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PI Industries Ltd.

ChemicalsNifty 500Statement-builtBalanced risk
₹2,190.00
−13.80 (−0.63%)
Close 2026-10-16
52-week range
₹2,100−42.7% from high₹3,821
Last 6 months −30.2%
Trend
vs 50-DMA −7.6%vs 200-DMA −21.3%Volatility 30%
Analyst view from the market data feed
28% bullish
23 analystsmean rating 2.83
Price
₹2,190.00
Mkt cap
₹33,208 cr
P/E (TTM)
33.3xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
2.98x
Book value
₹740.6
ROE
16.6%
Op margin
19.0%
Net margin
17.9%
D/E
0.03
Div yield
0.68%
Q2 FY27 results2 questions to askHide
Revenue₹1,702 cr▼ 9.1%on the year▼ 0.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹233 cr▼ 57.0%on the yearmargin 13.7% (−1,524 bps)
Net profit₹122 cr▼ 70.1%on the year▼ 50.0%on the quarter
EPS₹8.05▼ 70.2%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹1,702 cr, −9.1% on the year (this quarter has averaged −5.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 13.7%, −1,524 bps.
  2. Profit growth was earned in the business: reported −70.1%, core −72.2%.
  3. Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input costs, or mix? EBITDA margin 13.7%, −1,524 bps on the year (−791 bps on the quarter).
?Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input…?Other income is carrying a large and rising share…✓Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded…

Market today: Funded rallyBhav 58 · Dhan 70 · 6 NovBhav Dhan Index →
Consolidatedstandalone figures are read separately and never mixed into these tables
What this company actually does

A plain-language read of the business, how it actually earns, where the edge is, and the economics of every reported segment — taken from the annual report and investor presentation, not a one-line industry label.

  • Business model in plain language
  • The revenue engine — what actually generates cash
  • Segment revenue, PBIT, margin and capital employed
  • Operating KPIs — volumes, capacity, utilisation
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

What's newsince the last filing we processed

Annual report Annual Report 2026 Open
Earnings call Oct 2020 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M−2.9%
6M−27.9%
1Y−38.3%-38.3% a year
From high−42.7%worst -45%
vs Nifty, 1Y−36.1 ptsNifty −2.2%
Beta0.92vs Nifty 50
Volatility30%a year

Trading at 23.5x earnings against its own median of 35.9x: 1.0 standard deviations below its usual range. This compares the company with its own history, not with other companies.

How to read this: Price shows the closing price with its 50-day (amber) and 200-day (grey) averages; bars at the bottom are daily volume, green on up days and red on down days; dashed lines mark the 52-week high and low. vs Nifty 50 starts both at 100 so you can see which did better over the period. P/E shows what the market paid for each rupee of profit, inside the band it usually trades in. Drawdown shows how far below its best price the share has been. Hover anywhere for the numbers on that day.

Events marked on the chart 2
  1. 1Bonus 1:1corporate action · 2009-03-25
  2. 2Bonus 1:2corporate action · 2010-07-08
What you must understand

The three to six things that actually matter about this company, each with the exact filing and note it came from — never a fact without the context that makes it meaningful.

  • Reported profit vs operating profit
  • Management narrative vs the numbers
  • Standalone vs consolidated divergence
  • Audit opinion vs headline optimism
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Reading the Statements forensic interpretation

What the numbers mean when read together — computed from the filings, not a score.

Cash is running well behind profit this year

Operating cash is 36% of trailing profit. On its own this can be working-capital timing in a growth year — worth watching whether it persists.

Why this reading: Kept at caution, not flagged: it is a single-year gap and the multi-year cash record does not (yet) show a repeated shortfall. One soft year is not a verdict.

Full read

Operating cash ₹474 cr vs trailing profit ₹1,321 cr. A one-year gap below 0.5 is often growth working capital; it becomes a real concern only if it recurs.

Net margin compressing

Net margin has narrowed from 22.6% to 17.9% year-on-year — profitability per rupee of sales is shrinking.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

Quarter net margin 17.9% vs 22.6% four quarters earlier. Sustained compression signals pricing pressure, cost inflation, or mix deterioration.

