Kuantum Papers Limited share price

Kuantum Papers Limited manufactures and sells agro- and wood-based writing and printing, copier, and specialty paper products in India and internationally. The company also provides maplitho and creamwove paper; and value-added specialty products, such as thermal, bond, azurelaid, parchment, cartridge, ledger, stiffener, coloured, cupstock, carry bag, and straw paper products. Its products are used in the printing of books, trade directories, newsprint, diaries, calendars, and computer and general office stationery, as well as notebooks, annual reports, account books, envelopes, commercial printing, paper cups and straws, and wedding cards. The company serves educational institutions, publi…Read more

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Basic MaterialsPaper & Paper ProductsNSE: KUANTUMISIN INE529I01021

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹72.18▼ 0.65 (0.89%)

Market Cap₹ 630 Cr.
Current Price₹ 72.18
High / Low₹ 111 / 65
Stock P/E17.3
Book Value₹ 141
Dividend Yield3.46 %
ROCE5.0 %
ROE3.40 %
Face Value₹ 1.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 4.18
Price / Book0.51
OPM9.1 %
Debt / Equity0.71
Sales growth (5Y)22.0 %
Profit growth (5Y)—
Promoter holding72.6 %
EV / EBITDA8.8
Beta0.15
All-time high₹ 226

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
KUANTUM	-4.64%	-5.49%	-14.72%	-21.53%	-32.99%	-27.74%	-1.90%
Nifty 50	-0.31%	-3.85%	-4.34%	-11.42%	-9.53%	+5.46%	+4.76%

Price returns only (dividends not included). Prices from NSE via Yahoo Finance; may be delayed.

Quick take

Kuantum Papers Limited is in the Paper & Paper Products industry (Basic Materials), with a market value of ₹630 crore.
It trades at 17.3 times its last 12 months' earnings and 0.5 times book value.
Revenue grew 22.0% a year over the last 5 years.
Return on equity was 3.4% and return on capital employed 5.0% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.71 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 35.2% below its 52-week high and down 33.0% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 72.6%; institutions about 0.0%.

Pros

Sales have grown 22.0% a year over the last 5 years.
Pays a healthy dividend: about 62% of profit last year.
Promoters hold a large stake of 70.30%.

Cons

Interest cover is thin: operating earnings are 2.0 times the interest cost.
Profit growth has been weak: -32.5% a year over the last 3 years.
Latest quarter (Jun 2026): profit fell 48% from a year ago.
Trades at 17.3 times earnings, above its 3-year median of 10.6.

Pros and cons are generated automatically from the reported figures. They are observations, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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About Kuantum Papers Limited

Employees: 1,399
Head office: Chandigarh

Basic MaterialsPaper & Paper Products

S.No.	Company	CMP ₹	P/E	Mar Cap ₹ Cr	Div Yld %	NP Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Profit Var %	Sales Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Sales Var %	ROCE %	ROE %	P/B	OPM %	Debt / Eq	Prom. Hold. %	Sales ₹ Cr	Sales Var 3Yrs %
1.	Kuantum Papers	72.18	17.3	630	3.46	6	-48.34	304	36.26	5.0	3.4	0.51	9.1	0.71	72.58	1,093	22.0
2.	JK Paper	396.10	21.4	7,182	1.02	130	92.06	1,887	12.53	6.2	4.9	1.30	8.1	0.47	57.61	6,969	2.8
3.	Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers	139.23	3.7	964	2.89	6	—	1,147	0.40	6.3	11.3	0.42	4.5	0.70	49.41	4,645	-3.6
4.	Pudumjee Paper Products	97.29	10.1	924	0.61	34	-6.95	203	3.29	16.4	14.9	1.38	13.5	0.06	73.00	808	2.1
5.	Pakka	72.27	49.8	344	0.00	6	—	117	42.97	2.6	1.4	0.70	4.7	0.99	40.84	356	-4.4
6.	Ruchira Papers	105.97	9.5	316	2.38	6	—	175	3.79	10.6	9.2	0.64	9.7	0.37	68.73	649	-6.9
7.	Genus Paper & Boards	10.32	18.8	265	0.00	3	430.73	238	11.47	6.3	2.9	0.53	5.9	0.87	69.33	863	9.2
8.	Star Paper Mills	166.49	8.4	260	1.50	11	-14.08	103	2.28	4.5	4.7	0.37	3.7	0.01	63.92	410	-5.7
9.	Shreyans Industries	151.36	—	209	0.99	-3	-118.75	160	4.23	2.3	1.5	0.49	0.2	0.14	72.57	623	-10.4
	Median: 9 Co.	105.97	13.7	344	1.02	6	-10.52	203	4.23	6.2	4.7	0.53	5.9	0.47	68.73	808	-3.6

