Kaveri Seed Company Ltd., established in 1976 by GV Bhaskar Rao, is India’s largest agriculture company specialising in hybrid seeds of key Indian crops. With more than 100,000 production growers on 65,000 acres of land across 12 different agro-climatic zones, Kaveri Seeds Company Ltd. supplies seeds to key crop segments to promote production in diverse agro-climate and soil conditions. The total revenue generated in the financial year ending on March 31, 2022, was Rs 969 crore, while the corresponding figure for the previous financial year was Rs 1,036 crore. On 23 November 2022, the market capitalisation of Kaveri Seed Company Ltd. was Rs 2,940 crore.
Shares of Kaveri Seed Company Ltd. trade on BSE and NSE under codes 532899 and KSCL, respectively.
The board of directors of KSCL include chairman and managing director GV Bhaskar Rao, non-executive vice-chairman G Pawan, whole-time directors G Vanaja Devi, C Vamsheedhar, and C Mithun Chand, independent directors S Raghuvardhan Reddy, K Purushotham, SM Ilyas, M Chaya Ratan and RR Hanchinal. As of September 30, 2022, the promoter and promoter group held 57.44% shares of the company, while a 41.06% stake was held by the public. The company’s employees’ trust held the remaining 1.5% shares of Kaveri Seed Company Ltd.
The unaudited consolidated total income of KSCL in the quarter ending September 30, 2022, was Rs 174.57 crore, while the corresponding figure in the previous financial year was Rs 162.71 crore. The unaudited consolidated total income of KSCL in the quarter ending June 30, 2022, was Rs 693.04 crore. The audited consolidated total income of KSCL in the financial year ending March 31, 2022, was Rs 1,011.25 crore.
The price of a share of KSCL on November 23, 2022, was Rs 504.25 on NSE and Rs 503.85 on BSE. The 52-week high and low prices of KSCL shares in NSE were Rs 629.30 and Rs 415 as of that day.
KSCL shares generated -8.22% return in the previous six months and a 1.14% return last year.
Peers of Kaveri Seed Company Ltd. include Bombay Burmah, Raghuvansh Agro, Goodricke Group, and Florence Invest.
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