B & A
- Market cap
- ₹ 128 Cr.
- P/E
- 150.8x
- P/B
- 0.81x
- 52-week range
- 310.4 – 589
- ROE
- 29%
- ROCE
- 28%
- Dividend yield
- 0%
- Debt / equity
- 0.81
- Sector
- Agricultural Food & other Products
- Industry
- Tea & Coffee
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
B & A Limited is an India-based holding company. The Company is engaged in the cultivation, manufacture and sale of tea as well as in the manufacturing and sale of packaging materials. The Company is primarily engaged in the plantation and marketing of black tea as well as packaged tea. Its segments include Tea, Paper Sacks, and Flexible Laminates. It operates through eight Tea Estates located in Upper Assam. The names of the Tea Estates are Barasali, Gatoonga, Kuhum, Mokrung, Salkathoni, Samaguri, Sangsua and Moheema. The Company has launched branded retail tea in packaged form under the brand Gatoonga, named after its coveted Gatoonga Tea Estate. The Company’s subsidiary is B & A Packaging India Limited.
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Compared with its industry
Tea & Coffee: 29 companies →B & A against the typical company in its industry. The rank is out of the companies that report each figure; green means the better quarter of the pack, red the worse quarter.
- Valuation (P/E)150.8 against a typical 18: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).27th of 29
- Sales growth+65.1% against a typical +8.6% from a year earlier.2nd of 27
- Profit growth+44.3% against a typical +27.4% from a year earlier.7th of 22
- Share price, 3 months−14.7% against a typical −8.3%.19th of 24
- Size₹ 127.7 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 118.9 Cr. (1st = largest).12th of 25
Credit ratings
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Look closer
Rated BBB by Infomerics- CARE lowered its rating on 8 Dec 2025.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARE | Withdrawn | — | 4 Jun 2026 |
| Infomerics | IVR BBB | Stable | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2026 | Withdrawn | — | — | CARE | — | |
| 20 Apr 2026 | New rating | IVR BBB | — | Infomerics | ₹ 77.36 Cr. | |
| 8 Dec 2025 | ▼ Downgrade | CARE BBB | — | CARE | ₹ 77.36 Cr. |
Financials
Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.
| ₹ Cr. | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 10,838 | 12,165 | 11,555 | 11,932 | 13,247 | 13,169 | 12,646 | 13,133 | 15,735 | 16,204 | 17,832 | 21,689 |
| Expenses | 8,708 | 9,750 | 9,271 | 9,562 | 11,174 | 10,418 | 10,289 | 10,340 | 12,906 | 12,475 | 14,757 | 17,161 |
| Operating Profit | 2,130 | 2,415 | 2,284 | 2,370 | 2,073 | 2,751 | 2,358 | 2,793 | 2,829 | 3,730 | 3,075 | 4,528 |
| OPM % | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 21% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 23% | 17% | 21% |
| Other Income | 552 | 356 | 444 | 335 | 399 | 348 | 392 | 509 | 576 | 359 | 1,894 | 688 |
| Interest | 7 | 12 | 30 | 47 | 75 | 120 | 147 | 224 | 287 | 314 | 344 | 387 |
| Depreciation | 92 | 93 | 93 | 95 | 98 | 102 | 119 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 289 | 405 |
| Profit before tax | 2,584 | 2,666 | 2,606 | 2,564 | 2,299 | 2,876 | 2,484 | 2,961 | 2,999 | 3,656 | 4,336 | 4,423 |
| Tax % | 22% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 40% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 29% | 25% | 19% | 28% |
| Net Profit | 2,020 | 2,033 | 2,011 | 1,942 | 1,385 | 2,196 | 1,802 | 2,210 | 2,122 | 2,750 | 3,492 | 3,189 |
| EPS in Rs | 71.39 | 71.78 | 72.05 | 69.55 | 49.61 | 78.62 | 64.52 | 79.15 | 75.99 | 98.38 | 131.02 | 115.41 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 11%
- 5 Years
- 18%
- 3 Years
- 20%
- TTM
- 37%
- 10 Years
- 10%
- 5 Years
- 17%
- 3 Years
- 21%
- TTM
- 55%
- 10 Years
- 15%
- 5 Years
- 25%
- 3 Years
- 36%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 23%
- 5 Years
- 24%
- 3 Years
- 26%
- TTM
- —
P/E and EPS over time
Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.
Peers
Listed companies in the same business.
| B & A | ₹ 360.00 | ₹ 128 Cr. | 150.8x | 0.8x | 29% | — |
| Britannia Industries | ₹ 4,547.80 | ₹ 1,09,542 Cr. | 51.3x | 25.8x | 53.6% | 13.3% |
| Nestle India | ₹ 1,173.45 | ₹ 2,26,278 Cr. | 81.5x | 54.1x | 76.3% | 15.1% |
| Tata Consumer Products | ₹ 960.00 | ₹ 95,010 Cr. | 67.6x | 5x | 7.4% | 8.1% |
| Godrej Industries | ₹ 918.00 | ₹ 30,884 Cr. | 35.7x | 4.1x | 11.6% | 10.9% |
| Patanjali Foods | ₹ 351.00 | ₹ 38,193 Cr. | 19x | 2.8x | 14.8% | 4.5% |
Management
- Tapas Kumar Chatterjee
- Chief Financial Officer
- Binita Pandey
- Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
- Somnath Chatterjee
- Managing Director, Whole Time Director
- Dhruba Jyoti Dowerah
- Whole Time Director
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