KSCL

Kaveri Seed Company Limited

Hybrid seed company in cotton, rice, maize, vegetables and millets

Fast Moving Consumer Goods›Fast Moving Consumer Goods›Agricultural Food & other Products›Other Agricultural Products

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Key metrics

Price as of 2026-10-16

Stock price
₹731.15
Market cap
3,761 Cr
Stock P/E
15.1
P/B
2.14
Dividend yield
0.7%
ROE (FY26)
16.9%
ROCE (FY26)
17.4%
Operating margin (FY26)
19.8%
OCF / EBITDA (FY26)
-1.9%
OCF / EBITDA (3Y)
63.5%

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What you need to know

Kaveri Seed Company breeds and sells hybrid seeds to Indian farmers, mainly cotton, rice, maize, bajra (pearl millet) and vegetables, and spreads some of its hybrids across subsidiary companies that sell them independently.

Company snapshot

5thBy market cap

Ranked among 23 companies in Other Agricultural Products.

What we see

Positives
  • ✓Net margin of 21.2% — the business keeps a healthy share of every rupee it earns.
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Statement tables · Consolidated

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Amounts in ₹ Cr · tap + to expand rows

Quarterly results

Quarterly · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricSept 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sept 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sept 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales171 Cr143 Cr98 Cr803 Cr137 Cr174 Cr90 Cr859 Cr219 Cr210 Cr107 Cr743 Cr
Operating expenses (approx.)160 Cr134 Cr110 Cr508 Cr139 Cr160 Cr107 Cr520 Cr225 Cr189 Cr123 Cr449 Cr
EBITDA11 Cr9 Cr-12 Cr295 Cr-2 Cr14 Cr-17 Cr338 Cr-6 Cr21 Cr-16 Cr294 Cr
OPM %6.6%6.0%-12.1%36.8%-1.4%8.1%-18.3%39.4%-2.9%10.1%-15.2%39.6%
Other income14 Cr13 Cr25 Cr9 Cr13 Cr11 Cr13 Cr10 Cr6 Cr8 Cr6 Cr4 Cr
Interest0.07 Cr0.10 Cr0.06 Cr0.04 Cr0.02 Cr0.04 Cr0.09 Cr0.11 Cr0.01 Cr0.07 Cr0.13 Cr0.10 Cr
Depreciation6 Cr7 Cr10 Cr8 Cr8 Cr9 Cr16 Cr14 Cr15 Cr15 Cr16 Cr13 Cr
Profit before tax19 Cr15 Cr3 Cr297 Cr3 Cr17 Cr-20 Cr334 Cr-15 Cr14 Cr-27 Cr284 Cr
Tax %25.4%25.3%111.8%1.9%126.4%11.2%-16.6%2.1%-7.3%6.2%-3.2%1.5%
Net profit14 Cr11 Cr-0.40 Cr291 Cr-0.90 Cr15 Cr-23 Cr327 Cr-16 Cr13 Cr-28 Cr280 Cr
EPS (₹)₹2.65₹2.52₹0.31₹56.99₹-0.33₹2.97₹-4.53₹63.76₹-3.02₹2.76₹-6.56₹54.83

Profit & loss (annual)

Annual · last column is TTM · ₹ Cr · tap + to expand

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales706 Cr819 Cr809 Cr930 Cr1,036 Cr970 Cr1,070 Cr1,148 Cr1,205 Cr1,395 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Operating expenses (approx.)567 Cr598 Cr598 Cr677 Cr738 Cr767 Cr819 Cr863 Cr914 Cr1,058 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EBITDA140 Cr222 Cr212 Cr253 Cr298 Cr203 Cr252 Cr286 Cr291 Cr337 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
OPM %19.8%27.1%26.1%27.2%28.8%20.9%23.5%24.9%24.1%24.1%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Other income34 Cr24 Cr43 Cr46 Cr46 Cr41 Cr55 Cr63 Cr46 Cr29 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Interest0.24 Cr0.60 Cr0.55 Cr0.48 Cr0.51 Cr0.13 Cr0.19 Cr0.24 Cr0.19 Cr0.33 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Depreciation30 Cr25 Cr23 Cr26 Cr22 Cr21 Cr21 Cr28 Cr40 Cr60 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Profit before tax84 Cr220 Cr231 Cr273 Cr321 Cr223 Cr286 Cr321 Cr297 Cr306 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Tax %8.3%3.8%5.9%4.7%3.1%4.5%4.6%6.5%5.0%3.3%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Net profit77 Cr211 Cr217 Cr260 Cr311 Cr213 Cr273 Cr300 Cr282 Cr296 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EPS (₹)₹11.27₹31.49₹33.72₹41.82₹52.23₹36.37₹47.89₹54.58₹55.10₹56.94Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Dividend payout %————7.6%10.8%8.4%9.2%9.1%8.6%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
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Balance sheet

