Last close · 16 Oct 2026
Rs 19.27 +9.99%
Annual · FY2007 – FY2026
Dandot Cement Company Limited (DNCC) financial ratios
Dandot Cement Company Limited earned a net margin of 1.4% in FY2026 against a five-year average of -0.1% (Cement median 12.5%). Return on equity was 2.4%, compared with a sector median of 15.4%. The current ratio stood at 0.73× and debt was 99.8% of equity. Cash took about 36 days to cycle through receivables, inventory and payables.
FY2026 vs the Cement median
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Sector median 26.5%
- Operating margin
- 12.9%
- Sector median 19.4%
- Net margin
- 1.4%
- Sector median 12.5%
- Return on equity (ROE)
- 2.4%
- Sector median 15.4%
- Return on assets (ROA)
- 0.7%
- Sector median 8.0%
- Current ratio
- 0.73×
- Sector median 1.19×
- Debt to equity
- 99.8%
- Sector median 34.0%
- Asset turnover
- 0.52×
- Sector median 0.56×
Median of the 19 companies in the sector with the figure for their latest fiscal year.
| Rs mn | FY2026 Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 | FY2025 Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 | FY2024 Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 | FY2023 Jul 2022 – Jun 2023 | FY2022 Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 | FY2021 Jul 2020 – Jun 2021 | FY2020 Jul 2019 – Jun 2020 | FY2019 Jul 2018 – Jun 2019 | FY2018 Jul 2017 – Jun 2018 | FY2017 Jul 2016 – Jun 2017 | FY2016 Jul 2015 – Jun 2016 | FY2015 Jul 2014 – Jun 2015 | FY2014 Jul 2013 – Jun 2014 | FY2013 Jul 2012 – Jun 2013 | FY2012 Jul 2011 – Jun 2012 | FY2011 Jul 2010 – Jun 2011 | FY2010 Jul 2009 – Jun 2010 | FY2009 Jul 2008 – Jun 2009 | FY2008 Jul 2007 – Jun 2008 | FY2007 Jul 2006 – Jun 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 9.3% | 5.9% | — | — | — | (65.3%) | (21.6%) | (36.4%) | (15.2%) | (0.5%) | (13.4%) | (32.6%) | (258.0%) | (39.9%) | (45.5%) | (113.1%) | (7.4%) | (42.5%) | (22.7%) |
| EBITDA margin | 18.2% | 14.4% | 12.8% | — | — | — | (34.6%) | 9.6% | (35.0%) | (12.7%) | (1.0%) | (12.6%) | (32.8%) | (258.5%) | (37.8%) | (40.1%) | (99.5%) | (9.4%) | (43.3%) | (23.0%) |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 7.9% | 5.1% | — | — | — | (83.9%) | 0.1% | (44.2%) | (19.7%) | (3.6%) | (15.7%) | (39.1%) | (306.0%) | (44.4%) | (49.9%) | (133.7%) | (16.8%) | (59.2%) | (30.4%) |
| Pre-tax margin | — | (2.4%) | (10.9%) | — | — | — | (209.3%) | 38.3% | (58.3%) | (29.9%) | (10.9%) | (23.2%) | (4.9%) | (319.2%) | (45.9%) | (50.7%) | (238.8%) | (39.9%) | (100.0%) | (47.9%) |
| Net margin | 1.4% | (2.4%) | 0.8% | — | — | — | (234.7%) | 39.2% | (57.5%) | (29.2%) | (11.9%) | (23.2%) | (4.9%) | (321.3%) | (45.9%) | (43.9%) | (187.0%) | (27.1%) | (75.9%) | (48.3%) |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (2.4%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.4% | (3.9%) | 0.7% | (31.4%) | (318.5%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (179.8%) | (104.9%) | (93.5%) |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.7% | (1.1%) | 0.2% | (4.9%) | (6.4%) | (1.6%) | (13.7%) | 11.9% | (15.4%) | (11.8%) | (7.7%) | (17.7%) | (1.9%) | (17.1%) | (17.9%) | (11.4%) | (14.2%) | (10.0%) | (13.8%) | (16.7%) |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liquidity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio | 0.73× | 0.52× | 0.37× | 0.28× | 0.51× | 0.40× | 0.49× | 0.55× | 0.15× | 0.21× | 0.21× | 0.19× | 0.22× | 0.20× | 0.25× | 0.32× | 0.30× | 0.41× | 0.58× | 0.60× |
| Quick ratio | 0.31× | 0.19× | 0.18× | 0.18× | 0.21× | 0.10× | 0.19× | 0.23× | 0.07× | 0.14× | 0.16× | 0.14× | 0.13× | 0.10× | 0.15× | 0.22× | 0.21× | 0.30× | 0.38× | 0.40× |
| Leverage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to equity | 99.8% | 124.1% | 103.5% | 188.1% | 4,322.8% | 2,194.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8,703.1% | 438.6% | 229.1% |
| Debt to capital | 49.9% | 55.4% | 50.9% | 65.3% | 97.7% | 95.6% | 163.4% | 137.6% | — | 561.2% | 217.7% | 1,234.3% | 675.5% | 683.0% | 464.5% | 192.6% | 137.8% | 98.9% | 81.4% | 69.6% |
| Debt to assets | 31.9% | 34.1% | 30.8% | 44.8% | 66.2% | 56.4% | 94.7% | 77.0% | 30.5% | 58.9% | 56.7% | 89.2% | 91.1% | 74.2% | 58.4% | 54.2% | 50.4% | 49.2% | 46.3% | 36.1% |
| Assets to equity | 3.36× | 3.50× | 3.66× | 6.37× | 49.58× | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.94× | 7.61× | 5.60× |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.52× | 0.46× | 0.21× | 0.00× | 0.00× | 0.00× | 0.06× | 0.30× | 0.27× | 0.40× | 0.65× | 0.76× | 0.38× | 0.05× | 0.39× | 0.26× | 0.08× | 0.37× | 0.18× | 0.35× |
| Receivable days days | 19 | 11 | 9 | — | — | — | 99 | 36 | 96 | 101 | 73 | 68 | 111 | 786 | 130 | 188 | 484 | 85 | 90 | 5 |
| Inventory days days | 87 | 63 | 64 | 563 | 755 | 898 | 321 | 87 | 80 | 53 | 35 | 44 | 91 | 212 | 59 | 68 | 126 | 50 | 77 | 61 |
| Payable days days | 70 | 97 | 206 | 2,051 | 1,470 | 1,739 | 598 | 322 | 530 | 431 | 328 | 195 | 110 | 589 | 182 | 50 | 122 | 33 | 104 | 73 |
| Cash conversion cycle days | 36 | (23) | (134) | (1,494) | (718) | (845) | (180) | (199) | (356) | (278) | (221) | (84) | 91 | 408 | 6 | 205 | 488 | 102 | 64 | (6) |
| Dividends | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earnings retention rate | — | — | 1.00× | — | — | — | — | 1.00× | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ratios as reported for each fiscal year; returns are on average equity / assets. Debt ratios are percentages; turnover in times; working-capital measures in days.