Burning cash after capex

Free cash flow is negative — the business consumes more than it generates once capex is paid. Fine if it is deliberate growth investment; a problem if it is structural.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

Latest free cash flow ₹-632 cr, negative in 1 of 12 years. Check whether the burn funds expansion (dark stores, plants, ports) or merely sustains operations.

Borrowing while holding investments

Borrowings rose 79% over two years while the company also carries ₹1,360 cr in investments. Why borrow at interest while parking money elsewhere is a fair question.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

Borrowings moved to ₹342 cr from ₹191 cr. Simultaneous large investments can be legitimate treasury management, or a sign that reported cash is not freely available.

Capital work-in-progress is sticky

Capital work-in-progress has stayed high (22% of fixed assets) without converting to productive assets — worth checking whether projects are genuinely progressing.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

CWIP ₹1,030 cr vs ₹278 cr two years earlier, against fixed assets ₹4,620 cr. Perennial CWIP that never becomes a fixed asset can hide stalled projects or capitalised costs that should have been expensed.

Borrowing is funding real capacity

Debt rose over 3 years, and most of it (984%) has turned into fixed assets and projects under construction — the borrowing is building the business.

Why this reading: A positive signal: leverage taken on is visibly becoming productive capacity, not disappearing.

Full read

New borrowing ₹296 cr largely matched by an asset build of ₹2,912 cr. Debt that funds capacity is a different thing from debt that funds nothing.

Forensic modelscomputed from the filed statements

Every score below is calculated here from the reported numbers — none of it is asserted. Open the notebook at the foot of the section to see each formula with this company's figures in it.

Altman Z″

Needs current assets and current liabilities.

Piotroski F

3 / 8 1 not testable
  • Profitable this year
  • Operating cash positive
  • Return on assets improved
  • Cash exceeds profit
  • Leverage reduced
  • Liquidity improved
  • No share dilution
  • Margin improved
  • Assets working harder
What is this, and how do I read it?

Piotroski F-Score — fundamental momentum — Joseph Piotroski, University of Chicago, 2000, in a study of whether accounting signals could improve returns among cheap stocks.

Nine yes-or-no tests across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency. Each pass scores one. It asks a narrow question: is this business getting better or worse on its own terms, year over year?

Profitability (4 tests)
Positive profit, positive operating cash, improving return on assets, and cash exceeding profit. The last is the quality test — profit that outruns cash is the one to question.
Leverage and liquidity (3 tests)
Falling debt, improving current ratio, no new shares issued. Growth funded by dilution scores zero here.
Operating efficiency (2 tests)
Improving margin and improving asset turnover.

How to read it7 or more suggests improving fundamentals; 3 or fewer suggests deterioration. It measures direction, not quality — a weak company improving can score higher than a strong one holding steady.

Where it failsA single year of comparison, so one unusual year distorts it. Says nothing about valuation, competitive position or management. Piotroski designed it to rank already-cheap stocks, not to judge a company in isolation.

Beneish M

Needs trade receivables, current assets, other expenses.

Cash vs profit

0.92× 12-year cumulative

Accruals are 6.6% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 1 of 12 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin19.7%× Asset turnover0.50×× Leverage1.19×= ROE11.8%
What is this, and how do I read it?

DuPont decomposition — Devised inside the DuPont Corporation in the 1920s and still the standard way to read a return on equity.

Splits return on equity into its three sources, so the same headline number can be traced to very different businesses.

Net margin
What the company keeps from each rupee of sales. High margin points to pricing power or a genuine cost advantage.
Asset turnover
Sales generated per rupee of assets. High turnover points to efficiency — a retailer earns this way, a utility never will.
Leverage (equity multiplier)
Assets divided by equity. This multiplies whatever the first two produce, in both directions.

How to read itA 20% ROE built on margin and turnover is a different proposition from a 20% ROE built on 3× leverage. The first survives a downturn; the second amplifies it.

