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Peers are the listed companies in the exchange's own industry group: Pharmaceuticals. Balance-sheet figures are from the latest filed balance sheet; trends show each financial year we hold.
Latest quarterIn the quarter to June 2026 (results filed 13 Aug 2026), sales rose 20.8% from a year earlier to Rs 2,788 cr and profit rose 82.2% to Rs 424 cr.
- Sales grew 4 years running (Rs 5,830 cr in FY22 to Rs 9,646 cr in FY26).
- Profit grew 3 years running (Rs 479 cr in FY23 to Rs 1,184 cr in FY26).
- Operating margin rose from 14.8% in FY23 to 20.5% in FY26.
- Debt to equity fell 3 years running (0.25 to 0.07).
Each line is written by a fixed rule from the company's own filings and share price, and names the figures it uses. It describes what happened; it is not advice about the share.
Over the last 20 results, the share rose on 6 and fell on 14, and moved by 3% or more on 7.
Q1 FY27: results filed 13 Aug 2026. The share went from its close on 12 Aug 2026 to its close on 14 Aug 2026 -1.83%.
Ipca is one of the few Indian pharma companies with a major position in anti-malarial drugs, selling both finished medicines and bulk active ingredients to global public-health buyers such as the WHO, not just retail patients. It is also a large API exporter, so a meaningful share of revenue comes from selling raw drug ingredients to other manufacturers. Some of its plants have carried US FDA import alerts in the past.
Pharmaceuticals - APIs & Formulations
Anti-malarial, cardiovascular, anti-diabetic, pain-management and anti-infective medicines, sold both as finished formulations and as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) supplied to other drugmakers.
Retail patients in India for branded formulations, international public-health buyers such as the WHO for anti-malarials, and other pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide who buy its bulk active ingredients as raw material.
Earns higher margins on branded formulations sold in India and thinner, volume-driven margins on bulk API exports. Profitability is sensitive to raw material costs, global anti-malarial demand and tender cycles, and whether its manufacturing plants stay in good standing with regulators such as the US FDA, since an import alert can block a plant's US-bound exports.
Of every Rs 100 of sales in FY26, Rs 79 went on running costs, Rs 4.3 on depreciation, Rs 0.8 on interest and Rs 3.9 on tax; Rs 12 was left as profit.
Thin bar: money in (sales plus other income). Thick bar: where it went. Each year is scaled to its own sales, so the bars compare shares, not size.
Per year, compounded, between financial years FY26 and the year named; only spans our filings cover. The faint bar is the latest quarter against the same quarter a year earlier. Earnings per share is not shown: filed figures are not adjusted for bonus issues and splits, so its growth would mislead.
| Measure | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales growthSales against the previous financial year. | - | 7.1% | 23.4% | 16.0% | 7.9% |
| Operating marginProfit from operations, before depreciation, interest and tax, per Rs 100 of sales. | 22.5% | 14.8% | 16.6% | 19.3% | 20.5% |
| Net marginProfit after everything, per Rs 100 of sales. | 15.3% | 7.7% | 6.8% | 8.8% | 12.3% |
| ROEProfit as a percentage of shareholders' money (from the March balance sheet). | - | 8.1% | 6.8% | 9.4% | 12.4% |
| ROCEOperating profit as a percentage of all long-term capital, owners' and lenders'. | - | 11.6% | 11.2% | 13.0% | 16.4% |
| Debt to equityBorrowings divided by shareholders' money. Lower is safer. | - | 0.25x | 0.18x | 0.16x | 0.07x |
| Interest coverHow many times operating profit covers the interest bill. Higher is safer. | 148x | 17.4x | 7.1x | 14.3x | 21.7x |
Each row is coloured against this company's own usual level, not against other companies: green is better than its middle year, red worse, plain is close to it. ROE, ROCE and debt rows start once the filings carry a full balance sheet (FY22 at the earliest).
At FY26 it owned Rs 12,370 Cr of assets. Its owners funded 77% of that and borrowings 6%.
From the March balance sheet in the company's annual filing (2026-03-31). Each bar is the full balance sheet; "everything else" is what the filed total leaves after the named lines.
In FY26 the business itself brought in Rs 1,142 Cr, spent Rs 652 Cr on plant and equipment, and cash rose by Rs 142 Cr over the year.
