Date: 28 Apr 2023

Agro Chemicals

Sector	Market Cap	No of Companies
Agro Chemicals	181839.08	27

 

NetWorth	50230.63	TTM Sales	83250.18	TTM Sales Var (%)	22.95
Debt	27116.81	TTM OP	15761.11	TTM NP Var (%)	22.51
Capital Employed	86890.22	TTM OPM (%)	20.17	EV/TM Sales	2.18
Net Block	30309.65	TTM PATM (%)	9.33	EV/TTM EBITDA	12.66
Current Assets	64446.50	Debt / Equity	0.54	P/E	23.42
ROCE (%)	44.53	RONW (%)	15.46	P/B	3.62

The above figures are in Rs. Crores as of 28 Apr 2023

TTM ended December 2022

	28 Apr 2023	30 Apr 2022	30 Apr 2021	MoM Var. (%)	YoY Var. (%)
Sector Marketcap	181839.08	193509.03	153182.87	-6.03	18.71
Total Marketcap	27290803.1	26851884.57	22393056.31	1.63	21.87
Sector's share	0.67	0.72	0.68	-0.05	-0.01
Sector No of companies	27	25	23	2	4
Total Listed companies	4254	4116	3984	138	270
Sector's share	0.63	0.61	0.58	0.02	0.05
Nifty 50	18065	17359.75	17102.55	4.06	5.63

 

Gainers
Company Name	28/04/2023	28/03/2023	Var%
Phyto Chem (I)	43.05	29.78	44.56
Heranba Inds	359.70	270.05	33.20
Astec Lifescienc	1329.95	1079.65	23.18
Aimco Pesticides	121.70	100.25	21.40
Dharmaj Crop	171.35	141.95	20.71
Losers
Company Name	28/04/2023	28/03/2023	Var%
Punjab Chemicals	795.05	842.40	-5.62
Sumitomo Chemi.	402.90	410.05	-1.74
Best Agrolife	1001.40	1002.50	-0.11

 

During the month of April 2023, Agro Chemicals sector’s Marketcap decreased -6.03% to Rs 181839.08 crore, compared to 1.63% rise in total listed marketcap to Rs 27290803.1 crore.

Sector’s share of total listed marketcap moved to 0.67% in April 2023 from 0.72% in April 2022 and 0.68% in April 2021.

In terms of price appreciation in the sector, there were 22 gainers and 3 losers in the month of Apr 2023. The gainers accounted for 81.48% of sector companies, losers accounted for 11.11% of sector companies, while 2% remained unchanged.

The top 3 gainers were Phyto Chem (I) (44.56% gain), Heranba Inds (33.20% gain) and Astec Lifescienc (23.18% gain).

The 3 losers at the bottom were Punjab Chemicals (-5.62% fall), Sumitomo Chemi. (-1.74% fall) and Best Agrolife (-0.11% fall).

During the month Rallis India Ltd and Meghmani Organics Ltd announced their results. Companies like Meghmani Organics Ltd reported fall in net profit attributable to shareholders.

During the month Bayer CropScience Ltd, Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd, Rallis India Ltd, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd, UPL Ltd, P I Industries Ltd, Aimco Pesticides Ltd, Bharat Rasayan Ltd, Bhaskar Agrochemicals Ltd, NACL Industries Ltd, Phyto Chem (India) Ltd, Super Crop Safe Ltd, Paushak Ltd, PB Global Ltd, Best Agrolife Ltd, Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Ltd, Kilpest India Ltd, Meghmani Organics Ltd(Merged), Shivalik Rasayan Ltd, Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd, Astec Lifesciences Ltd, Insecticides India Ltd, Heranba Industries Ltd, Sharda Cropchem Ltd, Hemani Industries Ltd, Sikko Industries Ltd, India Pesticides Ltd, Meghmani Organics Ltd, Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd and Aristo Bio-Tech & Lifescience Ltd filed their shareholding patterns.

