Cosmo First Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Cosmo First's CEO is Pankaj Poddar, appointed in Feb 2011, has a tenure of 13.58 years. directly owns 0.68% of the company’s shares, worth ₹138.98M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 11.5 years and 9.3 years respectively.

Key information

Pankaj Poddar

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	13.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.7%
Management average tenure	11.5yrs
Board average tenure	9.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Cosmo First's (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Shareholders Will Receive A Smaller Dividend Than Last Year

Jul 26

Weak Statutory Earnings May Not Tell The Whole Story For Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST)

Jul 17

Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Will Pay A Smaller Dividend Than Last Year

Jul 12

There's Reason For Concern Over Cosmo First Limited's (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Massive 37% Price Jump

Jun 21

Benign Growth For Cosmo First Limited (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Underpins Its Share Price

Apr 25

Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Is Achieving High Returns On Its Capital

Apr 04

Investors Should Be Encouraged By Cosmo Films' (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Returns On Capital

May 12

These 4 Measures Indicate That Cosmo Films (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Mar 18

Is Cosmo Films Limited's(NSE:COSMOFILMS) Recent Stock Performance Tethered To Its Strong Fundamentals?

Mar 11

Could The Cosmo Films Limited (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Ownership Structure Tell Us Something Useful?

Feb 26

Is Cosmo Films (NSE:COSMOFILMS) A Risky Investment?

Feb 13

Why You Might Be Interested In Cosmo Films Limited (NSE:COSMOFILMS) For Its Upcoming Dividend

Jan 31

Can You Imagine How Cosmo Films' (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Shareholders Feel About The 86% Share Price Increase?

Jan 29

Here's Why I Think Cosmo Films (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Is An Interesting Stock

Jan 16

Cosmo Films (NSE:COSMOFILMS): Are Investors Overlooking Returns On Capital?

Dec 21

CEO

Pankaj Poddar (48 yo)

13.6yrs

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	47.9yrs	₹137.43m	43.95% ₹ 9.0b
Anil Jain	Director of Corporate Affairs & Whole Time Director	no data	₹20.88m	0.16% ₹ 32.9m
Pankaj Poddar	Chief Executive Officer	13.6yrs	no data	0.68% ₹ 139.0m
Neeraj Jain	Senior VP & CFO	11.5yrs	no data	0.089% ₹ 18.4m
Jyoti Gupta	Compliance Officer & Company Secretary	11.8yrs	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	3.7yrs	no data	no data
Sanjay Chincholikar	Business Head of Rigid Packaging & Window Films and Head of Operations	no data	no data	0.092% ₹ 18.9m
Shailesh Verma	Global Sales Head of Packaging & Lamination (expots) - Cosmo Films	3.7yrs	no data	no data
Kapil Anand	Global Head of Speciality Films & Domestic Head - Cosmo Films	9.4yrs	no data	no data
Sandeep Dutta	President of North America - Cosmo Films	no data	no data	no data

11.5yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: COSMOFIRST's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ashok Jaipuria	Chairman & MD	47.9yrs	₹137.43m	43.95% ₹ 9.0b
Anil Jain	Director of Corporate Affairs & Whole Time Director	13.3yrs	₹20.88m	0.16% ₹ 32.9m
Hoshang Sinor	Independent Director	9.3yrs	₹1.55m	no data
Pratip Chaudhuri	Non-Independent Director	9.8yrs	₹1.50m	no data
Arjun Singh	Non-Executive Independent Director	2.9yrs	₹2.35m	no data
Alpana Shah	Independent Director	10.6yrs	₹1.48m	no data
Anil Wadhwa	Independent Director	6.3yrs	₹1.48m	0.00076% ₹ 156.4k
Rakesh Nangia	Independent Director	3.8yrs	₹1.55m	0.12% ₹ 24.4m
Yash Syngal	Non-Executive Independent Director	less than a year	₹536.00k	no data

9.3yrs

Average Tenure

71yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: COSMOFIRST's board of directors are considered experienced (9.3 years average tenure).

Cosmo First Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

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

Board Member recently sold ₹7.0m worth of stock

Board Member recently sold ₹4.3m worth of stock

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

Recent updates

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

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's (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Shareholders Will Receive A Smaller Dividend Than Last Year

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

Weak Statutory Earnings May Not Tell The Whole Story For Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST)

Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Will Pay A Smaller Dividend Than Last Year

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%

There's Reason For Concern Over Cosmo First Limited's (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Massive 37% Price Jump

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

Benign Growth For Cosmo First Limited (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Underpins Its Share Price

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

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

Cosmo First (NSE:COSMOFIRST) Is Achieving High Returns On Its Capital

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

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

Investors Should Be Encouraged By Cosmo Films' (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Returns On Capital

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

These 4 Measures Indicate That Cosmo Films (NSE:COSMOFILMS) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

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