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Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd

NSE: BSE: 507474

38.62

(-0.95%)

Wed, 04 Mar 2026, 02:26 am

Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Analysis

dividend

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Pros

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    Cons

    • Unable to evaluate Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
    • Unable to evaluate Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

    health

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    Pros

    • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (70.8%, greater than 20% of total debt).
    • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (52.2% vs 45.4% today).
    • Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 6.7x coverage).
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    Cons

    • Debt is not covered by short term assets, assets are 0.8x debt.
    • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
    • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's level of debt (45.4%) 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 Kothari Fermentation and Biochem board of directors is about average.
    • Pramod's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
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    Cons

    • Pramod's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year whilst earnings grew less than 20%.

    misc

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is not covered by any analysts.
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem used its assets more efficiently than the IN Food industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
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      Cons

      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's 1-year earnings growth is less than its 5-year average (4% vs 43.1%)
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's earnings growth has not exceeded the IN Food industry average in the past year (4% vs 20.5%).

      value

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      Pros

      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Food industry average.
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
      • BSE:507474 is up 7% outperforming the Food industry which returned 5% over the past month.
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      Cons

      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • Kothari Fermentation and Biochem is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Food industry average.
      • 507474 underperformed the Food industry which returned 18.8% over the past year.
      • 507474 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
      • BSE:507474 is up 7% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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