Caplin Point Laboratories Limited
NSE: CAPLIPOINTPharmaceuticals
Share price
₹2,548.80
-3.79% close of 8 Oct 2026
Price-based ratios (P/B, dividend yield, EV/EBITDA) are as of 7 Oct 2026, the close above is 8 Oct 2026.
Business score
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75
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹19,116 Cr
P/E ratio
28.7
P/B ratio
5.8
ROCE
24.2%
ROE
20.9%
Dividend yield
0.3%
Price & valuation chart
How the share price and its valuation have moved. Hover over the chart to see any day. Prices as of the last close.
Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 15.0% over the past year, and 26.8% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales improved from 30.8% to 34.8% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 26.8% a year against a sector median of 13.1% — 13.7 percentage points faster.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 28.7× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 78.7×, across 5 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 23.4×, the 80th percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 1.5 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 19%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caplin Point Laboratories Limited — this one | 19%/yr | 28.7× | ₹1.5 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical | 13%/yr | 33.4× | ₹2.6 |
| Divi's Laboratories | 13%/yr | 83.3× | ₹6.4 |
| Torrent Pharmaceuticals | 22%/yr | 78.7× | ₹3.6 |
| Zydus Lifesciences | 32%/yr | 23.1× | ₹0.72 |
| Laurus Labs Limited | 4%/yr | 98.6× | ₹24.7 |
Compared with companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
How it compares with its peers
Against companies the exchange files under the same label (Pharmaceuticals), it ranks 25 of 130 on returns, 12 of 127 on growth, 12 of 130 on margin. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
What makes it hard to beat — and is that still true?
A wide advantage: it earns 24.2% on capital, ahead of 81% of companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
Whether its growth pays for itself
Yes — Over the last five years it made ₹1881 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹869 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹191 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 76 arrived as cash. Its cash comes back more slowly than it used to: it went from being waiting 165 days for its cash to waiting 199 days for its cash.
Profit reality check
Is the profit real cash? Simple checks on the accounts. Facts only, not advice.
8 of 9 checks clear · 89%
Latest result · Q1 FY27
What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.
Revenue rose 20% and profit rose 19% year over year.
Announced 12 Aug 2026 · Consolidated · Unaudited
Revenue
₹610 Cr
Revenue vs last year
+19.7%
Revenue vs last quarter
+1.7%
Net profit
₹179 Cr
Profit vs last year
+18.6%
Profit vs last quarter
+3.5%
Net margin
29.3%
EPS
₹23.27
Earnings call transcript · 12 Aug 2026
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Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹19,116 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹2,548.80
- 52w High
- ₹2,990
- 52w Low
- ₹1,500
- Enterprise value
- ₹18,978 Cr
- Beta
- 1.2
- Price CAGR 1y
- 33.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 35.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 25.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 25.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 16.1%
- PEG ratio
- 1.5
- P/E ratio
- 28.7
- P/B ratio
- 5.8
- EV / EBITDA
- 25.6
- Industry P/E
- 38.0
- ROCE
- 24.2%
- ROCE 5y average
- 26.0%
- ROE
- 20.9%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.1
- Interest coverage
- 804.0
- Dividend yield
- 0.3%
- ROE 3y average
- 22.0%
- ROE last year
- 21.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹2,187 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹650 Cr
- Operating margin
- 35.0%
- Net profit margin
- 29.7%
- EBITDA margin
