FDCHealthcare

FDC Limited

Pharmaceuticals · ISIN INE258B01022 · BSE 531599 · NSE EQ · FV ₹1
Last price
₹352
+0.56%today
What this company does

FDC Limited operates in Pharmaceuticals, part of the Healthcare sector. It booked ₹668 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 19.8% of sales as profit.

In the report:
79out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Solid

Healthier than 79% of companies in Healthcare, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 81–150 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
neutral
RSI (14)
48

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns83

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet95

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality58

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency50

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation90

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk100

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Strengths
Makes a profit
Strong 20% net margin
Profit up 9% vs last year
Promoters hold 70%
No promoter shares pledged
Strong 21% return on equity
Virtually debt-free
Watch-outs
! Operating cash flow is negative

What if I invest in FDC?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 2% a year, it would become
₹13.28 lakh

The slider starts at 2%, taken from this company's own free-cash-flow trend. That is history, not a forecast — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹352 +0.56%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
+4.7%
52-wk low ₹22552-wk high ₹425
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/E ratio10.8Low
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio2.31Moderate
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA7.5Low
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity21.3%Strong
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital27.5%Strong
WeakFairStrong
Net margin19.8%Strong
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin28.6%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.00Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover211.5×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio3.11Ample
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹5,733 cr
Book value
₹153
EPS
₹8.14
latest quarter
Net debt
₹-49 cr
more cash than debt
Enterprise value
₹5,684 cr
EBITDA
₹763 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹702 cr
annualised
Operating margin
26.3%
Return on assets
18.2%
Earnings yield
9.25%
P/S
2.15
Sales / share
₹164.1
Tax rate
24.2%
Face value
₹1
Shares
16.3 cr
Working capital
₹768 cr
Current assets
₹1,133 cr
Current liabilities
₹364 cr
Delivery %
56.8%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-09-17.

Worth vs price · from the FY 2025 report & filings
not investment advice
Hard to value confidentlyLow confidence
The market price is far above what these earnings- and book-based models support — a fast-growing or asset-light business can trade well above them for years, so we won't put a confident number on how overpriced it is.
Models span ₹111₹231, midpoint ₹130

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹668 cr
Other Income₹48 cr
Total Income₹715 cr
Cost of Materials₹145 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹21 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹48 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹135 cr
Finance Costs₹83 L
Depreciation & Amortisation₹15 cr
Other Expenses₹176 cr
Total Expenses₹541 cr
Profit before Tax₹175 cr
Tax Expense₹42 cr
Net Profit₹132 cr
Net margin on total income18.5%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹214 cr29.9%
Employee benefit expense₹135 cr18.9%
Finance costs₹83 L0.1%
Depreciation & amortisation₹15 cr2.1%
Other expenses₹176 cr24.6%
Tax expense₹42 cr5.9%
Profit for the period₹132 cr18.5%
Total income ₹715 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue465 cr585 cr668 cr
Total income486 cr635 cr715 cr
Expenses428 cr494 cr541 cr
Profit before tax36 cr140 cr175 cr
Tax8 cr37 cr42 cr
Net profit (owners' share)28 cr103 cr132 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)6.1%17.7%19.8%
EPS (₹)1.746.358.14
YoY (latest quarter): total income +4.6% · net profit +9.2%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Debt-free
Total assets
₹2,919 cr
Shareholder equity
₹2,485 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹0 cr
Cash
₹49 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹-2 cr
Investing
₹-7 cr
Financing
₹-7 cr
Peer comparison
Pharmaceuticals · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited₹1,867₹4.48 L cr38.6
Divi's Laboratories Limited₹9,323₹2.47 L cr68.7
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited₹4,875₹1.65 L cr82.0
Zydus Lifesciences Limited₹1,135₹1.13 L cr30.4
Cipla Limited₹1,376₹1.11 L cr35.2
Laurus Labs Limited₹1,948₹1.05 L cr71.5
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited₹1,175₹98,113 cr55.1
Aurobindo Pharma Limited₹1,690₹97,243 cr23.7
Lupin Limited₹2,098₹95,936 cr16.9
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
1.42%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹5
Last dividend
₹5
ex 11 Feb 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹5 / share11 Feb 2026
Dividend₹5 / share22 Nov 2024
BuybackBuy Back25 Aug 2023
BuybackBuy Back17 Feb 2022
Buyback Buyback20 Aug 2020
Dividend₹0.8 / share19 Mar 2020
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
69.7%
FII / Foreign
1.4%
DII / Domestic
6.3%
Retail / others
22.6%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
SoldVirgo Advisors Private Limited · Promoter Group99.57 L17 Feb 26
BoughtAditi C Bhanot · Promoters99.57 L17 Feb 26
BoughtNomita Ramdas Chandavarkar · Promoters3.17 cr27 Mar 24
Bulk / block deals
short · NSE51 Sep 26
short · NSE619 Mar 26
short · NSE2,8981 Feb 26
Stake changes
SoldNandan Mohan Chandavarkar · promoter→ 0.01% · 50.30 L24 Jun 26
BoughtNandan Mohan Chandavarkar (In capacity of Trustee of Sandhya Mohan Chandavarkar Trust) · promoter→ 12.45% · 23.60 L24 Jun 26
BoughtNandan Mohan Chandavarkar (In capacity of Trustee of Mohan Anand Chandavarkar Trust) · promoter→ 12.45% · 26.70 L24 Jun 26
What shareholders were asked to approve

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Postal ballot · 27 Jan 2026
See the official result
1
1 - “RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the provisions of Sections 12 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) consent of the members of the Company, be and is hereby accorded for shifting the Registered Office of the Company from Waluj to “FDC House, C-11 & 12, Dalia Industrial Estate, Oshiwara Village, Off New Link Road, Andheri - West, Mumbai – 400053.
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
1.42 cr votes for, 1,799 against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 28 named members
owning 69.7% between them · as of 2026-06-30
NOMITA R CHANDAVARKAR22.67%
NANDAN MOHAN CHANDAVARKAR (In the capacity of Trustee of Mohan Anand Chandavarkar Trust)12.45%
NANDAN MOHAN CHANDAVARKAR (In the capacity of Trustee of Sandhya Mohan Chandavarkar Trust)12.45%
LEO ADVISORS PVT LTD (Trustee of Ameya Family Discretionary Trust)9.17%
ADITI C BHANOT6.80%
AMEYA ASHOK CHANDAVARKAR6.10%
NANDAN MOHAN CHANDAVARKAR0.01%
ALPANA NANDAN CHANDAVARKARno shares

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.