Best Agrolife Limited share price

Best Agrolife Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of agrochemical products in India and internationally. It offers insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, public-health, and plant growth regulator (PGR) products in the form of technical, intermediates, and novel formulations. The company also offers Ronfen, and insecticide; Nemagen, a novel insecticide combination; Defender, a dual-action insecticide + fungicide in WG form; Orisulam, a breakthrough herbicidal composition (GR formulation); Tricolor, a potent fungicidal formulation; and Warden Extra, a ternary SC formulation offering broad-spectrum control. In addition, it provides Tombo, a new generation corn herbicide; Azaro, a novel …Read more

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Basic MaterialsAgricultural InputsNSE: BESTAGROISIN INE052T01021

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹16.47▼ 0.30 (1.79%)

Market Cap₹ 584 Cr.
Current Price₹ 16.47
High / Low₹ 34 / 12
Stock P/E14.1
Book Value₹ 22
Dividend Yield0.60 %
ROCE7.0 %
ROE1.20 %
Face Value₹ 1.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 1.17
Price / Book0.76
OPM6.7 %
Debt / Equity0.58
Sales growth (3Y)-10.6 %
Profit growth (3Y)-64.1 %
Promoter holding60.8 %
EV / EBITDA6.9
Beta0.05
All-time high₹ 118

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
BESTAGRO	-10.68%	+5.98%	-15.67%	-35.11%	-26.00%	-39.77%	-24.84%
Nifty 50	-0.31%	-3.85%	-4.34%	-11.42%	-9.53%	+5.46%	+4.76%

Price returns only (dividends not included). Prices from NSE via Yahoo Finance; may be delayed.

Quick take

Best Agrolife Limited is in the Agricultural Inputs industry (Basic Materials), with a market value of ₹584 crore.
It trades at 14.1 times its last 12 months' earnings and 0.8 times book value.
Revenue grew -10.6% a year over the last 3 years, profit -64.1% a year.
Return on equity was 1.2% and return on capital employed 7.0% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.58 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 52.1% below its 52-week high and down 26.0% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 60.8%; institutions about 6.3%.

Pros

Pays a healthy dividend: about 80% of profit last year.

Cons

Return on equity has been low: 9.8% on average over the last 3 years.
Interest cover is thin: operating earnings are 1.7 times the interest cost.
Trades at 14.1 times earnings, above its 3-year median of 0.9.
Institutional (FII + DII) holding has fallen by 3.7 points over 11 quarters.

Pros and cons are generated automatically from the reported figures. They are observations, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

AI analysis

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About Best Agrolife Limited

Employees: 454
Head office: New Delhi

Basic MaterialsAgricultural Inputs

S.No.	Company	CMP ₹	P/E	Mar Cap ₹ Cr	Div Yld %	NP Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Profit Var %	Sales Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Sales Var %	ROCE %	ROE %	P/B	OPM %	Debt / Eq	Prom. Hold. %	Sales ₹ Cr	Sales Var 3Yrs %
1.	Best Agrolife	16.47	14.1	584	0.60	41	104.07	396	3.92	7.0	1.2	0.76	6.7	0.58	60.76	1,257	-10.6
2.	Coromandel International	1,758.60	28.3	51,798	0.62	381	-34.30	8,165	63.68	20.9	16.5	4.12	14.2	0.52	59.56	20,223	10.2
3.	The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore	733.20	—	47,443	0.00	-68	-948.75	1,568	65.14	14.2	-2.9	34.32	1.2	2.95	0.00	4,051	0.0
4.	UPL	534.65	21.5	45,193	1.11	10	-98.88	10,181	-34.62	9.9	5.7	1.30	13.8	0.68	33.73	51,303	-1.2
5.	PI Industries	2,190.00	28.5	33,224	0.68	244	-38.95	1,702	-10.43	14.7	12.4	2.96	20.4	0.03	46.20	6,714	1.1
6.	Sumitomo Chemical India	404.75	34.9	20,203	0.32	215	115.73	1,063	56.51	21.0	17.3	5.96	20.5	0.02	75.46	3,209	-2.6
7.	Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals	388.10	8.1	15,549	3.07	524	301.66	5,027	105.29	21.8	20.4	1.49	11.4	0.10	63.29	20,793	-9.2
8.	Paradeep Phosphates	147.16	14.3	15,283	1.02	393	127.97	6,124	46.03	20.7	15.7	2.25	18.2	1.02	58.43	10,191	28.8
9.	E.I.D.- Parry (India)	694.15	26.7	12,353	0.00	142	-42.50	9,018	3.41	15.7	6.8	1.40	10.0	0.98	46.92	27,240	9.6
10.	Madhya Bharat Agro Products	167.10	47.3	7,321	0.06	33	16.86	416	1.61	19.4	31.5	13.32	16.6	1.56	0.00	1,867	33.0
	Median: 25 Co.	469.70	14.3	5,781	0.60	178	-8.72	3,365	24.97	17.6	12.4	1.49	11.6	0.63	52.68	8,452	3.5

