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NSE: ZYDUSLIFEISIN INE010B01027

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.

HealthcareNifty 500Statement-builtModerate risk
₹1,215.90
+92.90 (+8.27%)
Close 2026-11-09
52-week range
₹8610.0% from high₹1,216
Last 6 months +29.8%
Trend
vs 50-DMA +6.8%vs 200-DMA +14.6%Volatility 25%
Analyst view from the market data feed
7% bullish
29 analystsmean rating 2.66
Price
₹1,215.90
Mkt cap
₹1.12L cr
P/E (TTM)
24.8xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
4.23x
Book value
₹293.9
ROE
17.9%
Op margin
16.7%
Net margin
15.7%
D/E
0.46
Div yield
0.09%
Q2 FY27 results1 question to askHide
Revenue₹7,910 cr▲ 29.2%on the year▼ 1.3%on the quarter
EBITDA₹1,896 cr▼ 6.4%on the yearmargin 24.0% (−910 bps)
Net profit₹928 cr▼ 25.2%on the year▼ 8.2%on the quarter
EPS₹9.28▼ 25.9%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹7,910 cr, +29.2% on the year (this quarter has averaged +18.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 24.0%, −910 bps.
  2. Profit growth was earned in the business: reported −25.2%, core −26.9%.
  3. Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input costs, or mix? EBITDA margin 24.0%, −910 bps on the year (−10 bps on the quarter).
?Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input…✓Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded…
Management said
  • Our Q2 performance reflects strong, all-round momentum, spearheaded by our branded businesses in India, International Markets and Wellness.press release
  • Notably, the share of branded sales in the US has risen to 16%, underscoring our steady shift towards a more differentiated, specialty-led portfolio.press release
  • We look forward to the approval and launch of Saroglitazar in the US, our first indigenously discovered NCE, which marks a pivotal point in our evolution.press release
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 Sep 2023 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M+4.7%
6M+34.7%
1Y+28.2%28.2% a year
From high0.0%worst -15%
vs Nifty, 1Y+30.0 ptsNifty −1.8%
Beta0.62vs Nifty 50
Volatility25%a year

Trading at 30.7x earnings against its own median of 30.4x: 0.0 standard deviations above 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 · 2006-08-30
  2. 2Bonus 1:2corporate action · 2010-04-05
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.

Profit fell while revenue grew

Over the last year profit declined 2.5% even as revenue grew 21.1% — margins are compressing, and any premium being paid rests on a year that moved backwards on the bottom line.

Why this reading: Flagged because the pattern is clear, material, and not explained by the visible numbers — the kind of thing worth understanding before anything else.

Full read

Trailing revenue ₹28,591 cr (up 21.1%) but trailing profit ₹4,593 cr (down 2.5%). Rising sales with falling profit points to cost inflation not passed through, mix shift to lower-margin lines, or one-off gains in the base year.

Cash is running well behind profit this year

Operating cash is 41% 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 ₹2,117 cr vs trailing profit ₹5,124 cr. A one-year gap below 0.5 is often growth working capital; it becomes a real concern only if it recurs.

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 ₹-530 cr, negative in 3 of 12 years. Check whether the burn funds expansion (dark stores, plants, ports) or merely sustains operations.

Borrowing while holding investments

Borrowings rose 1454% over two years while the company also carries ₹7,540 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 ₹12,496 cr from ₹804 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 (15% 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 ₹3,698 cr vs ₹2,423 cr two years earlier, against fixed assets ₹24,106 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 (133%) 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 ₹11,301 cr largely matched by an asset build of ₹15,082 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

4 / 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

0.90× 12-year cumulative

Accruals are 6.9% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 3 of 12 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin18.9%× Asset turnover0.54×× Leverage1.87×= ROE18.9%
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 / equity0.46×
Interest coverage16.08×
ROCE21.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+119%
Revenue produced+57%
Still in CWIP₹3,698 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 ₹29,118 cr ÷ ₹32,247 cr, over 12 years 0.90× Below 1.0 and persistent means profit is being recognised before the cash arrives.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹5,124 − ₹2,117) cr ÷ average assets 6.9% 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 18.9% × 0.54 × 1.87 18.9% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹7,060 cr ÷ ₹439 cr 16.08× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹12,496 cr ÷ ₹27,112 cr 0.46× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +119% vs revenue +57%, FY2023 to FY2026 61pp 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

ROIC13.4%
On new capital since FY2023 15.6%
Capital employed₹39,608 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 ÷ EBITDA0.25×
Cash ÷ profit0.41×
Free cash ÷ profit-0.10×

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.

