Financial Profitability Analytics of Selected Fertilizer Companies in India

Abstract

Governments of every country formulates their policies which enhance the growth of the agriculture sector and thereby push the availability of the resources for the growth of the industrial sectors and thereby generates the real income for the livelihood of their citizens. The current market value of the Indian chemical and fertilizer companies is approximately around Rs. 898.5 billion for the financial year 2021-2022 and its projected growth is probably 4.7% of CAGR during the period 2023 to 2028 and the market growth is being witnessed by increased demand for food manufacturing industries. The Indian government consistently acting proactively to tap the projected grow of the chemical and fertilizer companies which leads to achieve the objectives of Atmanirbhar Bharat and become most efficient player all over the world. The below chart clearly indicates that the Indian fertilizer market will reach US$ 1460.8 billion by the end of the year 2029 from US$ 937 billion which is quite remarkable. For the study five fertilizer and chemical companies which are listed at the recognized stock exchange in India have been selected randomly and profitability ratio in relation to selected elements of financial statement used for the period from March 2016 to March 2022. Single Factor Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) has been used for testing the hypothesis and the results derived. The results shows that there is positive relationship between investment in fixed assets and generation of profit and for achieving desired profit the management should be aggressive to increase the investments over the fixed assets rather than focusing on net worth, capital employed and total assets.