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity capital14 Cr13 Cr13 Cr12 Cr12 Cr12 Cr11 Cr10 Cr10 Cr10 Cr
Reserves1,001 Cr999 Cr994 Cr947 Cr1,232 Cr1,269 Cr1,354 Cr1,222 Cr1,489 Cr1,746 Cr
Borrowings5 Cr3 Cr7 Cr6 Cr1 Cr1 Cr0.61 Cr0.13 Cr——
Other liabilities510 Cr434 Cr538 Cr614 Cr715 Cr597 Cr683 Cr815 Cr1,150 Cr1,004 Cr
Total liabilities1,528 Cr1,449 Cr1,552 Cr1,578 Cr1,962 Cr1,880 Cr2,051 Cr2,052 Cr2,653 Cr2,759 Cr
Fixed assets (net)200 Cr189 Cr237 Cr248 Cr244 Cr242 Cr259 Cr296 Cr416 Cr431 Cr
CWIP33 Cr35 Cr38 Cr18 Cr31 Cr43 Cr133 Cr134 Cr89 Cr130 Cr
Investments657 Cr605 Cr510 Cr384 Cr599 Cr517 Cr562 Cr476 Cr613 Cr401 Cr
Inventories448 Cr443 Cr561 Cr639 Cr720 Cr761 Cr718 Cr743 Cr1,029 Cr1,210 Cr
Trade receivables85 Cr86 Cr85 Cr118 Cr106 Cr111 Cr133 Cr112 Cr92 Cr112 Cr
Cash & bank21 Cr14 Cr5 Cr8 Cr13 Cr20 Cr21 Cr24 Cr20 Cr42 Cr
Other assets85 Cr77 Cr115 Cr164 Cr249 Cr187 Cr224 Cr267 Cr394 Cr434 Cr
Total assets1,528 Cr1,449 Cr1,552 Cr1,578 Cr1,962 Cr1,880 Cr2,051 Cr2,052 Cr2,653 Cr2,759 Cr

Cash flows

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand · last column includes FCF

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from operating activity218 Cr151 Cr128 Cr192 Cr251 Cr111 Cr297 Cr389 Cr197 Cr-6 Cr
Cash from investing-150 Cr68 Cr82 Cr112 Cr-217 Cr66 Cr-119 Cr38 Cr-183 Cr92 Cr
Cash from financing3 Cr-226 Cr-219 Cr-301 Cr-29 Cr-170 Cr-176 Cr-425 Cr-18 Cr-64 Cr
Net cash flow11 Cr-7 Cr-9 Cr3 Cr5 Cr7 Cr1 Cr3 Cr-3 Cr21 Cr
Free cash flow (OCF − Capex)175 Cr128 Cr59 Cr140 Cr212 Cr64 Cr187 Cr289 Cr108 Cr-156 Cr

Ratios

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
ROCE %8.3%21.7%22.9%28.3%25.8%17.4%20.9%26.0%19.8%17.4%
ROE %7.7%20.9%21.6%27.1%24.9%16.0%19.9%24.2%18.7%16.9%
Debtor days44383846374245362829
Inventory days417406375402379582477457384484
Days payable282203161168189176154152180192
Cash conversion cycle179241252281228448368341232322
OCF / EBITDA %156.4%68.0%60.5%75.7%84.3%54.7%117.8%136.2%67.8%-1.9%
OCF / EBITDA % (3 years)——86.7%68.5%74.8%73.5%87.5%107.7%106.6%63.5%
Debt / equity0.00460.00280.00670.00600.00090.00080.00040.0001——
Current ratio2.562.822.272.132.112.732.461.981.882.14
Net debt / EBITDA-0.12—0.0084-0.0079-0.04-0.09-0.08-0.08-0.07-0.12