Cost of debt FY2026

Interest ÷ average borrowings5.59%
Average borrowings₹7,855 cr

Against a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Cost of debt — Interest expense over average borrowings — the effective rate the company actually pays.

What the lenders charge, which is a market verdict on credit quality that no rating agency delay affects.

Well below the policy rate
Suggests interest is being capitalised into assets rather than expensed, or that funding comes from related parties on non-market terms.
Near the policy rate plus a normal spread
Ordinary bank funding. Nothing to explain.
Well above
Lenders are pricing risk the equity market may not yet be.

How to read itAgainst a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%. Read the direction over years as much as the level.

Where it failsUnderstated where a large share of interest is capitalised into projects under construction. Not meaningful for lenders, where interest is cost of goods.

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.

Net margin
Trailing twelve months, live feed15.7%
FY2026, as filed18.9%
3.2% apart
Operating margin
Trailing twelve months, live feed16.7%
FY2026, as filed31.2%
14.5% 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

2 / 5
  • Debt below net worth ₹12,496 cr vs ₹27,112 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 12 of 12 years
  • Earnings growth over the period 11% since FY2022
  • P/E below 15 24.8×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 104.9

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% 17.8%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 4.0%

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

2 / 4
  • Annual earnings growth above 25% 11%
  • Revenue growth above 20% 17%
  • Return on equity above 17% 18.9%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹101 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× 0.90× over 12 years
  • ROCE above 15% 21.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 16.08×
  • Debt below half of equity 0.46×

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

Against the sector48 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Healthcare). 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
24.8×
47.9×
-48%
P/B
4.2×
6.3×
-33%
Return on equity
17.9%
17.5%
+2%
Operating margin
16.7%
19.1%
-13%
Net margin
15.7%
15.7%
+0%
Dividend yield
0.1%
0.3%
-72%
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 · 13,166FY19FY20 · 14,253FY20FY21 · 15,102FY21FY22 · 15,265FY22FY23 · 17,237FY23FY24 · 19,547FY24FY25 · 23,242FY25FY26 · 27,148FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

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

2,117Operating cash−7,895Investing5,807Financing

Quality over time

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

2.61.81.00.2FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

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

30821812838FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
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)
24.8x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
4.23x
P/S
3.98x
PEG
0.68
growth cheap
Dividend yield
0.09%
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
16.7%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
15.7%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
17.9%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
0.46
conservative
Payout ratio
2.2%
Book value / share
₹293.9
Return on equity of 17.9% is built on a 15.7% net margin and debt of 0.46x 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 ― 0.01
Mar '2675.00% Jun '2675.01% Jun '2675.01% Sep '2675.01%

Promoter held steady from 75.00% to 75.01% across these quarters.

FII ― 0.10
Mar '266.95% Jun '266.89% Jun '266.89% Sep '267.05%

FII held steady from 6.95% to 7.05% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 2.00
Mar '264.88% Jun '264.92% Jun '265.12% Sep '266.88%

MF rose from 4.88% to 6.88% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 2.11
Mar '2613.17% Jun '2613.18% Jun '2612.98% Sep '2611.06%

Other trimmed from 13.17% to 11.06% 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
11094768094976473
Inventory days
How long stock sits before it sells
208207227245197202227282
Payable days
How long the company takes to pay suppliers
149151155141123125131142
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
169150148184168175160212
Working capital days10-19-61970883-40
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
15.0%11.0%14.0%13.0%15.0%22.0%24.0%21.0%

Pharma vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
US revenue ($ m)3,3153,0982,744
India growth YoY18.3%3.8%18.3%
R&D, % of sales8.3%——
Gross margin72.1%72.8%72.4%
ANDA approvals12——
ANDAs pending4——

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

Read using the Pharmaceuticals framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E excluding one-time exclusivity gains.

