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Heritage Foods Ltd

NSE: HERITGFOOD BSE: 519552

318.35

(-2.29%)

Sat, 07 Mar 2026, 02:26 am

Heritage Foods Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (6.5x coverage).
  • Heritage Foods's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
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Cons

  • The company is paying a dividend however it is incurring a loss.
  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).
  • Heritage Foods's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

future

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Pros

  • Cash flow for Heritage Foods is expected to increase by more than 50% in 2 years time.
  • Heritage Foods's earnings are expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
  • Heritage Foods's earnings growth is expected to exceed the India market average.
  • Heritage Foods's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
  • Heritage Foods is expected to become profitable in 1 year.
  • Heritage Foods is expected to become profitable in 2 years.
  • Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current IN Food industry average.
  • An improvement in Heritage Foods's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
  • Heritage Foods's revenue growth is expected to exceed the India market average.
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Cons

  • Heritage Foods is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
  • Heritage Foods's revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Heritage Foods's revenue is expected to grow by 9.5% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).

health

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Pros

  • Heritage Foods has been profitable on average in the past, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Heritage Foods has been profitable on average in the past, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (45.2%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1x debt.
  • Heritage Foods's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (81.4% vs 56% today).
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Cons

  • Heritage Foods's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Heritage Foods is making a loss, therefore interest payments are not well covered by earnings.
  • Heritage Foods's level of debt (56%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the Heritage Foods board of directors is about average.
  • The average tenure for the Heritage Foods management team is over 5 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced team.
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Cons

  • Nara's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
  • Nara's compensation has increased whilst company is loss making.

misc

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    Cons

    • Heritage Foods has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • Unable to compare Heritage Foods's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
      • Heritage Foods does not make a profit and their year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years.
      • It is difficult to establish if Heritage Foods has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the IN Food industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
      • It is difficult to establish if Heritage Foods improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.
      • It is difficult to establish if Heritage Foods has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
      • Unable to compare Heritage Foods's 1-year growth to the IN Food industry average as it is not currently profitable.

      value

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      Pros

      • NSEI:HERITGFOOD is up 4.9% along with the Food industry (5%) over the past month.
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      Cons

      • Heritage Foods's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • Heritage Foods's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • Heritage Foods is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Food industry average.
      • Heritage Foods is loss making, we can't compare its value to the IN Food industry average.
      • Heritage Foods is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the India market.
      • HERITGFOOD underperformed the Food industry which returned 18.8% over the past year.
      • HERITGFOOD underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
      • NSEI:HERITGFOOD is up 4.9% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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