In July 2020, Tau Investment has made an open offer to acquire up to 2,00,93,346 shares of JB Chemical to its existing shareholders. The open offer constitutes 26 per cent of the voting share capital, at the offer price of Rs 745 per equity share, subject to the terms and conditions.

The management of the company mentioned that many of its suppliers invoked force majeure clause (which allows temporary relief from contractual obligations in uncertain & uncontrolled situations such as pandemic).

Interestingly, the management in a conference call held for the discussion of the acquisition, mentioned that Bharti AXA made a loss of Rs 240 crore in FY20. This can be considered as one of the reasons why the stock price is not cheering on the announcement of the transaction.

On the back of regulated markets, the company registered a growth of 22 per cent QoQ. The company also reported healthy operating leverage with 920 bps QoQ EBITDA margin expansion.

Its diversified execution capabilities and order book, which has spread over sectors such as roads & highways, mining, metro, special bridges, irrigation, airports, and tunnels is a very important growth trigger for the company in revival after the economic headwinds.

In the ranking for top lenders, State Bank of India (SBI), Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of India, Union Bank of India, and HDFC Bank stood as leaders.

Soda is a part of the basic chemistry product segment, which contributes to more than 60 per cent of its consolidated revenue. The company has announced that the ongoing Capex for capacity expansion is near completion at its Mithapur Plant.

The fly ash has multiple applications in the cement industry, where the industry has seen a substantial usage of the same. During FY20, as per the data by the Ministry of Power, almost 44.33 million tonnes of fly ash was utilised for various productive purposes.

The company further mentioned that the approximate cost of the project is nearly Rs 450 crore. It is expected to generate 244 MU/year.

Going ahead, the street would also take into consideration the commencement of 10,000 TPA agrochemical capacity in the third quarter of the current fiscal. The company expects Rs 200 revenue growth after these plants get operational.