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The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
Kaveri Seed Company Limited is an India-based agriculture company. The Company is engaged in the research, production, processing and marketing of various hybrid seeds. The Company is engaged in the business of sale of seeds and micronutrients. Its product categories include…
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A decent, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Kaveri Seed Co. is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 20.8% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash conversion lags the reported profit (CFO/PAT -0.02×) — worth a closer look. Free cash flow is worth about 2.4% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 8%/yr and profit at 3%/yr. Book value has grown 9%/yr. Return on equity is a healthy 12.6%. In the latest quarter profit fell 103% versus the prior quarter.
At 12× earnings, the stock sits at the 13th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price asks for only ~4%/yr growth over a decade — undemanding expectations. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A, and Altman puts distress risk in the safe zone.
A plain-English restatement of the figures on this page — rules-based, for education and research context, not investment advice or a recommendation.
| Ratio | Company | Sector | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 13.73 | — | — |
| P/B | 1.73 | 3.7 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.94 | 54.39 | better |
| ROE | 12.64 | 14.7 | worse |
| ROCE | 12.78 | 12.12 | better |
| ROA | 9.66 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.88 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Unilever | 31.1 | 9.6 | 22.9% |
| ITC | 18.4 | 5.0 | 26.4% |
| Nestle India | 60.5 | 42.7 | 70.6% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 8% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Revenue is outpacing profit (8% vs 3%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 25% to 21% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 17% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. ROE powered by fat margins — the hallmark of a high-quality franchise with pricing power.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. EPS outpaced profit growth — possible buybacks are concentrating earnings into fewer shares. 6% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
1 of 4 years had negative operating cash flow — profitability on paper may not translate to cash. Financing outflows in consecutive years — balance-sheet discipline through debt repayment or dividends.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue fell 67% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Wide quarterly swings (85% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 201% above earlier ones.
2 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit fell 103% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (6% → -4%) — more revenue isn't translating to proportionally more profit.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoter holding at 60.5% — majority control intact. FIIs trimmed 2.4pp — foreign money is rotating out.
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