Unichem Laboratories Ltd.
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ABOUT
KEY POINTS
Revenue Breakup Mar 2026 • Formulations: 91.6% • Bulk Drugs & Chemicals: 6.5% • Other Operating Revenues: 1.9%
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AI GENERATEDHealthcare
This stance relies on proxies and positioning because no direct pharma-export or healthcare operating series exists in the dataset. The depreciated currency at 95.23 (Sep/26) can support export earnings, inflation at 4.45% (Jul/26) is manageable for a defensive sector, and consumer spending remains large at INR 44743 billion (Jun/26). Strong FPI inflow of INR 10620 crore over 3 months to 2026-08-31 from INR -11381 crore in the prior 3 months adds a real sector-specific tailwind, but confidence stays capped because the fundamental drivers are indirect proxies.
PROS
- Company has delivered good profit growth of 49.1% CAGR over last 5 years
- Latest quarter profit grew 496.1% YoY, showing strong momentum
- Operating margins have improved to 8.4% from -0.5%
- Company comfortably covers its interest (10.3x coverage)
- Company generates healthy free cash flow
- Company maintains a comfortable, low leverage position
CONS
- Company has a low return on capital employed of 4.9%
- Company has a low return on equity of 3.9% over last 3 years
- Poor cash conversion - profits are not backed by operating cash flow (CFO/PAT 0.04x)
- Recurring exceptional / one-off items are inflating headline profit
- Effective tax rate is unusually low at 13.5% - earnings may be flattered
* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.
Peer comparison
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNPHARMA | 1842.00 | 36.54 | 441957.50 | 0.87 | 2901.23 | 26.53 | 15299.88 | 10.98 | 19.11 | 28.81 |
| DIVISLAB | 9326.00 | 84.64 | 247576.00 | 0.32 | 902.00 | 65.50 | 3080.00 | 27.80 | 21.51 | 40.75 |
| TORNTPHARM | 4975.00 | 86.76 | 189233.01 | 0.76 | 566.00 | 3.28 | 4921.00 | 57.32 | 19.27 | 33.81 |
| ZYDUSLIFE | 1119.50 | 24.74 | 111670.55 | 0.09 | 990.20 | -34.90 | 8017.00 | 23.97 | 21.39 | 24.54 |
| CIPLA | 1365.00 | 32.72 | 110272.68 | 0.95 | 785.55 | -39.18 | 7119.28 | 4.13 | 16.00 | 16.73 |
| LAURUSLABS | 1970.35 | 97.37 | 106460.42 | 0.10 | 362.07 | 123.94 | 2026.31 | 29.10 | 18.20 | 31.50 |
| DRREDDY | 1161.00 | 30.07 | 96906.38 | 0.69 | 435.60 | -69.10 | 8099.80 | -5.21 | 13.75 | 10.63 |
| AUROPHARMA | 1675.45 | 25.97 | 96401.69 | 0.24 | 1032.03 | 25.22 | 9150.35 | 17.44 | 12.76 | 20.54 |
| LUPIN | 2096.00 | 17.34 | 95842.92 | 0.86 | 1416.98 | 16.01 | 8276.89 | 34.28 | 28.86 | 29.59 |
| MANKIND | 2277.00 | 46.04 | 94050.37 | 0.04 | 574.09 | 29.12 | 4030.59 | 12.89 | 13.24 | 26.30 |
| GLENMARK | 2416.90 | 37.94 | 68210.88 | 0.10 | 482.83 | 927.88 | 4018.48 | 31.35 | 20.35 | 20.03 |
| UNICHEMLAB | 537.45 | 12.42 | 3783.96 | 0.00 | 41.47 | 496.08 | 632.62 | 20.13 | 10.68 | 11.06 |
Quarterly Results
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 416 | 466 | 460 | 483 | 507 | 533 | 587 | 527 | 579 | 521 | 575 | 633 | |
| 395 | 407 | 435 | 438 | 443 | 452 | 448 | 503 | 504 | 513 | 476 | 527 | 599 | |
| Operating Profit | 28 | 9 | 31 | 22 | 40 | 55 | 86 | 84 | 22 | 66 | 45 | 48 | 33 |
| OPM % | 6.62% | 2.11% | 6.68% | 4.71% | 8.31% | 10.94% | 16.04% | 14.25% | 4.27% | 11.43% | 8.59% | 8.29% | 5.28% |
| 9 | 6 | 79 | -119 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 7 | -37 | 287 | 11 | 16 | |
| Interest | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Depreciation | 29 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Profit before Tax | 2 | -22 | 73 | -133 | 8 | 27 | 62 | 58 | -9 | -11 | 293 | 19 | 49 |
| Tax % | 131.60% | -11.93% | -0.03% | -2.57% | 73.50% | 9.21% | 6.47% | 8.36% | -16.08% | -9.89% | 9.93% | 41.94% | 15.35% |
| Net Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 30 | 58 | 53 | -10 | -12 | 264 | 11 | 41 |
| -0.09 | -3.48 | 10.39 | -19.42 | 0.29 | 3.50 | 8.22 | 7.52 | -1.49 | -1.69 | 37.54 | 1.55 | 5.89 |
Profit & Loss
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 698 | 815 | 1,180 | 1,104 | 1,235 | 1,270 | 1,343 | 1,785 | 2,111 | 2,202 | 2,308 | |
| 739 | 946 | 1,264 | 1,155 | 1,144 | 1,197 | 1,389 | 1,698 | 1,846 | 2,018 | 2,116 | |
| Operating Profit | -41 | -132 | -83 | -51 | 91 | 73 | -46 | 87 | 265 | 184 | 192 |
| OPM % | -5.93% | -16.19% | -7.08% | -4.60% | 7.38% | 5.73% | -3.39% | 4.87% | 12.55% | 8.36% | 8.32% |
| 6 | 61 | 98 | 91 | 50 | 48 | -0 | -26 | 35 | 265 | 277 | |