Where it failsA single year. Negative equity makes it meaningless. Leverage is structural for lenders, so the third term carries no signal there.

Leverage & coverage FY2026

Debt / equity0.03×
Interest coverage40.44×
ROCE15.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+106%
Revenue produced+3%
Still in CWIP₹1,030 cr

Capital is going in far faster than revenue is coming out. For a business mid-build that is expected — the test is whether it converts.

The formula notebook — every number above, worked out
Cash vs profit cumulative operating cash flow ÷ cumulative net profit ₹8,976 cr ÷ ₹9,727 cr, over 12 years 0.92× Below 1.0 and persistent means profit is being recognised before the cash arrives.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹1,321 − ₹474) cr ÷ average assets 6.6% The share of profit that is accounting entries rather than cash. Above ~10% is where accruals start to dominate.
DuPont — return on equity net margin × asset turnover × leverage 19.7% × 0.50 × 1.19 11.8% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹1,739 cr ÷ ₹43 cr 40.44× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹342 cr ÷ ₹11,230 cr 0.03× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +106% vs revenue +3%, FY2023 to FY2026 103pp gap Money going in far faster than revenue coming out. For an incubator this is expected — the test is whether it eventually converts.

Going deepersame statements, harder questions

Montier C-Score

Needs more balance-sheet detail (only 3 of 6 flags testable).

Return on invested capital FY2026

ROIC11.3%
On new capital since FY2023 4.4%
Capital employed₹11,572 cr

NOPAT over equity plus debt less cash, at a notional 25% tax. Incremental ROIC is the return on money put in since then — the number that decides whether growth creates value or consumes it.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Return on invested capital, and incremental ROIC — Standard in corporate finance; the incremental form was popularised by Michael Mauboussin as the test of whether growth creates value.

ROIC measures what the business earns on all the capital it employs — equity plus debt, less cash. Incremental ROIC asks a sharper question: what has it earned on the money put in since a chosen year?

NOPAT
Operating profit after a notional tax charge, so the figure is independent of how the company is financed. We use 25%.
Invested capital
Equity plus borrowings less cash — the money actually at work.
Incremental ROIC
Change in NOPAT divided by change in invested capital. If it sits below the cost of capital, growth is destroying value however fast revenue rises.

How to read itROIC comfortably above the cost of capital — call it 11–13% in India — means growth compounds. Below it, growth consumes. Incremental below headline means recent investment is earning less than the legacy business.

Where it failsDistorted in the year of a large acquisition. Understated for companies mid-build, where capital is deployed but capacity has not yet been commissioned — an incubator will look poor until it does not.

Earnings quality ladder FY2026

Cash ÷ EBITDA0.27×
Cash ÷ profit0.36×
Free cash ÷ profit-0.48×

Read downward. Cash can cover EBITDA and still not survive capex — the third rung is where a capital-hungry business shows itself.

What is this, and how do I read it?

The earnings quality ladder — Not a named model — the standard sequence an analyst walks when testing whether reported profit is real.

Three ratios read in order, each stricter than the last.

Cash ÷ EBITDA
Does operating profit arrive as cash? Below 0.8 points to working capital absorbing it.
Cash ÷ profit
Does bottom-line profit arrive as cash? Below 1.0 persistently is the classic warning.
Free cash ÷ profit
Does anything survive capex? This is where capital-hungry businesses reveal themselves — a company can pass the first two and still never generate spendable cash.

How to read itRead downward. Each rung failing where the one above passed tells you exactly where the cash is going.

Where it failsA single year of heavy capex depresses the third rung legitimately. Judge it across a cycle.

Reading the numbers on this pagetwo bases, both shown

Some figures appear twice on this page with different values. That is not an error — they sit on different bases. The live feed reports a rolling twelve months; everything computed here comes from the last audited statements. Both are shown so you can see which is which.

Operating margin
Trailing twelve months, live feed19.0%
FY2026, as filed25.8%
6.8% apart

Where the two disagree, every model, screen and ratio computed on this page uses the filed figure, because the rest of the page is on that basis.

