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• Basic stats: of revenue of profit
✓ Market capitalisation: Rs. 70,668 crore
✓ PE: 9.5 (10 year median: 10.1; range 5.9 – 19.7) Zinc and Lead 87% 74%
✓ PB: 1.8 (10 year median: 2.1; range 1.2 – 3.9) Integrated manufacturing of zinc and lead from own mines,
smelters and refineries located in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand
✓ Dividend yield: 12%
✓ Gross cash (30/9/2019): Rs. 19,647 crore HZL has a domestic market share of 75% in zinc and 57% in lead
✓ Gross debt (30/9/2019): Rs. 2,584 crore
Silver 12% 25%
✓ Shareholders: Vedanta 64.92%; Government of India 29.54%
✓ Stock down 39% in the last one year and 14% in the last three months
• End user of Zinc: Steel companies
• End user of Lead: Battery manufacturers
• Global position
✓ 2nd largest zinc-lead miner globally; set to become the largest in the next two years
✓ 9th largest silver producer globally; on track to become top five largest globally in next
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✓ One of the lowest cost producers of zinc; ranks in the 1st decile position globally 18
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✓ Has not incurred a loss since the FY 1997
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✓ Generates tonnes of free cash flows and has been net free cash flows positive since FY 4
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✓ Negative working capital; receivable days of 4 days
✓ Despite being a commodity company; earns a consistent ROCE and ROE of 25% and 20%
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• Compared to other commodities, zinc and lead markets are more balanced where the supply closely tracks demand
• The cost of extraction of Hindustan Zinc is $1,000/tonne which is much below the market price of $2,000/tonne, so it consistently makes money
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