Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd
KFBLBSE
₹41.40▲ +1.13 (+2.81%)
Whole company worth₹62 Cr
ProfitLoss-making
1-year range₹30 – ₹51
The short version
A slow-growing, loss-making business.
What Kothari Fermentation & Biochem does
Incorporated in 1990, Kothari Fermentation and Biochem Ltd focuses exclusively on the manufacture of yeast and related products.
Worked out from Kothari Fermentation & Biochem's own filed results and exchange data, in plain words. Where a finance term matters, we say what it means.
01What does it do?
Kothari Fermentation & Biochem is a micro-sized company in food products.
Incorporated in 1990, Kothari Fermentation and Biochem Ltd focuses exclusively on the manufacture of yeast and related products.
- Whole company is worth
- ₹62 crore
- Run by
- Pramod Kumar Kothari
- Shareholders
- 11,348 people
- Listed since
- 1993
A very small company by stock-market value — prices can swing hard and trading can be thin.
02Is it growing?
Sales have grown 3% a year for 5 years.
Point at a bar for exact figures · amounts in ₹ crore
03Does it make money?
For every ₹100 it sells, it spends ₹103.
Here is where the money from Kothari Fermentation & Biochem's sales went in FY26, the latest full year it has reported.
₹47
₹46
₹100 of sales ends here
- ₹47Making or buying what it sellsraw materials, stock, goods bought for resale
- ₹46Running the businessstaff, rent, marketing, power and everything else
- ₹3.3Interest on its loansthe cost of borrowed money
- ₹6.2Wear and tearmachines, stores and buildings losing value over time
- ₹3Lossspent beyond what came in — covered by savings or new money
It also received a tax credit of ₹0.5 crore that year, which is why tax is missing from the bar.
On the money its owners have put in
It lost ₹6 for every ₹100 its owners have invested.
Bank FD ~₹6–7
₹-6
₹-20₹-10₹0₹10₹20₹30₹40
Return on equity (ROE) measures the yearly profit made on the money shareholders have put into the business. Negative means the business is eating into that money.
04Is the price high or low?
Kothari Fermentation & Biochem made a loss, so there is no "price for profit" to measure.
Investors are paying for what they hope it will earn later, not what it earns today. That makes the price harder to judge and more sensitive to news.
The share price over the past year
It is 19% below its highest price of the past year and 37% above its lowest.
05Who owns it?
Its founders and parent group own 69 of every 100 shares — they control the company.
If the company were split into 100 equal shares, this is who would hold them. 11,348 people and institutions hold its shares.
As filed for the quarter ending 30 Sept 2026. Arrows show the change since the quarter before, in percentage points.
06What is going well, and what to watch
The figures raise more questions than they answer.
Picked out of the numbers above by fixed rules — the same rules for every company — so nothing here is somebody's opinion.
Going well
Nothing stands out in its favour in the figures we have.
Worth watching
- Lost ₹3.0 crore in its last financial year.
- Carries meaningful debt — ₹89 of loans for every ₹100 of shareholders' money.
- Thinly traded — only about ₹2 lakh of shares change hands a day, so buying or selling can move the price.
07What happened lately?
Latest quarter: sales up 28%, profit up 105%.
Apr–Jun 2026 is the most recent quarter it has reported. Each figure is compared with the same three months a year earlier, because many businesses sell more in some seasons than others.
Sales
₹30 Cr
▲ 28.0% on a year earlier
Profit
₹0.1 Cr
▲ 105.4% on a year earlier
No notable developments in the last few weeks.
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Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd (KFBL): company summary
The company's business has deteriorated, with annual net profit swinging from a profit of ₹1 crore to a loss of ₹3 crore.
Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd (KFBL) is a micro-cap Food Products company valued at ₹62 crore operating in Food Products on the NSE and BSE.
- Recent price move
- Kothari Fermentation & Biochem Ltd last traded at ₹41.4, up 2.81% on the day.
- Recent developments
- On 2026-09-30, the company reported a net loss of ₹3 crore for its latest financial year, marking a reversal from the prior year's profit. In the latest quarter ended 2026-06-30, the company recorded a net profit of ₹0 crore, reversing a net loss of ₹1 crore in the same quarter a year earlier. The company's promoter holding remained at 68.87% as of 2026-09-30.
- Financial performance
- The company's business has deteriorated, with annual net profit swinging from a profit of ₹1 crore to a loss of ₹3 crore. Revenue fell 1.8% year-on-year, but the latest quarter saw revenue rise 28.0% compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Net profit margin plunged 3.4 percentage points to -2.7%, and return on equity turned negative at -5.5%.
- Valuation multiples
- A price-to-earnings ratio is not meaningful here because the company is loss-making; the stock trades at 1.12 times book value.
- Things to watch
- The company reported a net loss of ₹3 crore in its latest financial year, reversing a profit of ₹1 crore in the prior year. Net profit margin has fallen to -2.7%, and return on equity is negative at -5.5%. The stock is 21.0% below its 52-week high.
- Where it stands
- The company ended its latest financial year with a net loss of ₹3 crore, reversing a profit of ₹1 crore in the prior year. The latest quarter saw a net profit of ₹0 crore, reversing a net loss of ₹1 crore. The stock is 21.0% below its 52-week high.
Summarised by DocStoX's model on 2026-10-18 from company filings, exchange data and news. This is a factual summary, not a rating or a recommendation. Informational only, not investment advice. Consult a SEBI-registered adviser before investing.
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