J K Cements Ltd News

Cement firms post healthy Q1 volume growth, but costs pressure margins

Leading cement makers recorded 7-8 per cent volume growth in Q1FY27, but higher fuel, packaging and other input costs offset price gains and weighed on profitability

Motilal Oswal sector of the week: Cement; check top bets, target here

According to Motilal Oswal, the cement sector presents an improving medium-term outlook and opportunities for investors

Cement sector stocks log solid gains; Nuvoco Vistas up 26% in 2 days

Looking beyond the Q1, analysts expect domestic cement demand to grow at a healthy 6-8 per cent CAGR over FY27-FY29, driven by sustained public infra investments and housing demand.

Q1 results preview: Cement makers build on volumes, hit margin wall

Strong infrastructure demand and a favourable base are expected to drive Q1 FY27 cement volumes, but rising fuel and input costs may weigh on margins despite better realisations

JK Cement bets on capacity utilisation, premiumisation: CEO Singhania

JK Cement is prioritizing enhanced capacity utilization and aggressive premiumization to protect margins against cost inflation this fiscal and is executing an expansion-led strategy to reach 50 MnTPA capacity by 2030, its Joint Managing Director and CEO Madhavkrishna Singhania said. The immediate priorities of JK Organisation group firm for FY27 include stabilising newly-commissioned capacities, improving utilisation levels, expanding market reach in key regions and strengthening its portfolio of value-added building materials, said Singhania in the latest annual report of the company. "As we look ahead to FY 2026-27 and beyond, our priorities are clear: stabilise the capacity added during this year, drive utilisation improvements, deepen market reach in chosen regions, continue strengthening our value-added products portfolio, sustain the journey on premiumisation, scale digital enablement and data-driven decision-making, embed safety even more deeply into our culture, and ...

Q4 results: NTPC, JK Cement, Reliance Infra, Divis Labs among 78 on May 23

Q4FY26 company results: Firms including Rainbow Children's Medicare, Anupam Rasayan India, Dollar Industries, Polyplex, and Precision Wires are also to release their January-March earnings today

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Cement firms to post strong Q4 volumes, but costs may weigh on margins

Cement companies are likely to report healthy volume growth in Q4 FY26 on strong demand and capex push, but rising fuel and packaging costs may weigh on profitability and margins

Cement shares: UltraTech, Shree Cement, JK Lakshmi, Nuvoco gain up to 5%

Despite the two-day rally, in the past one month, cement companies stocks have underperformed the market by falling up to 17%, as against 8% fall in the BSE Sensex.

Cement demand strong; correction offers buying opportunity: Motilal Oswal

Among stock preferences, UltraTech Cement remains its top pick in the large-cap segment for Motilal Oswal, while it maintains a positive view on JK Cement and Dalmia Bharat in the mid-cap space

UltraTech, Ramco, JK, India Cements crack up to 7%; what's worrying them?

On-going escalation of the Iran-Israel-US conflict tends to spike global crude oil prices, which in turn drive up petcoke and diesel prices, affecting cement manufacturers margins, say analysts.

Volume gains offset pricing pain for cement companies in Q3 FY26

Analysts at Centrum Research estimated aggregate industry volumes rose about 13 per cent Y-o-Y and 12 per cent sequentially, aided by a rebound in non-trade demand