FIIs increased their shareholding in UPL Ltd from 37.18% to 38.68%, Kilpest India Ltd from 2.11% to 2.54%, Insecticides India Ltd from 6.27% to 6.46%, Astec Lifesciences Ltd from 2.19% to 2.28%, Rallis India Ltd from 7.00% to 7.09% and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd from 4.01% to 4.06%. FIIs reduced their shareholding in Meghmani Organics Ltd from 1.57% to 1.53%, Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd from 2.44% to 2.40%, Bharat Rasayan Ltd from 0.39% to 0.34%, India Pesticides Ltd from 0.52% to 0.45%, Sikko Industries Ltd from 0.13% to 0.05%, Sharda Cropchem Ltd from 2.41% to 2.15%, NACL Industries Ltd from 1.50% to 1.20%, Best Agrolife Ltd from 12.05% to 11.48%, Heranba Industries Ltd from 1.37% to 0.00% and Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd from 7.33% to 5.03%.

DIIs increased their shareholding in Astec Lifesciences Ltd from 8.45% to 9.58%, NACL Industries Ltd from 0.21% to 0.47% and Sharda Cropchem Ltd from 12.47% to 12.71%. DIIs reduced their shareholding in Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd from 5.17% to 5.15%, Best Agrolife Ltd from 2.14% to 2.11%, Bharat Rasayan Ltd from 2.60% to 2.57%, Bayer CropScience Ltd from 12.68% to 12.64%, Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd from 0.85% to 0.80%, Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd from 0.18% to 0.00%, Insecticides India Ltd from 10.94% to 10.63%, P I Industries Ltd from 23.64% to 23.31%, Rallis India Ltd from 14.87% to 14.47% and UPL Ltd from 15.25% to 13.08%.

Promoters increased their shareholding in Best Agrolife Ltd from 48.20% to 50.10%, Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd from 68.65% to 70.40%, UPL Ltd from 30.74% to 32.35%, Meghmani Organics Ltd from 49.37% to 49.48% and Heranba Industries Ltd from 74.87% to 74.90%. Promoters reduced their shareholding in NACL Industries Ltd from 63.97% to 63.83% and Super Crop Safe Ltd from 38.96% to 38.71%.

During the month Annual reports of Bayer CropScience Ltd, Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd, Rallis India Ltd, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd, UPL Ltd, P I Industries Ltd, Aimco Pesticides Ltd, Bharat Rasayan Ltd, Bhaskar Agrochemicals Ltd, NACL Industries Ltd, Phyto Chem (India) Ltd, Super Crop Safe Ltd, Paushak Ltd, PB Global Ltd, Best Agrolife Ltd, Syngenta India Pvt Ltd, Indofil Industries Ltd, Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Ltd, Kilpest India Ltd, Gharda Chemicals Ltd, Shivalik Rasayan Ltd, Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd, Gujarat Insecticides Ltd, Sulphur Mills Ltd, Tagros Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, Tropical Agrosystem (India) Pvt Ltd, SWAL Corporation Ltd, Astec Lifesciences Ltd, Insecticides India Ltd, Ravi Organics Ltd, Heranba Industries Ltd, Biostadt India Ltd, Krishi Rasayan Exports Pvt Ltd, GSP Crop Science Pvt Ltd, Johnson Matthey Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, Sharda Cropchem Ltd, Gaiagen Technologies Pvt Ltd, Spectrum Ethers Pvt Ltd, FIL Industries Ltd, Hemani Industries Ltd, Atul Crop Care Ltd, Crystal Crop Protection Ltd, Deccan Fine Chemicals India Pvt Ltd, Agrico Organics Ltd, Godvet Agrochem Ltd, Bayer Vapi Pvt Ltd, Behram Chemicals Pvt Ltd, Sikko Industries Ltd, SCM Fertichem Ltd, Yara Fertilisers India Pvt Ltd, India Pesticides Ltd, Meghmani Organics Ltd, Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd, Aristo Bio-Tech & Lifescience Ltd and Samarthman Agro Chem Ltd were updated in Capitaline.