Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited
NSE: SESHAPAPERPaper & Paper Products
Share price
₹229.99
-0.57% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
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50
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹1,380 Cr
P/E ratio
13.9
P/B ratio
0.7
ROCE
5.6%
ROE
4.1%
Dividend yield
0.9%
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Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 5.8% over the past year, and 7.8% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales slipped from 13.4% to 6.7% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 7.8% a year against a sector median of 10.3% — 2.5 percentage points slower.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 13.9× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× 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 9.5×, the 73rd percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Its earnings are falling, so growth cannot justify the price.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited — this one | -41%/yr | 13.9× | — |
| JK Paper Limited | -40%/yr | 20.3× | — |
| West Coast Paper Mills Limited | -46%/yr | 20.2× | — |
| ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED | -67%/yr | 48.2× | — |
| N R Agarwal Industries Limited | -22%/yr | 17.9× | — |
| Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited | -14%/yr | 3.6× | — |
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 10 of 22 on returns, 14 of 22 on growth, 14 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 5.6% on capital, ahead of 55% 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 ₹838 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹290 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹143 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 109 arrived as cash (before interest, which is why it can exceed the profit). Its cash comes back more slowly than it used to: it went from being waiting 5 days for its cash to waiting 58 days for its cash.
Profit reality check
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7 of 9 checks clear · 78%
Latest result
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Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹1,380 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹229.99
- 52w High
- ₹293
- 52w Low
- ₹210
- Enterprise value
- ₹1,234 Cr
- Beta
- 0.8
- Price CAGR 1y
- -11.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- -14.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 5.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 6.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 3.3%
- PEG ratio
- -0.4
- P/E ratio
- 13.9
- P/B ratio
- 0.7
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.4
- Industry P/E
- 15.7
- ROCE
- 5.6%
- ROCE 5y average
- 16.4%
- ROE
- 4.1%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.0
- Interest coverage
- 12.8
- Dividend yield
- 0.9%
- ROE 3y average
- 8.0%
- ROE last year
- 4.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹1,710 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹83 Cr
- Operating margin
- 6.0%
- Net profit margin
- 4.9%
- EBITDA margin
- 5.6%
- Sales growth 3y
- -6.4%
- Sales growth 5y
- 16.9%
- Profit growth 3y
- -41.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- -5.0%
- EPS
- ₹13.1
- Sales growth TTM
- 6.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 13.0%
- Dividend payout
- 15.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹492 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹32 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 27.7%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 113.3%
- OPM latest quarter
- 8.8%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹340
- Face Value
- ₹2.0
- Total debt
- ₹0 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹146 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹0 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 169.2
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹92 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹37 Cr
- FCF yield
- 2.0%
- Net cash flow
- -₹5 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 43.3%
- FII holding
- 12.6%
- DII holding
- 0.1%
- Public holding
- 29.8%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JK Paper | 369.25 | 20.5 | 6,695 | 1.03 | 136.3 | 64.5 | 1,887.2 | 13.6 | 7.4 |
| West Coast Paper | 716.00 | 20.6 | 4,729 | 0.41 | 141.8 | 145.4 | 1,051.3 | 10.1 | 6.2 |
| Seshasayee Paper | 228.25 | 14.5 | 1,440 | 0.87 | 31.9 | 106.8 | 492.1 | 27.7 | 5.6 |
| Andhra Paper | 67.96 | 48.9 | 1,351 | 0.71 | 30.3 | 42.3 | 393.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| N R Agarwal Inds | 646.10 | 16.7 | 1,100 | 0.30 | 35.0 | 111.4 | 647.0 | 43.1 | 8.5 |
| T N Newsprint | 138.55 | 3.6 | 959 | 2.91 | 5.7 | 177.5 | 1,146.6 | 0.4 | 6.4 |
| Pudumjee Paper | 92.89 | 9.7 | 882 | 0.65 | 33.7 | -7.0 | 202.9 | 3.3 | 18.1 |
| Median | 97.00 | 16.7 | 343 | 0.30 | 6.2 | 42.3 | 201.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
Competes with: ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED, Astron Paper & Board Mill Limited, Balkrishna Paper Mills Limited, Emami Paper Mills Limited, Genus Paper & Boards Limited, JK Paper Limited, Kuantum Papers Limited, Magnum Ventures Limited, Malu Paper Mills Limited, N R Agarwal Industries Limited, Orient Paper & Industries Limited, PAKKA LIMITED, Pudumjee Paper Products Limited, Ruchira Papers Limited, Satia Industries Limited, Shree Ajit Pulp & Paper Limited, Shree Rama Newsprint Limited, Shreyans Industries Limited, Star Paper Mills 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.
