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Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd.KSCL.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·FMCG›Agricultural Commodities/Milling
Momentum laggard 18
Mkt cap
$373M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
35%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$906,788
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.3 pp
WACC 13.3%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
97 days
11 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹684.75
1D0.0%
1W+3.9%
1M-3.7%
3M-11.2%
6M-31.8%
YTD-30.6%
1Y-33.9%
ATR %4.1%
Beta0.75
52w lowhigh37.5% off high

What Kaveri Seed does

Employees: 3,274

Kaveri Seed at a glance

Size Kaveri Seed (KSCL.NS) is an India Consumer Staples company (Agricultural Commodities/Milling) with a market value of $373M, the 966th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹684.75 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.8%, against -2.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.8% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.4%); the operating margin is 18.4% (peer median 3.6%).

Valuation It trades at 13.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.3× (6th cheapest of 11).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points below its cost of capital (13.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 98KSCL.NS 69
Six months, rebased to 100: Kaveri Seed against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kaveri Seed financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹13.0B₹13.9B₹12.0B₹11.5B₹10.7B
Revenue growth—+16%+5%+7%—
Gross profit₹4.18B₹5.20B₹4.72B₹4.78B₹4.34B
EBITDA₹2.99B₹3.43B₹2.96B₹2.91B₹2.57B
Net income₹2.56B₹2.96B₹2.81B₹2.99B₹2.72B
Free cash flown/a-₹1.56B₹1.09B₹2.92B₹1.89B
Capital expendituren/a₹1.49B₹889M₹1.00B₹1.10B
Total debt₹39.7M₹0₹0₹1.30M₹6.06M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kaveri Seed competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-10%0%+10%20532938RAIKVCASK002234002852SHV21085JSVFF600257600540ACBSNDL003030002069300511VITLDALMIASUGRENUKAKSCL.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kaveri Seed is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×60×2938RAIKVCASK002234002852SHV5JSVFF003030DALMIASUGKSCL.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kaveri Seed is the large dot.

Kaveri Seed competitors and peer comparison

How Kaveri Seed compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Kaveri Seed against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKSCL.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.7%-3.0%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-31.8%-2.5%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-37.5%-29.7%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-2.8%-1.4%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin18.4%3.6%2nd highest of 20
Forward P/E13.6×12.3×6th cheapest of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.3 pp-1.6 pp10th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA11.1×9.6×4th most expensive of 9
Net debt / EBITDA-0.7×3.3×3rd least indebted of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Kaveri Seed KSCL.NSIndia$373M-32%-3%18%13.6×n/an/a
Chubu Shiryo 2053.TJapan$375M+17%+6%3%n/a-10.0%+3.2%
Okamura Foods 2938.TJapan$377M-3%+21%9%22.9×n/an/a
Raisio RAIKV.HEFinland$379M-17%0%11%15.4×-4.1%-0.8%
MGP Ingredients CASKUnited States$380M+3,438%-16%11%10.3×2.4%+6.3%
Shandong Minhe Animal Husbandry Co,.Ltd 002234.SZChina$362M-20%+5%-4%16.4×30.3%+5.2%
Daodaoquan Grain & Oil 002852.SZChina$359M-20%+5%1%8.8×13.2%+3.3%
Select Harvests SHV.AXAustralia$390M+13%-6%-6%9.6×27.3%+16.3%
Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing 2108.TJapan$391M+24%0%1%n/a40.4%+4.6%
Indofood Agri Resources 5JS.SISingapore$355M-24%+8%18%5.8×-18.0%+4.0%
Village Farms International VFFUnited States$352M+12%-24%16%14.3×n/an/a
Dahu Health Industry 600257.SSChina$350M-20%-4%11%n/a9.8%-0.4%
Xinjiang Sayram Modern Agriculture 600540.SSChina$399M-18%-4%n/an/an/an/a
Aurora Cannabis ACB.TOCanada$347M+57%-19%-57%n/an/an/a
SNDL SNDLUnited States$344M-1%-2%-1%n/a0.2%+71.7%
Zuming Bean Products 003030.SZChina$405M-2%+12%-2%67.7×n/an/a
Zoneco 002069.SZChina$343M-15%-16%4%n/an/an/a
Shanghai Xuerong Bio-Technology 300511.SZChina$408M-46%+29%4%n/a0.6%-1.9%
Vital Farms VITLUnited States$409M+6%+5%-3%n/an/an/a
Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries DALMIASUG.NSIndia$409M+23%-5%7%9.6×15.7%+7.7%
Shree Renuka Sugars RENUKA.NSIndia$410M-36%-10%4%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Kaveri Seed's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Chubu Shiryo (2053.T), Okamura Foods (2938.T), Raisio (RAIKV.HE), MGP Ingredients (CASK), Shandong Minhe Animal Husbandry Co,.Ltd (002234.SZ), Daodaoquan Grain & Oil (002852.SZ), Select Harvests (SHV.AX), Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing (2108.T).
Is Kaveri Seed expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.6× against a peer median of 12.3×, 6th cheapest of 11 in its peer set.
How has Kaveri Seed stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -31.8% against -2.5% for the median peer; over one year -33.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.