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Kuantum Papers Limited

NSE: KUANTUMPaper & Paper Products

Share price

₹75.92

+2.50% close of 9 Oct 2026

Market cap ₹683 CrP/E 18.9

Price-based ratios (P/B, dividend yield, EV/EBITDA) are as of 8 Oct 2026, the close above is 9 Oct 2026.

Business score

How strong the business is, in one number. The parts behind it are in Pro.

48

out of 100 · worked out 9 Oct 2026

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Market cap

₹683 Cr

P/E ratio

18.9

P/B ratio

0.5

ROCE

5.2%

ROE

3.4%

Dividend yield

3.3%

Price & valuation chart

How the share price and its valuation have moved. Hover over the chart to see any day. Prices as of the last close.

Prices as of 9 Oct 2026 close52-week high ₹109.0552-week low ₹65.90

Answers

Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.

How fast it has been growing

Sales grew 11.9% over the past year, and 10.6% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales slipped from 17.1% to 13.7% over the last four years.

Whether it grew faster than its sector

It grew 10.6% a year against a sector median of 10.3% — 0.3 percentage points faster.

Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating

At 18.9× earnings against a market that pays 24.1× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 20.2×, across 5 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 8.9×, the 98th percentile of its own range.

Whether growth justifies the valuation

Its earnings are falling, so growth cannot justify the price.

Profit growthPrice per ₹1 profitPer 1% growth
Kuantum Papers Limited — this one-38%/yr18.9×—
JK Paper Limited-40%/yr20.2×—
West Coast Paper Mills Limited-46%/yr20.7×—
Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited-41%/yr13.5×—
ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED-67%/yr48.0×—
N R Agarwal Industries Limited-22%/yr17.4×—

Compared with companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.

How it compares with its peers

Against companies the exchange files under the same label (Paper & Paper Products), it ranks 11 of 22 on returns, 10 of 22 on growth, 3 of 22 on margin. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.

What makes it hard to beat — and is that still true?

No durable advantage shows in the numbers: it earns 5.2% on capital, ahead of 50% of companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.

Whether its growth pays for itself

Yes — Over the last five years it made ₹1117 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹907 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹192 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 210 arrived as cash — well above the profit, more than depreciation and interest account for, so do not count on it repeating. Its cash comes back faster than it used to: it went from being waiting 10 days for its cash to paid 60 days before it paid its own suppliers.

Profit reality check

Is the profit real cash? Simple checks on the accounts. Facts only, not advice.

9 of 10 checks clear · 90%

How the profit check works

Latest result · Q1 FY27

What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.

Announced 12 Aug 2026 · Standalone · Unaudited

Revenue

₹304 Cr

Revenue vs last year

+36.2%

Revenue vs last quarter

+0.9%

Net profit

₹6 Cr

Profit vs last year

-48.1%

Profit vs last quarter

-55.5%

Net margin

2.1%

EPS

₹0.71

Earnings call transcript · 14 Aug 2026

Checklist before you investPRO

Points for and against, in one list.

Key numbers & peers

The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.

Price

Market cap
₹683 Cr
Prev close
₹75.92
52w High
₹111
52w Low
₹65.0
Enterprise value
₹1,505 Cr
Beta
1.1
Price CAGR 1y
-29.0%
Price CAGR 3y
-25.0%
Price CAGR 5y
-2.0%
Price CAGR 10y
6.0%

Ratios

Return on assets
1.8%
PEG ratio
-0.5
P/E ratio
18.9
P/B ratio
0.5
EV / EBITDA
9.3
Industry P/E
15.3
ROCE
5.2%
ROCE 5y average
12.6%
ROE
3.4%
Debt / Equity
0.7
Interest coverage
2.2
Dividend yield
3.3%
ROE 3y average
10.0%
ROE last year
3.0%

Annual P&L

Annual revenue
₹1,093 Cr
Annual profit
₹42 Cr
Operating margin
15.0%
Net profit margin
3.8%
EBITDA margin
14.9%
Sales growth 3y
-5.9%
Sales growth 5y
22.0%
Profit growth 3y
-38.0%
Profit growth 5y
65.0%
EPS
₹4.8
Sales growth TTM
12.0%
Profit growth TTM
-59.0%
Dividend payout
52.0%

Quarter P&L

Sales latest quarter
₹304 Cr
Profit latest quarter
₹6 Cr
YoY quarterly sales growth
36.3%
YoY quarterly profit growth
-48.3%
OPM latest quarter
13.2%

Balance Sheet

Book Value
₹137
Face Value
₹1.0
Total debt
₹870 Cr
Total cash
₹48 Cr
Borrowings
₹870 Cr
Reserves / Equity
135.6

Cash Flow

Operating cash flow
₹219 Cr
Free cash flow
-₹107 Cr
FCF yield
-22.6%
Net cash flow
₹32 Cr

Shareholding

Promoter holding
70.3%
FII holding
0.0%
DII holding
0.0%
Public holding
29.7%

Peer comparison

CompanyPrice ₹P/EMkt cap ₹ CrDiv yield %Profit qtr ₹ CrProfit var %Sales qtr ₹ CrSales var %ROCE %
JK Paper380.2021.16,8941.05136.364.51,887.213.67.4
West Coast Paper719.9020.74,7550.41141.8145.41,051.310.16.2
Seshasayee Paper229.0514.61,4450.8631.9106.8492.127.75.6
Andhra Paper68.5949.41,3640.7230.342.3393.80.10.0
N R Agarwal Inds653.3516.81,1120.3035.0111.4647.043.18.5
T N Newsprint141.853.89822.825.7177.51,146.60.46.4
Pudumjee Paper94.609.98980.6333.7-7.0202.93.318.1
Kuantum Papers75.9118.36623.306.2-48.3303.836.35.2
Median95.7915.43440.306.242.3201.27.16.2

Competes with: ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED, JK Paper Limited, N R Agarwal Industries Limited, Pudumjee Paper Products Limited, Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited, Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited, West Coast Paper Mills Limited

Quarterly results

Sales and profit for each of the last 13 quarters. Newest on the right. ₹ crore.

Standalone · to 30 Jun 2026
Line itemJun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales313298301299281279270277223280290301304
Expenses203218222235209218220217183245250253264
Material Cost8976107107107129
Change in Inventories1.06-8.340.604.403.30-19
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade000.0500.050.01
Employee Cost192323242325
Other Expenses10892115115120128
Operating Profit109817964726150604034394840
OPM %35272621252219221812141613
Other Income0.841.010.723.070.861.742.081.411.432.211.591.172.85
Exceptional items (within Other Income)000000
Interest1112118.018.959.4111101012111315
Depreciation12121212131314151516171718
Profit before tax8757564651402836168.35131911
Tax %25262527252526282631272342
Net Profit6543423438302126125.779.78146.23
EPS in Rs7.464.894.833.884.383.432.402.991.380.661.121.640.71
Diluted EPS in Rs2.991.380.661.121.640.71

Profit & loss

Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.

Standalone · to 31 Mar 2026
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales4995266087047937454048301,3101,2111,1071,0931,174
Expenses4354604905566376253747109308608609301,012
Material Cost357396
Change in Inventories2.14-0.04
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade0.000.10
Employee Cost8193
Other Expenses424443
Operating Profit646511814815611930120380351247163162
OPM %1312192120167142929221514
Other Income11339914-60-12368
Exceptional items (within Other Income)00
Interest21202125293128707144404750
Depreciation13141519253235464548546568
Profit before tax32338410711165-3282032481555751
Tax %2125303230-10-60-7433262626
Net Profit252559737872-13131361841154236
EPS in Rs2.872.816.798.358.938.23-1.461.541621134.814.13
Diluted EPS in Rs134.81
Dividend Payout %3433630019142352

Compounded growth

Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.

Compounded sales growth

10 years
8%
5 years
22%
3 years
-6%
TTM
12%

Compounded profit growth

10 years
6%
5 years
65%
3 years
-38%
TTM
-59%

Stock price CAGR

10 years
6%
5 years
-2%
3 years
-25%
1 year
-29%

Return on equity

10 years
9%
5 years
11%
3 years
10%
Last year
3%

Balance sheet

What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.

Standalone
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity Capital99999999998.738.73
Reserves5325526126837588238098229581,1151,2041,220
Borrowings224243302321395573689762513512654870
Other Liabilities911008810912314410883210251246301
Total Liabilities8569031,0111,1211,2841,5491,6141,6761,6891,8882,1132,399
Fixed Assets6736877728259781,0341,4361,4081,4141,4751,6191,838
CWIP265042845531021293142156263
Investments000000000001
Other Assets157166198213251206158239245371338297
Total Assets8569031,0111,1211,2841,5491,6141,6761,6891,8882,1132,399

Cash flows

Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.

Standalone
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from Operating Activity325773131136758048375298177219
Cash from Investing Activity-56-50-93-132-150-252-178-35-60-156-315-321
Cash from Financing Activity23-641-83913898-11-318-7376134
Net Cash Flow-0021-825-39-03-269-6132
Free Cash Flow-4-12-617-27-202-1049312131-134-108

Ratios

How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.

Standalone
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Debtor Days3225211715730278101315
Inventory Days1071021171339514114511488126141133
Days Payable5447475447421244725644765
Cash Conversion Cycle85809195631055194717310783
Working Capital Days-4-4-6-0-5-19-1710-4-22-25-60
ROCE %1071214138052220115

Shareholding pattern

Who owns the company — founders (promoters), foreign funds, Indian funds and the public. In %.