- 35.0%
- Sales growth 3y
- 14.2%
- Sales growth 5y
- 15.6%
- Profit growth 3y
- 19.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 21.0%
- EPS
- ₹84.4
- Sales growth TTM
- 15.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 18.0%
- Dividend payout
- 9.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹610 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹179 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 19.6%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 18.5%
- OPM latest quarter
- 35.0%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹449
- Face Value
- ₹2.0
- Total debt
- ₹221 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹621 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹221 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 223.7
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹523 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹275 Cr
- FCF yield
- 1.4%
- Net cash flow
- -₹105 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 70.6%
- FII holding
- 5.8%
- DII holding
- 2.5%
- Public holding
- 21.2%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharma.Inds. | 1,781.00 | 33.9 | 4,28,057 | 0.90 | 2,901.2 | 6.0 | 15,299.9 | 10.5 | 20.5 |
| Divi's Lab. | 9,588.00 | 85.5 | 2,54,665 | 0.31 | 902.0 | 65.5 | 3,080.0 | 27.8 | 22.0 |
| Torrent Pharma. | 4,716.20 | 80.3 | 1,79,164 | 0.81 | 566.0 | 5.8 | 4,921.0 | 54.9 | 15.2 |
| Zydus Lifesci. | 1,153.00 | 23.6 | 1,14,963 | 0.09 | 990.2 | -35.1 | 8,017.0 | 22.0 | 21.1 |
| Laurus Labs | 2,052.80 | 101.3 | 1,10,699 | 0.10 | 362.1 | 125.5 | 2,026.3 | 29.1 | 17.8 |
| Cipla | 1,327.20 | 29.9 | 1,06,997 | 0.98 | 785.6 | -39.2 | 7,119.3 | 2.3 | 15.5 |
| Mankind Pharma | 2,500.00 | 48.7 | 1,03,876 | 0.04 | 574.1 | 29.6 | 4,030.6 | 12.9 | 13.5 |
| Caplin Point Lab | 2,649.10 | 30.3 | 20,140 | 0.30 | 179.1 | 15.8 | 610.4 | 19.6 | 24.2 |
| Median | 417.90 | 34.4 | 2,208 | 0.07 | 13.5 | 29.5 | 164.0 | 18.4 | 15.0 |
Competes with: Aurobindo Pharma, Cipla, Divi's Laboratories, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Laurus Labs Limited, Lupin, Mankind Pharma Limited, Sun Pharmaceutical, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Zydus Lifesciences
Quarterly results
Sales and profit for each of the last 13 quarters. Newest on the right. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 395 | 410 | 436 | 453 | 459 | 483 | 493 | 502 | 510 | 534 | 543 | 600 | 610 |
| Expenses | 269 | 273 | 293 | 308 | 307 | 318 | 331 | 334 | 332 | 345 | 353 | 396 | 397 |
| Material Cost | 61 | 74 | 92 | 89 | 102 | 107 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | 1.59 | 8.23 | -3.72 | -2.10 | -66 | -58 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 139 | 114 | 122 | 128 | 209 | 196 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 47 | 43 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 54 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 87 | 94 | 87 | 88 | 98 | 98 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 127 | 137 | 142 | 145 | 152 | 165 | 162 | 168 | 178 | 189 | 190 | 204 | 213 |
| OPM % | 32 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 35 |
| Other Income | 12 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 34 | 28 | 34 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 22 |
| Profit before tax | 127 | 146 | 145 | 146 | 154 | 168 | 177 | 177 | 184 | 201 | 204 | 213 | 225 |
| Tax % | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Net Profit | 104 | 116 | 120 | 121 | 125 | 131 | 140 | 145 | 151 | 160 | 166 | 173 | 179 |
| EPS in Rs | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2015 | Mar 2016 9m | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 252 | 239 | 402 | 540 | 649 | 863 | 1,061 | 1,269 | 1,467 | 1,694 | 1,937 | 2,187 | 2,287 |
| Expenses | 192 | 175 | 276 | 345 | 417 | 603 | 732 | 874 | 1,025 | 1,142 | 1,287 | 1,422 | 1,491 |
