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Essar Shipping Overview

Essar Shipping Ltd is a renowned shipping company that operates in the maritime industry. With a rich history and expertise spanning several decades, Essar Shipping has established itself as a global leader in diverse shipping operations. The company specializes in dry bulk cargo transportation, focusing on sectors like steel, power, oil, and gas. Essar Shipping owns and operates a modern fleet of vessels, including Capesize, Supramax, and Mini Cape vessels, enabling efficient and reliable transportation services worldwide. Committed to environ...Read More

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Essar Shipping Key Financials

Market Cap ₹497 Cr.

Stock P/E 0.8

P/B -0.2

Current Price ₹24

Book Value ₹ -118.7

Face Value 10

52W High ₹43

Dividend Yield 0%

52W Low ₹ 21.6

Essar Shipping Share Price

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Essar Shipping Peer Comparison

Essar Shipping Quarterly Results

#(Fig in Cr.) Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025
Net Sales 12 3 3 3 148 3 -143 2 0 0
Other Income 0 6 11 9 100 69 59 48 0 17
Total Income 12 9 13 12 248 72 -84 50 0 17
Total Expenditure 25 19 34 11 154 11 -113 6 3 5
Operating Profit -13 -10 -21 0 94 61 29 43 -3 12
Interest 10 16 45 29 28 23 21 16 18 33
Depreciation 11 11 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exceptional Income / Expenses -3 -5 12 -6 574 1 5 0 6 -67
Profit Before Tax -37 -41 -53 -35 639 39 13 27 -16 -88
Provision for Tax -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profit After Tax -36 -41 -53 -35 639 39 13 27 -16 -88
Adjustments -0 -2 -11 -0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Profit After Adjustments -36 -44 -64 -35 643 40 13 27 -16 -88
Adjusted Earnings Per Share -1.7 -2.1 -3.1 -1.7 31 1.9 0.6 1.3 -0.8 -4.3

Essar Shipping Profit & Loss

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 TTM
Net Sales 1911 1720 2194 1208 1309 1344 472 328 61 20 10 -141
Other Income 243 228 -67 79 57 150 36 225 104 62 237 124
Total Income 2153 1947 2127 1287 1366 1494 508 553 165 83 247 -17
Total Expenditure 1684 1470 1817 962 977 1084 442 265 28 87 60 -99
Operating Profit 470 477 311 326 389 411 66 288 136 -5 188 81
Interest 477 542 467 387 396 433 489 356 132 81 101 88
Depreciation 424 464 391 304 282 172 174 106 41 32 1 0
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 0 0 -1281 -3487 -1492 -23 94 1660 13 570 -56
Profit Before Tax -432 -528 -547 -1646 -3776 -1686 -620 -81 1624 -105 657 -64
Provision for Tax 27 22 38 3 1 1 1 0 -26 -1 0 0
Profit After Tax -459 -550 -585 -1649 -3778 -1687 -621 -81 1650 -104 657 -64
Adjustments -0 0 1 -16 2 8 0 3 0 -14 4 0
Profit After Adjustments -459 -550 -583 -1665 -3775 -1679 -621 -78 1650 -118 660 -64
Adjusted Earnings Per Share -22.4 -26.6 -28.2 -80.4 -182.4 -81.1 -30 -3.8 79.7 -5.7 31.9 -3.2

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR -50% -69% -62% -41%
Operating Profit CAGR 0% -13% -14% -9%
PAT CAGR 0% 0% 0% 0%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR -17% 39% 20% -1%
ROE Average 0% 0% 0% -11%
ROCE Average 0% 0% -26% -27%

Essar Shipping Balance Sheet

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Shareholder's Funds 6880 3333 2635 1370 -1910 -4221 -4813 -4914 -2742 -2807 -2380
Minority's Interest 0 0 0 192 262 261 264 268 118 134 0
Borrowings 2464 3098 794 1754 1904 1975 1743 1678 398 623 1406
Other Non-Current Liabilities 180 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Current Liabilities 4121 3681 6066 4328 4306 4331 4890 4138 3272 2962 1273
Total Liabilities 13645 10163 9496 7645 4563 2345 2084 1170 1047 911 300
Fixed Assets 9814 6449 5835 5253 3149 1003 884 112 58 26 27
Other Non-Current Assets 462 243 308 95 80 27 26 41 41 0 185
Total Current Assets 3369 3471 3353 2297 1334 1316 1174 984 948 885 63
Total Assets 13645 10163 9496 7645 4563 2345 2084 1170 1047 911 300