Standalone · to 30 Sep 2026
Line itemDec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 2026
Promoters707070707070707070707070
FIIs0.530.170.140.080.150.08000.020.050.040.02
DIIs000000000000
Public293030303030303030303030
No. of Shareholders18,25120,27620,87021,98623,00722,75922,51722,72922,06921,57021,74222,157

Price trend

The price as a Renko brick chart: small moves drop out so the bigger path stands out.

Change over 1 year -30.2% (₹108.84 → ₹75.92)Brick size ₹3.77 (fixed)Bricks 25
₹80.00₹100₹75.92Dec '25Mar '26Aug '26
Price moved up one brickPrice moved down one brickLast close ₹75.92 on 9 Oct 2026

Every brick is the same size, about one typical day's move. A new brick needs a full brick's move; turning the other way needs two. Bricks show where the price went, not where it will go.

Open interestPRO

Where option traders are positioned on this stock.

Industry numbers

The numbers that matter most in this industry, from the company's own filings.

1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive

0.00flag

2026-03-31

the company's own unlisted debt securities in default at period end

0.00cr

2026-06-30

the company's own loans / revolving facilities in default at period end (standalone filing)

0.00cr

2026-06-30

net debt from the filed balance sheet at the newest year end: Borrowings − Cash Equivalents − Investments (Current); negative = net cash

822inr_cr

2026-03-31

guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP

0.00cr

2026-09-30

loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)

0.00cr

2026-09-30

security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP

0.00cr

2026-09-30

FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)

78,12,723inr

2026-03-31

volume growth %

35.00pct

2026-06-30

News

News and filings about Kuantum Papers Limited. Open one to see why it matters.

No recent news for this company.

Supply chain

Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.

Competes with

Uses as raw material

  • AKD sizing chemical
  • bagasse
  • bamboo
  • caustic soda (over 95% recovered in the chemical recovery plant)
  • chlorine dioxide / chlorine for ECF bleaching
  • imported softwood pulp
  • kahi grass
  • packing materials
  • precipitated calcium carbonate filler (on-site MNC-operated plant)
  • rice husk and other biomass for the co-gen boilers
  • sarkanda grass
  • veneer waste from the furniture industry
  • wheat straw
  • wood chips
  • wood logs from social farm forestry (7,450 acres of plantations)

Depends on the price of

  • caustic_soda
  • fuel
  • paper_pulp
  • timber/logs
  • wheat

Sells to

  • Arihant Publications · publishing paper
  • Cambridge University Press · publishing and textbook paper
  • Evergreen Publications · publishing paper
  • Global Diaries · diary paper
  • HT Media Limited · writing and printing paper
  • Kokuyo Camlin Limited · stationery and specialty paper (listed as 'Kokuyo (Mumbai)' in the marquee clientele slide…
  • Lotus Global · paper products
  • MBD Books · textbook and notebook paper
  • Macmillan Education · publishing and textbook paper
  • Magic International · paper products
  • McGraw Hill · publishing and textbook paper
  • Navneet Education Limited · paper for notebooks, books and educational stationery
  • Oxford University Press · publishing and textbook paper
  • Pearson · publishing and textbook paper
  • Prachi India · publishing paper
  • SBM Industries · paper products
  • Shiva Lal Agarwala & Company · educational publishing paper
  • Taxmann · publishing paper
  • Thomson · publishing paper
  • Today Diaries · diary and high-end paper (grade co-developed with customers in the diary-making segment)
  • Walmart / Best Price · paper and stationery grades

About

What the company is, from our own records: where it sits, where it makes things, and what it is made of.

Sector
Forest Materials
Industry
Paper & Paper Products
Classification
Forest Materials › Paper & Paper Products
ISIN
INE529I01021

Plants

  • Agro pulp mill, Saila Khurd
  • Chemical recovery plant, Saila Khurd
  • Chlorine dioxide plant, Saila Khurd
  • Clonal Propagation Centre and nursery
  • Co-generation power plant, Saila Khurd
  • Kuantum Papers integrated paper mill, Saila Khurd
  • On-site precipitated calcium carbonate plant, Saila Khurd
  • Wood pulp mill (Displacement Digester System), Saila Khurd

News impact

Big market events that reach Kuantum Papers Limited, and how the effect spreads.

No recent market events reach this company.

Dividends, splits & big trades

Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.

Dividends

20 Aug 2026unspecified₹2.5
22 Aug 2025unspecified₹3
23 Aug 2024unspecified₹3
30 Jun 2023unspecified₹3
30 Jul 2020unspecified₹2.5
14 Jul 2020split₹0

Splits, bonuses & buybacks

  • daily-prices repair: 7 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 0, insert 6), 2020-02-01..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 1 Feb 2020

Documents

Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.

Facts from company filings and exchange data. Not investment advice: nothing here tells you to buy or sell.