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Sharda Cropchem Ltd

SHARDACROP
Pesticides/Agrochemicals

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +123.7% in a year against a +7.1% price move.

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +123.7% against a +7.1% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery.

The price is in a downtrend (1 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 11th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +56.4% year on year, and 157% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already moved.

Stage
Mixed
partial read
Price
₹899
+7.1% 1Y
P/E
12.1×
11th pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹2,065 Cr
+12.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹319 Cr
+56.4% YoY
Operating margin
24.0%
+7.0 pp YoY
ROCE
30%
FY26
ROIC
27.5%
vs WACC 12.0% → +15.5 pp
Cash conversion
157%
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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd trades at ₹899, in a downtrend and 1 weeks into that stage. That is −3.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 26% of a 52-week range of ₹772 to ₹1,256. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (16 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 1 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹899 it trades −3.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 26% of its 52-week range (₹772–₹1,256).

Jul 26: ₹899 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.
−3.5% versus the 200-day line, week 1 of stage 4
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S4S2S4S2₹1,331₹1,060₹789₹517₹246₹899₹932Jul 23Apr 24Feb 25Nov 25Jul 26
S4S2S4S2₹1,331₹1,060₹789₹517₹246₹899₹932Jul 23Feb 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (548 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
Feb 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +332% while the NIFTY 500 moved +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (16 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-04-30) — 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 11th 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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd trades at 12.1× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 11% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 17.1×, 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 12.1× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 11% of the time, against a long-run median of 17.1× 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 12.1× vs a 17.1× 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 37× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 11% of the time
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
39.5×₹81.630.9×₹61.222.3×₹40.813.6×₹20.45.0×₹0.0×12.10×₹72Feb 16Sep 18Apr 21Nov 23Jul 26
39.5×₹81.630.9×₹61.222.3×₹40.813.6×₹20.45.0×₹0.0×12.10×₹72Feb 16Apr 21Jul 26
PEG 0.36 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
3.5×2.6×1.7×0.9×0.0××0.36×Q1 FY22Q1 FY23Q2 FY24Q3 FY25Q4 FY26
3.5×2.6×1.7×0.9×0.0××0.36×Q1 FY22Q2 FY24Q4 FY26
P/E
12.1×
11th percentile of 10y
PEG
0.35
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +123.7% against a +7.1% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +20.1%/yr price move, ~+23.8%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−3.7 pp from the multiple (compressing); over 10y, of the +9.1%/yr price move, ~+13.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−4.6 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 low 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: Mixed

Stage: Mixed 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).

Sharda Cropchem Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — growth is normalizing off a hyper-growth base: profit growth has eased from +185.7% at its peak to +124.0% but is still expanding, ROCE lifting at 30.0%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on partial 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. Base-effect spikes shown pinned (▲). A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
41%331%24%218%7.2%105%−9.9%−8.8%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%123.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
41%331%24%218%7.2%105%−9.9%−8.8%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%123.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Annual readings — the quarterly balance-sheet pieces this curve needs are not held for this stock, so the returns read moves once a year and carries less weight in the call.
the return curve, annual readings
ROCE
32%25%17%9.5%1.9%%30%FY23FY24FY26
32%25%17%9.5%1.9%%30%FY23FY24FY26
Revenue growth
Rolling over
latest +21.9% · span −22.2% to +36.6%
Profit growth
Rolling over
latest +124.0% · span −90.9% to +880.6%
EPS growth
Rolling over
latest +123.8% · span −90.7% to +855.5%
ROCE
Rising
latest 30.0% · span 4.0%–30.0%

Why it matters: when the curves disagree, the per-curve reads above matter more than any single verdict.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.

