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The company was incorporated as Parag Milk & Milk Products Private Limited on December 29, 1992 with the registrar of companies at Mumbai with its registered office at Pune as a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956. The name of the company was changed to Parag Milk Foods Private Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon change of name was granted by the Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra at Pune (RoC) on April 11, 2008. The company was converted into a public limited company pursuant to approval of the shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on May 16, 2015. Consequently, the name of the company was changed to Parag Milk Foods Limited and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon conversion to a public limited company was granted to the company by the RoC on July 7, 2015.

The company is one of the leading manufacturers and marketers of dairy-based branded foods in India. It commenced its business in 1992 with collection and distribution of milk and have now developed into a dairy-based branded consumer products company with an integrated business model, manufacturing a diverse range of products including cheese, ghee (clarified butter), fresh milk, whey proteins, paneer, curd, yoghurt, milk powders and dairy based beverages targeting a wide range of consumer groups through several brands. A significant portion of its product range includes long shelf-life food and beverage products that enable it to sell its products to retail and institutional customers across India. It derives all of its products only from cows’ milk. Gowardhan and Go, its flagship brands, are among the leading ghee, cheese and other value added product brands in India.

The company’s supply chain network includes procurement from various districts across Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, through over thousands of village level milk collection centres. It procures milk from milk farmers and through chilling centres and bulk coolers. The company also has dedicated sales and marketing team comprising several personnel based in its key distribution centres. Some of its leading institutional customers include leading restaurant and cafe chains such as Yum! Restaurants (India) (for Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC), Jubilant Foodworks (for Domino‘s Pizza) and Sankalp Recreation (for Sam’s Pizza).

Business area of the company

The Company is engaged in the business of procurement of cow milk mainly in western and southern region, undertakes processing of milk and manufacture of various value added products namely cheese, butter, ghee, fresh cream, milk powder, flavoured milk, lassi, curd etc. which are marketed under its registered brand name ‘Gowardhan’, ‘Go’, ‘Topp up’ and ‘Avvatar’.

Company	Market Price	MCAP(Cr)	P/B	P/E	EPS	ROE
PARAGMILK	75.3(-0.3%)	885	1.1	0.0	-39.5	-72.0
CLSEL	172.6(-1.8%)	906	1.9	8.8	19.3	17.1
GULPOLY	209.55(-0.4%)	1,093	1.9	25.5	23.2	18.7
FOODSIN	124.85(1.0%)	631	2.7	17.8	11.9	8.4
AVTNPL	82.95(-0.6%)	1,270	3.0	16.6	27.0	21.5
HERITGFOOD	142.85(1.5%)	1,301	1.8	21.3	21.4	16.4
IFBAGRO	447.45(0.2%)	420	0.8	8.9	15.2	12.4
EIFFL	149.9(-0.1%)	372	5.8	361.4	5.1	2.2
SKMEGGPROD	136.1(3.9%)	344	2.1	7.4	7.8	6.6
WATERBASE	65.35(-1.0%)	274	1.5	0.0	0.6	0.0
COASTCORP	201.9(1.0%)	269	1.1	24.4	20.7	26.6
ADFFOODS	692.1(0.2%)	1,519	3.8	29.5	21.2	16.5
DANGEE	14.9(0.3%)	229	10.0	109.5	10.1	0.0
VADILALIND	2150.5(-0.4%)	1,547	8.0	22.1	23.3	22.5
MEGASTAR	202.2(0.2%)	204	4.8	26.2	13.6	16.5

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