What the filings we hold do not give

Models that need these lines are withheld rather than estimated: net worth, current assets, current liabilities, trade receivables, inventory, net block. Nothing on this page is back-solved from a figure the company did not publish.

Published screening frameworksrules applied, not opinions quoted

Each framework below is a set of stated, mechanical criteria from published work, run against this company's own filed numbers. Passing or failing a screen is not a verdict — different frameworks disagree by design, and that disagreement is itself informative.

Graham — defensive investor

3 / 5
  • Debt below net worth ₹342 cr vs ₹11,230 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 12 of 12 years
  • Earnings growth over the period 57% since FY2022
  • P/E below 15 33.3×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 99.1

Benjamin Graham's stated criteria for a defensive stock, applied to the filed numbers. A company failing several is not disqualified — Graham designed these to be deliberately strict.

Greenblatt — magic formula

0 / 2
  • Return on capital above 20% 15.0%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 3.0%

Two ratios only: what the business earns on its capital, and what you pay for those earnings. Designed to be ranked across a universe rather than read in isolation.

O'Neil — CAN SLIM growth tests

1 / 4
  • Annual earnings growth above 25% -20%
  • Revenue growth above 20% -16%
  • Return on equity above 17% 11.8%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹15 cr

The fundamental half of William O'Neil's framework. The market and leadership components are judgement calls and are not scored here.

Quality — compounder tests

4 / 4
  • Cash conversion above 0.9× 0.92× over 12 years
  • ROCE above 15% 15.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 40.44×
  • Debt below half of equity 0.03×

The characteristics long-term holders commonly look for: cash-backed earnings, high returns on capital, and debt that never forces a decision.

Against the sector29 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Chemicals). Every figure on both sides is the live feed's trailing twelve months, so the two are measured the same way whatever depth of extraction this company has had. A number only means something next to something else — expensive against the market and cheap against peers are different facts.

P/E
33.3×
33.9×
-2%
P/B
3.0×
5.0×
-40%
Return on equity
16.6%
15.7%
+6%
Operating margin
19.0%
15.0%
+27%
Net margin
17.9%
11.8%
+51%
Dividend yield
0.7%
0.5%
+42%
this companysector median

The page in pictures

Revenue and what it leaves behind

Bars are revenue; the line is net margin. Revenue rising while the line falls is the shape worth noticing.

FY19 · 2,841FY19FY20 · 3,366FY20FY21 · 4,577FY21FY22 · 5,300FY22FY23 · 6,492FY23FY24 · 7,666FY24FY25 · 7,978FY25FY26 · 6,714FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

Operating cash first, then what the business spent and raised.

474Operating cash−612Investing−171Financing

Quality over time

One year is a snapshot. These are the two lines that matter across a cycle.

2.81.91.00.1FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

Rising debtor or inventory days against flat sales is the earliest visible sign of stress.

1941388226FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Debtor daysInventory daysPayable daysCash cycle
Growth & valuation workspace

Set your own assumptions and watch the numbers move. A scenario calculator — the outputs are the arithmetic of your inputs.

User-driven scenario tool. Implied value and CAGR follow only from the assumptions you set — not a FinMinutes forecast, recommendation, or target price.

Valuation & quality

One canonical set of figures — the same numbers used everywhere else on this page and on the screener.

What you payHow the price compares with earnings, book and sales.
P/E (TTM)
33.3x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
2.98x
P/S
5.13x
PEG
11.88
Dividend yield
0.68%
What it earnsMargins and returns as the live feed reports them, on a rolling twelve months. The models above compute the same measures from the last audited statements, so the two can differ.
Operating margin
19.0%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
17.9%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
16.6%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
0.03
conservative
Payout ratio
13.0%
Book value / share
₹740.6
Return on equity of 16.6% is built on a 17.9% net margin and debt of 0.03x equity. The full DuPont breakdown sits in the forensic models above.

