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Ultra Clean Water

ION Exchange (India)

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Water treatment leader with UPW systems for fabs, OSAT, displays and industrial customers.

Market Cap
₹6.2k cr
Price
425
1Y 22%
Direct exposure
60/100
0–100 directness
Hold / Watchlist
Fundamental
56/ 100
B

Quality of growth, returns, cash conversion and balance sheet

Technical (TQ-100)
74/ 100
B+

Trend, momentum, volume and relative strength composite

Valuation
50/ 100

Higher = cheaper vs peers and own history

Final composite
63/ 100

Blended decision input

Data transparency

What's real, what's pending, on this page

Real financials loaded
✓ Real / verified
  • · Live price, day change, market cap — NSE direct
  • · 1Y OHLCV, RSI(14), 50/200 DMA, 1M/3M/1Y returns, RS vs Nifty — computed from real NSE OHLCV
  • · Sector P/E — NSE direct
  • · Promoter %, pledge %, MF/FII/public split, 9-quarter history — Trendlyne
  • · Earnings call AI summaries — Trendlyne (where available)
  • · Technical (TQ-100) score — computed from real OHLCV
  • · Annual revenue / EBITDA / PAT / OCF / FCF / equity / assets — Trendlyne (audited annuals)
⚠ Analyst-set (qualitative)
  • · Segment classification + semicon directness score — analyst seed
  • · Bull/bear case + monitorables (curated thesis) — analyst seed
  • · Governance risk score (seed) — being replaced by AI-agent assessment
  • · Synthesized 5Y forecast removed entirely (was inaccurate)
Real financials extracted for 42 of 45 companies. See /data-sources for full provenance.
ION Exchange (India) · IONEXCHANG
425+12.10% over 6M
Price50 DMA200 DMA
RSI (14)
Momentum oscillator · 6M view
Volume (60D)
Fundamental score (SageOne 100)
56/ 100B

Growth 20 / Margin 15 / ROC 20 / Cash 15 / Leverage 10 / Reinvestment 8 / Accounting 7 / Governance 5 minus red flags (capped -20).

Base 60
Red flags -4
Growth quality/ 20
11.6
Rev 1Y 16.3% · 3Y CAGR 18.5%
Margin & profitability/ 15
6.1
EBITDA 12.1% · PAT 8.3%
Return on capital/ 20
13.9
ROCE 25% · ROE 20%
Cash flow quality/ 15
4.6
OCF/EBITDA 40% · FCF yield -0.6%
Leverage discipline/ 10
10.0
Net Debt/EBITDA -0.60x
Reinvestment runway/ 8
6.2
ROCE × retention proxy
Accounting quality/ 7
3.5
OCF conversion proxy
Governance/ 5
4.1
Pledge 0.0% · Risk 18/100
Red flags (1)
  • Weak cash conversionOCF/EBITDA 40% < 50%-4
✓ Computed from real Trendlyne annuals (revenue, EBITDA, PAT, OCF, equity).
Technical score (TQ-100)
74/ 100B+

Computed from real 1Y OHLCV pulled from NSE direct: trend, momentum, volume, RS vs Nifty, MA cluster, mean reversion, volatility, patterns minus red flags.

Base 82
Red flags -8
Trend structure/ 20
17.9
Above 200DMA · -27% from 52W high
Momentum velocity/ 15
15.0
RSI(14) 56 · 1M 2.0%
Volume dynamics/ 15
8.3
Bucket: Small Cap
Relative strength/ 15
9.0
RS vs Nifty 6%
MA cluster/ 10
10.0
200DMA + 1Y trend confirmation
Mean-reversion runway/ 10
9.7
RSI(14) 56; ideal 50-60
Volatility profile/ 8
4.8
Bucket: Small Cap
Pattern integrity/ 7
7.0
Trend continuation proxy
Red flags (1)
  • Deep drawdown-27% from 52W high-8

AI research agents

Re-classify segment exposure and re-assess governance risk by running fresh AI agents on the latest data. Results cache to data/agents.json.

Segment classifier
Maps to value-chain segments + computes 0-100 directness
Seed: Ultra Clean Water · 60/100
Governance assessor
Forensic-accounting flags + 0-100 risk score
Seed: 18/100 risk

AI thesis

Generates a fresh thesis grounded in this company's data. Wires to Anthropic when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set, otherwise returns a deterministic mock.

Curated thesis

Analyst-set bull, bear and monitorables · use AI thesis above for a fresh take

High-quality compounder with direct UPW exposure to every approved Indian fab/OSAT project. Reasonable valuation.

Bull case
  • +Every fab/OSAT needs UPW
  • +ROCE >24%
  • +Strong order book
Bear case
  • Working capital cycles
  • Project execution timing
  • Low promoter holding
Key monitorables
Order wins from fab/OSAT projectsMargin sustainabilityReceivables days

Semiconductor exposure

How direct, how visible

Primary segment
Ultra Clean Water
All segments
Ultra Clean Water
Exposure type
Indirect / pull-through
Policy beneficiary
Yes
Import substitution
High
Governance risk score
18/100 (lower = better)

Financial snapshot

Latest reported metrics · mock data, ready for live financials

Rev growth (1Y)
16.3%
Rev CAGR (3Y)
18.5%
EBITDA margin
12.1%
PAT margin
8.3%
ROCE
25%
ROE
20%
OCF / EBITDA
40%
Net Debt / EBITDA
-0.6x
Promoter holding
28.0%
Promoter pledge
0.0%
Valuation
P/E (TTM)
33.9
Forward P/E
30.0
EV/EBITDA
19.9
EV/Sales
2.4
P/B
5.8
FCF Yield
-0.6%
Dividend Yield
0.30%
Hist. percentile
60%
Peer percentile
55%
Technicals
RSI(14)
56
1M return
2.0%
1Y return
22%
From 52W high
-27%
RS vs Nifty
6%
>200 DMA
Yes
Annual financials — real data

Extracted from Trendlyne · audited annuals · TTM + last 6 fiscal years

✓ Real
LineTTMFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue₹2.7k cr₹2.6k cr₹2.2k cr₹1.9k cr₹1.6k cr₹1.4k cr₹1.5k cr
↳ YoY growth+4.8%+16.3%+14.9%+24.7%+8.1%-1.2%
EBITDA₹336 cr₹314 cr₹280 cr₹243 cr₹232 cr₹169 cr₹136 cr
↳ EBITDA margin12.4%12.1%12.6%12.5%14.9%11.8%9.3%
PAT₹183 cr₹215 cr₹204 cr₹185 cr₹154 cr₹146 cr₹99 cr
↳ PAT margin6.8%8.3%9.2%9.5%9.9%10.1%6.8%
OCF₹26 cr₹125 cr₹43 cr₹75 cr₹192 cr₹61 cr₹105 cr
↳ OCF / EBITDA7.8%39.6%15.4%30.9%82.7%36.0%77.6%
FCF (= OCF − capex)₹-143 cr₹-37 cr₹30 cr₹-5 cr₹58 cr₹61 cr₹48 cr
Total Equity₹1.3k cr₹1.1k cr₹938 cr₹767 cr₹627 cr₹482 cr₹374 cr
Total Assets₹2.9k cr₹2.3k cr₹2.0k cr₹1.7k cr₹1.5k cr₹1.4k cr₹1.2k cr
↳ ROE14.4%20.0%21.8%24.1%24.6%30.3%26.5%
↳ ROA6.3%9.2%10.4%11.1%10.3%10.2%8.2%
Source: Trendlyne (Standalone where Consolidated unavailable). Last refresh on real-data ingest.
Promoter pledge & shareholding history

From Trendlyne · 9 quarters · synced Invalid Date

Pledge: 0.0%
Promoter
25.5%
Mutual Funds
11.7%
FII
4.6%
Public
38.9%
Promoter holding trend
26.4
Mar
26.2
Jun
25.9
Sep
25.8
Dec
25.8
Mar
25.7
Jun
25.7
Sep
25.6
Dec
25.5
Mar
Δ:-0.9% over 9 quarters
Commentary
  • ·Promoter at 25.5% — moderate, slow steady decline
  • ·No pledge
Management quality

Capital allocation, debt discipline, alignment, governance composite. Computed from disclosed metrics.

Capital allocation
Sustained high return on capital indicates disciplined reinvestment.
ROCE 25%, div yield 0.3%
Promoter holding
Moderate promoter holding.
28.0%
Promoter pledge
No pledging — cleanest signal.
0.0%
Debt discipline
Net cash balance sheet.
Net Debt/EBITDA -0.60x
Cash conversion
Weak cash conversion — investigate working capital and quality of earnings.
OCF/EBITDA 40%
Governance composite
Clean governance signals across pledging, RPTs, auditor, KMP pay.
18/100 risk
Variant perception

What the market is pricing in versus our read, and what would invalidate the thesis.

What the market is pricing in

Steady but unspectacular execution. Multiples reflect mid-pack expectations.

What we think it's missing

Consensus appears reasonable. Look for thesis-changing catalysts (margin inflection, new customer wins, segment mix shift) rather than narrative re-rating alone.

Thesis killers
  • ×Working capital blowout disclosed in next quarterly result