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IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd

IOLCP
Pharma - API & CRAMS

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. +61.6% in a year against EPS +36.3% — the market is paying now for delivery later.

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +61.6% in a year while annual EPS moved +36.3% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (10 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +71.0% year on year, and 183% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.

Stage
Turning around
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹148
+61.6% 1Y
P/E
30.0×
99th pctile
of its own 4-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹619 Cr
+17.2% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹53.0 Cr
+71.0% YoY
Operating margin
15.0%
+3.0 pp YoY
ROCE
11%
FY26
ROIC
8.1%
vs WACC 12.0% → −3.9 pp
Cash conversion
183%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd trades at ₹148, in a confirmed uptrend and 10 weeks into that stage. That is +42.3% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 78% of a 52-week range of ₹69 to ₹171. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 21 straight weeks.

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 10 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹148 it trades +42.3% versus its 200-day average and sits at 78% of its 52-week range (₹69–₹171).

Jul 26: ₹148 Weekly closing price (₹) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+42.3% versus the 200-day line, week 10 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4S2S4S2S4S2₹180₹148₹116₹83.9₹51.9₹148₹104Jul 23Apr 24Feb 25Nov 25Jul 26
S2S4S2S4S2S4S2₹180₹148₹116₹83.9₹51.9₹148₹104Jul 23Feb 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (547 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the NIFTY 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the NIFTY 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the NIFTY 500
Mar 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +960% while the NIFTY 500 moved +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 21 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 99th percentile of its own range.

02 · Valuation

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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd trades at 30.0× P/E, about the priciest it has ever traded. Its long-run median P/E is 18.5×, measured across 4.1 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 30.0× is about the priciest it has ever traded, against a long-run median of 18.5× measured over 4.1 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 30.0× vs a 18.5× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 4.1-year window; loss-period spikes above 30× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
about the priciest it has ever traded
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
31.5×₹6.625.8×₹4.920.0×₹3.314.3×₹1.68.6×₹0.0×29.90×₹5Jun 22Jun 23Jul 24Aug 25Jul 26
31.5×₹6.625.8×₹4.920.0×₹3.314.3×₹1.68.6×₹0.0×29.90×₹5Jun 22Jul 24Jul 26
PEG 0.43 PEG ratio per quarter — the P/E divided by the earnings-growth rate. The dashed line marks 1.0: below it the growth is cheap against the multiple, above it the price already prices the growth in. Computed here as quarter-end P/E ÷ trailing-twelve-month EPS growth (only quarters with positive growth), because a reported quarterly PEG is not held for this stock. Last 6 quarters.
below 1.0, the growth looks cheap against the multiple
PEGPEG = 1.0
1.7×1.3×0.9×0.5×0.1××0.43×Q1 FY24Q2 FY24Q3 FY24Q2 FY26Q4 FY26
1.7×1.3×0.9×0.5×0.1××0.43×Q1 FY24Q3 FY24Q4 FY26
P/E
30.0×
99th percentile of 4y
PEG
n/m
not derivable — 3-year earnings growth unavailable

🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +36.3% against a +61.6% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +26.1%/yr price move, ~+1.6%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+24.5 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.

03 · Stage: Turning around

Stage: Turning around 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).

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd reads as turning around on its fundamental arc. Turning around — profit growth swung from −42.2% at the trough to +36.6%, a 5-quarter improving streak, ROCE holding at 10.8%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
13%74%7.5%42%2.0%11%−3.5%−21%−9.0%−52%%%11.5%36.6%36.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
13%74%7.5%42%2.0%11%−3.5%−21%−9.0%−52%%%11.5%36.6%36.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
16%14%12%10%7.9%%10.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
16%14%12%10%7.9%%10.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Recovering
latest +11.5% · span −7.5% to +11.5%
Profit growth
Rising
latest +36.6% · span −43.0% to +63.8%
EPS growth
Rising
latest +36.3% · span −43.4% to +64.9%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 10.8% · span 8.5%–15.9%

Why it matters: growth inflections are where re-ratings start — the curves say a turn is forming, so the question becomes whether the next quarters confirm it.