Ownership & Skin in the Game

How the register has moved over recent quarters — the direction matters more than the level.

Promoter ― 0.00
Sep '2546.09% Dec '2546.09% Mar '2646.09% Jun '2646.09%

Promoter held steady from 46.09% to 46.09% across these quarters.

FII ▼ 1.59
Sep '2516.42% Dec '2515.97% Mar '2615.87% Jun '2614.83%

FII trimmed from 16.42% to 14.83% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 1.84
Sep '2520.47% Dec '2522.00% Mar '2621.81% Jun '2622.31%

MF rose from 20.47% to 22.31% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 0.25
Sep '2517.02% Dec '2515.94% Mar '2616.23% Jun '2616.77%

Other trimmed from 17.02% to 16.77% across these quarters.

Working capital12-year series

Where cash gets stuck. A rising inventory or debtor line against flat sales is the earliest sign of trouble in the numbers.

MeasureFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Debtor days
How long customers take to pay
8570566043446488
Inventory days
How long stock sits before it sells
12615814917814412495157
Payable days
How long the company takes to pay suppliers
12111711311586119117125
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
90111931221014942119
Working capital days87707293704867120
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
25.0%23.0%22.0%17.0%22.0%24.0%23.0%15.0%

Chemicals vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Agro Chemicals Segment Revenue (₹ crore)1,6281,6491,809
Pharma Segment Revenue (₹ crore)75.954.263.4

From the quarterly results and the earnings call, read by FinMinutes. Latest quarter, read in full.

Read using the Speciality chemicals and CRAMS framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E against volume growth.

Read more closely in this sector: Volume against price in growth · Customer and molecule concentration · Inventory days against sales.

Trends

The shape of the business over time (annual) — read the direction, not the single print.

Revenue (₹ cr)
FY20214.6kFY20225.3kFY20236.5kFY20247.7kFY20258.0kFY20266.7k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY2021738FY2022844FY20231.2kFY20241.7kFY20251.7kFY20261.3k

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations4,5775,3006,4927,6667,9786,714
Other income129105166216345414
Depreciation175202226308352407
Finance cost341639445643
Profit before tax9381,0331,4441,8952,1421,696
Net profit (owners)7388441,2301,6821,6601,321
EPS (₹)48.6655.6281.04110.83109.4387.06

Exceptional items, total income and EBITDA are read from the filed statements.

Quarterly Financials ₹ cr

MetricSep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue2,1171,8981,7412,0692,2211,9011,7871,9001,8721,3761,5651,702
Other Income49586075123767589851727466
Expenses1,5661,3441,2991,4861,5931,3891,3321,3811,3311,0731,2281,335
Depreciation807880838099909698105107104
Finance cost8711888843648
Profit before tax512526411566663481432507525363300322
Net Profit480449370449508373330400409311200244
EPS31.6729.5724.3529.5833.5024.5721.7826.3626.9820.5213.2016.10

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital151515151515
Reserves5,3276,1057,1838,71610,14211,215
Borrowings37331646191184342
Net block2,1382,4522,6063,5284,2094,620
CWIP2881141322785501,030
Investments8729001,0161,3361,5311,360
Total Assets7,0027,7918,48010,74412,24913,405

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations7255291,5012,0361,413474
Cash from investing-2,430-110-496-1,800-1,421-612
Cash from financing1,690-177-483-222-286-171
Free cash flow2871921,1791,417575-632
Net change in cash-1524152214-294-309

Cash from operations is the number profit has to answer to. Free cash flow is what remains after the business pays for its own growth.

From the filings, calls & disclosures

The part no one reads: the auditor's opinion, the contingent liabilities buried in the notes, the covenants, and the claims in the deck placed beside the figures that test them.

  • Buried in the footnotes — what the notes disclose and the summary does not
  • Risk register — every dispute, probe and contingent liability with its amount
  • Audit & governance — opinion type, emphasis of matter, going concern, subsidiary coverage
  • Guidance & forward view
  • Narrative vs numbers
  • Segment intelligence
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.
The analyst grilling

Where analysts pressed management on the earnings call, and exactly how management answered — the questions that were hardest to answer are usually the ones that matter.

