Q1-FY27 · Dr. Ganindra Shukla
Sector recovery remains elusive. US demand is still supportive but Brazil remains weak and key agrochemical markets. China continues to drive pricing pressure and supply chain risk especially for API and intermediates.
Rallis India · tone and specificity signals across the available quarters.
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Sector recovery remains elusive. US demand is still supportive but Brazil remains weak and key agrochemical markets. China continues to drive pricing pressure and supply chain risk especially for API and intermediates.
We want to be a consistent company which delivers 15% plus margin even in a bad year, so that kind of consistency and stability we want to bring in.
Everybody has the same challenge. Everybody would like to optimize their income and profit. At this point of time generally everybody is holding on. The organized player would try to take advantage because this year might be challenging for quite a few small players where they might have working capital issues.
Our cotton dependency is very high on northern region. Fortunately illegal cotton has not made inroads into that region to that extent. We are secured because I think our 70-80% of the business still comes from north.
I think more than 80% of our business comes from our own research product. As a result margins are higher. As we move into quarter two, end quarter four which is more revenue season, less than 20% of the revenue gets skewed towards partnership products. That's where margin profile tends to get lower.
Our inventory levels have moderated. Collections have also improved. We have a healthy cash and liquid balance of rupees 454 crore as of 13th September.