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Quarterly Results

Standalone figures in ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	313	297	301	299	281	279	270	277	223	280	290	301	304
YOY Sales Growth %	14.06%	-12.76%	-14.01%	-13.06%	-10.25%	-6.26%	-10.41%	-7.19%	-20.60%	0.30%	7.23%	8.50%	36.26%
	203	218	222	235	209	218	220	217	183	245	250	253	264
Material Cost %	24%	31%	32%	31%	29%	33%	36%	32%	30%	38%	38%	37%	36%
Employee Cost %	6%	6%	7%	7%	8%	7%	7%	7%	10%	8%	8%	8%	8%
Other Expenses %	34%	36%	35%	41%	37%	38%	39%	39%	41%	41%	40%	40%	42%
Operating Profit	109	80	79	64	72	61	50	60	40	34	39	48	40
OPM %	35%	27%	26%	21%	25%	22%	19%	22%	18%	12%	14%	16%	13%
Other Income	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3
Interest	11	12	11	8	9	9	10	10	10	12	11	13	15
Depreciation	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	18
Profit before tax	87	57	56	46	51	40	28	36	16	8	13	19	11
	25%	26%	25%	27%	25%	25%	26%	28%	26%	31%	27%	23%	42%
Current tax	20	12	12	12	11	6	3	6	1	-1
Deferred tax	2	3	3	0	2	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5
	65	43	42	34	38	30	21	26	12	6	10	14	6
YOY Profit Growth %		-19.02%	-26.41%	-47.91%	-41.37%	-29.90%	-50.24%	-22.93%	-68.42%	-80.70%	-53.37%	-45.09%	-48.34%
EPS in Rs	7.46	4.89	4.83	3.88	4.38	3.43	2.40	2.99	1.38	0.66	1.12	1.64	0.71
Raw filing

Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. EPS restated for bonus issues and splits. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Latest quarter on the right.

Profit & Loss

Standalone figures in ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	745	404	830	1,310	1,211	1,107	1,093	1,174
YOY Sales Growth %		-45.77%	105.60%	57.70%	-7.50%	-8.61%	-1.25%
	626	375	711	930	878	864	931	1,012
Material Cost %	35%	36%	37%	31%	30%	32%	36%	37%
Employee Cost %	8%	14%	7%	5%	7%	7%	8%	8%
Other Expenses %	41%	43%	42%	35%	36%	38%	40%	41%
Operating Profit	119	29	119	379	333	243	162	162
OPM %	16%	7%	14%	29%	27%	22%	15%	14%
	9	10	4	4	6	6	6	8
Exceptional items		-9		-63
Interest	30	28	69	71	43	39	46	50
Depreciation	32	35	46	45	48	54	65	68
Profit before tax	65	-32	8	203	248	155	57	51
	-10%		-74%	33%	26%	26%	26%	29%
Current tax	12		2	14	55	26
Deferred tax	-19	-19	-7	53	9	15	15
	72	-13	13	136	184	115	42	36
YOY Profit Growth %		-117.72%		914.35%	35.02%	-37.34%	-63.58%
EPS in Rs	8.23	-1.46	1.54	15.60	21.07	13.20	4.81	4.13
Dividend Payout %					14%	23%	62%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 22%
3 Years:: -6%
TTM:: 12%

Compounded Profit Growth

3 Years:: -32%
TTM:: -59%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -2%
3 Years:: -28%
1 Year:: -33%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 11%
Last Year:: 3%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. EPS restated for bonus issues and splits. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Dividend payout = dividends paid in the year ÷ net profit.