  • The question, and who asked it
  • Management's answer, in their own framing
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Disclosure & evidencewhat the filings actually show

These are coverage counts, not ratings. Each one asks a fixed set of questions of the filings and reports how many the company answered. A company that discloses nothing counts nothing here — that is a statement about the disclosure, not about the business.

Capital discipline

3 of 4 disclosed weighted 7 of 10
What was looked for
  • Profit converts to cash — 0.92× over 12 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 1 of 12 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +106% vs revenue +3%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 40.44×

Others in Chemicals

The same read, applied to the companies this one competes with.

Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

Open the full results page ↗
?2 questions to ask✓1 positive14 of 19 checks ran · read from the filing
Revenue₹1,702 cr▼ 9.1%on the year▼ 0.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹233 cr▼ 57.0%on the yearmargin 13.7% (−1,524 bps)
Net profit₹122 cr▼ 70.1%on the year▼ 50.0%on the quarter
EPS₹8.05▼ 70.2%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹1,702 cr, −9.1% on the year (this quarter has averaged −5.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 13.7%, −1,524 bps.
  2. Profit growth was earned in the business: reported −70.1%, core −72.2%.
  3. Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input costs, or mix? EBITDA margin 13.7%, −1,524 bps on the year (−791 bps on the quarter).

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

PI Industries Ltd. reported revenue of ₹1,702 cr for July to September 2026, −9.1% on the year and −0.0% on the quarter. That is slower than this quarter has grown in recent years (−5.4% on average). Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹6,345 cr, −14.9% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹233 cr, a margin of 13.7%, −1,524 bps on the year and −791 bps on the quarter. It is the narrowest margin of the last 8 quarters (range 13.7% to 28.9%). Operating costs grew +10.4%, faster than revenue at −9.1%, so operating profit grew less than sales.

Net profit was ₹122 cr, −70.1% on the year and −50.0% on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹8.05. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax fell 72.2%, so the profit growth came from the business itself. The tax rate was 34% against an average of 23% over the previous 8 quarters, which weighed on profit this quarter. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹877 cr, −42.0% on the four before.

Of the 14 companies in Speciality chemicals and CRAMS that have reported Q2 FY27 so far, PI Industries Ltd. ranks 14th on revenue growth; the sector median is +14.3%. Its margin moved −1,524 bps on the year against a sector median of −268 bps.

Speciality chemicals are read on volumes and pricing, with Chinese supply a recurring swing factor; inventory destocking can hit a quarter without a change in demand.

On earnings per share of ₹57.87 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹2,190.00 trades at 37.8 times trailing earnings.

Questions to askeach one with its numbers and source

?Question

Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input costs, or mix?

EBITDA margin 13.7%, −1,524 bps on the year (−791 bps on the quarter).

Source: Results filing

?Question

Other income is carrying a large and rising share of profit. Treasury gains, interest, or one-off?

Other income was 33% of profit before tax, against 16% a year earlier.

Source: Results filing

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded profit.

Operating cash flow for the first half ₹890 cr against profit of ₹366 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

Could not run on this quarter: Exceptional items that recur, IPO money used as stated, Related-party transactions, Promoter pledges and allotments, Earlier promises against delivery. The filing did not carry these lines.

Where the profit change came fromSep '25 → Sep '26

₹409 crSep'25−₹309 crBusiness(EBITDA)−₹6.9 crDepreciation−₹5.8 crFinancecost−₹21.4 crOtherincome+₹54.2 crTax₹122 crSep'26

Net profit a year ago, each driver's change, and net profit now. Blue added profit, red took it away.

