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Everest Kanto Cylinder LimitedEKCCorporate

Packaging Latest results: Mar 2026 14 quarters of data
Consolidated Standalone
₹103.07
MCap ₹1,157 Cr · P/E 7.9
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₹358 Cr
Sales · Mar 2026
-15.2% YoY
₹40 Cr
Operating Profit · Mar 2026
+5.5% YoY
11.2%
OPM % · Mar 2026
+24.4% YoY
₹46 Cr
Net Profit · Mar 2026
+246.6% YoY
₹4.09
EPS · Mar 2026
+243.7% YoY

📝 Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited — results explained

Quarter ended March 2026 (Q4 FY26)

Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited reported revenue of ₹358 crore for the quarter ended March 2026 (Q4 FY26), down 15.2% from ₹422 crore in the same quarter last year, and down 1.9% sequentially over the December 2025 quarter.

Net profit rose 246.6% year-on-year to ₹46 crore, from ₹13 crore. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at ₹4.09.

Operating profit stood at ₹40 crore — an operating margin (OPM) of 11.2%, compared with 9.0% in the year-ago quarter.

Full year and trailing twelve months

For the full year FY26, Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited posted revenue of ₹1,470 crore, a decline of 1.9% over FY25, with a net profit of ₹147 crore (up 50.4% year-on-year).

On a trailing-twelve-month (TTM) basis, revenue stands at ₹1,470 crore with a net profit of ₹147 crore.

Valuation snapshot

At the current price of ₹103.07, EKC has a market capitalisation of ₹1,157 crore and a trailing P/E of about 7.9.

Within the Packaging industry, it is the 13th-largest of the 80 companies we track by market value.

Shareholding pattern

As of Mar 2026, promoters held 67.38%, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) 1.24%, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) 0.23%, public shareholders 31.16% of Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited.

📈 Share price & events

📊 Quarterly trend

₹ crore · OPM % on right axis

🎯 Key metrics

price-linked ratios use the latest close
Valuation
Market Cap ?
₹1,157 Cr
Current Price ?
₹103.1
P/E ?
7.87below ind
Industry P/E ?
15.30
P/B ?
0.83
P/S ?
0.79
P/FCF ?
-37.31
Enterprise Value ?
₹1,424 Cr
EV/EBITDA ?
7.00
PEG ?
0.44
Earnings Yield ?
10.7%
Dividend Yield ?
0.67%
Profitability & Returns
Sales (TTM) ?
₹1,470 Cr
OPM ?
13.8%
Profit after tax (TTM) ?
₹147 Cr
EPS (TTM) ?
₹13.10
ROCE ?
12.0%
ROE ?
10.5%
ROA ?
7.8%
Growth
Sales — latest qtr ?
₹358 Cr
PAT — latest qtr ?
₹46 Cr
YoY qtr sales growth ?
-15.2%
YoY qtr profit growth ?
246.6%
Sales growth (3y) ?
5%
Sales growth (5y) ?
9%
Profit growth (3y) ?
18%
Profit growth (5y) ?
18%
Financial Health
Debt ?
₹267 Cr
Debt to Equity ?
0.19
Interest Coverage ?
10.6
Current Ratio ?
N/A
Ownership
Promoter holding ?
67.38%
Change in promoter holding ?
0.00%
Pledged percentage ?
N/A
Market
Return 3 months ?
-8.8%
Return 6 months ?
-13.7%

🗓️ Quarterly results (14 quarters · ₹ Cr)

same fiscal quarter as Mar bestweakest per row · for costs (interest, NPAs) low is best
Metric Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026 YoY % QoQ %
Sales 256298268299329326343367367422387360365358 -15.2% -1.9%
Operating Profit 1450374152314153403861435940 +5.5% -32.4%
Other Income 1230314102265112 -12.7% -81.1%
Interest 33222228544434 +0.8% +55.6%
Depreciation 101191010111011101111111415 +42.5% +10.7%
Profit Before Tax -1737283043173345271965215123 +19.6% -54.5%
Net Profit -1836222636132839181352143646 +246.6% +28.7%
EPS -1.573.241.942.353.261.292.503.431.611.194.601.223.184.09 +243.7% +28.6%
OPM % 5.7% 16.8% 13.7% 13.8% 15.6% 9.4% 12.1% 14.5% 10.9% 9.0% 15.8% 11.9% 16.2% 11.2% +24.4% -30.9%

