Ajanta Pharma Ltd
AJANTPHARMAjanta Pharma Ltd is strength at full price. The numbers are improving — and a P/E at the 88th percentile of its own range says the market knows.
The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 88th percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it.
The price is in a confirmed uptrend (28 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 88th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +18.7% year on year, and 89% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the earnings grow into the multiple.
Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd trades at ₹3,419, in a confirmed uptrend and 28 weeks into that stage. That is +17.1% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 100% of a 52-week range of ₹2,402 to ₹3,419. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 10 straight weeks.
Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 28 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹3,419 it trades +17.1% versus its 200-day average and sits at 100% of its 52-week range (₹2,402–₹3,419).
Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +298% while the NIFTY 500 moved +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 10 straight weeks — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.
What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.
→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 88th percentile of its own range.
Valuation P/E is the price of ₹1 of annual profit: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee the company earns in a year.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd trades at 37.3× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (88th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 28.0×, measured across 10.4 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.
Today's P/E of 37.3× is at the pricey end of its own range (88th percentile), against a long-run median of 28.0× measured over 10.4 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.
Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +14.7% against a +23.3% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.
The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +18.9%/yr price move, ~+12.5%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+6.4 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +12.4%/yr price move, ~+10.4%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+2.0 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.
Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.
→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.
Stage: Consistent Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).
Ajanta Pharma Ltd reads as consistent on its fundamental arc. Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 31.8% and holding. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.
Why it matters: steady curves with healthy returns are the compounding setup — the risk is the price, not the business.
| 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +17.3% | +13.4% | +13.5% | +12.0% |
| Profit | +14.8% | +21.6% | +10.1% | +9.8% |
| EPS | +14.7% | +22.6% | +10.9% | +10.4% |
| Share price | +23.3% | +33.3% | +18.9% | +12.4% |
→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.
4-Factor Sector Score
58.0/100 — rank 13 of 43 in Pharma - Formulators · 96% evidence confidence
Ajanta Pharma Ltd scores 58.0 out of 100 against the 43 companies it is compared with in Pharma - Formulators, ranking 13. Strong business, demanding price: keep it on the quality list, but require either earnings upgrades or valuation compression.
The four contributions add to the total exactly: 19.1 + 20.3 + 5.1 + 13.5 = 58. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.
What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.
Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd reported ₹1,422 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +21.5% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹5,453 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹5,454 Cr.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd reported ₹1,422 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +21.5% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹5,453 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹5,454 Cr.
FY26 revenue came in at ₹5,453 Cr (+17.3% on the year), capping 10 years at 12.0% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹1,422 Cr, +21.5% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +17.4% growth against the decade's 12.0% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.
Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +17.3% over the last 4 quarters against +13.8%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +14.8% vs +13.8%/yr — stabilising.
→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 23.0% this quarter (−2.0 pp YoY).
Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every ₹100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd's operating margin is 23.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 22.0% to 35.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd's operating margin is 23.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 22.0% to 35.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
The latest quarter's operating margin is 23.0%, −2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 22.0%–35.0%.
🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −1.9 pp year on year while gross margin went +2.8 pp — the loss came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.
→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +18.7% in the latest quarter.
Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd earned ₹267 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +18.7% year on year. It is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹1,056 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 9.8%. That is 18.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹225 Cr.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd earned ₹267 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +18.7% year on year. It is the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹1,056 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 9.8%. That is 18.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹225 Cr.
Mar 26 profit was ₹267 Cr, +18.7% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹1,056 Cr (+14.8%), and the 10-year compound rate is 9.8%.
Why profit moved: revenue contributed +21.5% and the margin −2.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.
Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +15.1% vs revenue +17.4%. Profit and revenue are moving roughly in step.
→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 89% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.
Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.
Over the last 3 fiscal years 89% of Ajanta Pharma Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹529 Cr of operating cash against ₹1,056 Cr of profit. After ₹360 Cr of capital spending, ₹169 Cr was left as free cash.
FY26: operating cash of ₹529 Cr against reported profit of ₹1,056 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹169 Cr after ₹360 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 89% of profit.
Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.
Why conversion sits at 89%: the cash cycle tightened 69 days between FY21 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner.
Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 1.9× depreciation over three years, so the next section's job is to check what that build-out is buying.
→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: ₹872 Cr of building over 3 years.
Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).
