Pharma - API: Aarti Drugs Ltd owns the largest revenue base; Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the fastest current growth.
Nifty Pharma - API Index — Constituents & Performance
The Pharma - API companies below are the listed Indian Pharma - API universe this page tracks — the same constituent set people search for as the Nifty Pharma - API index. Every figure is equal-weighted across those companies, so one large constituent cannot set the reading. Each number carries its own as-of date.
The sector itself · before any single company
How has Pharma - API moved against NIFTY 500?
The line below covers 5.1 years. Over the most recent two of them this sector is 35% ahead of NIFTY 500. Earnings across its companies fell 16% on average over the last four reported quarters. It has been ahead of NIFTY 500 on a rolling three-month view for 17 weeks running.
LEADER · ahead 17w~Price up, without the fundamentals confirming10 of 13 companies ahead of NIFTY 500 by 5% or more over three months
Pharma - API, equal-weighted, based at 200NIFTY 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyBroad but lateHow much of the sector is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together10 of 13 stocks moving
Fresh1 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +3 vs the sector average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large2/30
Mid4/50
Small4/50
Participation is not spreading downward this month; the larger companies are still carrying most of it.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the sector line is an equal-weighted index of its 13 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the sector taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Pharma - API outperforming NIFTY 500?
The 52-week comparison of Pharma - API against NIFTY 500 is not available from the current market series. 11 of 14 covered companies currently beat NIFTY on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd is the strongest against the sector itself at +44.8%. Readings are as of 2026-07-19.
—Sector vs NIFTY 500 · 13 weeks
—Sector vs NIFTY 500 · 52 weeks
11/14Stocks leading NIFTY 500
5/14Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: 48.1 as of 2026-07-19 · NARROWING · rising.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
The 52-week sector comparison is unavailable. 11 of 14 covered companies currently have positive Mansfield relative strength versus NIFTY 500. Aarti Drugs Ltd leads with revenue of ₹2,566 crore, based on 14 of 14 comparable companies through Mar 2026. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 14 of 14 comparable companies.
Is the Pharma - API sector outperforming NIFTY 500?
The 52-week sector comparison is unavailable. 11 of 14 covered companies currently have positive Mansfield relative strength versus NIFTY 500.
Which Pharma - API company is largest by revenue?
Aarti Drugs Ltd leads with revenue of ₹2,566 crore, based on 14 of 14 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Pharma - API company is growing fastest?
Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 14 of 14 comparable companies.
Which Pharma - API company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd ranks first at 73.3/100 with 72% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Pharma - API company reports the most CAPEX?
Innova Captab Ltd reports the largest latest CAPEX at ₹121 crore, with 2 of 14 companies comparable.
Which Pharma - API company has the least gross debt?
Anuh Pharma Ltd has the lowest comparable gross debt at ₹0 crore. Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd has the highest at ₹754 crore.
Which Pharma - API company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Innova Captab Ltd has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 1.01, among 5 of 14 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Pharma - API comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
14
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
₹41.6K Cr
Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Revenue growing
10/14
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating NIFTY 500
11/14
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 72% evidence confidence.
Fermenta Biotech Ltd has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
6.1/35Growth & earnings
Revenue -11.8% · PAT -79.8% · OPM change -1 pp
88% evidence
6.4/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 2.6% · debt/equity 0.28×
100% evidence
2.7/20Valuation
P/E 185× · PEG 4.09
100% evidence
8.0/20Relative strength
RS sector -19.8% · RS bench 39.4% · 1Y 42.2%
70% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Aarti Drugs Ltd has the highest Revenue among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at ₹2,566 crore. Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd is next at ₹1,819 crore. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the highest Revenue growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Aarti Drugs Ltd is the scale leader at ₹2,566 crore, 41.1% ahead of Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd's growth is stored at the ≥100% scoring cap; the uncapped TTM change is 101% from a ₹627 crore base, with 14 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderAarti Drugs Ltd · ₹2,566 crore
Gap41.1% versus #2 · Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd
Persistence5/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 215 observations
Investor read: Aarti Drugs Ltd is the scale benchmark; Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Aarti Drugs Ltd's growth falls below Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
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Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd has the highest OPM among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at 44%. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd is next at 27%. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the highest Margin change at +19 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd leads opm at 44%; Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd leads margin change at +19 percentage points.
LeaderGujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd · 44%
Gap63% versus #2 · Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Persistence6/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 248 observations
Investor read: Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
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Aarti Drugs Ltd has the highest Net profit among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at ₹195 crore. Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd is next at ₹187 crore. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Aarti Drugs Ltd leads with ₹195 crore of TTM profit, 4.3% above Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (110.3% uncapped) growth from a ₹122 crore profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderAarti Drugs Ltd · ₹195 crore
Gap4.3% versus #2 · Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 216 observations
Investor read: Aarti Drugs Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Aarti Drugs Ltd AARTIDRUGS₹195 Cr
2Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd AARTIPHARM₹187 Cr
3Innova Captab Ltd INNOVACAP₹141 Cr
4Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd SENORES₹122 Cr
5Fermenta Biotech Ltd FERMENTA⚠ unverified₹71 Cr
Profit growthfastest growers
1Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd SENORES100%
2Wanbury Ltd WANBURY⚠ unverified46%
3Aarti Drugs Ltd AARTIDRUGS16%
4Innova Captab Ltd INNOVACAP10%
5Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd GUJTHEM-6.1%
Net profit · company comparison
14/14 level · 13/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
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Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Innova Captab Ltd has the highest CAPEX among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at ₹121 crore. Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd is next at ₹16 crore. The same company also holds the highest CAPEX intensity, at 42.8%. 2 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Innova Captab Ltd reports ₹121 crore of CAPEX; Innova Captab Ltd has the highest covered intensity at 42.8%. Coverage is only 2 of 14 companies and 9 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderInnova Captab Ltd · ₹121 crore
Gap656.3% versus #2 · Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd
Persistence5/5 recent comparable periods
Coverage2/14 companies · 9 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Innova Captab Ltd INNOVACAP₹121 Cr
2Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd AARTIPHARM₹16 Cr
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Innova Captab Ltd INNOVACAP43%
2Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd AARTIPHARM3.3%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
2/14 level · 2/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
Withheld from this chart: Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SENORES) — its two data sources disagree by up to 13% on reported income across 10 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld; Beta Drugs Ltd (BETA) — its two data sources disagree by up to 50% on reported income across 11 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Anuh Pharma Ltd has the lowest Gross debt among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at ₹0 crore. Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd is next at ₹8 crore. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the lowest Net debt at ₹421 crore net cash, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with ₹421 crore net cash and gross debt of ₹18 crore. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderAnuh Pharma Ltd · ₹0 crore
Gap100% versus #2 · Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 229 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
14/14 level · 12/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
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Wanbury Ltd has the highest ROCE among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at 36.6%. Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd is next at 22.7%. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the highest ROCE change at +4 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Wanbury Ltd leads ROCE at 36.6%, 13.9 percentage points above Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the strongest latest improvement at +4 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderWanbury Ltd · 36.6%
Gap61.2% versus #2 · Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Persistence1/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 179 observations
Investor read: Wanbury Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
Withheld from this chart: Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SENORES) — its two data sources disagree by up to 13% on reported income across 10 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld; Beta Drugs Ltd (BETA) — its two data sources disagree by up to 50% on reported income across 11 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Innova Captab Ltd has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at 1.01×. Aarti Drugs Ltd is next at 2.4×. Aarti Drugs Ltd has the lowest P/E at 18.9×, so level and change sit with different companies. 5 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Innova Captab Ltd has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 1.01×, 57.9% below Aarti Drugs Ltd. Only 5 of 14 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderInnova Captab Ltd · 1.01×
Gap57.9% versus #2 · Aarti Drugs Ltd
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage5/14 companies · 34 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Fermenta Biotech Ltd has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 14 Pharma - API companies compared here, at 7.7×. Kopran Ltd is next at 8.7×. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the lowest P/BV at 1.43×, so level and change sit with different companies. 14 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Fermenta Biotech Ltd leads ev/ebitda at 7.7×; Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd leads p/bv at 1.43×.
LeaderFermenta Biotech Ltd · 7.7×
Gap11.5% versus #2 · Kopran Ltd
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage14/14 companies · 232 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
14/14 level · 14/14 change
Solid lines show level; dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected. Missing reports break the line rather than being invented.
All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the strongest one-year price move in Pharma - API at +125.1%. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd leads on Mansfield relative strength against NIFTY at +80.6%. 11 of 14 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 2026-07-17.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Pharma - API comparison names 7 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 14 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. 7 draw at least one figure from a second feed with too little overlap to cross-check. 2 have second-feed figures withheld because the two sources disagree.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
7 companies draw at least one figure from a second data feed with too little overlapping history to cross-check against the primary source; they are marked unverified wherever those figures appear.