📆 Annual results (₹ Cr, FY = Apr–Mar)

Metric FY25 FY26 TTM YoY %
Sales ₹1,499 Cr ₹1,470 Cr ₹1,470 Cr -1.9%
Operating Profit ₹172 Cr ₹203 Cr ₹203 Cr +18.0%
OPM % 11.50% 13.83% 13.83% +20.3%
NPM % 6.52% 10.00% 10.00% +53.4%
Other Income ₹18 Cr ₹23 Cr ₹23 Cr +26.3%
Depreciation ₹41 Cr ₹51 Cr ₹51 Cr +21.9%
Interest ₹19 Cr ₹14 Cr ₹14 Cr -23.7%
EBIT ₹131 Cr ₹153 Cr ₹153 Cr +16.7%
PBT ₹124 Cr ₹160 Cr ₹160 Cr +29.0%
Tax ₹-14 Cr ₹6 Cr ₹6 Cr +144.6%
Net Profit ₹98 Cr ₹147 Cr ₹147 Cr +50.4%
EPS ₹8.73 ₹13.09 ₹13.09 +49.9%
Material Cost ₹799 Cr ₹547 Cr ₹547 Cr -31.6%
Employee Cost ₹149 Cr ₹127 Cr ₹127 Cr -14.7%
Extraordinary Items ₹-6 Cr ₹-2 Cr ₹-2 Cr +72.4%

🏛️ Balance Sheet (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Equity Capital 22222222 +0.0%
Reserves 9771,0781,1841,377 +16.3%
Borrowings 9641143267 +86.7%
Other Liabilities 297293295227 -23.1%
Total Liabilities 1,3921,4351,6451,894 +15.1%
Fixed Assets 392411417593 +42.2%
CWIP 6482163162 -0.6%
Investments 3446468 +6.2%
Other Assets 9328981,0011,071 +7.0%
Total Assets 1,3921,4351,6451,894 +15.1%

💧 Cash Flow (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Cash from Operating Activity 10622658142 +144.8%
Cash from Investing Activity -77-122-137-200 -46.0%
Cash from Financing Activity -43-747731 -59.7%
Net Cash Flow -1430-2-28 -1300.0%
Free Cash Flow 23161-63-31 +50.8%
CFO/OP 77%155%47%90% +91.5%

➗ Ratios (latest 4 periods)

Metric Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Debtor Days 53526155 -9.8%
Inventory Days 286283228258 +13.2%
Days Payable 28373226 -18.8%
Cash Conversion Cycle 311298256288 +12.5%
Working Capital Days 150148126162 +28.6%
ROCE % 12%12%12%12% +0.0%

👥 Shareholding (latest 4 periods)

Metric Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026 % Chg
Promoters 67.38%67.38%67.38%67.38% +0.0%
FIIs 1.39%1.67%1.43%1.24% -13.3%
DIIs 0.16%0.16%0.21%0.23% +9.5%
Public 31.07%30.79%30.99%31.16% +0.5%
No. of Shareholders 90,85589,27685,65784,302 -1.6%