| Material Cost | 248 | 357 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | -53 | -64 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 576 | 572 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 178 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 342 | 362 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 60 | 64 | 125 | 195 | 232 | 260 | 329 | 395 | 442 | 552 | 651 | 765 | 797 |
| OPM % | 24 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| Other Income | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 23 | 38 | 55 | 66 | 92 | 111 | 126 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0.04 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.61 | 0.87 | 1 |
| Depreciation | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 45 | 53 | 66 | 73 | 78 |
| Profit before tax | 53 | 60 | 121 | 188 | 227 | 269 | 314 | 386 | 451 | 564 | 677 | 803 | 844 |
| Tax % | 23 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | |
| Net Profit | 41 | 46 | 96 | 145 | 177 | 215 | 251 | 308 | 377 | 461 | 541 | 650 | 678 |
| EPS in Rs | 5.43 | 6.05 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 71 | 84 | 88 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 70 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 18 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 25%
- 5 years
- 16%
- 3 years
- 14%
- TTM
- 15%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 30%
- 5 years
- 21%
- 3 years
- 19%
- TTM
- 18%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 25%
- 5 years
- 25%
- 3 years
- 35%
- 1 year
- 33%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 25%
- 5 years
- 23%
- 3 years
- 22%
- Last year
- 21%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Reserves | 78 | 113 | 210 | 349 | 582 | 858 | 954 | 1,252 | 1,649 | 2,084 | 2,619 | 3,355 |
| Borrowings | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 113 | 235 | 219 | 222 | 219 | 222 | 221 |
| Other Liabilities | 134 | 137 | 133 | 136 | 109 | 139 | 159 | 250 | 305 | 380 | 352 | 446 |
| Minority Interest | 36 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 229 | 267 | 358 | 500 | 743 | 1,126 | 1,364 | 1,736 | 2,191 | 2,698 | 3,208 | 4,038 |
| Fixed Assets | 113 | 144 | 152 | 169 | 227 | 272 | 305 | 287 | 280 | 453 | 546 | 580 |
| CWIP | 31 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 221 | 117 | 144 | 234 |
| Investments | 0 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 70 | 61 | 11 | 89 | 281 | 376 | 590 | 859 |
| Other Assets | 85 | 122 | 186 | 269 | 436 | 772 | 1,033 | 1,343 | 1,410 | 1,753 | 1,928 | 2,365 |
| Total Assets | 229 | 267 | 358 | 500 | 743 | 1,126 | 1,364 | 1,736 | 2,191 | 2,698 | 3,211 | 4,045 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from Operating Activity | 50 | 42 | 68 | 66 | 83 | 45 | 269 | 337 | 271 | 318 | 432 | 523 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -23 | -6 | -36 | -69 | -100 | -54 | -30 | -377 | -216 | -319 | -333 | -582 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -9 | -14 | -7 | -12 | 90 | 80 | -24 | -41 | -28 | -38 | -38 | -46 |
| Net Cash Flow | 19 | 23 | 25 | -14 | 73 | 70 | 215 | -81 | 27 | -39 | 61 | -105 |
| Free Cash Flow | 24 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 18 | -32 | 195 | 246 | 78 | 173 | 240 | 275 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Jun 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 8 | 12 | 30 | 85 | 90 | 97 | 96 | 91 | 98 | 117 | 119 | 138 |
| Inventory Days | 37 | 57 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 210 | 139 | 149 | 159 | 183 | 159 | 181 |
| Days Payable | 112 | 168 | 155 | 144 | 76 | 57 | 68 | 102 | 84 | 116 | 103 | 125 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | -67 | -99 | -81 | -16 | 61 | 251 | 166 | 138 | 173 | 184 | 175 | 194 |
| Working Capital Days | -128 | -114 | -29 | 47 | 104 | 167 | 145 | 165 | 144 | 166 | 174 | 199 |
| ROCE % | 68 | 62 | 68 | 63 | 45 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Price trend
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Industry numbers
The numbers that matter most in this industry, from the company's own filings.