Essar Shipping Cash Flow

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents 38 15 13 14 32 17 39 27 18 25 19
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 559 345 274 487 157 210 97 140 514 -47 531
Cash Flow from Investing Activities 378 27 13 719 -6 178 -54 493 90 57 268
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -961 -374 -285 -1188 -236 -263 -86 -627 -969 -71 -211
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow -24 -1 2 18 -85 126 -43 7 -365 -60 587
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 15 13 14 32 17 39 27 18 25 19 4

Essar Shipping Ratios

# Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Earnings Per Share (Rs) -22.36 -26.58 -28.19 -80.43 -182.4 -81.1 -29.98 -3.79 79.73 -5.71 31.89
CEPS(Rs) -1.7 -4.17 -9.38 -64.98 -168.86 -73.18 -21.59 1.2 81.72 -3.49 31.76
DPS(Rs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 335.16 156.33 125.93 66.16 -92.29 -203.98 -232.57 -237.43 -132.51 -135.66 -115
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 11.88 14.52 17.2 20.38 25.34 19.39 6.31 19.18 53.07 -330.98 -482.65
EBIT Margin(%) 2.39 0.78 -3.64 -104.25 -258.21 -93.23 -27.81 83.97 2893.23 -117.34 7379.34
Pre Tax Margin(%) -22.58 -30.72 -24.92 -136.27 -288.43 -125.41 -131.34 -24.6 2676.36 -519.47 6399.32
PAT Margin (%) -24.02 -31.99 -26.65 -136.54 -288.54 -125.5 -131.47 -24.68 2719.98 -515.37 6399.32
Cash Profit Margin (%) -1.82 -5.01 -8.85 -111.36 -266.97 -112.68 -94.66 7.58 2787.79 -356.87 6406.73
ROA(%) -3.3 -4.62 -5.95 -19.24 -61.89 -48.84 -28.02 -4.98 148.9 -10.66 108.47
ROE(%) -6.57 -10.88 -20.02 -82.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ROCE(%) 0.37 0.13 -0.94 -17.69 -76.37 -76.37 -127.58 0 0 0 0
Receivable days 61.27 67.53 37.84 33.07 35.52 30.9 39.56 30.5 113.4 286.73 601.04
Inventory Days 23.23 17.53 13.49 22.2 14.21 7.01 16.25 16.34 35.19 0 35.22
Payable days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PER(x) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.68
Price/Book(x) 0.07 0.16 0.22 0.34 -0.11 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 -0.06 -0.15 -0.19
Dividend Yield(%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EV/Net Sales(x) 2.91 3.38 2.8 4.17 3.79 3.5 10.03 12.3 46.88 150.68 202.13
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 11.86 12.17 19.81 15.47 12.76 11.46 71.81 14.03 20.89 -661.57 11.06
Net Sales Growth(%) 2.8 -10 27.58 -44.95 8.4 2.67 -64.88 -30.44 -81.52 -66.64 -49.31
EBIT Growth(%) -77.24 -70.66 -696.34 -1476.77 -168.49 62.93 89.53 310.06 536.68 -101.35 3287.87
PAT Growth(%) -88.24 -19.89 -6.27 -182.05 -129.07 55.35 63.21 86.94 2136.54 -106.32 729.44
EPS Growth(%) -88.31 -18.86 -6.05 -185.35 -126.77 55.54 63.04 87.35 2202.42 -107.16 658.96
Debt/Equity(x) 0.75 1.6 2.13 3.37 -2.5 -1.1 -0.96 -0.8 -0.99 -0.94 -0.69
Current Ratio(x) 0.82 0.94 0.55 0.53 0.31 0.3 0.24 0.24 0.29 0.3 0.05
Quick Ratio(x) 0.8 0.92 0.54 0.51 0.3 0.3 0.24 0.24 0.29 0.3 0.05
Interest Cover(x) 0.1 0.02 -0.17 -3.26 -8.54 -2.9 -0.27 0.77 13.34 -0.29 7.53
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 11.49 10.27 9.69 9.79 22.04 41.45 28.34 24.97 16.31 6.12 3.63

Essar Shipping Shareholding Pattern

# Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025 Mar 2026
Promoter 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75 73.75
FII 0.01 0.04 0.01 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0
DII 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Public 26.21 26.19 26.22 26.22 26.22 26.22 26.22 26.22 26.22 26.22
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Essar Shipping News

Essar Shipping Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Stock is trading at -0.2 times its book value
  • Company is almost debt free.

Cons

  • Company has a low return on equity of 0% over the last 3 years.
  • Earnings include an other income of Rs. 237 Cr.
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