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AG Ventures Ltd (AGVENTURES) · mywealthgrid

About

AG Ventures Ltd is a small-cap commodity chemicals company (market cap ₹133.5 Cr) within the Materials sector. Revenue has remained stable at ₹80–105 Cr in recent quarters, but operating margins have collapsed from 34.7% (Mar 2021) to 7.22% currently, signaling severe pressure on costs or pricing. The source and sustainability of this margin compression require verification.

Face value: ₹10

Market cap

₹127 Cr

P/E

25.1×

P/B

0.5×

Dividend yield

ROE

1.9%

ROCE

2.3%

Debt / equity

0.1

OPM

7.2%

EPS (TTM)

₹5.1

Book value

₹271.0

52-week high

₹169.8

52-week low

Key insights

Company research notes and source-linked reviews

Key risks

Operating margin fell from 34.7% (Mar 2021) to 7.22% currently; investigate whether cost inflation, pricing pressure, or demand weakness drove the collapse and whether recovery is possible
ROE of 1.89% indicates minimal capital returns; verify whether this reflects cyclical weakness or structural challenges
FII holdings dropped from 0.27% (Mar) to 0.01% (Jun); determine the reason and future trend
Market cap of ₹133.5 Cr constrains scale and capital access; verify liquidity and competitive sustainability in commodity chemicals

Generated analysis · source review pending

Growth drivers

Operating margin of 7.22% vs. historical 34.7% (Mar 2021) suggests significant upside if cost structure improves or pricing environment strengthens; verify current input costs and competitive dynamics
D/E ratio of 0.1 indicates low leverage, providing financial flexibility to invest or pursue strategic initiatives
Consistent dividend payouts (2024, 2023, 2022) despite low 1.89% ROE indicate underlying cash generation; verify whether weak ROE is cyclical
Stable quarterly revenue of ₹80–105 Cr suggests established customer base; verify volume and pricing trajectory in commodity chemicals

Generated analysis · source review pending

₹127.2-25.1%1Y

Beta

1.11

Moves with the index

Volatility (1y)

51.7%

Annualised, daily returns

RSI (14)

38.8

Neither overbought nor oversold

Rel. strength (1y)

-34.6%

Behind the market

Beta is measured against NIFTY 50 over three years of weekly returns — 1 moves with the index, above 1 amplifies it, below 1 damps it.

Quick read

rule-based

Pros

No positive flags triggered.

Cons

−Low return on equity of 3.5% (3-yr avg)
−Thin operating margin of 7.2%
−Profit declined 42.3% a year over the last 5 years
−Revenue shrank over the last 5 years (-22.1% a year)

Research score

Structured signal from quality, growth, valuation and momentum.

29/100

Business quality: 26
Growth: 0
Valuation: 63

Revenue & net profit

₹ crore, by fiscal year

RevenuePAT

Margins

% of revenue, by fiscal year

OPMPAT margin

Peers

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Financials

Reported profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and growth history.

Annual Quarterly

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures · ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	338	349	374	432	387	374	444	536	464	108	107
COGS	113	84	106	130	114	103	165	217	171	59	17
Gross profit	225	265	268	302	272	271	278	318	293	49	90
	—	—	—	177	168	154	191	209	190	36	82
Operating profit (EBITDA)	—	—	—	125	105	116	88	110	103	13	8
OPM %	—	—	—	28.9%	27.1%	31.1%	19.8%	20.5%	22.3%	12.1%	7.2%
Depreciation	—	17	18	20	21	22	24	29	30	4	4
Interest	—	7	9	9	10	7	8	13	11	1	1
	—	7	5	10	9	13	8	3	5	2	4
Profit before tax	—	—	—	106	83	100	63	70	67	18	—
Tax	13	12	17	29	8	17	17	17	17	5	-1
Tax %	—	—	—	27.6%	9.5%	16.8%	27.1%	23.9%	25.5%	29%	—
	46	48	57	77	75	83	46	54	50	13	8
PAT margin %	—	13.8%	15.2%	17.7%	19.3%	22.2%	10.4%	10%	10.7%	12.1%	7%
EPS (₹)	—	—	—	73.5	73.2	79.1	43.1	48.7	46.2	13.1	5.1
EPS adjusted (₹)	48	49.7	55.1	75.1	73.1	78.8	43.1	48.7	46.2	5.6	5.1
	—	—	—	16.3%	13.7%	17.7%	32.5%	28.8%	30.3%	0%	—
Annual report	Annual report for Mar 2016	Annual report for Mar 2017	Annual report for Mar 2018	Annual report for Mar 2019	Annual report for Mar 2020	Annual report for Mar 2021	Annual report for Mar 2022	Annual report for Mar 2023	Annual report for Mar 2024	Annual report for Mar 2025	Annual report for Mar 2026

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity capital	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Reserves	273	283	—	399	455	—	551	592	627	256	261
Minority interest	—	11	—	10	11	—	18	23	27	29	31
	62	75	—	109	141	—	183	161	133	1	28
	106	75	—	104	80	—	103	100	99	30	27
Total equity & liabilities	451	455	—	631	697	—	865	886	896	327	357
	207	207	328	361	354	342	453	478	465	69	63
CWIP	40	40	—	3	25	—	41	1	1	—	—
Investments	16	20	—	93	17	—	181	225	247	221	185
	189	189	—	174	300	—	190	181	183	37	108
Total assets	451	455	—	631	697	—	865	886	896	327	357

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Ratios

Annual operating, return, leverage and working-capital ratios.