Ajanta Pharma Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 246 days in FY26, down from 315 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹872 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹5,453 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹14.9 Cr, so roughly ₹3,675 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.
FY26: debtors at 124 days, inventory at 289 days — roughly 9.5 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 246 days, tighter than FY21's 315.
The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 289 days to sell; customers pay about 124 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 168 days — netting out to the 246-day cycle.
In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹5,453 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹14.9 Cr — so the 246-day loop keeps roughly ₹3,675 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.
On the investment side: capital spending of ₹872 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹452 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹258 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.
The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.
→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 35% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +14.2 pp.
Return on capital Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it — equity and debt together. It is the single best test of whether growth creates value or just size.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd earns a ROCE of 35% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 23% in FY23. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +14.2 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 19.4% net margin on 0.90× asset turns.
FY26 ROCE is 35%, recovered from a FY23 trough of 23% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.
Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 19.4% net margin × 0.90× asset turns × 1.33× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 23.2% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.
The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 26.2% − 12.0% = a +14.2 pp spread. The 12.0% is a standing assumption for the cost of capital in India, not a per-stock estimate — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every rupee reinvested creates more than a rupee of value — the engine compounds.
→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.06.
Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd carries total debt of ₹260 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹4,527 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.06 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.01 in FY22 to 0.06 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.
Mar 26: total debt of ₹260 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹4,527 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.06. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.01 (FY22) to 0.06 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.
→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions added 4.4 points over 8 quarters.
Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.
Domestic institutions added 4.4 points of Ajanta Pharma Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 21.8% of the company. Promoters moved −2.8 points over the same window, to 63.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.
The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: +4.4 points over 8 quarters to 21.8%; Promoters: −2.8 points over 8 quarters to 63.5%; Foreign institutions: −0.7 points over 8 quarters to 7.7%.
Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (+4.4 points), absorbed on the other side by promoters (−2.8 points) — steady accumulation by institutions reading the same numbers this page reads.
→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.
Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.
The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.
| Company | P/E | Mkt cap | Revenue | EPS | ROCE | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajanta Pharma Ltd this page | 37.3× | ₹42,097 Cr | Consistent | |||
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | 37.5× | ₹4.7L Cr | Improving | |||
| Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 86.1× | ₹1.9L Cr | Consistent | |||
| Cipla Ltd | 31.8× | ₹1.1L Cr | Deteriorating | |||
| Zydus Lifesciences Ltd | 20.4× | ₹1.1L Cr | Consistent | |||
| Lupin Ltd | 19.1× | ₹1.1L Cr | Consistent | |||
| Mankind Pharma Ltd | 51.4× | ₹1L Cr | Turning around | |||
| Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd | 29.8× | ₹96,130 Cr | Deteriorating | |||
| Aurobindo Pharma Ltd | 25.1× | ₹88,979 Cr | Mixed | |||
| Biocon Ltd | 182.0× | ₹70,672 Cr | Deteriorating | |||
| Alkem Laboratories Ltd | 27.6× | ₹67,357 Cr | Mixed | |||
| Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 21.0× | ₹61,858 Cr | No read | |||
| Ipca Laboratories Ltd | 37.9× | ₹44,720 Cr | Consistent | |||
| J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 53.8× | ₹38,677 Cr | Topping out | |||
| Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 37.7× | ₹35,679 Cr | Mixed | |||
| Wockhardt Ltd | 106.0× | ₹30,048 Cr | No read | |||
| Rubicon Research Ltd | 102.0× | ₹25,141 Cr | No read | |||
| ERIS Lifesciences Ltd | 30.7× | ₹19,409 Cr | Turning around | |||
| Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd | 29.2× | ₹18,753 Cr | Consistent | |||
| Natco Pharma Ltd | 11.6× | ₹16,504 Cr | Topping out | |||
| Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 21.4× | ₹15,678 Cr | Turning around | |||
| Corona Remedies Ltd | 64.7× | ₹12,923 Cr | No read | |||
| Marksans Pharma Ltd | 26.7× | ₹11,161 Cr | Consistent | |||
| Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 40.3× | ₹10,818 Cr | No read | |||
| Strides Pharma Science Ltd | 16.6× | ₹9,402 Cr | No read | |||
| Suven Life Sciences Ltd | — | ₹8,929 Cr | No read | |||
| FDC Ltd | 22.6× | ₹6,723 Cr | Turning around | |||
| Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd | 37.4× | ₹4,927 Cr | Turning around | |||
| RPG Life Sciences Ltd | 44.3× | ₹4,858 Cr | — | — | — | — |
| Gufic BioSciences Ltd | 59.2× | ₹3,799 Cr | No read | |||
| Kwality Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 42.5× | ₹2,886 Cr | Consistent | |||
| Kwality Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 36.6× | ₹2,483 Cr | Consistent | |||
| Sai Parenterals Ltd | 166.0× | ₹2,366 Cr | — | — | — | — |
| Indoco Remedies Ltd | — | ₹2,247 Cr | No read | |||
| Fredun Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 45.4× | ₹1,480 Cr | — | No read | ||
| Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd | 22.8× | ₹1,472 Cr | Mixed | |||
| Accent Microcell Ltd | 27.1× | ₹1,187 Cr | No read | |||
| Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 13.2× | ₹1,162 Cr | Turning around | |||
| Bajaj Healthcare Ltd | 19.3× | ₹1,088 Cr | No read | |||
| Bharat Parenterals Ltd | — | ₹990 Cr | No read |
Frequently asked questions
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's share price today?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd trades at ₹3,419, +23.3% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹42,097 Cr. The stock sits at 100% of its 52-week range of ₹2,402–₹3,419, +17.1% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 28 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.