| Line item | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 427 | 362 | 473 | 539 | 422 | 398 | 431 | 502 | 385 | 346 | 387 | 592 | 492 |
| Expenses | 331 | 273 | 386 | 472 | 374 | 368 | 424 | 477 | 365 | 320 | 362 | 568 | 449 |
| Material Cost | 295 | 286 | 268 | 271 | 281 | 316 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | 45 | -45 | -66 | -28 | 145 | -5.78 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 7.25 | 7.14 | 7.32 | 6.83 | 6.89 | 7.01 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 30 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 101 | 89 | 83 | 89 | 109 | 101 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 95 | 89 | 88 | 68 | 48 | 31 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 44 |
| OPM % | 22 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 7.71 | 1.77 | 5.02 | 5.32 | 7.59 | 6.39 | 3.99 | 8.85 |
| Other Income | 13 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 12 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Profit before tax | 96 | 96 | 91 | 74 | 50 | 37 | 16 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 43 |
| Tax % | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 23 | -4 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 27 |
| Net Profit | 72 | 73 | 69 | 57 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 32 |
| EPS in Rs | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9.01 | 5.87 | 4.51 | 2.64 | 4.29 | 2.45 | 3.55 | 2.96 | 4.13 | 5.06 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 4.50 | 2.56 | 3.72 | 3.10 | 4.32 | 5.30 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 998 | 1,008 | 1,108 | 1,105 | 1,326 | 1,184 | 782 | 1,355 | 2,083 | 1,802 | 1,754 | 1,710 | 1,817 |
| Expenses | 908 | 901 | 894 | 898 | 1,030 | 917 | 675 | 1,189 | 1,549 | 1,462 | 1,643 | 1,615 | 1,699 |
| Material Cost | 1,144 | 1,106 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | -57 | 6.63 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 34 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 113 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 409 | 370 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 90 | 107 | 214 | 207 | 296 | 267 | 108 | 166 | 534 | 340 | 111 | 96 | 118 |
| OPM % | 9 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Income | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 63 | 75 | 64 | 63 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 37 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8.76 | 8 |
| Depreciation | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Profit before tax | 26 | 50 | 172 | 176 | 273 | 256 | 93 | 146 | 525 | 357 | 132 | 106 | 128 |
| Tax % | 32 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 29 | -15 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 22 | |
| Net Profit | 16 | 36 | 132 | 123 | 192 | 182 | 106 | 110 | 396 | 271 | 109 | 83 | 99 |
| EPS in Rs | 2.61 | 5.71 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 43 | 17 | 13 | 16 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 18 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 31 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 5%
- 5 years
- 17%
- 3 years
- -6%
- TTM
- 6%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 9%
- 5 years
- -5%
- 3 years
- -41%
- TTM
- 13%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 6%
- 5 years
- 5%
- 3 years
- -14%
- 1 year
- -11%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 14%
- 5 years
- 12%
- 3 years
- 8%
- Last year
- 4%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Reserves | 401 | 430 | 592 | 713 | 881 | 1,007 | 1,131 | 1,243 | 1,623 | 1,899 | 1,976 | 2,030 |
| Borrowings | 329 | 302 | 171 | 149 | 97 | 10 | 8 | 4 | -0 | 21 | 82 | -0 |
| Other Liabilities | 380 | 391 | 343 | 406 | 446 | 419 | 367 | 400 | 443 | 459 | 452 | 460 |
| Total Liabilities | 1,123 | 1,135 | 1,118 | 1,281 | 1,436 | 1,448 | 1,518 | 1,660 | 2,079 | 2,391 | 2,522 | 2,502 |
| Fixed Assets | 661 | 638 | 650 | 686 | 685 | 688 | 747 | 828 | 809 | 789 | 769 | 758 |
| CWIP | 13 | 50 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 20 | 35 | 71 | 93 |
| Investments | 43 | 47 | 93 | 108 | 107 | 103 | 152 | 178 | 197 | 248 | 278 | 305 |
| Other Assets | 405 | 399 | 335 | 460 | 621 | 626 | 585 | 640 | 1,054 | 1,319 | 1,404 | 1,346 |