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures

Ratio	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Margins
Gross margin %	69.9%	70.4%	72.4%	62.7%	59.4%	63.2%	45.4%	83.9%
EBITDA margin %	28.9%	27.1%	31.1%	19.8%	20.5%	22.3%	12.1%	7.2%
EBIT margin %	24.2%	21.5%	25.2%	14.3%	15%	15.8%	8.5%	3.4%
PAT margin %	17.7%	19.3%	22.2%	10.4%	10%	10.7%	12.1%	7%
Working capital
Receivable days	75	67	—	71	56	64	19	39
Inventory days	152	134	—	151	118	148	87	304
Payable days	63	60	—	70	44	59	40	107
NWC days	165	142	—	152	130	154	66	235
Leverage
Current ratio	2.24	2.89	—	1.86	2.13	2.21	6.95	4.19
Debt to EBITDA	0.87	1.35	—	2.08	1.46	1.28	0.08	3.63
Debt to equity	0.27	0.3	—	0.33	0.27	0.21	0	0.1
Interest coverage	13.1	9.8	16.4	8.6	6.4	6.9	16	5.1
Asset turnover	0.68	0.55	—	0.51	0.6	0.52	0.33	0.3
Return ratios
Return on assets %	12.1%	10.7%	—	5.3%	6%	5.5%	4%	2.1%
Return on capital employed %	22%	16.7%	—	10.1%	11.5%	10.3%	2.2%	2.3%
Return on equity %	18.7%	16.1%	—	8.2%	8.9%	7.8%	4.9%	2.8%

Derived from reported annual statements. ROCE uses EBIT over capital employed (total assets less current liabilities). Day counts average the opening and closing balance; receivables turn on revenue, inventory and payables on cost of goods sold.

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Shareholding

Quarterly ownership, named holders, insider transactions and disclosed deals.

Quarterly Annual

Every quarter filed · % of equity

Holder (%)	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%	51.76%
	0.74%	0.74%	0.69%	0.56%	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%	1.38%	1.26%	1.01%	0.27%	0.01%
	11.75%	11.75%	11.73%	11.05%	5.71%	5.18%	5.09%	5.09%	5.09%	5.08%	5.03%	4.76%
	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	35.75%	35.75%	35.82%	36.63%	42.5%	43.04%	43.11%	41.77%	41.89%	42.15%	42.94%	43.47%
No. of shareholders	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30,938	29,524	28,447	27,569

Promoter holding up 0 percentage points since Sep 2023.

4 deals · 15 Jul 2024 – 15 Jul 2024

Date	Client	Type	Venue	Side	Quantity	Price	Value
15 Jul 2024	LIESHA CORPORATION PRIVATE LIMITED .	Bulk	BSE	Buy	67,361	₹300.79	₹2.03 Cr
15 Jul 2024	SETU SECURITIES PVT. LTD.	Bulk	BSE	Sell	52,690	₹300.90	₹1.59 Cr
15 Jul 2024	SETU SECURITIES PVT. LTD.	Bulk	BSE	Buy	38,485	₹300.86	₹1.16 Cr
15 Jul 2024	LIESHA CORPORATION PRIVATE LIMITED .	Bulk	BSE	Sell	24,361	₹300.36	₹0.73 Cr

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Bulk deals are a client trading over 0.5% of the equity in a session, aggregated across their trades; block deals are single negotiated trades in the exchange’s block window. Each is reported by the exchange it was crossed on, so NSE and BSE rows are separate trades rather than the same trade twice.

Mr. Arvind GoenkaNon-Executive - Non Independent Director-Chairperson related to Promoter
Mr. Akshat GoenkaNon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mrs. Rachna LodhaNon-Executive - Independent Director
A D AlmeidaVice President (Finance & Accounts)
Mr. Rajat JainNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mrs. Mitali GuptaNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mr. Dhruv RanjanNon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mr. Gaurav JainChief Executive Officer

Current officeholders as filed with BSE. A person holding two offices is listed once per office.

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Fund holders

Mutual-fund schemes that disclosed a holding in the company.

