GRINDWELLCapital Goods

Grindwell Norton Limited

Abrasives & Bearings · ISIN INE536A01023 · BSE 506076 · NSE EQ · FV ₹5
Last price
₹1,950
+0.86%today
What this company does

Grindwell Norton Limited operates in Abrasives & Bearings, part of the Capital Goods sector. It booked ₹884 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q2 FY27) and kept 15.0% of sales as profit. It is the 2nd largest of 6 Abrasives & Bearings companies we track, by market value.

In the report:
72out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Solid

Healthier than 72% of companies in Capital Goods, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 81–127 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)
51

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns75

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet80

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality83

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency54

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation48

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 15% net margin
✓ Sales up 14% vs last year
✓ Profit up 24% vs last year
✓ Promoters hold 58%
✓ No promoter shares pledged
✓ Strong 20% return on equity
✓ Virtually debt-free
✓ Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
None flagged from our data

What if I invest in GRINDWELL?

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 15% a year, it would become
₹26.30 lakh

The slider starts at 15%, 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 We do not publish price targets or predict returns.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
₹1,950▲ +0.86%
latest close · 2026-11-04
1-year return
+31.2%
52-wk low ₹1,38652-wk high ₹2,194
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 ratio40.7High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio8.30High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA26.2High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity20.4%Strong
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital26.0%Strong
WeakFairStrong
Net margin15.0%Strong
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin23.3%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.02Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover105.8×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio2.73Ample
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹21,594 cr
Book value
₹235
EPS
₹11.99
latest quarter
Net debt
₹-53 cr
more cash than debt
Enterprise value
₹21,541 cr
EBITDA
₹824 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹715 cr
annualised
Operating margin
20.2%
Return on assets
14.9%
Earnings yield
2.46%
P/S
6.11
Sales / share
₹319.2
Tax rate
25.1%
Face value
₹5
Shares
11.1 cr
Working capital
₹1,417 cr
Current assets
₹2,234 cr
Current liabilities
₹817 cr
Delivery %
50.6%
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 2026-11-04.

Worth vs price · from the FY 2024 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 ₹422–₹657, midpoint ₹540

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 · Q2 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹884 cr
Other Income₹39 cr
Total Income₹923 cr
Cost of Materials₹326 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹117 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-17 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹100 cr
Finance Costs₹2 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹27 cr
Other Expenses₹192 cr
Total Expenses₹746 cr
Profit before Tax₹177 cr
Tax Expense₹44 cr
Share of JV / Associates₹52.2 L
Net Profit₹133 cr
Net margin on total income14.4%
Where the money goes · Q2 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹426 cr46.1%
Employee benefit expense₹100 cr10.8%
Finance costs₹2 cr0.2%
Depreciation & amortisation₹27 cr2.9%
Other expenses₹192 cr20.8%
Tax expense₹44 cr4.8%
Profit for the period₹133 cr14.4%
Total income ₹923 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue842 cr803 cr884 cr
Total income863 cr828 cr923 cr
Expenses706 cr674 cr746 cr
Profit before tax158 cr154 cr177 cr
Tax38 cr39 cr44 cr
Net profit (owners' share)119 cr116 cr133 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)14.1%14.4%15.0%
EPS (₹)10.7310.4311.99
YoY (latest quarter): total income +14.6% · net profit +24.2%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Sep 2026
Debt-free
Total assets
₹3,567 cr
Shareholder equity
₹2,602 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹56 cr
Cash
₹108 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY27
Operating
₹206 cr
Investing
₹42 cr
Financing
₹-219 cr
Peer comparison
Abrasives & Bearings · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Timken India Limited₹3,008₹22,628 cr46.8
Grindwell Norton Limitedthis company₹1,934₹21,409 cr40.3
Carborundum Universal Limited₹1,110₹21,147 cr420.5
SKF India (Industrial) Limited₹2,444₹12,085 cr48.8
Wendt (India) Limited₹6,990₹1,398 cr63.7
NRB Industrial Bearings Limited₹30₹73 cr—
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
0.97%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹19
Last dividend
₹19
ex 10 Jul 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹19 / share10 Jul 2026
Dividend₹17 / share15 Jul 2025
Dividend₹17 / share9 Jul 2024
Dividend₹14.5 / share4 Aug 2023
Dividend₹12 / share19 Jul 2022
Dividend₹9.5 / share19 Jul 2021
Who owns it · 2026-09-30
No pledge
Promoter
58.0%
FII / Foreign
5.3%
DII / Domestic
19.7%
Retail / others
17.0%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
BoughtDanesh M. Narang · Promoters4.30 L8 Aug 23
SoldMikhil M. Narang · Promoters4.30 L8 Aug 23
BoughtRajani Seshadri · Immediate relative4,000 · ₹63.7 L23 Feb 22
Bulk / block deals
short— · NSE163 Sep 26
short— · NSE2026 Aug 26
short— · NSE23420 May 26
Stake changes
BoughtSBI Mutual Fund under its various Schemes→ 7.71% · 9.01 L25 Nov 24
BoughtSBI Mutual fund Under Its various Scheme→ 5.01% · 27,44813 Aug 24
SoldSBI Mutual Fund under its Various schemes→ 2.87% · 2.61 L5 Oct 18
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.

Yearly shareholder meeting · 25 Jul 2025
See the official result
1
To receive, consider and adopt: a. the Audited Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon; and, b. the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, together with the Report of the Auditors thereon
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
2.86 cr votes for, 620 against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
2
To declare a dividend on Equity Shares for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
2.86 cr votes for, 610 against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
3
To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Aakil Mahajan (Director Identification No. 09682529), who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
2.85 cr votes for, 1.27 L against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
4
Appointment of Secretarial Auditor of the Company
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
2.86 cr votes for, 638 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 — 11 named members
owning 58.0% between them · as of 2026-09-30
Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc26.77%
Spafi-Societe De Participations Financieres Et Industrielles24.56%
Vera Anand Mahajan1.71%
Khursheed M Narang1.34%
Ashaita Mahajan0.95%
Danesh M Narang0.95%
Aakil Anand Mahajan0.90%
Anand Yashavant Mahajan0.46%
Business done with them
FY2026 · 2 of the group
The company paid ₹116 cr to companies in the promoter group last year — about 3.8% of its ₹3,073 cr revenue and received ₹52 cr back from them.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives Inc
Other payments to them · Sales of Goods, Royalty paid, Dividend paid,
also owns 26.77% of the company
₹84 cr
company paid
Saint-Gobain Abrasives Inc
Sold goods to them · Sales of Goods, Royalty paid, Dividend paid,
also owns 26.77% of the company
₹32 cr
company received
Saint-Gobain India Private Limited, India
Bought goods from them · Expenses incurred on behalf of group companies, Purchase of Goods,
also owns 0.27% of the company
₹32 cr
company paid
Saint-Gobain India Private Limited, India
Other income from them · Expenses incurred on behalf of group companies, Purchase of Goods,
also owns 0.27% of the company
₹20 cr
company received

The company also transacted with 9 other related parties — subsidiaries, joint ventures, directors and others — that we could not match by name to the promoter list above. Some may still be connected to the family; we only count the ones the filings let us match with certainty.

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.