⚖️ Peer comparison

Industry: Packaging · top 25 of 80 companies · full page →
# Company CMP MCap (Cr) P/E Sales TTM NP TTM OPM% NPM% Sales YoY% NP YoY% Qtr Rev Δ% Qtr NP Δ%
1 INOXINDIA INOX India ₹2,091.40 19,016 74.5 1,618 255 21.2% 15.8% 21.5% 14.1% 9.1% -4.8%
2 GRWRHITECH Garware Hi-Tech ₹6,834.50 15,878 46.9 2,120 338 20.5% 15.9% 0.5% 2.1% 9.0% 38.8%
3 EPL EPL ₹233.90 7,492 20.5 3,992 367 20.1% 9.2% -5.3% 1.0% 17.6% -10.7%
4 AGI AGI Greenpac ₹751.00 4,859 13.4 2,763 363 22.7% 13.1% 5.4% 9.2% 14.2% 12.1%
5 UFLEX UFLEX ₹632.65 4,568 6.7 16,866 686 13.6% 4.1% 2.4% 126.8% 37.6% 584.0%
6 TCPLPACK TCPL Packaging ₹4,394.80 3,991 34.6 1,879 116 16.3% 6.2% 2.3% -31.4% 16.1% 79.3%
7 POLYPLEX Polyplex ₹1,028.80 3,230 22.5 7,601 272 7.8% 3.6% 2.9% -88.5% 29.6% 386.0%
8 XPROINDIA Xpro India ₹1,288.90 3,025 92.5 534 33 9.4% 6.1% -5.7% -48.7% 20.4% 239.1%
9 COSMOFIRST COSMO FIRST ₹878.05 2,279 14.7 3,639 156 10.6% 4.3% 25.7% 17.4% 36.9% 37.0%
10 MOLDTKPAC Mold-Tek Packaging ₹655.25 2,177 — — — — — — — — —
11 HUHTAMAKI Huhtamaki India ₹244.85 1,849 13.6 2,611 137 8.6% 5.2% -1.9% 32.6% 22.6% 74.9%
12 COMSYN Commercial Syn ₹294.75 1,189 38.8 405 30 15.8% 7.5% 11.3% 53.7% 19.7% 74.4%
13 EKC Everest Kanto ₹98.75 1,108 7.5 1,470 147 13.8% 10.0% -1.9% 50.4% -15.2% 246.6%
14 DVL Dhunseri Ventures ₹275.20 964 5.0 444 191 -11.9% 43.0% -33.1% -38.9% 45.0% 145.1%
15 ESTER Ester Industries ₹86.24 899 — 1,469 -2 8.4% -0.1% 7.3% -300.5% 27.8% 360.2%
16 ORICONENT Oricon Enterprises ₹52.40 828 30.8 45 27 -120.6% 59.8% -68.7% -83.0% -7.5% 25.9%
17 515147 Haldyn Glass ₹132.79 811 24.1 487 30 13.9% 6.1% 21.5% 31.7% 20.6% 90.0%
18 TIRUPATI Shree Tirupati ₹748.00 758 239.7 201 3 6.5% 1.5% — — 3.0% -86.2%
19 KANPRPLA Kanpur Plastipack ₹246.50 603 13.1 741 45 9.1% 6.1% 16.9% 226.5% 13.8% 104.0%
20 HITECHCORP Hitech ₹331.95 570 32.5 701 18 11.0% 2.5% 14.1% 69.9% 36.8% 49.7%
21 SHREERAMA Shree Rama ₹42.38 566 22.7 265 25 16.2% 9.6% 15.3% -51.8% 45.5% 9.7%
22 PYRAMID Pyramid Technoplast ₹153.00 564 17.9 739 32 8.5% 4.3% 15.2% 4.1% 35.7% 30.6%
23 512453 Shri Jagdamba ₹876.95 560 16.2 457 47 12.9% 10.4% -13.5% -14.0% 28.6% 46.7%
24 NAHARPOLY Nahar Poly ₹221.94 546 7.5 668 72 14.1% 10.8% 5.8% 66.5% -18.7% -35.9%
25 TPLPLASTEH TPL Plastech ₹67.37 526 17.5 457 30 10.9% 6.6% 21.0% 23.2% 37.6% 19.2%
❓ Frequently asked questions
What was Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited's revenue in Q4 FY26?
Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited reported revenue of ₹358 crore for the quarter ended March 2026 (Q4 FY26), down 15.2% from ₹422 crore in the same quarter last year, and down 1.9% sequentially over the December 2025 quarter.
What was Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited's net profit in Q4 FY26?
Net profit rose 246.6% year-on-year to ₹46 crore, from ₹13 crore. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at ₹4.09.
What is EKC's market capitalisation and P/E ratio?
At the current price of ₹103.07, EKC has a market capitalisation of ₹1,157 crore and a trailing P/E of about 7.9.
Who owns Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited? (shareholding pattern)
As of Mar 2026, promoters held 67.38%, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) 1.24%, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) 0.23%, public shareholders 31.16% of Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited.
TTM ends 2026-03-31. Amounts are ₹ crore unless stated otherwise. Figures are extracted by AI from public quarterly filings; gaps are filled from public market data. Live price refreshed about twice a day from exchange data. Educational information only — not financial advice.
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