Growth, year by year: revenue +21.9% in FY26, profit +124.0% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn. Turnaround-year spikes shown pinned (▲).
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
55%331%34%218%14%105%−6.8%−8.7%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%FY16FY21FY26
55%331%34%218%14%105%−6.8%−8.7%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%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 (+21.9%) with the last 8 annualized (+29.1%). Spikes shown pinned (▲).
revenue rolling over, profit rolling over
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
41%331%24%218%7.2%105%−9.9%−8.8%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
41%331%24%218%7.2%105%−9.9%−8.8%−27%−122%%%21.9%124%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+21.9%+9.2%+17.1%+15.7%
Profit+124.0%+25.8%+24.4%+14.6%
EPS+123.7%+25.8%+24.3%+14.5%
Share price+7.1%+18.2%+20.1%+9.1%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+12.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+56.4%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
15.7%
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

79.1/100 — rank 1 of 24 in Pesticides/Agrochemicals · 93% evidence confidence

Sharda Cropchem Ltd scores 79.1 out of 100 against the 24 companies it is compared with in Pesticides/Agrochemicals, ranking 1. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 29.4 + 21.9 + 19.2 + 8.6 = 79.1. 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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd reported ₹2,065 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +12.9% year on year. That is the 8th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 15.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹5,268 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹5,268 Cr.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd reported ₹2,065 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +12.9% year on year. That is the 8th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 15.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹5,268 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹5,268 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹5,268 Cr (+21.9% on the year), capping 10 years at 15.7% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹2,065 Cr, +12.9% year on year — the 8th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹5,268 Cr (+21.9% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
15.7% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
5.7k55%4.3k34%2.8k14%1.4k−6.8%0−27%₹ Cr%₹5,26821.9%FY16FY21FY26
5.7k55%4.3k34%2.8k14%1.4k−6.8%0−27%₹ Cr%₹5,26821.9%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹2,065 Cr (+12.9% 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.
8th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
2.2k54%1.7k29%1.1k4.5%558−20%0−45%₹ Cr%₹2,06512.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
2.2k54%1.7k29%1.1k4.5%558−20%0−45%₹ Cr%₹2,06512.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +24.2% growth against the decade's 15.7% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +21.9% over the last 4 quarters against +29.1%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit +124.0% vs +368.7%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 24.0% this quarter (+7.0 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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's operating margin is 24.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 23.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's operating margin is 24.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 23.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 24.0%, +7.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0%–23.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +7.0 pp year on year while gross margin went +7.5 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

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 10.0–23.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
24%7.0%20%3.5%17%0.0%13%−3.5%9.0%−7.0%%%20%6%FY14FY20FY26
24%7.0%20%3.5%17%0.0%13%−3.5%9.0%−7.0%%%20%6%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 24.0% operating margin (+7.0 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)
27%21%17%13%7.5%5.0%−2.1%−3.1%−12%−11%%%24%7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
27%21%17%13%7.5%5.0%−2.1%−3.1%−12%−11%%%24%7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +56.4% 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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd earned ₹319 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +56.4% year on year. It is the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹681 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 14.6%. That is 15.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹204 Cr.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd earned ₹319 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +56.4% year on year. It is the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹681 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 14.6%. That is 15.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹204 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹319 Cr, +56.4% year on year — the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹681 Cr (+124.0%), and the 10-year compound rate is 14.6%.

FY26 profit ₹681 Cr (+124.0% 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.
14.6% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
735925%552652%368380%184107%0−166%₹ Cr%₹681124%FY16FY21FY26
735925%552652%368380%184107%0−166%₹ Cr%₹681124%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹319 Cr (+56.4% 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.
6th straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
352601%233309%11517%0−276%−122−568%₹ Cr%₹31956.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
352601%233309%11517%0−276%−122−568%₹ Cr%₹31956.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +12.9% and the margin +7.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +232.5% vs revenue +24.2%. 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: 157% 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 157% of Sharda Cropchem Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹656 Cr of operating cash against ₹681 Cr of profit. After ₹520 Cr of capital spending, ₹136 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹656 Cr against reported profit of ₹681 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹136 Cr after ₹520 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 157% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹656 Cr vs profit ₹681 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.
157% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
751497242−13−267₹ Cr₹656₹681₹136FY16FY21FY26
751497242−13−267₹ Cr₹656₹681₹136FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 96% of profit (three-year rate 157%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash; outlier years shown pinned.
Conversion100%
323%239%155%70%−14%%96%FY16FY21FY26
323%239%155%70%−14%%96%FY16FY21FY26

Why conversion sits at 157%: the cash cycle stretched 11 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: a 125-day cycle and ₹1,231 Cr of building.

