Hester Biosciences Limited
NSE: HESTERBIOPharmaceuticals
Share price
₹2,069.90
-4.49% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
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63
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹1,863 Cr
P/E ratio
35.1
P/B ratio
4.9
ROCE
15.2%
ROE
16.0%
Dividend yield
0.5%
Price & valuation chart
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Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 4.1% over the past year, and 16.0% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales improved from 22.0% to 25.8% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 16.0% a year against a sector median of 13.1% — 2.9 percentage points faster.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 35.1× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 30.8×, across 5 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 51.2×, the 9th percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 1.4 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 26%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hester Biosciences Limited — this one | 26%/yr | 35.1× | ₹1.4 |
| 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 |
| Cipla | 10%/yr | 29.6× | ₹3.0 |
| Dr Reddy's Laboratories | -4%/yr | 30.8× | — |
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 59 of 130 on returns, 38 of 127 on growth, 38 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 narrow advantage: it earns 15.2% on capital, ahead of 55% 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
No — Over the last five years it made ₹210 crore of cash from the business but spent ₹236 crore on plant and equipment, ₹26 crore more than it made; the gap was from shareholders — borrowings did not rise. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 129 arrived as cash (before interest, which is why it can exceed the profit). Its cash comes back faster than it used to: it went from being waiting 113 days for its cash to waiting 54 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.
Announced 30 Jul 2026 · Consolidated
Revenue
₹77 Cr
Revenue vs last year
-8.0%
Revenue vs last quarter
-22.8%
Net profit
₹97 Cr
Profit vs last year
+469.0%
Profit vs last quarter
+469.0%
Net margin
125.2%
EPS
₹113.71
Earnings call transcript · 30 Jul 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
- ₹1,863 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹2,069.90
- 52w High
- ₹2,684
- 52w Low
- ₹1,239
- Enterprise value
- ₹2,051 Cr
- Beta
- 0.8
- Price CAGR 1y
- 23.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 9.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- -3.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 11.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 8.4%
- PEG ratio
- 1.3
- P/E ratio
- 35.1
- P/B ratio
- 4.9
- EV / EBITDA
- 23.6
- Industry P/E
- 38.0
- ROCE
- 15.2%
- ROCE 5y average
- 11.4%
- ROE
- 16.0%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.5
- Interest coverage
- 7.9
- Dividend yield
- 0.5%
- ROE 3y average
- 11.0%
- ROE last year
- 16.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹333 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹57 Cr
- Operating margin
- 26.0%
- Net profit margin
- 17.1%
- EBITDA margin
- 26.1%
- Sales growth 3y
- 7.8%
- Sales growth 5y
- 9.2%
- Profit growth 3y
- 26.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 8.0%
- EPS
- ₹65.4
- Sales growth TTM
- 4.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 41.0%
- Dividend payout
- 17.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹77 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹97 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- -8.2%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 470.6%
- OPM latest quarter
- 29.5%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹401
- Face Value
- ₹10.0
- Total debt
- ₹195 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹7 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹195 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 39.1
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹64 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹47 Cr
- FCF yield
- 1.9%
- Net cash flow
- -₹3 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 53.7%
- FII holding
- 0.3%
- DII holding
- 0.0%
- Public holding
- 46.0%
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 | 33.8 | 4,27,322 | 0.90 | 2,901.2 | 6.0 | 15,299.9 | 10.5 | 20.5 |
| Divi's Lab. | 9,588.00 | 85.4 | 2,54,531 | 0.31 | 902.0 | 65.5 | 3,080.0 | 27.8 | 22.0 |
| Torrent Pharma. | 4,716.20 | 80.4 | 1,79,389 | 0.81 | 566.0 | 5.8 | 4,921.0 | 54.9 | 15.2 |
| Zydus Lifesci. | 1,153.00 | 23.6 | 1,15,012 | 0.09 | 990.2 | -35.1 | 8,017.0 | 22.0 | 21.1 |
| Laurus Labs | 2,052.80 | 101.4 | 1,10,915 | 0.10 | 362.1 | 125.5 | 2,026.3 | 29.1 | 17.8 |
| Cipla | 1,327.20 | 30.0 | 1,07,221 | 0.98 | 785.6 | -39.2 | 7,119.3 | 2.3 | 15.5 |
| Mankind Pharma | 2,500.00 | 48.4 | 1,03,261 | 0.04 | 574.1 | 29.6 | 4,030.6 | 12.9 | 13.5 |
| Hester Bios | 2,167.20 | 34.7 | 1,844 | 0.51 | 96.7 | -4.0 | 77.2 | -8.2 | 15.3 |
| Median | 417.90 | 34.5 | 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 | 88 | 70 | 67 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 63 | 82 | 84 | 71 | 77 | 100 | 77 |
| Expenses | 73 | 57 | 57 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 54 |
| Material Cost | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 14 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | 0.48 | 4.32 | 2.03 | -3.26 | -7.50 | -2.30 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 4.70 | 4.59 | -0.14 | 5.65 | 5.65 | 5.66 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 28 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 23 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 23 |
| OPM % | 16 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 8.02 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 23 | 34 | 29 |
| Other Income | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 89 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.94 | 85 | |||||||
| Interest | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Depreciation | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Profit before tax | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 102 |
| Tax % | 25 | 40 | 37 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 59 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 34 | 5 |
| Net Profit | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 97 |
| EPS in Rs | 6.90 | 4.81 | 4.68 | 5.82 | 7.45 | 9.64 | 14 | 1.52 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 114 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 1.82 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 114 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 90 | 101 | 123 | 136 | 178 | 183 | 214 | 235 | 266 | 305 | 311 | 333 | 326 |
