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Godrej Agrovet Ltd · 540743
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Godrej Agrovet Ltd's Q1 FY27 earnings conference call highlights 10% YoY growth in consolidated sales, driven by strong performance in Animal Nutrition and Oil Palm, despite a challenging operating environment.
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Date: August 12, 2026
To, To,
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
P. J. Towers, Dalal Street, Exchange Plaza, Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Fort, Mumbai – 400001 Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051
Ref.: BSE Scrip Code No. “540743” Ref.: “GODREJAGRO”
Dear Sir / Madam,
Sub.: Transcript of Conference call with Investors & Analysts held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 3.30
p.m. IST
Ref.: Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing obligations and disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015
Please find enclosed herewith a transcript of Conference call of Godrej Agrovet Limited with the Investors
and Analysts held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 3.30 p.m. IST.
The aforesaid information is also available on the website of the Company viz., www.godrejagrovet.com.
Please take the same on your records.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Godrej Agrovet Limited
Vivek Raizada
Head – Legal & Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
(ACS - 11787)
“Godrej Agrovet Limited
Q1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call”
August 06, 2026
MANAGEMENT: MR. BURJIS GODREJ – CHAIRMAN DESIGNATE –
GODREJ AGROVET LIMITED
MR. SUNIL KATARIA – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND MANAGING DIRECTOR – GODREJ AGROVET
LIMITED
MR. S. VARADARAJ – CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER –
GODREJ AGROVET LIMITED
MR. ARIJIT MUKHERJEE – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER – ASTEC LIFESCIENCES
MODERATOR: MR. NITESH DHOOT – ANAND RATHI
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Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Godrej Agrovet Limited Q1 FY27
Earnings Conference Call hosted by Anand Rathi. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in
the listen-only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the
presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during this conference call, please signal an
operator by pressing star then zero on your touch-tone phone. Please note that this conference is
being recorded.
I now hand the conference over to Mr. Nitesh Dhoot from Anand Rathi. Thank you, and over to
you, sir.
Nitesh Dhoot: Thank you, Palak. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on the Godrej Agrovet
Q1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call. From the company, we have with us Mr. Burjis Godrej,
Chairman Designate; Mr. Sunil Kataria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director; Mr. S.
Varadaraj, Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. Arijit Mukherjee, Executive Director and Chief
Operating Officer, Astec LifeSciences.
We would like to begin the call with brief opening remarks from the management, following
which we'll have the forum open for an interactive question-and-answer session. Before we start,
I would like to point out that some statements made in today's call may be forward-looking, and
a disclaimer to this effect has been included in the earnings presentation shared with you earlier.
I would now like to invite Mr. Burjis Godrej to make the initial remarks. Over to you, sir.
Burjis Godrej: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Godrej Agrovet Limited's earnings call
for the first quarter of financial year 2027. Thank you for joining us today. During Q1 FY27, we
delivered consolidated sales of INR2,852 crores, representing year-on-year growth of 10%
despite a challenging operating environment marked by a delayed monsoon and inflationary
pressures arising from geopolitical tensions.
The quarter saw strong performance in Animal Nutrition and Oil Palm, supported by healthy
volumes, improved realizations and operating efficiencies. Our Bangladesh joint venture
returned to a broad-based growth trajectory, while Astec sustained its operational recovery and
continue to be at EBITDA breakeven.
Dairy delivered double-digit revenue growth, led by value-added products and Godrej Foods
continued to grow its branded portfolio. Crop Care, however, was affected by the delayed
monsoon and slower kharif sowing, which impacted volumes of key products and overall
profitability.
Coming to the key financial and business highlights of each of our business segments. The
Animal Nutrition business delivered a strong quarter with revenue growth of 12.6%, driven by
robust demand, improved realizations and 15% growth in cattle feed volumes. Profitability
improved significantly with reported segment results growing at 29% and the underlying
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August 06, 2026
segment results increasing 36%, reflecting the benefits of strategic sourcing, operating leverage
and continued cost discipline.
The Oil Palm business continued its growth momentum with segment revenue increasing by
28.9% and the segment result growing by 14.4%. Performance was supported by higher CPO
and PKO realizations, increased sales volume and improved oil extraction efficiency. The fresh
fruit bunch volumes remained broadly stable against a strong comparable quarter, which had
benefited from the early onset of the monsoon in the previous year.
The stand-alone Crop Care business was impacted by the significant delay in the monsoon and
slower kharif sowing following a particularly dry June. This affected demand and resulted in
lower volumes of key products, predominantly our in-house cotton herbicide segment.
Consequently, segment revenue declined by 16.2%, while the reduction in volumes also led to
a contraction in segment margin.
At the same time, our portfolio diversification initiatives in this business continued to gain
traction. Ashitaka, our maize herbicide and Takai, our paddy insecticide, scaled up during the
quarter and received encouraging market acceptance. We also launched Ghassnash in the
soybean herbicide category.
Astec LifeSciences sustained its recovery momentum and continued at EBITDA breakeven
compared with an EBITDA loss of INR11 crores in Q1 FY26. This improvement was driven by
margin expansion across both the enterprise and the CDMO category, supported by the
turnaround initiatives undertaken over the past year.
Revenue was moderately lower due to a change in product mix, but the substantial reduction in
losses reflects continued progress in the operational recovery of the business. The dairy business
has reported revenue growth of 11.4%, led by healthy volume growth in value-added products.
The salience of value-added products increased from 42% to 49% of sales, reflecting sustained
consumer demand and progress against our portfolio premiumization strategy.
Profitability was affected by elevated milk procurement prices arising from industry-wide
constraints in milk availability, together with inflation in certain other inputs. We remain focused
on calibrated pricing, procurement efficiencies and cost optimization to mitigate these near-term
pressures. Godrej Foods delivered broadly stable revenue despite the planned reduction in live
bird volume.
Branded volumes grew by approximately 6%, while Yummiez's volumes increased by 22%, in
line with our strategy of building a higher-quality branded foods portfolio. Profitability was
affected by higher input costs and inflationary pressures related to geopolitical disruptions,
which were only partly offset through calibrated pricing actions.
Our Bangladesh joint venture, ACI, Godrej Agrovet, also returned to a strong growth trajectory,
delivering double-digit growth in volumes, revenue and PBT, supported by broad-based volume
expansion and operating leverage.
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Finally, we maintained our focus on balance sheet efficiency and disciplined capital allocation.
Our average net working capital improved significantly year-on-year. This improvement
supports our objective of strengthening cash generation and enhancing return on capital
employed.
Moderator: Can you start with the Q&A session, sir?
Sunil Kataria: Yes, we can start.
Moderator: Okay, sir. Thank you very much. We will now begin the question-and-answer session.Any one
who wishes to ask a question may please press * and 1 on their touch tone telephone and if you
wish to remove from
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