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).

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 125 days in FY26, up from 114 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹1,231 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹5,268 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹14.4 Cr, so roughly ₹1,804 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 166 days, inventory at 121 days — roughly 4.0 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 125 days, looser than FY21's 114.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 121 days to sell; customers pay about 166 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 162 days — netting out to the 125-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹5,268 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹14.4 Cr — so the 125-day loop keeps roughly ₹1,804 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 125-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
+11 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
2141721308745days125d121d166d162dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
2141721308745days125d121d166d162dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹1,231 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹867 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹247 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹520 Cr, work-in-progress ₹247 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.
steady investment
CapexWork-in-progress
5624212811400₹ Cr₹520₹247FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
5624212811400₹ Cr₹520₹247FY16FY21FY26

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 30% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +15.5 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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd earns a ROCE of 30% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 4% in FY24. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +15.5 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 12.9% net margin on 0.92× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 30%, recovered from a FY24 trough of 4% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 12.9% net margin × 0.92× asset turns × 1.84× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 21.8% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 27.5% − 12.0% = a +15.5 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.

FY26: ROCE 30% 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 FY24's 4%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
39%29%19%8.7%−1.4%%30%27.1%FY14FY20FY26
39%29%19%8.7%−1.4%%30%27.1%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 22.1% (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
28%20%12%4.4%−3.3%%22.1%25.4%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
28%20%12%4.4%−3.3%%22.1%25.4%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.00.

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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd carries total debt of ₹3.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,137 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.00 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.03 in FY22 to 0.00 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹3.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,137 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.00. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.03 (FY22) to 0.00 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY26: debt ₹3.0 Cr at 0.00× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
520.032×390.024×260.015×130.006×0−0.002×₹ Cr×₹30.00×FY22FY24FY26
520.032×390.024×260.015×130.006×0−0.002×₹ Cr×₹30.00×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹3.0 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.00 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
240.011×180.008×120.005×60.002×0−0.001×₹ Cr×₹30.00×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
240.011×180.008×120.005×60.002×0−0.001×₹ Cr×₹30.00×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions cut 3.7 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 cut 3.7 points of Sharda Cropchem Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 9.2% of the company. Foreign institutions moved +1.1 points over the same window, to 3.1%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: −3.7 points over 8 quarters to 9.2%; Foreign institutions: +1.1 points over 8 quarters to 3.1%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 74.8%.

🚨 Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (−3.7 points), absorbed on the other side by foreign institutions (+1.1 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

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
81%60%38%17%−3.7%%74.8%4.6%9.7%10.9%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
81%60%38%17%−3.7%%74.8%4.6%9.7%10.9%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Domestic institutions cut 3.7 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
81%60%38%17%−3.8%%74.8%3.1%9.2%12.9%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
81%60%38%17%−3.8%%74.8%3.1%9.2%12.9%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.

Sharda Cropchem Ltd: the Z-score reads 4.22. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 4.22 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 4.22.

