Cosmo First Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Cosmo First's CEO is Pankaj Poddar, appointed in Feb 2011, has a tenure of 13.92 years. directly owns 0.53% of the company’s shares, worth ₹136.85M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 11.8 years and 9.7 years respectively.

Key information

Pankaj Poddar

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	13.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.5%
Management average tenure	11.8yrs
Board average tenure	9.7yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Pankaj Poddar (48 yo)

13.9yrs

Tenure

Mr. Pankaj Poddar serves as Non-Independent Director of Cosmo Ferrites Limited since May 12, 2022. He served as Group Chief Executive Officer of Cosmo First Limited (formerly known as Cosmo Films Limited)...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ashok Jaipuria	Chairman & MD	48.3yrs	₹137.43m	1.29% ₹ 331.4m
Anil Jain	Director of Corporate Affairs & Whole Time Director	no data	₹20.88m	0.0038% ₹ 980.5k
Pankaj Poddar	Chief Executive Officer	13.9yrs	no data	0.53% ₹ 136.8m
Neeraj Jain	Senior VP & CFO	11.8yrs	no data	0.011% ₹ 3.0m
Jyoti Gupta	Compliance Officer & Company Secretary	12.1yrs	no data	no data
Deepak Gupta	Head of Legal	no data	no data	no data
Kulbhushan Malik	Business Head - Films Division & Head of Global Sales	no data	no data	no data
Ashima Roona	Vice President of Human Resources	4yrs	no data	no data
Sanjay Chincholikar	Business Head of Rigid Packaging & Window Films and Head of Operations	no data	no data	0.12% ₹ 29.9m
Shailesh Verma	Global Sales Head of Packaging & Lamination (expots) - Cosmo Films	4yrs	no data	no data
Kapil Anand	Global Head of Speciality Films & Domestic Head - Cosmo Films	9.8yrs	no data	no data
Sandeep Dutta	President of North America - Cosmo Films	no data	no data	no data

11.8yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 508814's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ashok Jaipuria	Chairman & MD	48.3yrs	₹137.43m	1.29% ₹ 331.4m
Anil Jain	Director of Corporate Affairs & Whole Time Director	13.7yrs	₹20.88m	0.0038% ₹ 980.5k
Hoshang Sinor	Independent Director	9.7yrs	₹1.55m	no data
Pratip Chaudhuri	Non-Independent Director	10.2yrs	₹1.50m	no data
Arjun Singh	Non-Executive Independent Director	3.3yrs	₹2.35m	no data
Alpana Shah	Independent Director	10.9yrs	₹1.48m	no data
Anil Wadhwa	Independent Director	6.7yrs	₹1.48m	0.00076% ₹ 195.6k
Rakesh Nangia	Independent Director	4.2yrs	₹1.55m	0.12% ₹ 30.5m
Yash Syngal	Non-Executive Independent Director	1.2yrs	₹536.00k	no data

9.7yrs

Average Tenure

71yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 508814's board of directors are considered experienced (9.7 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/08 09:25
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Cosmo First Limited is covered by 3 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Kameswari V. S. Chavali	FirstCall Research
Akul Broachwala	IIFL Research
Govind Saboo	IndiaNivesh Securities Limited

Cosmo First Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Board Member recently sold ₹16m worth of stock

Senior VP & CFO recently sold ₹14m worth of stock

Insufficient new directors

Board Member recently sold ₹14m worth of stock

Cosmo First Limited Announces the Retirement of H.K. Agrawal as an Independent Director

Cosmo First Limited, Annual General Meeting, Aug 02, 2024

Recent updates

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Board Member recently sold ₹16m worth of stock

Senior VP & CFO recently sold ₹14m worth of stock

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: ₹17.65 (vs ₹8.31 in 2Q 2024)

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2024

Insufficient new directors

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

New minor risk - Share price stability

Board Member recently sold ₹14m worth of stock

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: ₹11.95 (vs ₹5.37 in 1Q 2024)

Cosmo First Limited Approves Dividend

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Aug 08, 2024

Cosmo First Limited Announces the Retirement of H.K. Agrawal as an Independent Director

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: ₹23.99 (vs ₹90.87 in FY 2023)

Dividend reduced to ₹3.00

Cosmo First Limited, Annual General Meeting, Aug 02, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Board Member recently sold ₹7.0m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 21%

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: ₹23.99 (vs ₹90.87 in FY 2023)

Cosmo First Limited Recommends Final Dividend for the F.Y. 2023-24

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q4, 2024 Results on May 15, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Board Member recently sold ₹4.3m worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

New major risk - Financial position

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: ₹4.38 (vs ₹16.95 in 3Q 2023)

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Feb 13, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: ₹8.31 (vs ₹27.17 in 2Q 2023)

Cosmo First Limited Appoints Yash Pal Syngal as Non-Executive Independent Director

Cosmo First Limited Announces Re-Designation of Ritesh Pensalwar from Associate-VP(Manufacturing) to Head Operations- Films Business for India

Cosmo First Limited Announces Appointment of Sushen Roy as Business Head of Petcare (Zigly) Division

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Aug 10, 2023

Upcoming dividend of ₹5.00 per share at 0.8% yield

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₹90.87 (vs ₹148 in FY 2022)

Cosmo First Limited, Annual General Meeting, Aug 04, 2023

Cosmo First Limited (NSEI:COSMOFIRST) completed the acquisition of Online Sales Business of Petcare Products of Petsy Stores Private Limited.

Chairman & MD recently bought ₹35m worth of stock

Cosmo First Limited (NSEI:COSMOFIRST) entered into definitive agreement to acquire online sales business of Petcare Products of Petsy Stores Private Limited.

Insider recently sold ₹5.2m worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₹90.86 (vs ₹148 in FY 2022)

Cosmo First Limited Recommends Final Dividend for F.Y 2022-23

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q4, 2023 Results on May 29, 2023

Insider recently sold ₹2.3m worth of stock

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₹16.95 (vs ₹38.85 in 3Q 2022)

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Feb 14, 2023

Group Chief Financial Officer recently sold ₹8.3m worth of stock

Cosmo First Limited (BSE:508814) announces an Equity Buyback for 1,009,345 shares, representing 3.7% for INR 108 million.

Cosmo First Limited (BSE:508814) announces an Equity Buyback for 1,009,345 shares, representing 3.7% for INR 108 million.

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₹27.17 (vs ₹36.33 in 2Q 2022)

Cosmo First Limited to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Nov 14, 2022

Chairman & MD recently bought ₹7.9m worth of stock

Chairman & MD recently bought ₹9.4m worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: ₹34.60 (vs ₹32.37 in 1Q 2022)

Cosmo First Limited Appoints Kulbhushan Malik as Global Business Head

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Board Member recently sold ₹4.9m worth of stock

Cosmo Films Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 29, 2022

Board Member recently sold ₹2.6m worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: ₹222 (vs ₹127 in FY 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Board Member recently sold ₹3.5m worth of stock

Board Member recently sold ₹3.4m worth of stock

Cosmo Films Limited Names Ambarish Sikarwar as Business Head, Zigly

Group Chief Executive Officer recently sold ₹6.3m worth of stock

Third quarter 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations