Gujarat alakalies and chemicals limited(GACL) is a govt. of Gujarat promoted compnay.
It is the largest producer of caustic soda in India with the capacity of around 1100 Tones per day.
Their capacity utilization is reaching towards almost 100% while the industry standard remains around 70%.
It exports it's product to US,europe,M east,f east,africa,china and south Asian markets.
As power constitutes about 70% of it's cost of production,It has promoted promoted GIPCL(gujarat industrial power company ltd.) with Gujarat electricity board and other entities.
Being a promoter it gets low cost electricity.(But on the flip side GIPCL is a gas based power station and its viability depends on supply of gas.)
Recently Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals (GACL) has signed an agreement with Dow Europe GmbH to set up a joint venture company for manufacturing 200,000 TPA of chlorinated organics at Dahej, with an estimated project cost of Rs 6 billion.
But on the flip side GIPCL is a gas based power station and its viability depends on supply of gas.
caustic soda is used mainly in paper,chemical,texttile and detergent industries.
It is @189 trading at 4.11 times its TTM earnings which is quite modest.
Its 52 week high was 273
It has got growth potential and with investment horizon of 5-6 quarters, this is a good bet.