Rs 100 or more means every rupee of reported profit arrived as cash.
Full financial year to 2026-03-31, from the company's cash flow statement.
Median rather than average, so one loss-making or one very expensive peer cannot drag the reference. Valuation is shown without a colour verdict: a higher multiple can mean expensive, or faster growth expected, and only you can decide which.
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| SUNPHARMA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | 4.17 L cr | 34.5x | 5.0x | 14.4% | 17.9% | 0.05 | 20.2% | +10.5% | 0.94% |
| DIVISLAB Divi's Laboratories Limited | 2.40 L cr | 82.1x | 14.3x | 17.4% | 19.0% | 0.00 | 26.1% | +27.8% | 0.33% |
| TORNTPHARM Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1.73 L cr | 76.9x | 9.4x | 11.4% | - | 0.76 | 12.1% | +50.8% | 0.74% |
| ZYDUSLIFE Zydus Lifesciences Limited | 1.16 L cr | 25.9x | 4.3x | 15.5% | 19.2% | 0.40 | 16.1% | +22.0% | 0.96% |
| LAURUSLABS Laurus Labs Limited | 1.11 L cr | 101.8x | 21.0x | 20.1% | 19.7% | 0.44 | 15.0% | +29.1% | 0.08% |
| CIPLA Cipla Limited | 1.09 L cr | 32.5x | 3.2x | 9.7% | 14.9% | 0.01 | 11.8% | +2.3% | 1.18% |
| DRREDDY Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited | 1.09 L cr | 39.0x | 2.8x | 7.0% | - | 0.15 | 8.3% | -1.5% | 0.61% |
| MANKIND Mankind Pharma Limited | 95,486 cr | 46.8x | 5.9x | 12.5% | 13.7% | 0.38 | 14.0% | +12.9% | 0.04% |
| AUROPHARMA Aurobindo Pharma Limited | 91,489 cr | 24.8x | 2.4x | 9.8% | 13.6% | 0.20 | 10.6% | +16.3% | 0.25% |
| LUPIN Lupin Limited | 89,616 cr | 16.2x | 4.0x | 24.7% | 28.4% | 0.26 | 18.5% | +32.0% | 0.61% |
| GLENMARK Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited | 62,812 cr | 35.0x | 6.0x | 17.1% | 16.2% | 0.00 | 10.1% | +23.1% | 0.22% |
| ALKEM Alkem Laboratories Limited | 60,134 cr | 27.9x | 4.3x | 15.4% | 18.8% | 0.11 | 14.6% | +10.9% | 1.02% |
| BIOCON Biocon Limited | 53,581 cr | 97.3x | 1.6x | 1.1% | 2.9% | 0.40 | 2.4% | +10.0% | 0.17% |
| IPCALAB IPCA Laboratories Limited | 49,182 cr | 37.5x | 6.1x | 14.4% | 16.4% | 0.07 | 13.6% | +20.8% | 0.11% |
| GLAND Gland Pharma Limited | 46,913 cr | 41.5x | 4.5x | 10.9% | 13.7% | 0.02 | 16.8% | +19.6% | 0.63% |
| AJANTPHARM Ajanta Pharma Limited | 42,381 cr | 37.2x | 9.4x | 25.1% | 29.4% | 0.05 | 19.6% | +24.8% | 0.83% |
| GLAXO GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited | 41,436 cr | 38.8x | 18.3x | 46.8% | 55.4% | 0.00 | 27.0% | +16.6% | 1.72% |
| EMCURE Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited | 33,767 cr | 33.4x | 6.8x | 20.5% | 25.1% | 0.24 | 10.5% | +22.9% | 0.17% |
| SAILIFE Sai Life Sciences Limited | 30,682 cr | 85.4x | 12.3x | 14.6% | 18.1% | 0.04 | 16.1% | +11.7% | 0.00% |
| WOCKPHARMA Wockhardt Limited | 29,316 cr | 71.8x | 5.9x | 7.8% | 6.5% | 0.40 | 11.6% | +25.9% | 0.00% |
| PPLPHARMA Piramal Pharma Limited | 25,906 cr | - | 3.2x | -3.8% | 0.8% | 0.67 | -3.4% | +17.4% | 0.07% |
