Information agency Credinform presents a ranking of the largest Russian grain manufacturers in terms of product profitability ratio.

The companies with the highest volume of revenue were selected for this ranking according to the data for the latest available period (2014). These enterprises were ranked by decrease in product profitability ratio. (Table 1).

Product profitability (%) is calculated as the ratio of sales profit to expenses from ordinary activities. In general, profitability reflects the economic efficiency of production. Product profitability analysis allows us to make a conclusion whether output of one or another product is reasonable. There are no prescribed values for indicators of this group, because they vary strongly depending on the industry.

LLC AGRO-INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION AST COMPANY M and JSC KUBAN AGRO have got the highest revenue in the industry for 2014. According to the product profitability ratio, these enterprises take ninth and fifth places. Shares of each of those in total revenue volume of TOP-10 companies are more than 21%.

LLC AVANGARD-AGRO ORYOL demonstrates the highest product profitability ratio 65,6%.

Following the results of 2014, increase in revenue is observed for all TOP-10 companies, and LLC KURSK AGROAKTIV and LLC ORLOVSKIY LIDER showed decrease in net profit or loss.

SUE AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGICAL STATION TSENTRALNAYA of the Republic of Bashkortostan has got negative value of product profitability ratio.

In general, summarizing the financial and nonfinancial data, eight companies from the TOP-10 list have got the highest or high solvency index Globas-i. This demonstrates their ability to pay off the debts in time and to the full extent.

LLC KURSK AGROAKTIV has got satisfactory solvency index Globas-i due to the information about company being a defendant in debt collection arbitration proceedings, as well as about loss in financial accounts.

LLC ORLOVSKIY LIDER has got unsatisfactory solvency index Globas-i due to the information about bankruptcy claim.

The average product profitability value among TOP-10 companies in 2014 is 34,86%.

Total revenue volume of TOP-10 companies in 2014 is 23,3 bln RUB, that is 55% higher than in 2013. Total net profit of this group for the same period increased more than double.

In general, enterprises operate profitably. The industry demonstrates positive dynamics in grain production. According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), grain realization by the enterprises of all kinds has been constantly growing since 2012. (Picture 2).

According to recent data of Rosstat, grain and leguminous crops were harvested at farms of all kinds (th tons):

Grain producing companies are located in regions with the best environment for agricultural production. According to the data of the Information and analytical system Globas-i, 100 largest companies are registered in 27 regions in terms of revenue volume for 2014. Most of them are registered in the following regions (TOP-9 regions):

Over 120 000 financial accountings for 2015 are available in the Information system GLOBAS-i®.

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