Company reported PAT Rs 331 Cr in Q1 FY25 vs Rs 505 Cr in Q1 of previous year.
Coromandel International Limited, India’s leading Agri solutions provider is in the business of Fertilisers, Crop Protection Chemicals, Bio products, Specialty Nutrients, Organic Fertilizer and Retail. The Company has reported the financial results for the quarter ended 30th June 2024. Company’s total income for the quarter ended June 2024 was at Rs 4,783 Cr vs. Rs 5,740 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023. The profit after tax for the quarter was at Rs 309 Cr as against Rs. 494 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023. Company’s EBITDA for Q1 was Rs. 507 Cr vs. Rs 710 Cr in Q1 of previous year. Company reported PAT Rs 331 Cr in Q1 FY25 vs Rs. 505 Cr in Q1 of previous year.
Nutrient and Allied Business
The Revenue for the quarter ended June 2024 was at Rs 4,198 Cr as against Rs. 5,192 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023, registering a year-on-year de-growth of 19 per cent. Profit before interest and tax for the quarter was Rs 436 Cr vs. Rs. 672 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023.
Crop Protection Business
The Revenue for the quarter ended June 2024 was at Rs 551 Cr as against Rs. 556 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023. Profit before interest and tax for the quarter was Rs 63 Cr vs. Rs 55 Cr for the quarter ended June 2023.
Commenting on the financial results, S Sankarasubramanian, Managing Director & CEO, Coromandel International Ltd. said, ″During the quarter, Coromandel made sequential recovery, registering healthy volume sales in Nutrients and Crop Protection businesses despite the delay in onset of monsoons. However, margins for the fertilizers business were impacted due to lower subsidy rates and rise in input costs.
Strengthening its backward integration capabilities has been one of the core focus areas for the company. Towards this, the fertilizer business has commenced activities for its Phosphoric acid (650 tpd)-Sulphuric acid (2000 tpd) complex at Kakinada. Further, to improve the operational efficiency and throughput at its phosphate mines at BMCC, Senegal, the company is setting up a fixed processing plant which is expected to be commissioned during the 2nd quarter of the year. During the quarter, the company commissioned Nano DAP plant at Kakinada and has set up Urea Super Phosphate unit at Nimrani, MP.
Crop Protection business volumes improved by 5 per cent driven by growth in technical and formulations. The company introduced ten new products during Q1 including four patented products. Its inlicenced formulation ‘Prachand’ has received very encouraging response from the market and business intends to introduce such novel formulations in coming periods by partnering with global innovators. The business has also finalized plans for setting up multi product plants for herbicide and fungicide manufacturing and activities for the same will commence during the year. The company continues to take progressive steps in strengthening its capabilities in Speciality chemicals and CDMO space.
