Orient Cement Limited share price

Orient Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement in India. The company offers pozzolana and ordinary Portland cement under the Birla A1 Premium Cement, Birla A1 StrongCrete, Birla A1 OrientGreen, and Birla A1 Dolphin brand names. Its products are used in residential, commercial, infrastructure, industrial, and community projects. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Ahmedabad, India. Orient Cement Limited operates as a subsidiary of Ambuja Cements Limited.Read more

Website NSE BSE

Basic MaterialsBuilding MaterialsNSE: ORIENTCEMISIN INE876N01018

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹114.87▲ 2.36 (2.10%)

Market Cap₹ 2,360 Cr.
Current Price₹ 114.87
High / Low₹ 225 / 109
Stock P/E11.3
Book Value₹ 104
Dividend Yield0.44 %
ROCE13.3 %
ROE17.10 %
Face Value₹ 1.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 10.20
Price / Book1.10
OPM11.4 %
Debt / Equity0.03
Sales growth (5Y)3.7 %
Profit growth (5Y)9.5 %
Promoter holding74.4 %
EV / EBITDA4.6
Beta0.11
All-time high₹ 379

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
ORIENTCEM	-5.57%	-16.25%	-20.76%	-32.77%	-46.62%	-15.28%	-6.46%
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

Orient Cement Limited is in the Building Materials industry (Basic Materials), with a market value of ₹2,360 crore.
It trades at 11.3 times its last 12 months' earnings and 1.1 times book value.
Revenue grew 3.7% a year over the last 5 years, profit 9.5% a year.
Return on equity was 17.1% and return on capital employed 13.3% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.03 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 48.9% below its 52-week high and down 46.6% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 74.4%; institutions about 1.8%.

Pros

Company is almost debt-free (debt is 0.03 times equity).
Trades at 11.3 times earnings, below its 3-year median of 34.4.
Promoters have raised their holding by 34.76 points over 3 years, to 72.66%.
Promoters hold a large stake of 72.66%.

Cons

Sales growth has been slow: 3.7% a year over the last 5 years.
Latest quarter (Jun 2026): profit fell 63% from a year ago.
Institutional (FII + DII) holding has fallen by 13.6 points over 3 years.

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 Orient Cement Limited

Employees: 1,070
Head office: Ahmedabad

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
	825	721	751	888	696	544	643	825	866	643	636	647	604
YOY Sales Growth %	15.58%	17.11%	2.60%	1.37%	-15.62%	-24.50%	-14.37%	-7.08%	24.45%	18.25%	-1.13%	-21.57%	-30.29%
	726	634	636	740	600	500	585	722	684	478	546	539	460
Material Cost %	15%	13%	15%	15%	14%	16%	15%	17%	16%	23%	30%	29%	20%
Employee Cost %	6%	6%	6%	5%	7%	9%	8%	6%	5%	7%	6%	6%	6%
Other Expenses %	67%	68%	63%	64%	65%	66%	68%	65%	58%	44%	49%	49%	50%
Operating Profit	99	87	115	148	96	44	58	103	183	165	90	108	144
OPM %	12%	12%	15%	17%	14%	8%	9%	12%	21%	26%	14%	17%	24%
	4	2	2	8	6	4	3	8	2	12	3	6	5
Exceptional items											-6	0
Interest	10	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	3	3	2	5	3
Depreciation	37	37	38	38	39	39	38	37	37	101	48	45	43
Profit before tax	57	42	72	110	58	3	17	68	144	74	36	64	103
	35%	42%	37%	38%	37%	26%	39%	38%	-42%	33%	23%	13%	25%
Current tax	22	17	30	44	24	-7	7	32	39	39	17	22	32
Deferred tax	-2	1	-4	-2	-3	8	-1	-6	-100	-15	-8	-13	-6
	37	25	45	68	37	2	10	42	205	49	28	55	77
YOY Profit Growth %	-1.03%		63.50%	1.22%	-0.87%	-90.56%	-77.46%	-38.31%	459.43%	2,011.62%	174.13%	31.75%	-62.51%
EPS in Rs	1.81	1.20	2.20	3.33	1.79	0.11	0.49	2.05	10.00	2.39	1.35	2.70	3.76
Raw filing

