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Tata Chemicals posts a quarterly loss due to a one-time charge and lower soda ash prices, with revenue dropping 3.8%.
(Reuters) - India's Tata Chemicals reported its second loss in four quarters on Monday, hurt by a one-time charge incurred in its UK operations and a dip in soda ash prices amid soft demand.
The chemicals firm reported a consolidated net loss of 530 million rupees ($6.1 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to a profit of 1.58 billion rupees a year earlier.
Tata Chemicals said it incurred a non-cash writedown on assets aggregating to 700 million rupees with respect to its UK operations.
Its revenue from operations fell 3.8% to 35.90 billion rupees for the quarter.
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KEY CONTEXT
An economic slowdown in China and flat demand in the European Union have hit prices of soda ash, which contributes to two-thirds of Tata Chemicals' overall sales.
Soda ash is used to reduce the melting point of silica to produce glass. It is also used in the soap and detergent industries.
PEER COMPARISON
Valuation (next Estimates (next 12 Analysts' sentiment
12 months) months)
RIC PE EV/EBIT Revenue Profit Mean No. of Stock to Div
DA growth growth rating* analysts price yield
(%) (%) target** (%)
Tata 24.11 10.76 7.54 25.02 Sell 7 1.06 1.52
Chemicals
Deepak 29.89 18.87 13.73 28.88 Hold 18 1.09 0.32
Nitrite
SRF 49.72 25.85 13.80 34.12 Hold 27 1.00 0.30
GHCL 10.86 5.84 4.30 1.91 Buy 1 0.78 1.64
* Mean of analysts' ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell
** Ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT
OCTOBER-DECEMBER STOCK PERFORMANCE
-- All data from LSEG
-- $1 = 87.0420 rupees
(Reporting by Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru)
Tata Chemicals reported a consolidated net loss of 530 million rupees ($6.1 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31.
The loss was primarily due to a one-time charge incurred in its UK operations and a decline in soda ash prices amid soft demand.
Soda ash prices fell due to an economic slowdown in China and flat demand in the European Union, impacting two-thirds of Tata Chemicals' overall sales.
The revenue from operations for the quarter fell 3.8% to 35.90 billion rupees.
Analysts have a mean rating of 'Sell' for Tata Chemicals' stock, with a target price indicating it is trading above the analysts' mean price target.
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