The half year: balance sheet and cashfiled with Q2

Balance sheetSep '26Last year endChange
Trade receivables₹1,438 cr₹1,611 cr▼ 10.7%
Inventory₹1,224 cr₹1,217 cr▲ 0.6%
Cash₹329 cr₹283 cr▲ 16.3%
Bank balances₹1,392 cr₹1,899 cr▼ 26.7%
Long-term borrowings₹138 cr₹149 cr▼ 7.4%
Short-term borrowings₹69.6 cr₹89.3 cr▼ 22.1%
Trade payables₹1,135 cr₹974 cr▲ 16.6%
Net block₹3,757 cr₹3,678 cr▲ 2.1%
Capital work in progress₹999 cr₹755 cr▲ 32.3%
Equity₹11,457 cr₹11,231 cr▲ 2.0%
Total assets₹13,866 cr₹13,444 cr▲ 3.1%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow₹890 cr₹248 cr
Capital expenditure−₹655 cr−₹448 cr
Investing cash flow−₹609 cr−₹229 cr
Financing cash flow−₹231 cr−₹129 cr
Dividends paid−₹152 cr−₹152 cr

Operating cash flow was 2.43× profit. Receivables at 77 days of sales (−10 days against the last year end). Inventory at 66 days of sales (−1 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

✓Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Other matter 1: “

The interim consolidated financial results of two subsidiaries (including four step down subsidiaries, one associate, one joint venture (including its subsidiary)) and one step down subsidiary (including further five step down subsidiaries) reflect total assets of Rs. 18,505 Mn and… Read in fullThe interim consolidated financial results of two subsidiaries (including four step down subsidiaries, one associate, one joint venture (including its subsidiary)) and one step down subsidiary (including further five step down subsidiaries) reflect total assets of Rs. 18,505 Mn and net assets of Rs. 13,637 Mn as at September 30, 2026 and total revenues of Rs. 1,376 Mn and Rs. 2,248 Mn, total net loss after tax of Rs. 854 Mn and Rs. 4,083 Mn and total comprehensive loss of Rs. 819 Mn and Rs. 4,080 Mn, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, respectively, and cash flows (net) of Rs. 246 Mn for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as considered in the Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results (before considering the impact of consolidation adjustments). These interim financial results have been reviewed by other auditors and their reports, vide which they have issued an unmodified conclusion, have been furnished to us by the Management or other auditors and our conclusion on the Statement, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries, is based on the reports of the other auditors and the procedures performed by us as stated in paragraph 3 above.
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Other matter 2: “

The interim financial results of two subsidiaries and one controlled trust reflect total assets of Rs. 3,933 Mn and net assets of Rs. 2,718 Mn as at September 30, 2026 and total revenues of Rs. 770 Mn and Rs. 1,192… Read in fullThe interim financial results of two subsidiaries and one controlled trust reflect total assets of Rs. 3,933 Mn and net assets of Rs. 2,718 Mn as at September 30, 2026 and total revenues of Rs. 770 Mn and Rs. 1,192 Mn, total net profit/(loss) after tax of Rs. 10 Mn and Rs. (32) Mn and total comprehensive income/(loss) of Rs. 10 Mn and Rs. (32) Mn, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, respectively, and cash flows (net) of Rs. (138) Mn for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as considered in the Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results. These interim financial results have been reviewed by other auditors and their reports, vide which they have issued an unmodified conclusion, have been furnished to us by the Management or other auditors and our conclusion on the Statement, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries and controlled trust, is based on the reports of the other auditors and the procedures performed by us as stated in paragraph 3 above.
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Other matter 3: “

The Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results include the interim financial results of four subsidiaries which have not been reviewed by their auditors, whose interim financial results before considering the impact of consolidation adjustments, reflect total assets of Rs. 7,221 Mn and… Read in fullThe Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results include the interim financial results of four subsidiaries which have not been reviewed by their auditors, whose interim financial results before considering the impact of consolidation adjustments, reflect total assets of Rs. 7,221 Mn and net assets of Rs. 7,154 Mn as at September 30, 2026 and total revenue of Rs. 99 Mn and Rs. 154 Mn, total net profit after tax of Rs. 9 Mn and Rs. 5 Mn and total comprehensive income of Rs. 31 Mn and Rs. 12 Mn for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, respectively, and cash flows (net) of Rs. (20) Mn for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as considered in the Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results. According to the information and explanations given to us by the Management, these interim financial results are not material to the Group.
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Filing p. consolidated limited review report p.1-3