Growth, year by year: revenue +11.5% in FY26, profit +36.6% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
13%42%8.3%24%3.8%5.9%−0.6%−12%−5.0%−30%%%11.5%36.6%FY22FY24FY26
13%42%8.3%24%3.8%5.9%−0.6%−12%−5.0%−30%%%11.5%36.6%FY22FY24FY26
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+11.5%) with the last 8 annualized (+4.3%).
revenue accelerating, profit accelerating
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
13%74%7.5%42%2.0%11%−3.5%−21%−9.0%−52%%%11.5%36.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
13%74%7.5%42%2.0%11%−3.5%−21%−9.0%−52%%%11.5%36.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; share price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+11.5%+1.5%
Profit+36.6%−0.2%
EPS+36.3%−0.4%
Share price+61.6%+26.1%+2.3%+17.3%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+17.2%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+71.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
1.5%
long-run compound pace

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

71.1/100 — rank 4 of 24 in Pharma - API & CRAMS · 96% evidence confidence

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd scores 71.1 out of 100 against the 24 companies it is compared with in Pharma - API & CRAMS, ranking 4. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 24.5 + 14.2 + 13.2 + 19.2 = 71.1. 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.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd reported ₹619 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +17.2% year on year. That is the 6th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 1.5% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,319 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,319 Cr.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd reported ₹619 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +17.2% year on year. That is the 6th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 1.5% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,319 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,319 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,319 Cr (+11.5% on the year), capping 4 years at 1.5% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹619 Cr, +17.2% year on year — the 6th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹2,319 Cr (+11.5% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
1.5% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
2.5k13%1.9k8.3%1.3k3.8%626−0.6%0−5.0%₹ Cr%₹2,31911.5%FY22FY24FY26
2.5k13%1.9k8.3%1.3k3.8%626−0.6%0−5.0%₹ Cr%₹2,31911.5%FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: ₹619 Cr (+17.2% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
6th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
66920%50111%3341.6%167−7.5%0−17%₹ Cr%₹61917.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
66920%50111%3341.6%167−7.5%0−17%₹ Cr%₹61917.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +11.5% growth against the decade's 1.5% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +11.5% over the last 4 quarters against +4.3%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +36.6% vs +1.1%/yr — accelerating.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 15.0% this quarter (+3.0 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's operating margin is 15.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +3.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 12.0%.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's operating margin is 15.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +3.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 12.0%.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 15.0%, +3.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0%–12.0%, and FY26's 12.0% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +3.0 pp year on year while gross margin went +5.4 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.

FY26: 12.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
the widest a 10.0–12.0% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
12.2%2.3%11.6%1.2%11.0%0.0%10.4%−1.2%9.84%−2.3%%%12%2%FY22FY24FY26
12.2%2.3%11.6%1.2%11.0%0.0%10.4%−1.2%9.84%−2.3%%%12%2%FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: 15.0% operating margin (+3.0 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
16%3.7%14%1.1%12%−1.5%9.5%−4.1%7.4%−6.7%%%15%3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
16%3.7%14%1.1%12%−1.5%9.5%−4.1%7.4%−6.7%%%15%3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +71.0% in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd earned ₹53.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +71.0% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹138 Cr. The 4-year compound rate is −4.8%. That is 8.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹31.0 Cr.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd earned ₹53.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +71.0% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹138 Cr. The 4-year compound rate is −4.8%. That is 8.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹31.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹53.0 Cr, +71.0% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹138 Cr (+36.6%), and the 4-year compound rate is −4.8%.

FY26 profit ₹138 Cr (+36.6% YoY) Net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
−4.8% a year over 4 years
Net profitYoY growth
18141%13624%916.0%45−12%0−29%₹ Cr%₹13836.6%FY22FY24FY26
18141%13624%916.0%45−12%0−29%₹ Cr%₹13836.6%FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: ₹53.0 Cr (+71.0% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
57153%4397%2940%14−16%0−72%₹ Cr%₹5371%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
57153%4397%2940%14−16%0−72%₹ Cr%₹5371%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +17.2% and the margin +3.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +35.5% vs revenue +11.5%. Profit is growing faster than sales — fixed costs are being spread over a bigger base, and each extra rupee of revenue drops more to the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 183% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

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 183% of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹214 Cr of operating cash against ₹138 Cr of profit. After ₹165 Cr of capital spending, ₹49.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹214 Cr against reported profit of ₹138 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹49.0 Cr after ₹165 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 183% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY26: CFO ₹214 Cr vs profit ₹138 Cr Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, ₹ Cr; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
183% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
32120895−18−131₹ Cr₹214₹138₹49FY22FY24FY26
32120895−18−131₹ Cr₹214₹138₹49FY22FY24FY26
FY26: CFO = 155% of profit (three-year rate 183%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
229%182%136%89%42%%155%FY22FY24FY26
229%182%136%89%42%%155%FY22FY24FY26

Why conversion sits at 183%: the cash cycle tightened 11 days between FY22 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 3.0× 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: ₹651 Cr of building over 3 years.