Read more closely in this sector: Status of each US-filed plant · Price erosion stated · One-product dependence.

Trends

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

Revenue (₹ cr)
FY202115.1kFY202215.3kFY202317.2kFY202419.5kFY202523.2kFY202627.1k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY20212.2kFY20224.6kFY20232.1kFY20244.0kFY20254.7kFY20265.1k

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations15,10215,26517,23719,54723,24227,148
Other income-1712,581-42229350-7
Depreciation7257137237649161,408
Finance cost16412713081166439
Profit before tax2,2855,0842,5854,8326,0276,621
Net profit (owners)2,1854,6182,0923,9734,6735,124
EPS (₹)20.8443.8319.3738.3644.9750.09

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
Revenue4,3694,5055,5346,2085,2375,2696,5286,5746,1236,8647,5878,017
Other Income5360160636857-1391557526-26388
Expenses3,2233,4033,9034,1243,7763,8824,4024,4854,1075,0485,0336,088
Depreciation184195205215234229238238302360508555
Finance cost920353225327785101130123156
Profit before tax1,0069471,5501,9001,2711,1841,6721,9211,6871,3531,6601,307
Net Profit8037901,2461,4829201,0261,2441,5211,2391,0231,341990
EPS7.917.8011.7514.119.0610.1711.6414.5812.5110.3612.659.42

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital102102101101101101
Reserves12,89016,89717,41519,72923,85227,011
Borrowings4,5844,2211,1958043,21312,496
Net block12,13312,25311,52112,36813,13424,106
CWIP7836611,2012,4232,6923,698
Investments8303,2881,5471,2206,4127,540
Total Assets23,76527,64225,56228,83436,68950,673

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations3,2932,1042,6893,2286,7812,117
Cash from investing-8351,1371,178-1,492-8,363-7,895
Cash from financing-2,549-868-4,400-1,8101,9955,807
Free cash flow2,4461,0501,6972,3455,139-530
Net change in cash-902,373-534-7541428

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 — 0.90× over 12 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 3 of 12 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +119% vs revenue +57%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 16.08×

Others in Healthcare

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Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

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Revenue₹7,910 cr▲ 29.2%on the year▼ 1.3%on the quarter
EBITDA₹1,896 cr▼ 6.4%on the yearmargin 24.0% (−910 bps)
Net profit₹928 cr▼ 25.2%on the year▼ 8.2%on the quarter
EPS₹9.28▼ 25.9%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹7,910 cr, +29.2% on the year (this quarter has averaged +18.4% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 24.0%, −910 bps.
  2. Profit growth was earned in the business: reported −25.2%, core −26.9%.
  3. Operating margin fell sharply on the year. Pricing, input costs, or mix? EBITDA margin 24.0%, −910 bps on the year (−10 bps on the quarter).

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. reported revenue of ₹7,910 cr for July to September 2026, +29.2% on the year and −1.3% on the quarter. That is faster than this quarter has grown in recent years (+18.4% on average), so the year-on-year number is not just the season. Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹30,378 cr, +24.0% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹1,896 cr, a margin of 24.0%, −910 bps on the year and −10 bps on the quarter. It is the narrowest margin of the last 8 quarters (range 24.0% to 33.7%). Operating costs grew +46.7%, faster than revenue at +29.2%, so operating profit grew less than sales.

Net profit was ₹928 cr, −25.2% on the year and −8.2% on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹9.28. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax fell 26.9%, so the profit growth came from the business itself. The tax rate of 26% is in line with its recent average. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹4,303 cr, −14.5% on the four before.