What were Ajanta Pharma Ltd's latest quarterly results?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd reported revenue of ₹1,422 Cr and net profit of ₹267 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 21.5% and profit rose 18.7% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹21.35. The operating margin was 23.0%, 2.0 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's revenue?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd reported revenue of ₹1,422 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +21.5% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹5,453 Cr (+17.3%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 12.0% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's profit?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd earned ₹267 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +18.7% year on year — the 12th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹1,056 Cr. The operating margin ran 23.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's market cap?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹42,097 Cr at a share price of ₹3,419. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's P/E ratio?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd trades at a P/E of 37.3×, at the 88th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 28.0×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.
Does Ajanta Pharma Ltd pay a dividend?
Yes — Ajanta Pharma Ltd's dividend payout was 33% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in 12 of its last 13 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd overvalued?
On its own history, Ajanta Pharma Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 37.3× sits at the 88th percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 28.0×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd growing?
Yes — Ajanta Pharma Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +21.5% year on year, profit +18.7%, and the margin −2.0 pp at 23.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 12.0% (revenue) and 9.8% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.
How is Ajanta Pharma Ltd performing?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 28 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 21.5% and profit rose 18.7% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 10 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.
What stage is Ajanta Pharma Ltd in?
Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 31.8% and holding. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +17.3% latest, profit growth +14.8% latest, eps growth +14.7% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd in an uptrend?
Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 28 of stage 2), trading +17.1% versus its 200-day average and at 100% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd beating the market?
On recent form, yes — Ajanta Pharma Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 10 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +298% against the NIFTY 500's +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.
Will Ajanta Pharma Ltd's share price go up?
This page publishes no price forecast for Ajanta Pharma Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹3,419, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 28 weeks in. Its P/E of 37.3× sits at the 88th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.
Who owns Ajanta Pharma Ltd?
Promoters hold 63.5% of Ajanta Pharma Ltd, foreign institutions 7.7%, domestic institutions 21.8% and the public 7.0% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Domestic institutions added 4.4 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.
Does Ajanta Pharma Ltd have too much debt?
No — Ajanta Pharma Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.06, and operating profit covers the interest bill 94×. FY26 borrowings were ₹260 Cr against equity of ₹4,527 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's capex?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd spent ₹872 Cr on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY26 alone that was ₹360 Cr, with ₹258 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's cash flow?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd generated ₹529 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹169 Cr of free cash flow after ₹360 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹1,056 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd's profit real cash?
Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 89% of Ajanta Pharma Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹529 Cr against reported profit of ₹1,056 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.
Where is Ajanta Pharma Ltd in its business cycle?
Ajanta Pharma Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 28.0%, against a 13-year band of 22.0%–35.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 23.0%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 24 July 2026.
What could break the Ajanta Pharma Ltd story?
The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 88th percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 24 July 2026.
Is Ajanta Pharma Ltd a stock worth studying right now?
This is not investment advice. The machine read: Ajanta Pharma Ltd is strength at full price. The numbers are improving — and a P/E at the 88th percentile of its own range says the market knows. The sharpest open question: whether the earnings grow into the multiple. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 24 July 2026.