| RUBICON Rubicon Research Limited | 24,647 cr | 84.9x | 19.1x | 22.4% | 24.3% | 0.20 | 14.9% | - | 0.00% |
| NEULANDLAB Neuland Laboratories Limited | 24,582 cr | 49.1x | 13.1x | 26.6% | 23.1% | 0.10 | 21.0% | +119.2% | 0.06% |
| GRANULES Granules India Limited | 20,333 cr | 30.5x | 4.0x | 13.0% | 16.0% | 0.26 | 11.8% | +22.0% | 0.18% |
| COHANCE Cohance Lifesciences Limited | 17,735 cr | 115.6x | 4.5x | 2.6% | 4.8% | 0.04 | 3.9% | -23.1% | 0.00% |
| SHILPAMED Shilpa Medicare Limited | 17,620 cr | 59.0x | 6.8x | 11.5% | 12.4% | 0.25 | 17.7% | +44.9% | 0.06% |
| CAPLIPOINT Caplin Point Laboratories Limited | 17,282 cr | 26.1x | 4.8x | 18.7% | 22.0% | 0.00 | 29.6% | +19.6% | 0.26% |
| PFIZER Pfizer Limited | 16,869 cr | 30.9x | 4.0x | 17.5% | 22.9% | 0.00 | 28.6% | +8.3% | 4.46% |
| ONESOURCE Onesource Specialty Pharma Limited | 16,019 cr | - | 2.8x | -0.8% | 0.5% | 0.22 | -3.1% | +37.2% | 0.00% |
| ALIVUS Alivus Life Sciences Limited | 15,490 cr | 25.7x | 4.7x | 18.1% | 21.8% | 0.00 | 23.3% | +6.4% | 0.40% |
| ERIS Eris Lifesciences Limited | 15,318 cr | 23.5x | 3.9x | 17.1% | 15.7% | 0.59 | 20.6% | +13.0% | 0.00% |
| ASTRAZEN AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited | 15,129 cr | 174.2x | 17.3x | 19.4% | 25.5% | 0.00 | 7.0% | +29.7% | 0.53% |
| APLLTD Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited | 15,064 cr | 21.7x | 2.6x | 12.2% | 12.8% | 0.24 | 8.9% | +25.7% | 1.44% |
| JUBLPHARMA Jubilant Pharmova Limited | 14,805 cr | 42.3x | 2.1x | 5.0% | 6.4% | 0.45 | 4.1% | +17.3% | 0.54% |
| NATCOPHARM Natco Pharma Limited | 14,145 cr | 12.4x | 1.5x | 12.4% | 16.3% | 0.08 | 32.9% | -44.7% | 0.64% |
| CONCORDBIO Concord Biotech Limited | 13,717 cr | 50.3x | 6.8x | 13.5% | 16.6% | 0.00 | 24.6% | +26.2% | 0.82% |
| ACUTAAS Acutaas Chemicals Limited | 13,708 cr | 71.3x | 8.3x | 22.6% | 27.7% | 0.02 | 26.5% | +59.1% | 0.09% |
| MARKSANS Marksans Pharma Limited | 13,443 cr | 26.0x | 4.5x | 17.1% | 17.5% | 0.01 | 16.4% | +35.6% | 0.27% |
| CORONA CORONA Remedies Limited | 12,485 cr | 62.7x | 16.7x | 26.6% | 29.3% | 0.19 | 13.5% | - | 0.00% |
| AKUMS Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited | 10,512 cr | 36.0x | 3.2x | 8.8% | 10.9% | 0.02 | 6.5% | +13.9% | 0.00% |
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Operating margin has gone from 22.5% to 20.5% over these years - the share of every rupee of sales kept after running costs, before interest and tax. Full financial years only, so a part-year is never shown as a whole one. Hover any year for its complete figures.
2026 has paid Rs 6.00 per share, about Rs 310 on Rs 1 lakh at today's price. Earlier years are restated to today's share count, so a bonus or split never reads as a dividend cut. Dividends are at the company's discretion and can be cut or skipped.
The share of traded quantity that was actually delivered (not squared off intraday) - high delivery vs its 20-session average suggests real buying or holding, not just churn.
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