?Governance eventsOther

Incorporated step-down joint venture entity PI Kumiai Private Limited (including its subsidiary Kumiai Chemical Industry (India) Private Limited) w.e.f. July 03, 2026. (p. consolidated note 3)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Interest Income on financial assets at amortised cost (6M consolidated): 81.80 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Net gain on financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss (6M consolidated): 37.80 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Share of profit of associate and joint venture (6M consolidated): 5.40 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement

One-offs

  • Write-back of contingent consideration for Therachem / Soils acquisition (FY26): 126.00 crore. Seen before: yesconsolidated note 4(a)
  • Incremental employee benefit liability under New Labour Codes (FY26): 22.90 crore. Seen before: yesconsolidated note 4(b)

Tax: Consolidated tax expense of ₹61.80 crore (current tax ₹45.40 crore, deferred tax ₹16.40 crore) on Profit before tax of ₹184.00 crore for Q2 FY27

Chemicals vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Agro Chemicals Segment Revenue (₹ crore)1,6281,6491,809
Pharma Segment Revenue (₹ crore)75.954.263.4

Checks this sector needs

iVolume against price in growth

Consolidated revenue from operations for Q2 FY27 stood at ₹1,701.80 crore compared to ₹1,872.30 crore in Q2 FY26 (-9.1% YoY), with Agro Chemicals segment revenue at ₹1,628.00 crore and Pharma segment revenue at ₹75.90 crore.

Revenue softened YoY due to global agchem inventory destocking and pricing pressure.

✓Customer and molecule concentration

Business operates across Agro Chemicals (including CSM exports, Domestic Agri Brands, and Biologicals) and Pharma (Contract Research & Development, Contract Development and Manufacturing of Active, key starting materials and intermediates).

Diversified model across CSM agchem exports, domestic brand distribution, biologicals, and pharma CDMO.

✓Inventory days against sales

Consolidated inventories stood at ₹1,223.50 crore as on September 30, 2026 compared to ₹1,216.70 crore as on March 31, 2026, translating to 65.59 inventory days on annualised H1 FY27 revenue.

Inventory level remained stable and tightly managed despite seasonal demand cycles.

Read using the Speciality chemicals and CRAMS framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E against volume growth.

Read more closely in this sector: Volume against price in growth · Customer and molecule concentration · Inventory days against sales.

Segments

SegmentRevenueYoYResultYoY
Agro chemicals₹1,628 cr▼ 10.0%₹247 cr▼ 58.1%
Pharma₹75.9 cr▲ 19.7%−₹60.1 cr—

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹1,898 cr₹1,741 cr₹2,069 cr₹2,221 cr₹1,901 cr₹1,787 cr₹1,900 cr₹1,872 cr₹1,376 cr₹1,565 cr₹1,702 cr₹1,702 cr
YoY——+8%+5%+0%+3%−8%−16%−28%−12%−10%−9%
EBITDA margin29.2%25.4%28.2%28.3%26.9%25.5%27.3%28.9%21.9%21.5%21.6%13.7%
Other income, % of PBT11%15%13%19%16%17%18%16%47%25%20%33%
Exceptional items————————————
Tax rate15%10%21%23%22%24%21%22%14%33%24%34%
Net profit₹449 cr₹370 cr₹449 cr₹508 cr₹373 cr₹330 cr₹400 cr₹409 cr₹311 cr₹200 cr₹244 cr₹122 cr
YoY——+17%+6%−17%−11%−11%−19%−17%−39%−39%−70%
Core profit YoY——+25%+17%−13%+2%−15%−18%−53%−37%−38%−72%
EPS₹29.57₹24.35₹29.58₹33.50₹24.57₹21.78₹26.36₹26.98₹20.52₹13.20₹16.10₹8.05
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