Balance Sheet

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, as at 31 March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	9	9	9	9
Reserves	958	1,115	1,204	1,220
	513	513	654	870
Long term borrowings	368	307	403	590
Short term borrowings	145	205	251	270
	210	251	246	301
Trade payables	26	57	42	64
Current liabilities	209	302	327	386
Total Liabilities	1,689	1,888	2,113	2,399
	1,461	1,567	1,816	2,105
Gross block	1,660	1,801	2,098	2,449
Accumulated depreciation	199	234	282	344
Goodwill & intangibles		0	11	11
CWIP	54	99	214	285
	175	222	83	8
Inventories	90	113	126	131
Trade receivables	29	34	39	44
Cash & equivalents	2	71	9	41
Current assets	213	307	271	256
Total Assets	1,689	1,888	2,113	2,399

Source: Yahoo Finance (compiled from the annual reports). Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Cash Flows

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, financial years ending March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	375	298	177	219
Profit for the year	136	184	115	42
Working capital changes	2	-0	-40	60
Direct taxes paid	-7	-56	-32	-8
	-60	-156	-315	-321
Fixed assets purchased	-65	-176	-313	-327
Fixed assets sold	2	9	2	0
Investments purchased			-5	-1
Investments sold				5
	-318	-73	76	134
Proceeds from borrowings	151	469	379	370
Repayment of borrowings	-400	-469	-261	-140
Interest paid	-68	-46	-39	-45
Dividends paid		-26	-26	-26
Net Cash Flow	-2	69	-61	32
Free Cash Flow	310	122	-136	-108

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capital expenditure. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	14.1%	17.6%	9.9%	3.4%
ROCE	—	18.2%	18.1%	10.8%	5.0%
Operating margin	—	25.7%	25.2%	17.5%	9.1%
Net margin	—	10.5%	15.2%	10.5%	3.9%
Debt / equity	—	0.53	0.46	0.54	0.71
Current ratio	—	1.02	1.02	0.83	0.66
Debtor days	—	8	10	13	15
Inventory days	—	53	72	79	75
Days payable	—	15	36	26	37
Cash conversion cycle	—	46	46	66	53
Working capital days	—	1	1	-18	-44

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities). Debtor days = receivables ÷ sales × 365; inventory and payable days use cost of goods sold; cash conversion cycle = debtor + inventory − payable days; working capital days = (current assets − current liabilities) ÷ sales × 365.

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 70.30%
FIIs 0.02%
DIIs 0.01%
Public 29.67%

%	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%	70.30%
	0.53%	0.17%	0.14%	0.08%	0.15%	0.09%			0.02%	0.05%	0.04%	0.02%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	0.51%	0.17%	0.14%	0.08%	0.15%	0.08%			0.01%	0.05%	0.04%	0.02%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.02%								0.01%
DIIs	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	29.16%	29.52%	29.55%	29.61%	29.53%	29.60%	29.68%	29.68%	29.67%	29.64%	29.65%	29.67%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	15.21%	15.74%	16.38%	16.81%	18.07%	17.82%	17.97%	18.30%	18.60%	18.74%	19.85%	20.96%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	3.17%	3.33%	2.74%	2.73%	2.67%	2.90%	2.94%	3.02%	3.02%	3.03%	3.24%	3.47%
NRIs	0.16%	0.22%	0.26%	0.27%	0.32%	0.34%	0.34%	0.29%	0.28%	0.30%	0.33%	0.34%
Bodies corporate	8.29%	7.91%	7.85%	7.51%	6.22%	6.27%	6.16%	5.72%	5.43%	5.20%	3.88%	2.44%
IEPF	2.18%	2.18%	2.18%	2.18%	2.22%	2.22%	2.22%	2.22%	2.30%	2.29%	2.27%	2.27%
No. of Shareholders	18,251	20,276	20,870	21,986	23,007	22,759	22,517	22,729	22,069	21,570	21,742	22,157

Source: shareholding patterns filed by the company with NSE. Public = non-institutional holders. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Documents

Announcements

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Annual reports

Credit ratings

Concalls & investor meets

Filings made by the company with NSE; documents open on NSE's website.

Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 20 Aug 2026
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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Kuantum Papers Limited (KUANTUM) last traded at ₹72.18 on NSE (16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST). Prices may be delayed.

What is the market cap of Kuantum Papers Limited?

About ₹630 crore at the latest price.

What is the P/E ratio of Kuantum Papers Limited?

About 17.3 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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