DCW slumps after Q1 PAT falls nearly 33% YoY to Rs 6.7 crore

On the segment front, PVC revenue added up to Rs 195.14 crore (up 18% YoY) while that from Caustic Soda amounted to Rs 108.14 crore (down 19.56% YoY) in the June’24 quarter.

CPVC revenue was Rs 84.92 crore (up 82.9% YoY), Soda Ash revenue was Rs 58.94 crore (down 2.1% YoY), revenue from Synthetic Iron Oxide Pigments was Rs 48.49 crore (up 81% YoY) and Other revenue was Rs 3.87 crore (down 19.8% YoY).

Total expenditure aggregated to Rs 495.76 crore, up by 16.2% as compared with the same period last year.

Profit before tax in Q1 FY25 stood at Rs 10.14 crore, down by 33.8% from Rs 15.32 crore recorded in Q1 FY24.

DCW manufactures a wide range of chemicals. It has five divisions: PVC, soda ash, caustic soda (including synthetic rutile), CPVC and SIOP.