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Marksans Pharma Ltd

MARKSANS
Pharma - Formulators

Marksans Pharma Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +9.8% in a year against a +4.4% price move.

Biggest watch item: the P/E sits at the 69th percentile of its own range — the multiple has already done part of the work.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (8 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 69th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +63.7% year on year, and 80% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: the next one or two quarters of delivery.

Stage
Consistent
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹267
+4.4% 1Y
P/E
26.7×
69th pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹856 Cr
+20.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹149 Cr
+63.7% YoY
Operating margin
23.0%
+5.0 pp YoY
ROCE
19%
FY26
ROIC
15.7%
vs WACC 12.0% → +3.7 pp
Cash conversion
80%
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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd trades at ₹267, in a confirmed uptrend and 8 weeks into that stage. That is +26.3% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 95% of a 52-week range of ₹163 to ₹272. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 23 straight weeks.

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 8 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹267 it trades +26.3% versus its 200-day average and sits at 95% of its 52-week range (₹163–₹272).

Jul 26: ₹267 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.
+26.3% versus the 200-day line, week 8 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4S4S2₹364₹286₹208₹129₹50.7₹267₹212Jul 23Apr 24Feb 25Nov 25Jul 26
S2S4S4S2₹364₹286₹208₹129₹50.7₹267₹212Jul 23Feb 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (546 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 +428% 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 23 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 69th 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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd trades at 26.7× P/E, mid-range by its own standards (69th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 20.9×, 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 26.7× is mid-range by its own standards (69th percentile), against a long-run median of 20.9× 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.

P/E 26.7× vs a 20.9× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 10.4-year window; loss-period spikes above 63× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
mid-range by its own standards (69th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
67.3×₹10.050.7×₹7.534.1×₹5.017.5×₹2.50.9×₹0.0×26.70×₹9Mar 16Jan 19Aug 21Feb 24Jul 26
67.3×₹10.050.7×₹7.534.1×₹5.017.5×₹2.50.9×₹0.0×26.70×₹9Mar 16Aug 21Jul 26
PEG 0.83 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. Last 20 quarters.
below 1.0, the growth looks cheap against the multiple
PEGPEG = 1.0
1.4×1.3×1.1×0.9×0.8××0.83×Q1 FY22Q1 FY23Q2 FY24Q3 FY25Q4 FY26
1.4×1.3×1.1×0.9×0.8××0.83×Q1 FY22Q2 FY24Q4 FY26
P/E
26.7×
69th percentile of 10y
PEG
0.96
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +9.8% against a +4.4% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +24.8%/yr price move, ~+9.6%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+15.2 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +19.1%/yr price move, ~+22.0%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−2.9 pp from the multiple (compressing). 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: Consistent

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).

Marksans Pharma Ltd reads as consistent on its fundamental arc. Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 19.2% and holding. 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
23%55%20%39%17%24%14%8.8%12%−6.4%%%12.5%9.7%9.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
23%55%20%39%17%24%14%8.8%12%−6.4%%%12.5%9.7%9.9%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
27%25%22%20%17%%19.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
27%25%22%20%17%%19.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Steady high
latest +12.5% · span +12.5% to +21.8%
Profit growth
Steady high
latest +9.7% · span −2.2% to +50.3%
EPS growth
Steady high
latest +9.9% · span −2.1% to +43.9%
ROCE
Steady high
latest 19.2% · span 17.9%–26.3%

Why it matters: steady curves with healthy returns are the compounding setup — the risk is the price, not the business.

Growth, year by year: revenue +12.5% in FY26, profit +9.7% 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
27%292%16%190%5.1%88%−6.1%−15%−17%−117%%%12.5%9.7%FY16FY21FY26
27%292%16%190%5.1%88%−6.1%−15%−17%−117%%%12.5%9.7%FY16FY21FY26
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 (+12.5%) with the last 8 annualized (+16.4%).
revenue rolling over, profit rolling over
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
23%55%20%39%17%24%14%8.8%12%−6.4%%%12.5%9.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
23%55%20%39%17%24%14%8.8%12%−6.4%%%12.5%9.7%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+12.5%+16.8%+16.5%+12.7%
Profit+9.7%+16.6%+11.9%+17.6%
EPS+9.8%+16.2%+9.9%+17.0%
Share price+4.4%+37.2%+24.8%+19.1%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+20.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+63.7%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
12.7%
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

58.7/100 — rank 11 of 43 in Pharma - Formulators · 83% evidence confidence

Marksans Pharma Ltd scores 58.7 out of 100 against the 43 companies it is compared with in Pharma - Formulators, ranking 11. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 20.1 + 17.9 + 11.6 + 9.1 = 58.7. 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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd reported ₹856 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.9% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,951 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,950 Cr.

