Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited
Financial trend (73/100) does the heavy lifting; valuation (31/100) is the drag.
Fair valueStocksWizard rates Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited a Hold, scoring 54/100 on our blended model. On 21.5x trailing earnings it sits roughly in line with the Basic Materials median of about 22.2x. The price is about 23% below its 52-week high of ₹1,489.25 and 28% above the low of ₹890.4. Financial health scores 65/100, in the safe band on the Altman Z-score, with a Piotroski F-score of 5/9. It clears 8 of 13 investability checks, with durability 56, valuation 40 and momentum 64 on our 0–100 scales.
Analysis by Ankit Sharma · StocksWizard's own estimates from end-of-day public data — see how we calculate them. For information only, not investment advice.
With a 20% margin of safety, our buy-below price is ₹761.19.
1-year price
EOD · 2026-07-3152-week range
-23.20% from the 52-week high.
Price above both moving averages reads as an intact uptrend; below both, the trend is against you.
Verdict pillars
Hold54Piotroski F-score 5/9 — quality of earnings & balance sheet.
Our scores
Durability rewards strong, low-debt, profitable businesses; Valuation rewards stocks cheap vs their sector; Momentum rewards strong price trends.
Investability checklist
- Pass: ROE above 15%: 16.2%
- Pass: Low debt (D/E < 0.5): 0.36x
- Pass: Positive free cash flow
- Fail: Revenue growth > 10%: 3%
- Pass: Earnings growing: 56%
- Fail: Net margin ≥ 10%: 6.2%
- Pass: Current ratio > 1.5: 1.52
- Fail: Below our fair value
- Fail: Margin of safety ≥ 20%
- Pass: Above 200-day average
- Pass: Above 50-day average
- No data: Positive 1-year return
- Pass: Altman Z in safe zone: Z 3.61
- Fail: Piotroski ≥ 7: 5/9
Quarterly results
Annual financials
Shareholding
- Promoter84.1%
- Institutions3.5%
- Public & other12.5%
Promoter holding via insider stake; institutional via reported holdings.
Key fundamentals
Bull case vs bear case
Bull case
Strengths
- Lightly leveraged balance sheet.
- Financially solid — Altman Z 3.61.
Opportunities
- Earnings growing (56% YoY).
About Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited
Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited manufactures and distributes agrochemicals, specialty chemicals, bulk drugs, and intermediates across India, Europe, Japan, Israel, the United States, Latin America, and other international markets. Its product portfolio includes herbicides such as metamitron, ethofumesate, diflufenican, lenacil, and cyanazine, as well as insecticides, fungicides, and pharmaceutical active ingredients including trimethoprim, etoricoxib, celecoxib, and albendazole.
Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited — frequently asked questions
Is Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited a buy, hold or sell?
StocksWizard currently rates Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited (PUNJABCHEM) a Hold, based on a blended score of 54/100 across valuation, quality, momentum and price trend. This is our own model-based view, not investment advice.
What is Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited's fair value?
Our blended DCF and relative-valuation model estimates Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited's fair value at about ₹951.48, versus a current price of ₹1,143.8 — roughly 17% downside. On that basis the stock looks overvalued by 17%.
Is Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited financially healthy?
Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited scores 65/100 on our financial-health model, placing it in the safe band on the Altman Z-score, with a Piotroski F-score of 5/9.
How has Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited's share price performed?
Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited is up 4% over three months, and last traded at ₹1,143.8. Past performance doesn't predict future returns.
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