GRINDWELLCapital Goods

Grindwell Norton Limited

Abrasives & Bearings · ISIN INE536A01023 · BSE 506076 · NSE EQ · FV ₹5
Last price
₹1,862
+0.50%today
What this company does

Grindwell Norton Limited operates in Abrasives & Bearings, part of the Capital Goods sector. It booked ₹803 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 14.4% of sales as profit. It is the 3rd 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 77–113 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)
33

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns70

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet82

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality84

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency54

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation49

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
Sales up 14% vs last year
Profit up 33% vs last year
Promoters hold 58%
No promoter shares pledged
Strong 18% 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 We do not publish price targets or predict returns.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
₹1,862 +0.50%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
+48.8%
52-wk low ₹1,22652-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 ratio44.6High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio8.13High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA28.4High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity18.2%Strong
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital23.1%Strong
WeakFairStrong
Net margin14.4%Decent
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin22.6%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.02Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover112.6×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio2.81Ample
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹20,618 cr
Book value
₹229
EPS
₹10.43
latest quarter
Net debt
₹-18 cr
more cash than debt
Enterprise value
₹20,600 cr
EBITDA
₹726 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹620 cr
annualised
Operating margin
19.3%
Return on assets
13.4%
Earnings yield
2.24%
P/S
6.42
Sales / share
₹290.2
Tax rate
25.3%
Face value
₹5
Shares
11.1 cr
Working capital
₹1,360 cr
Current assets
₹2,112 cr
Current liabilities
₹753 cr
Delivery %
57.3%
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 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 ₹411₹654, midpoint ₹532

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₹803 cr
Other Income₹25 cr
Total Income₹828 cr
Cost of Materials₹278 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹109 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-26 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹97 cr
Finance Costs₹1 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹27 cr
Other Expenses₹188 cr
Total Expenses₹674 cr
Profit before Tax₹154 cr
Tax Expense₹39 cr
Share of JV / Associates₹44.1 L
Net Profit₹115 cr
Net margin on total income13.9%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹361 cr43.6%
Employee benefit expense₹97 cr11.7%
Finance costs₹1 cr0.2%
Depreciation & amortisation₹27 cr3.2%
Other expenses₹188 cr22.7%
Tax expense₹39 cr4.7%
Profit for the period₹115 cr13.9%
Total income ₹828 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue753 cr842 cr803 cr
Total income772 cr863 cr828 cr
Expenses643 cr706 cr674 cr
Profit before tax129 cr158 cr154 cr
Tax33 cr38 cr39 cr
Net profit (owners' share)95 cr119 cr116 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)12.6%14.1%14.4%
EPS (₹)8.6010.7310.43
YoY (latest quarter): total income +14.9% · net profit +33.0%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Debt-free
Total assets
₹3,438 cr
Shareholder equity
₹2,535 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹61 cr
Cash
₹79 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹204 cr
Investing
₹-26 cr
Financing
₹-196 cr
Peer comparison
Abrasives & Bearings · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Timken India Limited₹3,185₹23,958 cr50.0
Carborundum Universal Limited₹1,084₹20,643 cr67.1
Grindwell Norton Limitedthis company₹1,862₹20,618 cr44.6
SKF India (Industrial) Limited₹2,940₹14,537 cr58.7
Wendt (India) Limited₹8,765₹1,753 cr70.9
NRB Industrial Bearings Limited₹31₹74 cr
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
1.02%
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 · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
58.0%
FII / Foreign
5.2%
DII / Domestic
19.6%
Retail / others
17.2%
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 2026-06-30
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.