GRANULES INDIA LTD - BUY

Granules India is  Hyderabad based integrated pharmaceutical outsourcing manufacturer mainly in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), Pharmaceutical Formulations Intermediates(PFI) and  Finished Dosages (FD ). Company having three API manufacturing facilities located in Bonthapally,and  Jeedimetla  in Andhra Pradesh and Hubei in China.All these three facilities are approved by USFDA and other authorities like WHO ,EDQM..etc. Its API portfolio includes Paracetamol ,Ibuprofen,Metformin HCl,Guaifenesin,Methocarbamo,Oxymetazoline and Phenazopyridine HCl. Granules’ PFI facilities are located at Gagillapur and Jeedimetla both in Andhra Pradesh. Company also have six billion tablect capacity FD plant in Gagillapur. Company having strong outsourcing tie-ups with world pharma majors. Now company is moving gradually to high margin PFI and Fd segment from API .Last year Granules expanded its capacity in both these segments. Company having good R&D and got approvals for two ANDA’s in last year.Outside India, company having marketing presence in US,China,UK and Colombia.After receiving recent FDA approvals and capacity expansion company is expected to perform well going forward.Last FY , Granules posted a turnover of Rs.475 Cr and a net profit of Rs.21 Cr .With the aggressive expansion ,marketing initiatives,and introduction of new products and favorable exchange value ( about 80% of sales coming from exports.) Granules is expected to  post decent growth in coming years.It is one of the good pharma picks from small cap space at CMP of Rs.79/-