GST-led destocking hurts agrochemicals' sales, offsetting rise in margins in seeds business
Rallis India's FY17 performance would have been even better, but for the muted show in the quarter ending March 2017. While better rainfall in 2016 compared to the previous two years and lifted Rallis' overall performance in FY17, the March quarter's performance was impacted due to the north east monsoon in south India coming below normal leading to paddy acreage declining 12 per cent.During March quarter, Rallis' standalone revenue (Rs 346 crore) came flat year-on-year, operating profit grew just two per cent while rising depreciation costs pulled down net profit by two per cent to Rs 32 crore. The impact was more pronounced for Metahelix, the company's hybrid seed subsidiary, at the operating level which pulled down Rallis' consolidated numbers. Consolidated operating profit at Rs 41.6 crore declined about eight per cent year-on-year; net profit fell by about 10 per cent year-on-year.With lower than expected performance, the stock lost 4.43 per cent and closed at Rs 239.55 on ...
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