Marksans Pharma Ltd reported ₹856 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.9% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,951 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,950 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,951 Cr (+12.5% on the year), capping 10 years at 12.7% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹856 Cr, +20.9% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹2,951 Cr (+12.5% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
12.7% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
3.2k27%2.4k16%1.6k5.1%797−6.1%0−17%₹ Cr%₹2,95112.5%FY16FY21FY26
3.2k27%2.4k16%1.6k5.1%797−6.1%0−17%₹ Cr%₹2,95112.5%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹856 Cr (+20.9% 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.
12th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
92428%69322%46216%2319.4%03.2%₹ Cr%₹85620.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
92428%69322%46216%2319.4%03.2%₹ Cr%₹85620.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +12.1% growth against the decade's 12.7% — the current year is running in line with its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +12.5% over the last 4 quarters against +16.4%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit +9.7% vs +15.5%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 23.0% this quarter (+5.0 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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd's operating margin is 23.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 6.0% to 25.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Marksans Pharma Ltd's operating margin is 23.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 6.0% to 25.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 23.0%, +5.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 6.0%–25.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +4.9 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.3 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

FY26: 20.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 13-year window.
within a 6.0–25.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
27%9.4%21%4.4%16%−0.5%10.0%−5.4%4.5%−10%%%20%0%FY14FY20FY26
27%9.4%21%4.4%16%−0.5%10.0%−5.4%4.5%−10%%%20%0%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 23.0% operating margin (+5.0 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)
24%8.0%22%4.3%20%0.5%17%−3.3%15%−7.0%%%23%5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
24%8.0%22%4.3%20%0.5%17%−3.3%15%−7.0%%%23%5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +63.7% 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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd earned ₹149 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +63.7% year on year. It is the 3rd consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹420 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 17.6%. That is 17.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹91.0 Cr.

Marksans Pharma Ltd earned ₹149 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +63.7% year on year. It is the 3rd consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹420 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 17.6%. That is 17.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹91.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹149 Cr, +63.7% year on year — the 3rd consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹420 Cr (+9.7%), and the 10-year compound rate is 17.6%.

FY26 profit ₹420 Cr (+9.7% YoY) Net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
17.6% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
454252%340161%22770%113−21%0−112%₹ Cr%₹4209.7%FY16FY21FY26
454252%340161%22770%113−21%0−112%₹ Cr%₹4209.7%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹149 Cr (+63.7% 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.
3rd straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
16172%12143%8014%40−14%0−43%₹ Cr%₹14963.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
16172%12143%8014%40−14%0−43%₹ Cr%₹14963.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +20.9% and the margin +5.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +9.6% vs revenue +12.1%. Profit and revenue are moving roughly in step.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 80% 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 80% of Marksans Pharma Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹458 Cr of operating cash against ₹420 Cr of profit. After ₹193 Cr of capital spending, ₹265 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹458 Cr against reported profit of ₹420 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹265 Cr after ₹193 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 80% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹458 Cr vs profit ₹420 Cr Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, ₹ Cr; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 11-year window, annual resolution.
80% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
505334163−9−180₹ Cr₹458₹420₹265FY16FY21FY26
505334163−9−180₹ Cr₹458₹420₹265FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 109% of profit (three-year rate 80%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
206%160%114%67%21%%109%FY16FY21FY26
206%160%114%67%21%%109%FY16FY21FY26

Why conversion sits at 80%: the cash cycle stretched 44 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 3.4× 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: ₹863 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).