| Interest | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 32 | 32 |
| Depreciation | 44 | 51 | 67 | 82 | 84 | 91 | 113 | 123 | 125 | 125 | 123 |
| Profit before Tax | -83 | -130 | -60 | -48 | 51 | 22 | -176 | -85 | 155 | 292 | 350 |
| Tax % | 14.35% | -2.58% | 57.34% | -24.83% | 33.32% | -50.49% | -14.67% | -10.36% | 11.04% | 13.52% | 13.02% |
| Net Profit | -71 | -133 | -26 | -60 | 34 | 33 | -202 | -94 | 138 | 253 | 305 |
| EPS | 11.94 | 280.41 | -3.38 | -8.55 | 4.88 | 4.68 | -28.72 | -13.32 | 19.53 | 35.91 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 25.09% | 1.38% | -118.29% | -46.80% | 82.05% | 85.18% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 5%
- 5 Years:
- 12%
- 3 Years:
- 18%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 9%
- 5 Years:
- 49%
- 3 Years:
- —
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- 8%
- 5 Years:
- 14%
- 3 Years:
- 10%
- 1 Year:
- 9%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- -1%
- 5 Years:
- 1%
- 3 Years:
- 4%
- Last Year:
- 10%
Balance Sheet
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 1,044 | 2,665 | 2,602 | 2,512 | 2,535 | 2,594 | 2,409 | 2,421 | 2,431 | 2,697 | |
| 118 | 155 | 204 | 207 | 120 | 324 | 284 | 219 | 427 | 481 | |
| Trade Payables | 211 | 226 | 221 | 250 | 210 | 183 | 291 | 351 | 387 | 357 |
| 130 | 129 | 91 | 158 | 233 | 200 | 185 | 263 | 284 | 158 | |
| Total Liabilities | 1,521 | 3,190 | 3,133 | 3,142 | 3,112 | 3,314 | 3,183 | 3,268 | 3,544 | 3,707 |
| 487 | 574 | 806 | 866 | 880 | 990 | 1,257 | 1,252 | 1,300 | 1,213 | |
| Capital Work in Progress | 250 | 238 | 92 | 330 | 567 | 494 | 147 | 123 | 31 | 100 |
| 14 | 901 | 926 | 550 | 392 | 264 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 282 | 273 | 339 | 397 | 538 | 600 | 625 | 736 | 989 | 975 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 642 | 779 | 829 | |
| Cash & Bank | 16 | 681 | 201 | 234 | 82 | 114 | 185 | 158 | 118 | 295 |
| 472 | 522 | 768 | 765 | 651 | 852 | 967 | 355 | 328 | 296 | |
| Total Assets | 1,521 | 3,190 | 3,133 | 3,142 | 3,112 | 3,314 | 3,183 | 3,268 | 3,544 | 3,707 |
Cash Flows
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | -113 | -316 | 24 | 47 | -252 | -73 | 14 | -7 | 4 | |
| Cash from Investing | -128 | 1,648 | -286 | -36 | -74 | 102 | 203 | 50 | -241 | 192 |
| Cash from Financing | 59 | -881 | -2 | -62 | -121 | 191 | -81 | -106 | 184 | 2 |
| -0 | 655 | -616 | -78 | -162 | 34 | 36 | -42 | -64 | 198 |
Ratios
Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documents
Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts
2026-09-11 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has informed the Exchange regarding 'Extension Of The Exercise Period For The Options Granted And Vested Under Unichem Employee Stock Option Scheme 2018'.
2026-08-26 - Significant increase in volume has been observed in Unichem Laboratories Limited. The Exchange, in order to ensure that investors have latest relevant information about the company and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, had written to the company. Unichem Laboratories Limited has submitted their response.
2026-08-25 - Significant increase in volume has been observed in Unichem Laboratories Limited. The Exchange, in order to ensure that investors have latest relevant information about the company and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, has written to the company. The response from the company is awaited.
2026-08-12 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has submitted the Exchange a copy Srutinizers report of undefined held on August 11, 2026. Further, the company has informed the Exchange regarding voting results.
2026-08-12 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication - Financial Results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, published in the newspapers on August 12, 2026
2026-08-11 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Proceedings of Annual General Meeting held on August 11, 2026
2026-08-11 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has submitted to the Exchange, the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026.
2026-07-29 - Unichem Laboratories Limited has informed the Exchange about Action(s) initiated or orders passed
2026-07-14 - IPCA Laboratories Limited has Submitted to the Exchange a copy of Disclosure under Regulation 31(4) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.
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