| Expenses | 64 | 67 | 82 | 89 | 110 | 128 | 146 | 175 | 215 | 251 | 250 | 246 | 239 |
| Material Cost | 64 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | 6.78 | -4.41 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 18 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 62 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 99 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 25 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 68 | 55 | 69 | 60 | 51 | 54 | 62 | 87 | 87 |
| OPM % | 28 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 27 |
| Other Income | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 105 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 2.94 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Depreciation | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| Profit before tax | 18 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 57 | 41 | 50 | 54 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 76 | 157 |
| Tax % | 26 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 24 | |
| Net Profit | 13 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 57 | 137 |
| EPS in Rs | 16 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 49 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 65 | 160 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 34 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 19 | 18 | 19 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 17 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 13%
- 5 years
- 9%
- 3 years
- 8%
- TTM
- 4%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 11%
- 5 years
- 8%
- 3 years
- 26%
- TTM
- 41%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 11%
- 5 years
- -3%
- 3 years
- 9%
- 1 year
- 23%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 14%
- 5 years
- 12%
- 3 years
- 11%
- Last year
- 16%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 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 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.51 | 8.51 |
| Reserves | 76 | 93 | 113 | 132 | 169 | 193 | 220 | 251 | 271 | 283 | 306 | 352 |
| Borrowings | 55 | 59 | 66 | 69 | 90 | 121 | 105 | 228 | 274 | 244 | 213 | 195 |
| Other Liabilities | 20 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 65 | 78 | 74 | 116 | 126 | 126 | 123 |
| Minority Interest | 12 | 7.55 | ||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 160 | 186 | 213 | 244 | 299 | 387 | 411 | 562 | 670 | 662 | 653 | 678 |
| Fixed Assets | 60 | 65 | 102 | 110 | 145 | 143 | 133 | 237 | 259 | 240 | 233 | 411 |
| CWIP | 33 | 36 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 74 | 109 | 82 | 149 | 171 | 183 | 9 |
| Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 43 |
| Other Assets | 68 | 85 | 89 | 102 | 148 | 170 | 169 | 222 | 237 | 221 | 203 | 215 |
| Total Assets | 160 | 186 | 213 | 244 | 299 | 387 | 411 | 562 | 670 | 662 | 653 | 678 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 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 | 20 | 19 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 37 | 58 | 9 | 24 | 48 | 65 | 64 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -21 | -13 | -30 | -26 | -21 | -73 | -42 | -117 | -77 | -22 | -20 | -18 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | 7 | -7 | 2 | -11 | 3 | 19 | -18 | 112 | 42 | -26 | -52 | -49 |
| Net Cash Flow | 5 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | -17 | -2 | 3 | -12 | -0 | -7 | -3 |
| Free Cash Flow | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | -36 | 17 | -87 | -54 | 24 | 44 | 47 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Mar 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 | 72 | 95 | 79 | 87 | 67 | 116 | 84 | 86 | 109 | 94 | 86 | 105 |
| Inventory Days | 431 | 627 | 376 | 505 | 540 | 834 | 452 | 424 | 399 | 288 | 291 | 323 |
| Days Payable | 68 | 109 | 84 | 100 | 93 | 261 | 204 | 101 | 141 | 98 | 122 | 110 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 434 | 614 | 371 | 491 | 514 | 690 | 332 | 409 | 367 | 284 | 255 | 318 |
| Working Capital Days | 76 | 112 | 90 | 82 | 106 | 104 | 134 | 113 | 88 | 112 | 74 | 54 |
| ROCE % | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
Price trend
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Industry numbers
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1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive
0.00flag
2026-03-31
company capacity utilisation %
65.00pct
2026-06-30
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
net debt from the filed balance sheet at the newest year end: Borrowings − Cash Equivalents − Investments (Current); negative = net cash
188inr_cr
2026-03-31
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)
53,70,147inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Hester Biosciences Limited. Open one to see why it matters.
No recent news for this company.
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
- Biological culture media
- Feed-supplement raw materials (vitamins, trace minerals, enzymes)
- Packaging (vials, ampoules, stoppers, caps)
- SPF embryonated eggs (vaccine substrate)
- Vaccine adjuvants (mineral oil / Montanide)
Buys drug ingredients from
- Maine Biological Laboratories (USA)
- Novapharma (Egypt)
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
- INE782E01017
Business segments
- Poultry Healthcare · 62%
- Animal Healthcare · 38%
Plants
- Hester Biosciences Africa (HBAL)
- Hester Biosciences Mehsana biological complex
- Hester Biosciences Nepal (HBNPL)
- Hester R&D and Diagnostic Laboratory (Kadi)
News impact
Big market events that reach Hester Biosciences Limited, and how the effect spreads.
No recent market events reach this company.
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 14 Jul 2026 | unspecified | ₹11 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2025 | unspecified | ₹7 |
| 22 Aug 2024 | unspecified | ₹6 |
| 13 Sep 2023 | unspecified | ₹8 |
| 11 Aug 2022 | unspecified | ₹10 |
| 5 Aug 2021 | unspecified | ₹10 |
| 27 Aug 2020 | unspecified | ₹6.6 |
| 18 Jul 2019 | unspecified | ₹7 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 8 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 0, 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.
- Earnings call6 Aug 2026
- Earnings call · Q1FY2730 Jul 2026
- Annual report · 2025-2618 Jun 2026
- Earnings call · Q4FY2615 May 2026
- Earnings call · Q3FY2630 Jan 2026
- Earnings call12 Nov 2025
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