Marksans Pharma Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 261 days in FY26, up from 217 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹863 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,951 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹8.1 Cr, so roughly ₹2,110 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 80 days, inventory at 278 days — roughly 9.1 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 261 days, looser than FY21's 217.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 278 days to sell; customers pay about 80 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 96 days — netting out to the 261-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,951 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹8.1 Cr — so the 261-day loop keeps roughly ₹2,110 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 261-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
+44 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
29623116610136days261d278d80d96dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
29623116610136days261d278d80d96dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹863 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹256 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹15.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹193 Cr, work-in-progress ₹15.0 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
392294196980₹ Cr₹193₹15FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
392294196980₹ Cr₹193₹15FY16FY21FY26

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 19% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +3.7 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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd earns a ROCE of 19% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 4% in FY17. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +3.7 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 14.2% net margin on 0.76× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 19%, recovered from a FY17 trough of 4% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 14.2% net margin × 0.76× asset turns × 1.28× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 13.8% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 15.7% − 12.0% = a +3.7 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. Positive but thin — value creation with little room for error.

FY26: ROCE 19% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 13-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY17's 4%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
47%36%24%12%0.8%%19%16.7%FY14FY20FY26
47%36%24%12%0.8%%19%16.7%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 15.1% (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
25%22%18%15%11%%15.1%15.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
25%22%18%15%11%%15.1%15.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.11.

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.

Marksans Pharma Ltd carries total debt of ₹343 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,053 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.11 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.09 in FY22 to 0.11 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹343 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,053 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.11. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.09 (FY22) to 0.11 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY26: debt ₹343 Cr at 0.11× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
3700.13×2780.12×1850.10×930.08×00.07×₹ Cr×₹3430.11×FY22FY24FY26
3700.13×2780.12×1850.10×930.08×00.07×₹ Cr×₹3430.11×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹343 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.11 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
3700.14×2780.12×1850.10×930.07×00.05×₹ Cr×₹3430.11×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
3700.14×2780.12×1850.10×930.07×00.05×₹ Cr×₹3430.11×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions added 2.4 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.

Domestic institutions added 2.4 points of Marksans Pharma Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 6.2% of the company. Foreign institutions moved −1.1 points over the same window, to 17.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: +2.4 points over 8 quarters to 6.2%; Foreign institutions: −1.1 points over 8 quarters to 17.5%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 43.9%.

Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (+2.4 points), absorbed on the other side by foreign institutions (−1.1 points) — steady accumulation by institutions reading the same numbers this page reads.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +0.0 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
47%36%24%13%1.4%%43.9%16.8%6.6%32.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
47%36%24%13%1.4%%43.9%16.8%6.6%32.8%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Domestic institutions added 2.4 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
47%35%24%12%0.0%%43.9%17.5%6.2%32.5%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
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→ 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.

Marksans 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.

Related companies · same sector · Pharma - Formulators 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.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
Marksans Pharma Ltd this page26.7×₹11,161 CrConsistent
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd37.5×₹4.7L CrImproving
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd86.1×₹1.9L CrConsistent
Cipla Ltd31.8×₹1.1L CrDeteriorating
Zydus Lifesciences Ltd20.4×₹1.1L CrConsistent
Lupin Ltd19.1×₹1.1L CrConsistent
Mankind Pharma Ltd51.4×₹1L CrTurning around
Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd29.8×₹96,130 CrDeteriorating
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd25.1×₹88,979 CrMixed
Biocon Ltd182.0×₹70,672 CrDeteriorating
Alkem Laboratories Ltd27.6×₹67,357 CrMixed
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd21.0×₹61,858 CrNo read
Ipca Laboratories Ltd37.9×₹44,720 CrConsistent
Ajanta Pharma Ltd37.3×₹42,097 CrConsistent
J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd53.8×₹38,677 CrTopping out
Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd37.7×₹35,679 CrMixed
Wockhardt Ltd106.0×₹30,048 CrNo read
Rubicon Research Ltd102.0×₹25,141 CrNo read
ERIS Lifesciences Ltd30.7×₹19,409 CrTurning around
Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd29.2×₹18,753 CrConsistent
Natco Pharma Ltd11.6×₹16,504 CrTopping out
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd21.4×₹15,678 CrTurning around
Corona Remedies Ltd64.7×₹12,923 CrNo read
Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd40.3×₹10,818 CrNo read
Strides Pharma Science Ltd16.6×₹9,402 CrNo read
Suven Life Sciences Ltd₹8,929 CrNo read
FDC Ltd22.6×₹6,723 CrTurning around
Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd37.4×₹4,927 CrTurning around
RPG Life Sciences Ltd44.3×₹4,858 Cr
Gufic BioSciences Ltd59.2×₹3,799 CrNo read
Kwality Pharmaceuticals Ltd42.5×₹2,886 CrConsistent
Kwality Pharmaceuticals Ltd36.6×₹2,483 CrConsistent
Sai Parenterals Ltd166.0×₹2,366 Cr
Indoco Remedies Ltd₹2,247 CrNo read
Fredun Pharmaceuticals Ltd45.4×₹1,480 CrNo read
Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd22.8×₹1,472 CrMixed
Accent Microcell Ltd27.1×₹1,187 CrNo read
Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Ltd13.2×₹1,162 CrTurning around
Bajaj Healthcare Ltd19.3×₹1,088 CrNo read
Bharat Parenterals Ltd₹990 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's share price today?

