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Bayer CropScience is the flagship company of the Bayer Group in India and is publicly listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is engaged in manufacturing of crop protection products, non agricultural pest-control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company enjoys a unique position in the market because of its capability to offer new innovative products, technologies, processes, services and business models. With its innovative products, it is contributing to finding solutions to some of the major challenges of its time. The company remains committed to improving lives by advancing nutrition and healthcare solutions for the country’s growing population.

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The company’s Crop Science division is the largest for Bayer in India with businesses in seeds & traits, crop protection, digital farming and environmental science (non-agricultural pest control). Its robust crop protection portfolio includes products to manage insects, pests, weeds and diseases. It also includes bilogical solutions, that use nature’s own defenses to protect crops. Its broad range of high-quality hybrid seeds includes cutting-edge traits for high-yielding crops with improved weed management and superior insect control. Its expertise and innovations in digital farming provide farmers with a deeper understanding of their fields so they can utilize their inputs and natural resources as efficiently as possible. The company also has products that focus on non-agricultural applications in the form of products and services for vector control and professional pest control.

The company’s Pharmaceuticals division in India operates as Bayer Zydus Pharma, a joint venture between Bayer and Zydus Cadila. The focus of this business is on prescription products, especially for cardiology and women’s health care and on specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology and ophthalmology. The division also comprises the radiology business, which markets diagnostic imaging equipment together with the necessary contrast agents. Its Consumer Health division is focused on making self-care for a better life a reality for billions of people around the world through everyday healthcare. Its Animal Health business develops and markets products and solutions for the prevention and treatment of diseases in companion and farm animals.

Company	Market Price	MCAP(Cr)	P/B	P/E	EPS	ROE
BAYERCROP	4157.1(0.0%)	18,697	6.9	24.7	22.4	17.8
SUMICHEM	395.55(0.0%)	19,781	8.3	39.3	33.7	24.4
BASF	2538.8(0.7%)	10,992	4.1	27.3	24.8	15.9
SHARDACROP	482.4(0.0%)	4,359	2.2	13.4	26.4	19.8
BHARATRAS	10285.7(0.0%)	4,267	4.9	26.2	28.0	23.7
RALLIS	190.95(0.0%)	3,712	2.1	40.4	13.5	10.0
DHANUKA	720(0.0%)	3,282	3.1	14.1	33.0	28.8
ASTEC	1447.1(-0.5%)	2,844	6.8	111.5	22.2	25.5
IPL	219.6(0.0%)	2,536	3.4	17.5	40.7	30.7
BESTAGRO	934.55(-10.9%)	2,213	5.8	47.0	41.9	46.3
NACLIND	99.1(0.0%)	1,970	3.4	19.2	15.5	16.3
BHAGCHEM	1593.9(0.0%)	1,660	5.3	35.8	8.3	4.9
INSECTICID	465.4(0.0%)	1,376	1.4	12.0	14.2	12.3
HERANBA	326.95(0.0%)	1,306	1.6	9.4	45.4	36.3
SHIVALIK	759.1(0.0%)	1,132	3.6	65.8	15.8	16.0

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