| Total Assets | 1,123 | 1,135 | 1,118 | 1,281 | 1,436 | 1,448 | 1,518 | 1,660 | 2,079 | 2,391 | 2,522 | 2,502 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from Operating Activity | 105 | 112 | 200 | 225 | 273 | 165 | -7 | 276 | 329 | 202 | -61 | 92 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -20 | -46 | -36 | -50 | -16 | -26 | -54 | -251 | -372 | -225 | 42 | 6 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -104 | -66 | -154 | -51 | -89 | -124 | -31 | -22 | -22 | -19 | 23 | -103 |
| Net Cash Flow | -20 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 168 | 15 | -91 | 3 | -66 | -42 | 5 | -5 |
| Free Cash Flow | 86 | 69 | 168 | 172 | 243 | 119 | -108 | 171 | 297 | 166 | -123 | 37 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 45 | 47 | 35 | 35 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 41 |
| Inventory Days | 116 | 97 | 115 | 147 | 110 | 187 | 413 | 87 | 138 | 170 | 165 | 164 |
| Days Payable | 194 | 188 | 168 | 220 | 211 | 215 | 311 | 137 | 134 | 153 | 115 | 109 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | -33 | -44 | -18 | -38 | -79 | -3 | 140 | -23 | 21 | 41 | 81 | 96 |
| Working Capital Days | -20 | -11 | -1 | -13 | -17 | 12 | 65 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 58 |
| ROCE % | 11 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 6 |
Price trend
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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
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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
-146inr_cr
2026-03-31
guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)
0.00cr
2026-03-31
security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Seshasayee Paper and Boards 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
- ANDHRA PAPER LIMITED
- Astron Paper & Board Mill Limited
- Balkrishna Paper Mills Limited
- Emami Paper Mills Limited
- Genus Paper & Boards Limited
- JK Paper Limited
- Kuantum Papers Limited
- Magnum Ventures Limited
- Malu Paper Mills Limited
- N R Agarwal Industries Limited
- Orient Paper & Industries Limited
- PAKKA LIMITED
- Pudumjee Paper Products Limited
- Ruchira Papers Limited
- Satia Industries Limited
- Shree Ajit Pulp & Paper Limited
- Shree Rama Newsprint Limited
- Shreyans Industries Limited
- Star Paper Mills Limited
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited
- West Coast Paper Mills Limited
Uses as raw material
- Bagasse (agro-residue fibre; sourced mainly from associate Ponni Sugars (Erode) Ltd)
- Chemicals, stores & spares excl. caustic soda (sizing chemicals, fillers / GCC, dyes, consumables)
- Packing materials
- Waste / recycled paper (de-inking / recycled fibre)
Depends on the price of
- caustic_soda
- coal
- paper_pulp
- timber/logs
Buys from
- Ponni Sugars (Erode) Limited · bagasse
- Sicagen India Limited · speciality chemicals / water-treatment solutions for paper mills
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
- INE630A01024
Plants
- Unit-I Erode (integrated pulp & paper mill)
- Unit-II Tirunelveli (paper mill)
- Unit-III Tirunelveli (acquired ex-Servalakshmi Paper Ltd assets, going-concern e-auction 2022, handed over May-2023)
News impact
Big market events that reach Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited, and how the effect spreads.
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Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 10 Jun 2026 | unspecified | ₹2 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2025 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 22 May 2024 | unspecified | ₹5 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | unspecified | ₹6 |
| 12 Jul 2022 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 13 Jul 2021 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 28 Jul 2020 | unspecified | ₹3.5 |
| 28 Jul 2020 | special | ₹0.5 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 9 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 1, insert 7), 2016-10-30..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 30 Oct 2016
Documents
Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.
- Annual report · 2025-2626 May 2026
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