2 companies are missing from the second-feed metrics by decision, not by absence: the two sources disagree, so nothing from the second is drawn. Read those rows as narrower evidence, never as a weaker business.
Thin comparisons: Capital expenditure have fewer than three usable current readings.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 14 companies in the canonical Pharma - API membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
How each company's sources stand: 7 of 14 companies draw at least one figure from a second data feed that could not be cross-checked against the primary source, because the two do not share enough reported history to compare. Those figures are marked unverified wherever they appear. 2 of 14 companies have a second data feed that is known to disagree with the primary source, so nothing from it is drawn: Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SENORES) — its two data sources disagree by up to 13% on reported income across 10 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld; Beta Drugs Ltd (BETA) — its two data sources disagree by up to 50% on reported income across 11 comparable periods, so its derived ratios are withheld.
Evidence and freshness
How was this comparison built?
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 14 Pharma - API companies, normalized to a common ₹ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-24. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-24 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
A second feed is read only after its reported income is matched against the primary source on at least three overlapping periods. Where the two agree the figures fill silently. Where there is too little shared history to compare, the figures are still drawn — they are the only evidence there is — and marked ⚠ unverified everywhere they appear. Where the two are known to disagree, nothing from the second feed is drawn and the affected company is named under the chart it is missing from. Every company's standing is listed in the register above.
These 18 answers restate the Pharma - API comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 14 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-24. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
What is the Nifty Pharma - API index?
The Nifty Pharma - API index tracks India's listed Pharma - API companies as a single basket. This page follows the same 14 companies and equal-weights them, so every company's weekly return counts once whatever it is worth, and the reading belongs to the Pharma - API sector rather than to its largest constituent. Figures are as of Jun 2026.
Which are the best Pharma - API stocks in India?
Ranked by this page's four-factor score, Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd places first among 14 listed Pharma - API companies, followed by Wanbury Ltd. That is a ranking of published data — earnings, quality, valuation and market behaviour as of Jun 2026 — and not a recommendation; Sector Alpha is not registered with SEBI as an investment adviser.
How many Pharma - API stocks are listed in India?
This comparison covers 14 listed Pharma - API companies in India, each above the size floor the site applies, with 20 quarters of reported figures per company where the filings exist. The full ranked list is on this page, as of Jun 2026.
Which Pharma - API company is the biggest?
Aarti Drugs Ltd is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of ₹2,566 crore, ahead of Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd at ₹1,819 crore. That covers 14 of 14 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Pharma - API company is growing fastest?
Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the fastest revenue growth at 100% year on year, across 14 of 14 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Pharma - API company has the best profit margins?
Gujarat Themis Biosyn Ltd has the highest operating margin at 44%, from 14 of 14 comparable companies. Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd shows the biggest recent improvement, at +19 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Pharma - API company makes the most profit?
Aarti Drugs Ltd earns the most, at ₹195 crore of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 14 of 14 comparable companies. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Pharma - API company earns the highest return on capital?
Wanbury Ltd leads on return on capital employed at 36.6%, across 14 of 14 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Pharma - API stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Innova Captab Ltd screens cheapest at 1.01×. Only 5 of 14 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Pharma - API company has the strongest balance sheet?
Anuh Pharma Ltd carries the lowest comparable gross debt at ₹0 crore, from 14 of 14 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Pharma - API stock has the strongest price momentum?
Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd has the strongest relative strength against NIFTY 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Pharma - API company scores highest for research priority?
Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd scores 73.3 out of 100 with 72% evidence confidence, from 30.8 points on growth and earnings, 15.2 on capital efficiency, 9.2 on valuation and 18.1 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Pharma - API companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 14 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 10 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Pharma - API sector?
The 14 Pharma - API companies on this page carry ₹41,621 crore of combined market value. Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd is the largest at ₹6,390 crore, about 15% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-29.
What is the Pharma - API sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 14 Pharma - API companies on this page is 38.8×, measured on the 14 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-29.
How is the Pharma - API sector performing?
11 of the 14 covered Pharma - API companies are beating NIFTY 500 on Mansfield relative strength. A 52-week sector-versus-index comparison is not available from the current market series for this sector, so it is not quoted. Readings are as of 2026-07-29.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.