level of production in the second half of the year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Idealis Mudchemie ramp-up — second half of the year
stated as an aspiration by Rampraveen Swaminathan
p. 5
“We expect to have a fairly lean first half of this year in terms of Idealis Mudchemie, but we expect that the second half will start getting to a larger ramp”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Oren Hydrocarbons plants operational — at least two out of three plants in operations at reasonable volume · second half of the year
stated conditionally by Rampraveen Swaminathan
p. 17
“we expect that all -- at least two out of the three plants will be in operations at reasonable volume in the second half of the year”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Kutch logistics normalization — return to normal operations · early Q3 of this financial year
stated conditionally by Rampraveen Swaminathan
p. 4
“we understand this construction will continue until early Q3 of this financial year, after which we'll be able to come back to more normal operations”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
Management's answers to analyst questions, in Parakho's words rather than a transcript. Each row names who answered and carries the verbatim quote it was drawn from.
Management quantified the per-ton cost increase across the quarter and estimated the total weighted impact.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Sanjesh Jain: What was the cost impact from higher freight and fuel costs in Q4?
p. 7
“we ended the quarter with roughly around INR200 to INR220 per ton in increase of cost of transportation”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said daily production rates have returned to historical levels of around 54-55 tons per day.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Sanjesh Jain: Has bromine production reached historical peak levels?
p. 8
“roughly, it will be around 54, 55 tons per day, and we are roughly getting back to that range right now in terms of daily production”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management cited longer product development cycles, pricing pressure as a new entrant, and bromine supply disruptions from Hajipir.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Sanjesh Jain: What has caused challenges in Acume's ramp-up?
p. 9
“Some of our products, especially targeted towards pharma applications have been a little bit longer cycle than we expected them to be”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that end users could not pass through the spike in spot prices to their customers, causing softening, and declined to give forward guidance.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Avnish Tiwari: Why is bromine demand normalizing after the spike, and can management give consolidated EBITDA/revenue guidance for the loss-making businesses?
p. 13
“there has been some softening in terms of their end users looking back and not accepting price increases and that coming back through the chain, to us as well”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management declined to provide such guidance.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Avnish Tiwari: Can management provide guidance on breakeven timelines for loss-making segments?
p. 14
“No, we don't provide specific guidance to that level of detail Avnish”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that spot prices, which are only a fraction of the market, absorb the volatility from sudden demand-supply imbalances, while long-term contract pricing remains stable.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Chirag: What is causing volatility in bromine prices?
p. 15
“what the industry tends to share as volatile prices is basically only spot prices. Spot is a fraction of the market”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management confirmed no inventory revaluation occurred.
Answered by Ramamurthy Natarajan
Asked by Chirag: Is there any revaluation on inventory due to shortages?
p. 16
“No revaluation on the inventory”
Ramamurthy Natarajan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the bentonite plant faces regulatory delays with the Gujarat government, while other product lines are under customer trials, with recovery expected in the second half of the year.
Answered by Rampraveen Swaminathan
Asked by Rohit Nagraj: When will Oren Hydrocarbons reach the earlier INR150 crore revenue estimate?
p. 17
“the Gujarat government has interpret some of the NCLT provisions or orders in a slightly different way, and we are working with the local government authorities to get aligned on that, which is -- and right now the hindrance in starting the plant up”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Muted industrial salt demand and tough pricing environment due to rising global capacity
p. 3
“demand from industrial salt has been muted, which has been reflected in a tough pricing environment for the product category”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility affecting demand, supply and pricing
p. 3
“Several macroeconomic developments, including the India U.S. trade discussions, the India EU FTA negotiations, tariffs imposed by the U.S. government and more recently, Iran U.S. conflict have influenced market dynamics across demand, supply and pricing”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Logistics disruption from Kutch road construction increasing transportation distance and costs
p. 4
“we saw a significant increase in distance of transportation, which has impacted our fleet availability due to higher TAT and fuel costs as it distance -- effective distance increased by 2x”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Rising commodity and fuel costs impacting margins
p. 4
“Prices of other key commodities - Indonesian coal, sulfur and propanol have also been impacted unfavorably in the range of 20% to 30%”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Volume losses from customer deferrals and logistics issues tied to the US-Iran conflict
p. 4
“Volumes were impacted by nearly 120,000 tons due to customer deferrals on account of the US-Iran conflict and around 250,000 tons of shipments we could not complete because of the logistics issues”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Margin pressure in bromine derivatives due to low capacity utilization
p. 5
“our margins remained under pressure due to the lower capacity utilization during the ramp-up phase”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Regulatory delays affecting Oren Hydrocarbons bentonite plant startup
p. 17
“That plant actually has been under -- we have to work with government on getting licenses cleared and approvals done”
Rampraveen Swaminathan, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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