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Carnation Nutra Analogue Foods Ltd.

- by Manisha Kale *

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  • The company is also operating in regular diary products like butter, processed cheese & pizza cheese.

  • The company is launching new cheese variant, cheese analogue being the first of its kind in India.

Competition

The company has a nation-wide presence & holds second largest market share in up-markets of Maharashtra, Delhi & Gujarat after Amul.

The company has no main competitors in Analogue food products category. However, Amul has also made a foray into the margarine product segment with its 'Delicious Table Margarine' flashing potential threat to Nutralite.

Its real competition comes from Amul's diary products.

Key Financials

  31st Mar'05 (12) Rs. Mn.
   Sales 285.11   
   PAT 24.91   
   Net Margin % 8.6   
   EPS 5.35   
   P/E Ratio 24   

  31st Mar'05 (03)
Rs. Mn.
31st Mar'04 (03)
Rs. Mn.
%age change
   Sales 75.77    55.41    36.74%   
   PAT 7.74    6.3    22.86%   
   Equity Capital 46.61    46.6    0.02%   

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* Manisha Kale, MBA (Finance), is currently working in Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd. as Manager-Equities. She is independent of the management of the researched company. The information contained in the article has been collected from sources believed to be reliable; the author accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of its contents.