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Kaveri Seed Company share price & results

Kaveri Seed Company Limited· Fast Moving Consumer Goods

Results to
Jun 2026
Latest analysed call
Q1 FY27
Ownership as of
Sept 2026

India's largest hybrid seed company, breeding and selling cotton, rice, maize and vegetable seeds to farmers.

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Reported

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MetricValueChangeBasisPeriodNote
Revenue742 ₹ crore−13.6% YoYQuarterly, as filedQuarter to Jun 2026Revenue from operations as filed.
Operating margin40.0 %+1.0 pts YoYOperating profit / revenueQuarter to Jun 2026For the quarter; a change is in percentage points.
Net profit280 ₹ crore−14.4% YoYQuarterly, as filedQuarter to Jun 2026Profit after tax as filed.
Return on equity15.36 %−3.8 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Trailing twelve monthsTTM to Jun 2026Adjusted profit attributable to owners ÷ average owners’ equity.
Free cash flow margin-11.06 %−20.0 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Fiscal yearFY ending Mar 2026(Operating cash flow − fixed-asset purchases + disposals) ÷ revenue.
Revenue growth (YoY)1.43 %+10.9 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Trailing twelve monthsTTM to Jun 2026Revenue change against the same period one year earlier.

Source: Inve data from filed results; ratios from the Screener-verified panel · to Jun 2026

Guidance

What management said, and what became of it

1 of 4 judged targets kept · 8 open · verdicts reflect calls analysed to Q1 FY27.

Kaveri Seed Company Limited management guidance track record on Inve: 12 targets tracked across analysed earnings calls (1 achieved, 3 missed, 8 open).

TargetOriginal wordingSaidLatest callVerdict
Top-line growth10% to 12% at the top-line for the next 2 years
Call transcript, Q3 FY25 · 13 Feb 2025		Q3 FY25Q1 FY27:This promise pertained to FY26 and was successfully achieved. New guidance for FY27 is tracked separately.
Call transcript, Q1 FY27 · 14 Aug 2026		Achieved
Bottom-line growth15% to 20% at the bottom-line for the next 2 years
Call transcript, Q3 FY25 · 13 Feb 2025		Q3 FY25Q1 FY27:Q1 FY27 Net Profit declined 14.1% YoY, continuing the trend of missing the original target.
Call transcript, Q1 FY27 · 14 Aug 2026		Missed
Export RevenueINR 160 crores in 3 to 5 years
Call transcript, Q3 FY25 · 13 Feb 2025		Q3 FY25Q1 FY27:Q1 exports grew nearly 4x YoY. However, management revised the long-term target down to ₹100 crores (in 3 years) from the original ₹160 crores.
Call transcript, Q1 FY27 · 14 Aug 2026		Revised Down

Source: Inve Guidance Tracker for Kaveri Seed Company Limited · to Q1 FY27

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Price

₹681.3 −2.05% · −₹14.25

Last close 27 Oct 2026 · NSE · INR · Source: Inve

Performance −35.1% 1Y

₹0.7k₹0.8k₹0.9k₹1.0k₹1.1kOct 25Dec 25Jan 26Mar 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26Sept 26Oct 26Q2 FY26 — 7 Nov 2025Q3 FY26 — 10 Feb 2026Q4 FY26 — 27 May 2026Q1 FY27 — 14 Aug 2026

1Y: ₹1,049.4 on 24 Oct 2025 → ₹681.3. High ₹1,070.3 (14 Nov 2025), low ₹676.8 (9 Oct 2026).

Previous close
₹695.55
Market cap
₹3.6k Cr
52-week range
₹676.8 – ₹1,070.3
One year
−35.66%
Price to earnings (TTM to Jun 2026)
14.31×
Return on equity (TTM to Jun 2026)
15.36%

Overview

Symbol
NSE:KSCL
Exchange
NSE
Currency
INR

What Kaveri Seed Company Limited does

Based on the company's own presentations, annual report and earnings calls.

Kaveri Seed Company breeds, produces and markets hybrid seeds for field crops (cotton, maize, hybrid and selection rice, bajra, jowar, sunflower, wheat, mustard) and vegetable crops (tomato, chilli, okra, gourd, pumpkin, muskmelon, watermelon, cucumber) sold to farmers across India. It earns by contracting seed growers to multiply its proprietary hybrids under company supervision, then grading, treating, packaging and certifying the finished seed at its own processing plants before selling through a nationwide dealer and distributor network. An in-house R&D programme spanning genomics, molecular breeding and speed-breeding techniques develops new hybrids, and the company is expanding sales of hybrid paddy, maize and vegetable seeds into export markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, including through a Bangladesh subsidiary.

Segments

  • Cotton
  • Non-Cotton
Seed processing/conditioning plants
9 (across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka)
Warehouse storage capacity
10,00,000 sq. ft.
Cold storage capacity
35,000 MT
R&D scientists/technical professionals
172
Breeding locations (field + vegetable crops)
33 (20 field-crop + 13 vegetable-crop)
Seed testing locations (field + vegetable crops)
149 (122 field-crop + 27 vegetable-crop)
Founded 1976Headquarters Secunderabad, Telangana, IndiaEmployees 1,466 (31 March 2025 (FY 2024-2) Company website

How the price took the results

close before → close after

Q1 FY27
+1.0%
14 Aug
Q4 FY26
−0.1%
27 May
Q3 FY26
+3.1%
10 Feb
Q2 FY26
−3.8%
7 Nov

The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.

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