Godrej Agrovet & Astec Lifesciences FY21 Annual Report Takeaways 🌳
'Improving the productivity of farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop & livestock yields'
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1/ About the company:
The resilience of the Agriculture sector (3.6% growth vs economic contraction)
Focusing on People, Planet & Profits: Investments continue in Animal Feed & Astec's businesses
One of the challenges that management overcame was robust distribution in COVID.
2/ From the desk of the chairman (Mr. Nadir)
- Strong performance in Animal Feed biz (margins expanded) & Astec Lifesciences
- Being in 5 cyclical businesses, is a hedge as the outperformance of a few compensates for others
- Will continue to invest in R&D & a +ve outlook.
3/ Numbers that matter
Rev down 9%
EBITDA margin of 10%
PAT (ex. one-offs) up 60%
Weak cash flows: led to jump in debt
Diversified: 47% Animal Feed | 17% Crop protection | 16% Dairy | 11% Vegetable Oil | 9% Poultry & Processed Foods
4900+ Employees
15cr R&D Spend
256cr capex
4/ Agricultural sector macro overview
- Vaccination program is the only key to riches here
- FY21 was a windfall for Agriculture: Rainfall which was highest in last 25yrs, higher sowing, higher food grain production
- FY22 has started on a +ve note with better Rabi harvest YoY