Schemes holding

across 1 fund houses

Held by these funds

2.62%

of the company's equity

All mutual funds

2.67%

shareholding pattern, Jun 2026

Portfolios as of

June 2026

no prior month

1 schemes

		Shares
Large and Mid Cap Fund	HDFC Mutual Fund	2.62 L	3.2	0.01%	2.622%	—

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Documents

Annual reports, exchange filings, offer documents, ratings and earnings-call material.

Announcements

Annual reports

Credit ratings

Withdrawal of Credit Rating by ICRA Limited18 Aug 2025 from ICRA

Documents link to external sources (exchange filings, company investor pages).

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Events

Upcoming dates and the company’s corporate-action history.

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Final dividend23 Jul 2024 · ex-date₹7
Interim dividend7 Nov 2023 · ex-date₹7
Final dividend20 Jul 2023 · ex-date₹7
Interim dividend17 Nov 2022 · ex-date₹7
Final dividend19 Aug 2022 · ex-date₹7
Interim dividend8 Nov 2021 · ex-date₹7
Final dividend16 Jul 2021 · ex-date₹10
Interim dividend10 Nov 2020 · ex-date₹4
Final dividend11 Aug 2020 · ex-date₹6
Interim dividend6 Nov 2019 · ex-date₹4
Final dividend18 Jul 2019 · ex-date₹8
Interim dividend15 Nov 2018 · ex-date₹4
Final dividend21 Jun 2018 · ex-date₹7
Interim dividend7 Dec 2017 · ex-date₹3
Final dividend20 Jul 2017 · ex-date₹7
Interim dividend16 Nov 2016 · ex-date₹3
Final dividend14 Jul 2016 · ex-date₹5.5
Interim dividend19 Nov 2015 · ex-date₹3
Final dividend23 Jul 2015 · ex-date₹5.5
Interim dividend13 Nov 2014 · ex-date₹3
Final dividend24 Jul 2014 · ex-date₹5
Interim dividend21 Nov 2013 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend18 Jul 2013 · ex-date₹3
Interim dividend22 Nov 2012 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend19 Jul 2012 · ex-date₹3
Interim dividend3 Nov 2011 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend19 Jul 2011 · ex-date₹2
Interim dividend10 Nov 2010 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend15 Jul 2010 · ex-date₹1.5
Interim dividend9 Feb 2010 · ex-date₹1
Interim dividend11 Nov 2009 · ex-date₹1.5
Dividend dividend16 Jul 2009 · ex-date₹1.5
Dividend dividend22 Jul 2008 · ex-date₹0.5
Dividend dividend20 Jul 2007 · ex-date₹1

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Board meeting to consider results7 Aug 2026

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Announcements

Latest exchange announcements, filings and downloadable documents.

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29 May 2026, 6:37 pmCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication

Newspaper Publication PDF

27 May 2026, 4:49 pmCompany Update

Compliances-Reg.24(A)-Annual Secretarial Compliance

Reg.24(A)-Annual Secretarial Compliance PDF

23 May 2026, 11:53 amCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication

Newspaper Publication PDF

22 May 2026, 4:22 pmCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Change in Management

Change in Management PDF

22 May 2026, 4:19 pmBoard Meeting

Board Meeting Outcome for Outcome Of The Board Meeting Held On May 22, 2026

Outcome of Board Meeting PDF

22 May 2026, 4:13 pmResult

Financial Results For Financial Year Ended 31.03.2026

Financial Results PDF

18 May 2026, 2:22 pmBoard Meeting

Board Meeting Intimation for Approval Of Audited Financial Results Of The Company For The Quarter And Financial Year Ended March 31, 2026

Exchange filing PDF

8 May 2026, 6:12 pmCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Resignation of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Resignation of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PDF

Date	Category	Subject	Filing
29 May 2026, 6:37 pm	Company Update Newspaper Publication	Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication	PDF
27 May 2026, 4:49 pm	Company Update Reg.24(A)-Annual Secretarial Compliance	Compliances-Reg.24(A)-Annual Secretarial Compliance

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₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	70	82	94	93	115	91	61	105	97	8	-6
	-40	-82	-74	-49	-85	-129	-41	-54	-43	12	-20
	-38	-2	-12	-50	-10	16	-21	-52	-54	-18	24
Net cash flow	-9	-2	8	-6	20	-21	-0	-1	1	2	—
Free cash flow	17	82	—	70	64	—	6	83	76	2	-6
CFO / Operating profit %	—	—	—	74.8%	109.4%	78.4%	69.7%	95.8%	94%	61.7%	-78.6%

AG Ventures Ltd

AG Ventures Ltd

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AG Ventures Ltd

AG Ventures Ltd

About

Key insights

Key risks

Growth drivers

Risk & technicals

Quick read

Pros

Cons

Research score

Revenue & net profit

Margins

Peers

Financials

Profit & loss

Balance sheet

Ratios

Ratio timeline

Shareholding

Quarterly record

Bulk & block deals

Board and management

F&O

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Documents

Announcements

Annual reports

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Dividends34

Board meetings1

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Dividends34

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