09 · Where the cash goes

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).

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 68 days in FY26, down from 79 days in FY22. Capital spending ran ₹651 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,319 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹6.4 Cr, so roughly ₹432 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 95 days, inventory at 91 days — roughly 3.0 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 68 days, tighter than FY22's 79.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 91 days to sell; customers pay about 95 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 118 days — netting out to the 68-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,319 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹6.4 Cr — so the 68-day loop keeps roughly ₹432 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 68-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 5-year window.
−11 days vs FY22
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
127111968064days68d91d95d118dFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
127111968064days68d91d95d118dFY22FY24FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹651 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹215 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹94.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹165 Cr, work-in-progress ₹94.0 Cr Capital spending per fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); capital work-in-progress, ₹ Cr (line). Quarterly capital-spending history is not held for India — annual is the honest resolution.
a build-out
CapexWork-in-progress
275207138690₹ Cr₹165₹94FY23FY24FY26
275207138690₹ Cr₹165₹94FY23FY24FY26

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 11% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −3.9 pp.

10 · Return on capital

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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd earns a ROCE of 11% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 9% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −3.9 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 6.0% net margin on 0.90× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 11%, recovered from a FY25 trough of 9% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 6.0% net margin × 0.90× asset turns × 1.44× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 7.8% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 8.1% − 12.0% = a −3.9 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. Negative — growth at these returns destroys value until the returns recover.

FY26: ROCE 11% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 4-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY25's 9%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
15%12%10%7.8%5.6%%11%8.5%FY23FY24FY26
15%12%10%7.8%5.6%%11%8.5%FY23FY24FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 10.0% (TTM) vs WACC 12.0% Trailing-twelve-month ROCE and ROIC, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROCE (TTM)ROIC (TTM)WACC
14%12%9.6%7.3%5.1%%10%7.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
14%12%9.6%7.3%5.1%%10%7.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.08.

11 · Debt

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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd carries total debt of ₹135 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,799 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.08 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.03 in FY22 to 0.08 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹135 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,799 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.08. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.03 (FY22) to 0.08 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY26: debt ₹135 Cr at 0.08× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
1460.08×1090.07×730.05×360.03×00.02×₹ Cr×₹1350.08×FY22FY24FY26
1460.08×1090.07×730.05×360.03×00.02×₹ Cr×₹1350.08×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹135 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.08 Total debt per quarter, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters. India reports the full balance sheet half-yearly, so the intervening quarter carries the prior reading forward.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
1720.10×1290.08×860.05×430.03×00.01×₹ Cr×₹1350.08×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1720.10×1290.08×860.05×430.03×00.01×₹ Cr×₹1350.08×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters added 14.1 points over 8 quarters.

12 · Ownership

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.

Promoters added 14.1 points of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 62.3% of the company. Foreign institutions moved +3.5 points over the same window, to 4.9%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: +14.1 points over 8 quarters to 62.3%; Foreign institutions: +3.5 points over 8 quarters to 4.9%; Domestic institutions: +0.3 points over 8 quarters to 0.4%.

Why the register moved: promoters drove it (+14.1 points), alongside foreign institutions (+3.5 points) — steady accumulation by institutions reading the same numbers this page reads.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +9.3 pts from Mar 24 to Mar 26 Shareholding at each fiscal-year end (March quarter), % of the company. 3 year-ends held.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
62%45%29%12%−4.6%%57.5%1.7%0.0%40.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
62%45%29%12%−4.6%%57.5%1.7%0.0%40.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Promoters added 14.1 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
67%49%31%13%−5.0%%62.3%4.9%0.4%32.4%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
67%49%31%13%−5.0%%62.3%4.9%0.4%32.4%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

13 · 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.

