Promoters raise stake in these 2 NIFTY500 fertiliser stocks for 4th straight quarter; check details

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals and Paradeep Phosphates are the only two companies in the NIFTY500 index where promoters have consistently increased their stakes for the fourth consecutive quarter, data from Ace Equity showed.

In contrast, at the end of the March quarter (Q4 FY26), promoters of 20 NIFTY500 companies had raised their stakes, indicating that promoter buying became more selective in the June quarter.

Meanwhile, in the first quarter of FY27 (Q1 FY27), the 30-share S&P BSE Sensex gained 6.3%, while the NSE Nifty50 advanced 6.87%, or 1,534 points, from its March-end level of 22,331.

Promoters raising their stake in a company is generally viewed as a positive signal, as they typically have deeper insights into the company’s business plans, financial performance, growth prospects and demand environment.

A sustained increase in promoter holding can therefore indicate stronger confidence in the company’s future prospects, analysts said.

Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals

Promoters of the country’s leading fertiliser maker have raised their stake in the company to 61.34% from 61.25% stake they owned in the previous quarter.

The promoters of the company that makes 13% of the total urea produced in the country owned a 60.50% stake in Chambal Fertilisers.

Chambal Fertilisers’ net profit in the first quarter declined 5% to ₹524 crore from ₹549 crore in the same period last year.

Its revenue from operations declined 12% to ₹5,027 crore in the end of June quarter from ₹5,698 crore in the year-ago period.

The company reported stable operational performance as its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) advanced 12% to ₹850 crore and EBITDA margin improved by 360 basis points to 16.93%.

Its urea sales during the quarter declined 8% to ₹2,860 crore, sales of complex fertilisers dropped 18.5% to ₹1,737 crore, and sales of the seeds segment declined marginally to ₹430 crore from ₹458 crore in the year-ago period.

Paradeep Phosphates

The country’s leading integrated agri-nutrient company and a prominent player in the phosphatic fertiliser industry has seen its promoters raise their stake in the company to 57.86% at the end of the June quarter from a 57.80% stake they owned at the end of the previous quarter.

The promoter group had a 56.04% stake at the end of the first quarter during the previous financial year.

Paradeep Phosphate’s net profit in the first quarter of the current financial year rose 24% to ₹393 crore compared with ₹317 crore in the same quarter last year.

Its revenue from operations rose 36% to ₹6,124 crore as against ₹4,503.50 crore in the year-ago period.

The Karnataka-based company reported strong operational performance as its EBITDA jumped 24% to ₹721 crore, but its EBITDA margin contracted by 110 basis points to 11.77%.

The company’s board gave approval for setting up an Aluminium Fluoride manufacturing plant with a capacity of 15,000 million tonnes per annum at Paradeep.