Please guess what I am talking about! Okay, Here is another clue –
Oh yeah! The Stabilizer and today’s Wealth Creator is V-Guard Industries. I myself did not know so much about this company until my Ex-Manager popped up this name. This is his Ex-company. Ex-Manager’s Ex-Company, Weird ?!? Aaargh!
A Look into the history of V-Guard –
- Started in 1977, when Kochouseph Chittilappilly set out to build a brand in the Indian electric and electronic goods industry
- Started with a small manufacturing unit for voltage stabilizers, a capital of Rs.100,000 and two employees
- the company now has over 500 distributors, 30,000 retailers, and branches across India
- Got listed in 2008 (Available for public investments)
- Company had a sales of Rs 200 Crores in 2008 and since then has shown solid growth.
- In 2017-2018, V-Guard has revenue of Rs 2,300 Crores earning a net profit of Rs 133 Crores.
- It also Owns Wonderla, the amusement park
- It employs 2,096 FTE.
So you see only the dividends are enough to beat the FD returns handsomely. Basically all it means for us is that we have got our 1 lac investment back and the 50 lacs worth of shares we have is free.. May be, it seems, there is a thing called “Free Lunch” after all.