Quick look at the India Pesticides IPO๐

India Pesticides, an agro-chem player, will be open for a public listing this morning โ looking to raise โน800 crores from public markets.
The company basically makes a broad portfolio of compounds and formulations โ including herbicide, fungicide, and other chemicals used in the agricultural world for crop protection, in addition to an emerging portfolio of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Quick look at financials:
- Made โน649 crores last year, growing better than 35% for the last 2 years
- Profits growing at 90%, showing operating leverage with scale
- Total assets growing, debt is negligent and going down
- Management is stellar
Analysts claim the companyโs R&D expertise is invaluable, and with ever growing end market demand to boost crop yields, the street is expecting a blockbuster listing โ if you can get in, that is.
