Page 2 - Agrochemical Companies

Weak demand, inventory to weigh on agrochemical companies' stocks

Street remains cautious about the sector due to lower price realisations and fears about El Nino's impact on the monsoon

Chemplast Sanmar unit signs deal to manufacture advanced intermediate

Company estimates commercial supplies will start from the fourth quarter of 2023-24

Muted near-term outlook, weak Q4 show to keep UPL stock under pressure

Lower debt levels, inexpensive valuations are positives

Roll of dice for agrochem companies with El Nino dampener on monsoon

Adverse agronomical conditions, excess channel inventory weigh on domestic market volume offtake

Agrichemical exporters expected to clock better growth than domestic peers

Brokerages have a mixed outlook on margin trajectory for the sector

Dharmaj Crop IPO subscribed 36 times; promising start for Uniparts

It raised Rs 216 crore by issuing fresh equity in the IPO

Dharmaj Crop Guard IPO subscribed over 5x on strong retail, HNI interest

The two categories were subscribed around 7 times each; QIB was nearly half covered

Dharmaj Crop IPO subscribed 1.8x on Day-1, QIB portion not fully covered

Retail, HNI fully covered, institutional investor portion subscribed 35%

Agrochemical firm Dharmaj Crop Guard's IPO likely to enter market soon

Dharmaj Crop Guard's IPO is coming soon into market

After strong Q2, uptick ahead for agrochemical major PI Industries stock

After a sharp rally, valuations reflect the strong Q2 show

Gains in UPL hinge on reduction of debt, improved cash flow generation

Higher demand to keep revenue growth strong in the second half of FY23

Astec Lifesciences hits record high in a weak mkt; stock up 24% in 3 days

The stock of pesticides & agrochemicals company surpassed its previous high of Rs 2,178.85, which it had touched on July 20, 2022

Best Agrolife zooms 37% in 2 days after Ashish Kacholia buys 1% stake

On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, Ashish Rameshchandra Kacholia purchased 318,000 equity shares, representing 1.3 per cent stake in Best Agrolife for Rs 30 crore on the NSE, data shows.

Sales growth likely to sow seeds of distress for agrochem players

Exporters could do better as domestic firms are hit by monsoon delay, inventories

Big agrochem firms may use drones for chemical spraying this kharif season

Industry sources estimate that drones could be used for spraying pesticides and other plant chemicals in around 30,000 acres this kharif season largely as pilot projects

UPL slips 23% in a month post closure of buyback offer; hits 52-week low

UPL expects strong performance (10 per cent plus revenue growth and 12-15 per cent EBITDA growth) in the current fiscal year FY23.

Sharda Cropchem hits new high on strong business outlook; stock surges 10%

Analysts expect the company to show high growth momentum, strong balance sheet, free cash-flows and strong return ratios over FY22-24.

Agrichem exporters may harvest gains better than India-focused players

Higher demand and rising prices likely to help firms like UPL and PI offset input cost pressure

UPL to sell 49.98% stake in subsidiary ANSL to Nerka Chemicals

UPL, in a regulatory filing, said it will offload the stake for a consideration of Rs 1.75 crore and the deal is expected to be completed by March 31 this year

Differentiated product focus, deleveraging to drive growth for UPL

Progress on launches, margin gains and debt reduction key for rerating