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals 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.

Related companies · same sector · Pharma - API & CRAMS Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
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IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd this page30.0×₹4,380 CrImproving
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Laurus Labs Ltd79.1×₹86,505 CrMixed
Anthem Biosciences Ltd73.1×₹43,360 CrNo read
Gland Pharma Ltd37.6×₹39,257 CrImproving
Acutaas Chemicals Ltd75.2×₹26,785 CrImproving
Acutaas Chemicals Ltd69.1×₹26,686 CrMixed
Sai Life Sciences Ltd73.8×₹26,174 CrNo read
Piramal Pharma Ltd₹24,133 CrNo read
Neuland Laboratories Ltd65.9×₹23,794 CrTurning around
Granules India Ltd31.8×₹20,655 CrConsistent
OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd₹18,961 CrNo read
Syngene International Ltd44.9×₹16,708 CrTurning around
Syngene International Ltd44.1×₹16,415 CrTurning around
Cohance Lifesciences Ltd80.9×₹15,957 CrDeteriorating
Jubilant Pharmova Ltd35.2×₹15,378 CrNo read
Concord Biotech Ltd54.8×₹13,061 CrDeteriorating
Shilpa Medicare Ltd50.8×₹11,856 CrNo read
Blue Jet Healthcare Ltd43.3×₹10,730 CrDeteriorating
Supriya Lifescience Ltd32.3×₹6,765 CrConsistent
SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd35.0×₹3,569 CrMixed
Morepen Laboratories Ltd39.6×₹2,948 CrMixed
Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd29.0×₹2,878 CrNo read
Hikal Ltd73.8×₹2,681 CrDeteriorating
Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd551.0×₹2,351 CrNo read
Windlas Biotech Ltd26.6×₹1,770 CrMixed
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's share price today?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd trades at ₹148, +61.6% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹4,380 Cr. The stock sits at 78% of its 52-week range of ₹69–₹171, +42.3% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 10 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's latest quarterly results?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd reported revenue of ₹619 Cr and net profit of ₹53.0 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 17.2% and profit rose 71.0% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹1.81. The operating margin was 15.0%, 3.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's revenue?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd reported revenue of ₹619 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +17.2% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹2,319 Cr (+11.5%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 1.5% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's profit?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd earned ₹53.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +71.0% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹138 Cr. The operating margin ran 15.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's market cap?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹4,380 Cr at a share price of ₹148. 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 IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's P/E ratio?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd trades at a P/E of 30.0×, at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range, against a long-run median of 18.5×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's dividend payout was 21% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in each of its last 5 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 30.0× sits at the 99th percentile of its 4-year range (long-run median 18.5×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. One caveat: margins are the best this company has ever printed — cheap on record margins is not the same thing as cheap. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd growing?

Yes — IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +17.2% year on year, profit +71.0%, and the margin +3.0 pp at 15.0%. The 4-year compound rates are 1.5% (revenue) and −4.8% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd performing?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 10 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 17.2% and profit rose 71.0% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 21 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd in?

Turning around — profit growth swung from −42.2% at the trough to +36.6%, a 5-quarter improving streak, ROCE holding at 10.8%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +11.5% latest, profit growth +36.6% latest, eps growth +36.3% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 10 of stage 2), trading +42.3% versus its 200-day average and at 78% 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 IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 21 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +960% against the NIFTY 500's +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹148, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 10 weeks in. Its P/E of 30.0× sits at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd?

Promoters hold 62.3% of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd, foreign institutions 4.9%, domestic institutions 0.4% and the public 32.4% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Promoters added 14.1 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd have too much debt?

No — IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.08, and operating profit covers the interest bill 18×. FY26 borrowings were ₹135 Cr against equity of ₹1,799 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's capex?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd spent ₹651 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 ₹165 Cr, with ₹94.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's cash flow?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd generated ₹214 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹49.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹165 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹138 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 183% of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹214 Cr against reported profit of ₹138 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd in its business cycle?

IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 12.0%, against a 5-year band of 10.0%–12.0%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 15.0%. 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 IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +61.6% in a year while annual EPS moved +36.3% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. 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 IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. +61.6% in a year against EPS +36.3% — the market is paying now for delivery later. The sharpest open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 24 July 2026.

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