1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive
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2026-03-31
the company's own unlisted debt securities in default at period end
0.00cr
2026-06-30
the company's own loans / revolving facilities in default at period end (standalone filing)
0.00cr
2026-06-30
guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)
0.00cr
2026-03-31
security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)
52,08,383inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Caplin Point Laboratories Limited. Open one to see why it matters.
24 Sept, 19:14 IST · Company event · low impact
Significant increase in volume has been observed in Caplin Point Laboratories Limited.
24 Sept, 17:44 IST · Company event · low impact
Significant increase in volume has been observed in Caplin Point Laboratories Limited.
2 Sept, 18:05 IST · Company event · low impact
Significant increase in volume has been observed in Caplin Point Laboratories Limited.
1 Sept, 18:05 IST · Company event · low impact
Significant increase in volume has been observed in Caplin Point Laboratories Limited.
Supply chain
Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.
Competes with
Uses as raw material
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), intermediates & key starting materials (KSMs)
- Medical disposables
- Outsourced / purchased finished formulations (stock-in-trade)
- Packing materials (glass vials, plastics)
- Solvents
Sells to
- Own Latin America / Francophone Africa front-end (branded-generic wholesale, retail pharmacies & government institutional tenders via Caplin's own LatAm subsidiaries) · finished pharmaceutical formulations (injectables, softgels, orals, ophthalmics, topicals)
About
What the company is, from our own records: where it sits, where it makes things, and what it is made of.
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Classification
- Healthcare › Pharmaceuticals
- ISIN
- INE475E01026
Business segments
- Rest of the World · 79%
- USA · 21%
Plants
- CP-I (Caplin Point Laboratories Unit-I)
- CP-IV (Caplin Steriles Ltd)
- CP-LL1 (Caplin Point Laboratories LL-1)
- CP-LL2 (Caplin Point Laboratories LL-2)
- CP-X API plant
- Caplin One Labs Ltd (COL) oncology unit
- Thervoy SIPCOT oncology & general-category API facility
News impact
Big market events that reach Caplin Point Laboratories Limited, and how the effect spreads.
11 Sept, 04:38 IST · Market event · low impact
Govt plans central licensing for all sterile drug manufacturing after quality lapses
India will license all sterile-drug plants centrally after quality lapses, raising compliance costs for injectable makers like Gland and Aurobindo.
Who it hits first
- Sterile-injectable makers (Gland, Aurobindo, Lupin, Caplin, Shilpa) face new licensing layer
- Small job-work sterile units face consolidation pressure
- CDSCO capacity becomes the approval bottleneck
Who may gain
- Large compliant players gain share as small units exit
- Testing and validation service firms gain business
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Hospitals pay slightly more for assured-quality injectables.
Upstream
API and vial suppliers see steadier demand from compliant makers.
Where demand moves
Business
Plants undergo central audits; documentation and QA headcount rise; approvals add months to greenfield timelines.
Capital
Money favours large, audit-ready pharma over small sterile job-workers.
How it spreads across sectors
Healthcare
injectable compliance cost rises; consolidation favours leaders
When it plays out
Immediate
Injectable stocks soften on cost headlines.
Medium term
Cleaner industry commands better US/EU pricing power.
Short term
Watch draft rules, timelines and grandfathering clauses.
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 18 Sep 2026 | unspecified | ₹4 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2026 | interim | ₹4 |
| 12 Sep 2025 | unspecified | ₹3 |
| 30 May 2025 | interim | ₹3 |
| 23 Sep 2024 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 31 May 2024 | interim | ₹2.5 |
| 14 Sep 2023 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 9 Jun 2023 | interim | ₹2 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 9 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 1, insert 7), 2016-10-30..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 30 Oct 2016
Documents
Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.
- Annual report · 2025-263 Sep 2026
- Earnings call · Q1FY2712 Aug 2026
- Results presentation30 Jun 2026
- Earnings call · Q4FY2614 May 2026
- Earnings call · Q3FY265 Feb 2026
- Annual report · 2024-2530 Aug 2025
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