Related companies · same sector · Pesticides/Agrochemicals 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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Sharda Cropchem Ltd this page12.1×₹7,876 CrMixed
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Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd36.3×₹11,557 CrMixed
Epigral Ltd15.2×₹5,016 CrMixed
NACL Industries Ltd178.0×₹4,610 CrNo read
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd15.5×₹4,517 CrTopping out
Rallis India Ltd26.9×₹4,253 CrMixed
Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Ltd188.0×₹3,416 CrImproving
GSP Crop Science Ltd24.4×₹2,468 Cr
Bharat Rasayan Ltd13.1×₹2,096 CrMixed
Insecticides India Ltd12.9×₹1,793 CrMixed
India Pesticides Ltd14.4×₹1,727 CrMixed
Titan Biotech Ltd57.5×₹1,719 CrTurning around
Astec Lifesciences Ltd₹1,469 CrNo read
Meghmani Organics Ltd48.2×₹1,385 CrNo read
Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd21.0×₹1,375 CrMixed
Excel Industries Ltd15.5×₹1,172 CrMixed
Titan Biotech Ltd42.0×₹1,141 CrTurning around
Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd16.1×₹882 CrNo read
Advance Agrolife Ltd20.0×₹706 CrNo read
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Best Agrolife Ltd60.6×₹538 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's share price today?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd trades at ₹899, +7.1% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹7,876 Cr. The stock sits at 26% of its 52-week range of ₹772–₹1,256, −3.5% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a downtrend, 1 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Sharda Cropchem Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd reported revenue of ₹2,065 Cr and net profit of ₹319 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 12.9% and profit rose 56.4% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹35.32. The operating margin was 24.0%, 7.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's revenue?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd reported revenue of ₹2,065 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +12.9% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹5,268 Cr (+21.9%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 15.7% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's profit?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd earned ₹319 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +56.4% year on year — the 6th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹681 Cr. The operating margin ran 24.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's market cap?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹7,876 Cr at a share price of ₹899. 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd's P/E ratio?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd trades at a P/E of 12.1×, at the 11th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 17.1×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Sharda Cropchem Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — Sharda Cropchem Ltd's dividend payout was 20% 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Sharda Cropchem Ltd looks cheap against its own history: its P/E of 12.1× has been cheaper only 11% of the time in 10 years (long-run median 17.1×). 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd growing?

Yes — Sharda Cropchem Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +12.9% year on year, profit +56.4%, and the margin +7.0 pp at 24.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 15.7% (revenue) and 14.6% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Sharda Cropchem Ltd performing?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd is in a downtrend, 1 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 12.9% and profit rose 56.4% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 16 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Sharda Cropchem Ltd in?

Mixed — growth is normalizing off a hyper-growth base: profit growth has eased from +185.7% at its peak to +124.0% but is still expanding, ROCE lifting at 30.0%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +21.9% latest, profit growth +124.0% latest, eps growth +123.8% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Sharda Cropchem Ltd in an uptrend?

No — the price is in a downtrend (week 1 of stage 4), trading −3.5% versus its 200-day average and at 26% 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Sharda Cropchem Ltd is currently behind the NIFTY 500 (16 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-04-30), 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 +332% against the NIFTY 500's +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Sharda Cropchem Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Sharda Cropchem Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹899, the price is in a downtrend 1 weeks in. Its P/E of 12.1× sits at the 11th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Sharda Cropchem Ltd?

Promoters hold 74.8% of Sharda Cropchem Ltd, foreign institutions 3.1%, domestic institutions 9.2% and the public 12.9% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Domestic institutions cut 3.7 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Sharda Cropchem Ltd have too much debt?

No — Sharda Cropchem Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.00, and operating profit covers the interest bill 50×. FY26 borrowings were ₹0.0 Cr against equity of ₹3,136 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's capex?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd spent ₹1,231 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 ₹520 Cr, with ₹247 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's cash flow?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd generated ₹656 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹136 Cr of free cash flow after ₹520 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹681 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Sharda Cropchem Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 157% of Sharda Cropchem Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹656 Cr against reported profit of ₹681 Cr. The cash then goes into a mix of the working-capital cycle and capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

How financially safe is Sharda Cropchem Ltd?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 4.22 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Sharda Cropchem Ltd in its business cycle?

Sharda Cropchem Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 20.0%, against a 13-year band of 10.0%–23.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 24.0%. 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +123.7% against a +7.1% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery. 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 Sharda Cropchem Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Sharda Cropchem Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +123.7% in a year against a +7.1% price move. The sharpest open question: whether the price catches up with earnings that have 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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