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	135	519	747	274	274	381	517	203	156	396
YOY Sales Growth %					102.63%	-26.58%	-30.78%	-25.97%	-43.25%	3.92%
	202	465	600	280	270	335	439	199	183	318
Material Cost %	107%	75%	66%	68%	77%	71%	67%	68%	77%	63%
Employee Cost %	16%	5%	4%	10%	8%	7%	5%	13%	16%	6%
Other Expenses %	26%	9%	10%	24%	13%	10%	13%	18%	24%	11%
Operating Profit	-67	55	147	-6	4	46	78	4	-27	78
OPM %	-50%	11%	20%	-2%	2%	12%	15%	2%	-17%	20%
Other Income	1	3	1	-0	1	4	-2	1	1	2
Interest	15	16	16	16	17	14	13	15	12	15
Depreciation	11	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	10	10
Profit before tax	-92	32	121	-33	-24	26	52	-20	-48	55
		33%	22%			22%	26%			26%
Current tax	-15	14	28	-8	-1	11	18	-3	-6	16
Deferred tax	-5	-3	-2	-1	-1	-6	-4	-4	-5	-2
	-72	21	95	-24	-22	20	39	-13	-37	41
YOY Profit Growth %						-6.37%	-58.87%			104.07%
EPS in Rs	-30.66	9.00	40.03	-10.22	-9.26	8.42	16.46	-0.36	1.05	1.15
Raw filing

₹ Cr	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	104	361	434	193	156	313	365	129	100	262
YOY Sales Growth %					49.42%	-13.13%	-15.82%	-33.46%	-35.78%	-16.40%
	121	321	371	190	159	283	304	128	123	215
Material Cost %	86%	79%	72%	75%	81%	81%	70%	74%	89%	68%
Employee Cost %	14%	4%	4%	9%	8%	4%	3%	12%	13%	6%
Other Expenses %	17%	5%	9%	15%	13%	5%	10%	14%	21%	8%
Operating Profit	-17	40	63	4	-4	30	62	0	-23	47
OPM %	-16%	11%	15%	2%	-2%	10%	17%	0%	-23%	18%
Other Income	2	2	2	1	1	5	-1	2	3	5
Interest	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	6	8
Depreciation	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Profit before tax	-28	30	52	-8	-13	26	52	-8	-28	43
		25%	27%			25%	26%			26%
Current tax	-7	8	14	-2	-2	7	15	-2	-6	11
Deferred tax	0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0	-0	0
	-21	22	38	-6	-9	20	38	-6	-22	31
YOY Profit Growth %						-11.27%	0.15%			60.80%
EPS in Rs	-8.92	9.31	16.19	-2.57	-4.00	8.26	16.21	-0.16	-0.61	0.89
Raw filing

Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Latest quarter on the right.

Profit & Loss

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore /

₹ Cr	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	1,873	1,814	1,257	1,272
YOY Sales Growth %		-3.15%	-30.74%
	1,648	1,614	1,157	1,140
Material Cost %	76%	71%	70%	67%
Employee Cost %	4%	6%	8%	8%
Other Expenses %	8%	12%	14%	15%
Operating Profit	226	200	100	132
OPM %	12%	11%	8%	10%
Other Income	3	5	5	2
Interest	62	66	53	55
Depreciation	33	43	42	41
Profit before tax	134	96	10	39
	21%	27%	10%	24%
Current tax	35	34	19
Deferred tax	-8	-7	-18
	106	70	9	30
YOY Profit Growth %		-34.23%	-87.31%
EPS in Rs	44.94	29.56	0.25	18.30
Dividend Payout %	7%		80%

Compounded Sales Growth

TTM:: -24%

Compounded Profit Growth

TTM:: -57%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -25%
3 Years:: -40%
1 Year:: -26%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 16%
Last Year:: 1%

₹ Cr	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	1,798	1,144	907	856
YOY Sales Growth %		-36.41%	-20.67%
	1,736	1,041	838	770
Material Cost %	88%	76%	76%	72%
Employee Cost %	3%	5%	6%	7%
Other Expenses %	5%	10%	10%	11%
Operating Profit	62	103	69	86
OPM %	3%	9%	8%	10%
Other Income	6	6	10	9
Interest	43	41	30	30
Depreciation	7	7	6	6
Profit before tax	19	61	42	58
	29%	27%	28%	28%
Current tax	7	18	14
Deferred tax	-2	-1	-3
	13	44	30	42
YOY Profit Growth %		230.34%	-31.66%
EPS in Rs	5.69	18.81	0.86	16.33
Dividend Payout %	53%	16%	23%

Compounded Sales Growth

TTM:: -22%

Compounded Profit Growth

TTM:: 0%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: -25%
3 Years:: -40%
1 Year:: -26%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 16%
Last Year:: 1%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Dividend payout = dividends paid in the year ÷ net profit.