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

Profit & Loss

Standalone figures in ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	2,311	2,522	2,422	2,324	2,725	2,938	3,185	2,709	2,793	2,531
YOY Sales Growth %		9.14%	-3.98%	-4.03%	17.27%	7.78%	8.43%	-14.95%	3.11%
	2,006	2,210	2,039	1,773	2,134	2,573	2,736	2,408	2,248	2,024
Material Cost %	11%	12%	8%	14%	13%	13%	14%	16%	24%	26%
Employee Cost %	6%	6%	6%	7%	6%	6%	6%	7%	6%	6%
Other Expenses %	69%	70%	69%	56%	60%	69%	66%	66%	51%	48%
Operating Profit	305	312	383	551	591	365	449	301	545	507
OPM %	13%	12%	16%	24%	22%	12%	14%	11%	20%	20%
	20	14	18	18	10	12	16	20	23	26
Exceptional items									-6	-6
Interest	129	118	122	94	51	38	34	23	13	13
Depreciation	126	133	141	142	145	147	149	153	231	237
Profit before tax	70	75	137	334	404	192	281	145	318	277
	37%	36%	37%	36%	35%	36%	38%	37%	-6%	24%
Current tax				1	85	79	113	57	100
Deferred tax	26	27	51	118	56	-10	-6	-2	-120
	44	48	87	214	263	123	175	91	338	209
YOY Profit Growth %		7.53%	82.10%	147.36%	22.91%	-53.35%	42.37%	-47.82%	270.08%
EPS in Rs	2.16	2.32	4.23	10.45	12.85	6.00	8.53	4.45	16.44	10.20
Dividend Payout %						38%	21%	34%	3%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 4%
3 Years:: -2%
TTM:: -12%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:: 10%
3 Years:: 40%
TTM:: -19%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -6%
3 Years:: -15%
1 Year:: -47%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 10%
Last Year:: 17%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. 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	20	20	21	21
Reserves	1,583	1,723	1,787	2,125
	398	170	70	72
Long term borrowings	98	71	33	38
Short term borrowings	293	59
	875	943	925	915
Trade payables	215	229	228	474
Current liabilities	804	590	515	643
Total Liabilities	2,877	2,855	2,803	3,133
	2,090	2,057	1,950	1,753
Gross block	3,077	3,183	3,221	3,237
Accumulated depreciation	988	1,126	1,271	1,485
Goodwill & intangibles	60	53	65	59
CWIP	140	89	24	32
	647	710	829	1,348
Inventories	351	340	318	229
Trade receivables	169	224	248	840
Cash & equivalents	69	76	48	16
Current assets	669	685	711	1,252
Total Assets	2,877	2,855	2,803	3,133

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
	111	426	205	-39
Profit for the year	123	175	91	338
Working capital changes	-227	18	-48	-513
Direct taxes paid	-34	-50	-56	-67
	-120	-85	-97	9
Fixed assets purchased	-130	-79	-60	-32
Fixed assets sold	1	1	0	1
Investments purchased	-8	-8	-39
Investments sold	16	0		36
	35	-334	-136	-2
Proceeds from borrowings	274	33	9	8
Repayment of borrowings	-162	-297	-102
Interest paid	-29	-30	-12	-2
Dividends paid	-46	-36	-31	-10
Net Cash Flow	26	7	-28	-32
Free Cash Flow	-19	347	146	-70

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

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	—	7.7%	10.4%	5.1%	17.1%
ROCE	—	11.1%	13.9%	7.3%	13.3%
Operating margin	—	7.7%	9.5%	5.6%	11.4%
Net margin	—	4.2%	5.5%	3.4%	12.1%
Debt / equity	—	0.25	0.10	0.04	0.03
Current ratio	—	0.83	1.16	1.38	1.95

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities).

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 72.66%
FIIs 3.14%
DIIs 3.12%
Public 21.08%

%	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	37.90%	37.90%	37.90%	37.90%	37.86%	37.86%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%
	6.71%	8.25%	6.96%	6.75%	6.75%	8.41%	6.65%	5.92%	4.14%	4.70%	4.12%	3.14%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	6.03%	7.48%	6.48%	6.21%	6.25%	7.89%	6.50%	5.78%	4.04%	4.56%	4.12%	3.12%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.68%	0.76%	0.48%	0.54%	0.51%	0.52%	0.15%	0.14%	0.10%	0.14%		0.02%
	13.15%	14.66%	16.63%	16.80%	15.81%	13.37%	2.94%	2.17%	2.22%	1.96%	2.17%	3.12%
Mutual funds	9.65%	11.29%	13.57%	13.38%	9.16%	6.06%	0.62%	0.09%	0.09%	0.11%	0.11%	0.87%
Insurance companies	2.14%	2.01%	1.94%	1.88%	2.30%	2.18%	1.32%	1.09%	0.92%	0.92%	0.92%	0.92%
Banks	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%
Alternative investment funds	1.25%	1.25%	1.01%	1.42%	4.25%	4.96%	0.91%	0.89%	0.70%	0.84%	1.04%	0.34%
	42.25%	39.19%	38.51%	38.55%	39.58%	40.37%	17.74%	19.24%	20.97%	20.67%	21.04%	21.08%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	16.58%	15.02%	14.53%	14.24%	11.20%	11.06%	10.16%	12.50%	14.46%	13.67%	14.30%	14.07%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	2.76%	3.13%	3.42%	2.62%	3.94%	4.88%	0.90%	0.43%	0.35%	0.50%	0.51%	0.51%
NRIs	0.73%	0.61%	0.61%	0.54%	0.47%	0.40%	0.37%	0.44%	0.51%	0.52%	0.55%	0.53%
Bodies corporate	8.29%	6.73%	6.35%	7.27%	10.40%	10.48%	2.21%	3.06%	2.74%	3.01%	2.65%	2.93%
IEPF	0.41%	0.41%	0.41%	0.41%	0.42%	0.42%	0.42%	0.42%	0.44%	0.44%	0.43%	0.43%
No. of Shareholders	86,864	84,940	90,871	91,853	81,976	76,718	84,985	95,517	1,01,892	97,344	96,933	94,744

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: 12 Jun 2026
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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Questions about Orient Cement Limited

What is the share price of Orient Cement Limited today?

Orient Cement Limited (ORIENTCEM) last traded at ₹114.87 on NSE (16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST). Prices may be delayed.

What is the market cap of Orient Cement Limited?

About ₹2,360 crore at the latest price.

What is the P/E ratio of Orient Cement Limited?

About 11.3 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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