Marksans Pharma Ltd trades at ₹267, +4.4% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹11,161 Cr. The stock sits at 95% of its 52-week range of ₹163–₹272, +26.3% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 8 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Marksans Pharma Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Marksans Pharma Ltd reported revenue of ₹856 Cr and net profit of ₹149 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 20.9% and profit rose 63.7% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹3.27. The operating margin was 23.0%, 5.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's revenue?

Marksans Pharma Ltd reported revenue of ₹856 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.9% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹2,951 Cr (+12.5%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 12.7% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's profit?

Marksans Pharma Ltd earned ₹149 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +63.7% year on year — the 3rd straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹420 Cr. The operating margin ran 23.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's market cap?

Marksans Pharma Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹11,161 Cr at a share price of ₹267. 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 Marksans Pharma Ltd's P/E ratio?

Marksans Pharma Ltd trades at a P/E of 26.7×, at the 69th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 20.9×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Marksans Pharma Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — Marksans Pharma Ltd's dividend payout was 10% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in each of its last 13 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Marksans Pharma Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Marksans Pharma Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 26.7× sits at the 69th percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 20.9×). 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 Marksans Pharma Ltd growing?

Yes — Marksans Pharma Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +20.9% year on year, profit +63.7%, and the margin +5.0 pp at 23.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 12.7% (revenue) and 17.6% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Marksans Pharma Ltd performing?

Marksans Pharma Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 8 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 20.9% and profit rose 63.7% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 23 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Marksans Pharma Ltd in?

Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 19.2% and holding. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +12.5% latest, profit growth +9.7% latest, eps growth +9.9% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Marksans Pharma Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 8 of stage 2), trading +26.3% versus its 200-day average and at 95% 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 Marksans Pharma Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — Marksans Pharma Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 23 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 +428% against the NIFTY 500's +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Marksans Pharma Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Marksans Pharma Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹267, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 8 weeks in. Its P/E of 26.7× sits at the 69th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Marksans Pharma Ltd?

Promoters hold 43.9% of Marksans Pharma Ltd, foreign institutions 17.5%, domestic institutions 6.2% and the public 32.5% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Domestic institutions added 2.4 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Marksans Pharma Ltd have too much debt?

No — Marksans Pharma Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.11, and operating profit covers the interest bill 25×. FY26 borrowings were ₹343 Cr against equity of ₹3,023 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's capex?

Marksans Pharma Ltd spent ₹863 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 ₹193 Cr, with ₹15.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Marksans Pharma Ltd's cash flow?

Marksans Pharma Ltd generated ₹458 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹265 Cr of free cash flow after ₹193 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹420 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Marksans Pharma Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 80% of Marksans Pharma Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹458 Cr against reported profit of ₹420 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Marksans Pharma Ltd in its business cycle?

Marksans Pharma Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 20.0%, against a 13-year band of 6.0%–25.0%: 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 Marksans Pharma Ltd story?

Biggest watch item: the P/E sits at the 69th percentile of its own range — the multiple has already done part of the work. 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 Marksans Pharma Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Marksans Pharma Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +9.8% in a year against a +4.4% price move. The sharpest open question: the next one or two quarters of delivery. 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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