Balance Sheet

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, as at 31 March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	24	24	24	35
Reserves	504	623	734	733
	568	637	478	442
Long term borrowings	34	21	14	27
Short term borrowings	524	607	453	406
	380	730	714	475
Trade payables	303	578	542	319
Current liabilities	892	1,304	1,137	859
Total Liabilities	1,475	2,013	1,950	1,686
	215	238	244	229
Gross block	257	311	352	369
Accumulated depreciation	42	73	108	140
Goodwill & intangibles	28	139	131	124
CWIP	39	15	1	1
	1,221	1,760	1,705	1,457
Inventories	709	958	773	651
Trade receivables	349	465	564	490
Cash & equivalents	62	33	33	34
Current assets	1,206	1,573	1,552	1,312
Total Assets	1,475	2,013	1,950	1,686

Source: Yahoo Finance (compiled from the annual reports). Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Cash Flows

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, financial years ending March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	-180	36	228	97
Profit for the year	192	106	70	9
Working capital changes	-422	-161	37	-7
Direct taxes paid	-80	-38	-18	-20
	-19	-63	-29	1
Fixed assets purchased	-37	-46	-21	-8
Fixed assets sold	0	0	0	1
Investments purchased	-71	-55	-77	-48
Investments sold	87	39	69	51
	248	-1	-199	-96
Proceeds from borrowings	18	94	9	22
Repayment of borrowings	-33	-24	-170	-55
Interest paid	-39	-62	-66	-53
Dividends paid	-5	-7	-7	-7
Net Cash Flow	49	-29	-0	2
Free Cash Flow	-218	-10	207	90

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capital expenditure. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	36.4%	18.1%	10.0%	1.2%
ROCE	49.3%	27.2%	19.3%	7.0%
Operating margin	17.7%	10.6%	9.3%	6.7%
Net margin	11.0%	5.7%	3.9%	0.7%
Debt / equity	1.08	0.98	0.63	0.58
Current ratio	1.35	1.21	1.37	1.53
Debtor days	73	91	114	143
Inventory days	206	246	218	269
Days payable	88	148	153	132
Cash conversion cycle	191	189	179	280
Working capital days	66	52	84	133

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities). Debtor days = receivables ÷ sales × 365; inventory and payable days use cost of goods sold; cash conversion cycle = debtor + inventory − payable days; working capital days = (current assets − current liabilities) ÷ sales × 365.

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 50.44%
FIIs 5.53%
DIIs 2.13%
Public 41.89%

%	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters	50.10%	50.10%	50.10%	50.10%	50.44%	50.44%	50.44%	50.44%	50.44%	50.44%	50.44%
	8.77%	8.73%	8.03%	5.10%	5.80%	5.75%	5.75%	5.63%	5.52%	5.56%	5.53%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	8.28%	8.26%	7.39%	4.64%	5.33%	5.28%	5.25%	5.16%	5.06%	5.09%	5.05%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.49%	0.47%	0.64%	0.47%	0.47%	0.47%	0.50%	0.47%	0.47%	0.47%	0.49%
	2.54%	2.54%	2.69%	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.13%	2.13%
Mutual funds	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%	2.11%
Alternative investment funds	0.42%	0.42%	0.56%	0.63%	0.63%	0.63%				0.02%	0.02%
	38.59%	38.63%	39.18%	42.04%	41.01%	41.06%	41.69%	41.81%	41.92%	41.87%	41.89%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	13.93%	14.79%	17.19%	16.24%	17.12%	17.44%	18.50%	19.57%	21.24%	21.64%	21.84%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	15.39%	15.26%	14.77%	17.41%	16.98%	16.74%	15.99%	15.67%	14.54%	14.06%	13.92%
NRIs	0.77%	0.82%	0.91%	0.92%	1.02%	1.05%	1.31%	1.31%	1.34%	1.32%	1.39%
Bodies corporate	3.82%	4.05%	4.44%	5.50%	4.11%	3.89%	3.89%	3.36%	2.80%	2.87%	2.83%
No. of Shareholders	39,861	41,570	40,573	37,666	37,494	36,630	37,181	38,180	68,254	66,662	70,411

Source: shareholding patterns filed by the company with NSE. Public = non-institutional holders. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Mutual funds & institutions holding Best Agrolife

No single fund or institution holds more than 1%.

As named in the shareholding pattern for Sep 2026 filed with NSE; mutual funds together hold 2.11% of the company. Shareholders below 1% are not named in the filing.

Documents

Announcements

All announcements on NSE →

Annual reports

Credit ratings

Credit Rating- RevisionBest Agrolife Limited has informed the Exchange about Credit Rating- Revision23-Aug-2025

Concalls & investor meets

Filings made by the company with NSE; documents open on NSE's website.

Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 22 Sep 2026
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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Best Agrolife (NSE:BESTAGRO): Has It Filed Its Q2 Depository Compliance Certificate?Kalkine India · 7 Oct 2026

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Questions about Best Agrolife Limited

What is the share price of Best Agrolife Limited today?

Best Agrolife Limited (BESTAGRO) last traded at ₹16.47 on NSE (16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST). Prices may be delayed.

What is the market cap of Best Agrolife Limited?

About ₹584 crore at the latest price.

What is the P/E ratio of Best Agrolife Limited?

About 14.1 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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