Hatsun Agro Product Limited vs LT Foods Limited
An objective side-by-side of HATSUN and LTFOODS, both in Food - Processing - Indian: valuation, profitability, growth, balance sheet, ownership and share-price performance. Where one number is clearly better on its own terms (lower P/E, higher ROE), it is shaded. That is a description, not a recommendation.
At a glance
- Hatsun Agro Product Limited is the larger company by market value, about 1.6 times the size of LT Foods Limited.
- On trailing earnings, LT Foods Limited trades at the lower P/E (22.8 against 64.4).
- Hatsun Agro Product Limited earns the higher return on equity (18.6% against 13.4%).
- Over three years Hatsun Agro Product Limited has grown profits faster (30% a year against 16%).
- Over the past year the share prices returned +4.2% (HATSUN) and +6.0% (LTFOODS).
| Metric | Hatsun Agro HATSUN |
LT Foods LTFOODS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | ₹23,666 Cr | ₹15,001 Cr |
| Share price | ₹1,062.45 | ₹432.00 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 64.39 | 22.83 |
| P/B | 11.99 | 3.06 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.68 | 13.18 |
| PEG | 2.15 | 1.43 |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| ROE | 18.6% | 13.4% |
| ROCE | 15.0% | 18.0% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 10.5% |
| Sales (TTM) | ₹10,881 Cr | ₹12,102 Cr |
| Net profit (TTM) | ₹368 Cr | ₹657 Cr |
| Growth | ||
| Latest quarter sales YoY | +21.7% | +16.9% |
| Latest quarter profit YoY | -3.7% | +10.0% |
| Sales CAGR 3Y | +11.0% | +16.0% |
| Profit CAGR 3Y | +30.0% | +16.0% |
| Sales CAGR 5Y | +12.0% | +19.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5Y | +8.0% | +18.0% |
| Financial strength | ||
| Debt/Equity | 0.91 | 0.37 |
| Interest cover | 4.41 | 6.96 |
| Ownership | ||
| Promoter holding | 73.6% | 51.0% |
| Promoter change (4 qtrs) | +0.47 pp | +0.01 pp |
| Price performance | ||
| Return 1M | -4.28% | +4.23% |
| Return 3M | +12.73% | +3.03% |
| Return 1Y | +4.15% | +5.96% |
| Return YTD | +8.72% | +10.93% |
| Technical condition | ||
| Technical score | 44 | 70 |
| RS rating (1-99) | 75.00 | 67.00 |
| % vs 200-DMA | +8.76% | +7.21% |
| RSI (14) | 49.64 | 64.38 |
| % from 52-week high | -21.28% | -11.96% |