List of Top Agriculture Company In India

 

List of Top Agriculture Company In India

India accounts for 16% of the country's gross value added (GVA) for the year 2019. There has been a steady decline in the stream of agriculture. GVA declined from 18.2 percent in 2015 to 16.0 percent in 2019. Here is the list of top agricultural companies in India. The list is in descending order based on total sales

Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd

Bombay Burma AG Corp, Ltd. (BBTCL) is a 150 year old company. The company established its fortunes on teak in the year 1863 as a local company. The company is a major concern of the Wadia Group.

It is the second oldest publicly known company. It is the largest agricultural company in India on a sales basis.

• Revenue: Rs 11,743 crore

• Market Cap: 7,957 Crore.

• ROE: 20.32%

• Sales growth (3 years): 9.24%

• Promoter holding: 65.93%

• Debt in equity: 0.25

• Value of Book Value: 1.56

The BBTCL Group has an annual consolidated turnover of $ 1.2 billion. The company diversified its interests in tea, coffee, other plantation products, biscuits, and dairy products, auto electric and white goods parts, weighing products, gardening and landscaping services, health care products (ie) dental, orthopedic and eye products has provided.

 

Kaveri Seed Company Ltd

Currently, Kaveri is the fastest growing seed company in India, with more than 15,000 distributors and dealers spread across the country. With a strong product line of over 883 employees and hybrids.

The company is poised to go to greater heights with a strong intention to invest in innovation to focus on R&D afresh and to deliver on all brand promises. It is the largest among the top seed company in India.

• Revenue: Rs 808 crore

• Market Cap: 3,060 crores.

• ROE: 21.09%

• Sales growth (3 years): 2.40%

• Promoter Holding: 55.09%

• Debt in equity: 0.00

• Book Value Price: 2.48

One of the largest anthologies of crop germplasm in the country, Cauvery includes draft and disease resistance as well as high-yielding hybrid and variety portfolios. It is the second largest agricultural company in India by turnover.

• Cotton,

• Corn,

• rice, jowar,

• millet, as well as

• Vegetables such as tomatoes, okra and gourd.

The Kaveri saga began in 1976 as a Bachelor of Science with founder GV Bhaskar Rao, his wife G Vanaja Devi, who was the co-founder of a small seed production facility at Gatala Narsingapur village in Andhra Pradesh. In continuation of this entrepreneurship, the idea sprouted as the Kaveri seed and the company was formally incorporated in the year 1986.

Goodricke Group Ltd

Goodricke Group Limited is engaged in the manufacture and cultivation of tea. The company operates within 18 tea estates spread across West Bengal and Assam and sells bulk teas to both domestic and international markets.

The company mainly produces Instant Tea for the international market at its plant located at Dungar, West Bengal and through its various brands, Packet Tea has gained a strong presence in the domestic market.

• Revenue: Rs. 803.17 Crore

• Market Cap: 446.80 Crore.

• ROE: 3.09%

• Sales growth (3 years): 0.70%

• Promoter Holding: 74.00%

• Debt in equity: 0.40

• Book Value Value: 1.27

The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It is the fourth largest in the list of top 10 agricultural companies in India.

Raghuvansh Agrofarms Ltd

Since its inception, the company has been engaged in agricultural operations. The company is largely engaged in the cultivation of organic vegetables, organic grains and cereals. The company has an integrated facility for cultivation, processing and distribution of agricultural produce.

• Revenue: Rs 437.41 crore

• Market Cap: 238.23 Crore.

• ROE: 22.03%

• Sales growth (3 years): 310%

• Promoter Holding: 21.11%

• Debt equity: 0.01

• Book Value Price: 6.15

Apart from the above, the company is also engaged in dairy farming, production, distribution of dairy products and manufacture of organic manure. It is the fourth largest in the list of top 10 agricultural companies in India.

Dhunseri Tea & Industries Ltd

As of 2008-09, Dhunseri Tea & Industries Ltd. (DTIL) was engaged only in tea production and then it split into other segments. Tea is one of the oldest businesses in the Dhunseri group and has been a flag bearer for the last five decades.

DTIL broadened its reach from eight assets in 2003-04 to ten estates in Assam in 2012-13. As a result, the company is now one of the ten largest tea producers in India. The company's tea packaging and blending units are located at the Dhunseri Tea Estate (Assam) and Jaipur (Rajasthan).

Revenue: Rs 316 crore

• Market Cap: 130.92 Crore.

• ROE: 3.80%

• Sales growth (3 years): 5.83%

• Promoter holding: 67.13%

• Debt in equity: 0.15

• Value of Book Value: 0.16

The Dhunseri Group through its subsidiary; Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Pte Ltd recently acquired two tea estates in Malawi, South East Africa with a production capacity of 94.50 lakh kg of tea. With this acquisition, Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Limited has joined the Elite Club of tea companies, which have already carved out a niche in the overseas tea plantation business.