Synopsis: Avanti Feeds’ FY26 investor presentation reveals a divergence between its two segments: the processing business benefited from improved selling price realisations, Fx tailwinds, and a 20 percent rise in sales volumes, while the feed segment absorbed escalating raw material costs on nearly flat volumes; with North America accounting for 68 percent of processed shrimp revenue and feed volume growth at just 1.2 percent year-on-year, both the earnings driver and the concentration risk sit squarely in the processing segment.
A leading aquaculture company came into focus after filing its FY26 investor presentation with BSE, disclosing full-year operating volumes, segment-level profitability drivers, and geographic revenue distribution across its shrimp feed and shrimp processing businesses. The year produced a split outcome: the processing arm gained from better realisations and currency movement, while the feed segment absorbed input cost inflation that compressed margins.
With a market capitalization of Rs. 14,168.18 crore, the shares of Avanti Feeds were last trading at Rs. 1,039.90 per share, up 0.54 percent from its previous close of Rs.1,034.30. It is trading at a P/E of 17.27.
Shrimp Processing: The FY26 Earnings Driver
The processing and export segment did the growth work in FY26. Total processed shrimp sales reached 16,976 metric tons for the full year, up approximately 20 percent from 14,149 MT in FY25, the sharpest volume expansion in either segment by a considerable distance. Management attributed the revenue jump to three factors: improved average selling price realisations, enhanced operational efficiency across processing lines, and favourable foreign exchange rates. All three aligned over the year.
Geographically, North America held 68.3 percent of processed shrimp revenue in FY26, close to the 64.5 percent recorded in FY25. Europe grew to 17.4 percent from 15 percent, while Asia’s share moderated to 13.9 percent after reaching 19.5 percent in FY25. Roughly two-thirds of processing output flowing into a single geography is Avanti’s most visible risk concentration; any trade friction, currency reversal, or demand softness in the US market would land directly and disproportionately on segment profitability. Q4 FY26 volumes reinforced this pattern, with North America accounting for 63.3 percent of that quarter’s processing sales.
Shrimp Feed: Flat Volumes, Margin Pressure
The feed business told a different story. Full-year FY26 feed production came in at 567,986 MT, up just 1.7 percent from 558,476 MT in FY25, with sales volumes at 562,060 MT equally flat against FY25’s 555,248 MT. Raw material price escalation soybean meal, fish meal, and wheat derivatives are the primary cost lines in shrimp feed compressed margins across the segment for much of the year. Management flagged this directly in the presentation as the source of feed-side profit pressure.
Q4 FY26 feed production was 139,407 MT against sales of 123,725 MT, compared to Q4 FY25’s production of 140,423 MT and sales of 129,711 MT, a slight year-on-year decline in both metrics. The gap between Q4 production and sales volumes implies some inventory was carried into Q1 FY27, a data point worth tracking in the next quarterly disclosure.
Financials
Avanti Feeds has been in a margin recovery since the FY22 trough when OPM compressed to 6 percent. Operating margins expanded to 9 percent in FY24, 11 percent in FY25, and 12 percent in FY26. The company is nearly debt-free, with interest costs around Rs. 3 crore. Other income at Rs. 199 crore (predominantly treasury returns) contributes roughly 22.59 percent of pre-tax profit, which means reported PAT is partially insulated from operating volatility by investment income. Investors should price that cushion correctly; it buffers earnings but does not reflect operating leverage. For FY26, Avanti reported consolidated revenue of Rs. 6,066 crore and net profit of Rs. 657 crore.
Business Overview
Avanti Feeds Limited is one of India’s leading seafood companies, operating a vertically integrated “farm-to-fork” aquaculture model. Established in 1993, the company manages an extensive infrastructure that includes hatcheries, feed mills, aquaculture farms, and processing plants. Through a long-standing strategic collaboration with the global seafood leader Thai Union Group, Avanti Feeds delivers scientifically formulated shrimp feed and high-quality, fully traceable processed shrimp products to global markets.
The company works closely with a network of over 16,000 farmers, providing them with technical assistance and sustainable pond management guidance to enhance productivity while strictly adhering to international food safety standards.
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