Of the 13 companies in Pharmaceuticals that have reported Q2 FY27 so far, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. ranks 2nd on revenue growth; the sector median is +11.8%. Its margin moved −910 bps on the year against a sector median of +12 bps.

Pharma quarters swing with US generic launches and price erosion, while India formulations grow more steadily. Currency gains and other income can be material, so headline profit needs a check against operating profit.

On earnings per share of ₹41.85 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹1,215.90 trades at 29.1 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 24.0%, −910 bps on the year (−10 bps on the quarter).

Source: Results filing

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

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

Operating cash flow for the first half ₹3,162 cr against profit of ₹1,939 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

Could not run on this quarter: 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

₹1,241 crSep'25−₹129 crBusiness(EBITDA)−₹304 crDepreciation−₹85.7 crFinancecost+₹20.9 crOtherincome−₹35.5 crExceptionalitems+₹119 crTax+₹101 crOtherlines₹928 crSep'26Scale starts at ₹387 cr, not zero, so the changes are visible

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₹4,381 cr₹5,416 cr▼ 19.1%
Inventory₹6,882 cr₹5,628 cr▲ 22.3%
Cash₹669 cr₹855 cr▼ 21.7%
Bank balances₹883 cr₹561 cr▲ 57.2%
Long-term borrowings₹4,106 cr₹3,188 cr▲ 28.8%
Short-term borrowings₹9,143 cr₹8,582 cr▲ 6.5%
Trade payables₹2,958 cr₹2,845 cr▲ 4.0%
Net block₹9,276 cr₹9,231 cr▲ 0.5%
Capital work in progress₹1,636 cr₹1,166 cr▲ 40.3%
Equity₹30,323 cr₹29,640 cr▲ 2.3%
Total assets₹55,607 cr₹52,509 cr▲ 5.9%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow₹3,162 cr₹1,221 cr
Capital expenditure−₹1,261 cr−₹868 cr
Investing cash flow−₹4,129 cr−₹5,467 cr
Financing cash flow−₹449 cr₹4,045 cr
Dividends paid−₹99.7 cr−₹1,106 cr

Operating cash flow was 1.63× profit. Receivables at 50 days of sales (−23 days against the last year end). Inventory at 79 days of sales (+3 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

✓Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP

Other matter: “

The consolidated unaudited financial results includes the interim financial information of 37 subsidiaries which have not been reviewed by their auditors, whose interim financial information reflect total assets of Rs 67,838 Million as at September 30, 2026, total revenue of… Read in fullThe consolidated unaudited financial results includes the interim financial information of 37 subsidiaries which have not been reviewed by their auditors, whose interim financial information reflect total assets of Rs 67,838 Million as at September 30, 2026, total revenue of Rs 5,430 Million and Rs 9,264 Million for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 respectively, total profit/(loss) after tax of Rs 219 Million and Rs (425) Million for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 respectively and total comprehensive income of Rs 1,308 Million and Rs 690 Million for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 respectively and net cash inflows of Rs 1,154 Million for the half year ended September 30, 2026, as considered in the Statement. The consolidated unaudited financial results also includes the Group's share of profit after tax of Rs 275 Million and Rs 653 Million for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026 and total comprehensive income of Rs 275 Million and Rs 653 Million for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026, as considered in the Statement, in respect of 4 joint ventures, based on their interim financial information which have not been reviewed by their auditors. According to the information and explanations given to us by the Management, these interim financial information are not material to the Group.
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Filing p. limited review report p.1-2

?Governance eventsOther

Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. reached in-principle agreement to resolve four class action antitrust lawsuits brought by Indirect Reseller Plaintiffs. (p. consolidated note 7)

Torrential rains in July 2026 caused damage to certain inventory and PPE at Ahmedabad manufacturing facilities with insurance claim lodged for Rs. 396 million. (p. consolidated note 6)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Interest income (6M consolidated): 242.70 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • FVTPL gain / profit on sale of investments (6M consolidated): 8.60 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement

One-offs

  • Insurance claim receivable net of provision for damage to assets due to torrential rains at Ahmedabad facilities: -2.00 crore. Seen before: noconsolidated note 4a-b
  • Provision for severance compensation at Assertio Holdings, Inc.: 1.30 crore. Seen before: noconsolidated note 4c

Tax: Consolidated tax expense of ₹334.00 crore (current tax ₹498.70 crore, deferred tax credit ₹164.70 crore) on Profit before tax of ₹1,261.70 crore

Pharma vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
US revenue ($ m)3,3153,0982,744
India growth YoY18.3%3.8%18.3%
R&D, % of sales8.3%——
Gross margin72.1%72.8%72.4%
ANDA approvals12——
ANDAs pending4——

Worked out from filed numbers. North America Formulations Revenue: North America formulations revenue of Rs. 33,145 million converted to ₹ crore (+20.8% YoY) · Gross Margin: Gross margin based on COGS and revenues reported in presentation

Checks this sector needs

iStatus of each US-filed plant

USFDA inspections at SEZ II, Ahmedabad and Moraiya formulations facilities concluded with 1 and 5 observations respectively, working closely with regulator to address them.

Observations received during inspections requiring remediation response.

iPrice erosion stated

North America formulations registered 20.8% YoY growth driven by volume expansion in base business and specialty scale-up, offsetting generic price erosion.

Volume growth and specialty expansion effectively counter generic price erosion.

✓One-product dependence

Portfolio is well-diversified across North America Formulations (43%), India Formulations (24%), Consumer Wellness (16%), International Markets (13%), APIs and MedTech.

Broad revenue distribution across multiple therapeutic areas and geographic segments.

Read using the Pharmaceuticals framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E excluding one-time exclusivity gains.

Read more closely in this sector: Status of each US-filed plant · Price erosion stated · One-product dependence.

What management saidquoted, with source

  • Our Q2 performance reflects strong, all-round momentum, spearheaded by our branded businesses in India, International Markets and Wellness.press release, release p.1
  • Notably, the share of branded sales in the US has risen to 16%, underscoring our steady shift towards a more differentiated, specialty-led portfolio.press release, release p.1
  • We look forward to the approval and launch of Saroglitazar in the US, our first indigenously discovered NCE, which marks a pivotal point in our evolution.press release, release p.1
  • Revenue from operations at Rs. 79,096 mn, up 29% over last year.press release, release p.1

Segments

SegmentRevenueYoYResultYoY
Pharmaceuticals₹6,558 cr▲ 23.2%₹1,319 cr▼ 25.7%
Consumer products₹1,126 cr▲ 73.5%₹7.1 cr—
Medical technologies₹226 cr▲ 47.3%−₹92.8 cr—

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹4,505 cr₹5,534 cr₹6,208 cr₹5,237 cr₹5,269 cr₹6,528 cr₹6,574 cr₹6,123 cr₹6,864 cr₹7,587 cr₹8,017 cr₹7,910 cr
YoY——+21%+20%+17%+18%+6%+17%+30%+16%+22%+29%
EBITDA margin24.5%29.5%33.6%27.9%26.3%32.6%31.8%33.1%26.5%33.7%24.1%24.0%
Other income, % of PBT6%10%3%5%5%−8%8%6%2%−16%8%10%
Exceptional items———————₹34.2 cr——₹18.2 cr−₹1.3 cr
Tax rate23%21%23%29%15%25%23%27%29%19%26%26%
Net profit₹790 cr₹1,246 cr₹1,482 cr₹920 cr₹1,026 cr₹1,244 cr₹1,521 cr₹1,241 cr₹1,023 cr₹1,341 cr₹1,011 cr₹928 cr
YoY——+31%+15%+30%−0%+3%+35%−0%+8%−34%−25%
Core profit YoY——+41%+26%+27%+30%−4%+29%+18%+6%−30%−27%
EPS₹7.80₹11.75₹14.11₹9.06₹10.17₹11.64₹14.58₹12.53₹10.36₹12.65₹9.56₹9.28
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