- CEO
- Alejandro Gustavo Elsztain
- Full Time Employees
- 2,760
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Address
- Carlos M. Della Paolera 261 Buenos Aires Argentina C1001ADA
- IPO Date
- Jan 3, 2000
- Business
- Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. is an Argentine agribusiness company founded in 1936 and headquartered in Buenos Aires that acquires, develops, and exploits agricultural lands for crop production, cattle raising, sugarcane cultivation, and land leasing; it produces oilseed grains including soybeans, cereals such as corn and wheat, meat products, and sugar cane, while providing agency and agro-industrial services through platforms like Agrofy for e-commerce and FyO for agricultural inputs and machinery; operations span Argentina, Brazil via 38.9%-owned subsidiary BrasilAgro (BOVESPA:AGRO3, NYSE:LND), Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and selective investments elsewhere, with real estate exposure through subsidiary IRSA (BYMA:IRS, NYSE:IRS) encompassing shopping malls, offices, hotels, and developments in Argentina and Israel. The company lists ordinary shares on BYMA (CRES) and NASDAQ (CRESY), American Depositary Shares on NASDAQ (CRESY), and warrants expiring March 2026 on NASDAQ (CRESW) and BYMA (CRE3W), which entitle holders to ordinary shares at USD 0.3669 per share with a 1.5417 conversion ratio. Recent developments include multiple warrant exercises in 2025, notably November yielding 16.9 million new shares and USD 6.2 million, alongside ongoing issuances of local notes such as Series L, XLIX (USD 31.3 million equivalent), and XLVIII (USD 43.7 million equivalent); land sales like a 3,630-hectare Los Pozos fraction in Argentina for USD 2.2 million (with BrasilAgro's Alto Taquari and Preferencia disposals), cash dividends (e.g., ARS 45 billion in November 2024 yielding 7%), treasury share distributions, shares buyback completions, credit rating upgrades to AAA(arg) by FIX SCR in March 2025, new RTRS certifications for responsible soy and corn at seven Argentine sites, and sustainability report releases for FY2024 and 2025.