Heritage Foods Ltd. is an Indian public listed company that is primarily involved in the dairy industry. It also has a renewable energy division. The dairy division is the flagship business vertical of the company.
Heritage Foods Ltd. was established in 1992. In 1994, the company went public and was oversubscribed 54 times. Heritage Foods Ltd. is listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The NSE has allotted the company a symbol of HERITGFOOD while it is recognised by the number 519552 on the BSE. The company has a total market capitalisation of Rs. 1.55 trillion crore. Heritage Foods share price as of April 1, 2022 was Rs. 331.00. Heritage Foods stock price hit a 52-week high at Rs. 565 while the company recorded a 52-week low at Rs. 287.70. Heritage Foods stock has a price to earnings ratio of 13.38 as of April 4, 2022. The company’s price to book ratio was 0.41 as of the same date.
Heritage Foods’ dairy product division manufactures milk and milk products, such as fresh milk, curd, buttermilk, lassi, ice creams, paneer, milk powder, dairy whitener, etc. Currently, Heritage’s milk and milk products have a market presence in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, NCR Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. The company procures 1.3 million litres of milk per day and has a chilling capacity of 2.1 million litres per day. Heritage Foods Ltd.’s processing capacity is 2.7 million litres per day. The company has a total of 6,223 distributors across the country and 0.13 million retail outlets. The renewable energy division produces power through its solar and wind power plants.
Heritage Foods Ltd. reported a total revenue of Rs. 670.1 crore for the December quarter of 2021, compared to the revenue of Rs. 606.02 crore for the same period in the previous year. It earned a total profit of Rs. 20.70 crore for the December quarter of 2021 while for the previous year, the company reported a profit for Rs. 26 crore. Heritage Foods reported an earnings per share of Rs. 4.49 for the December quarter of 2021, compared to an earnings per share of Rs. 5.68 during the same period in the previous year.
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