Laurus Labs Ltd
Founded in 2005, Laurus Labs is a research-driven pharmaceutical and biotechnology company having a global leadership position in select Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) including anti-retroviral, oncology drugs (including High Potent APIs), Cardiovascular, and Gastro therapeutics. They also offer integrated CMO and CDMO services to Global Innovators from Clinical phase drug development to commercial manufacturing. Laurus employs 6,500+ people, including around 1,050+ scientists, at more than 11 facilities approved by global agencies USFDA, WHO-Geneva, Japan-PDMA, UK-MHRA, EMA, TGA etc. [1]
Weaknesses
- −Stock is trading at 13.7 times its book value
- −The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.01% over past five years.
- −Company has a low return on equity of 9.72% over last 3 years.
Shareholding Pattern
| Category | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoters | 27.18% | 27.18% | 27.62%▲0.4 | 27.62% | 27.6%▼0.0 | 27.6% | 27.49%▼0.1 | 27.49% |
| FIIs | 25.67% | 26.08%▲0.4 | 25.56%▼0.5 | 25.51%▼0.0 | 25.7%▲0.2 | 26.17%▲0.5 | 26.52%▲0.3 | 25.82%▼0.7 |
| DIIs | 13.56% | 13.05%▼0.5 | 12.74%▼0.3 | 11.78%▼1.0 | 11.94%▲0.2 | 11.72%▼0.2 | 12.42%▲0.7 | 13.96%▲1.5 |
| Public | 33.59% | 33.69%▲0.1 | 34.09%▲0.4 | 35.09%▲1.0 | 34.78%▼0.3 | 34.52%▼0.3 | 33.57%▼1.0 | 32.73%▼0.8 |
Financial Statements
| Metric | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 1,132 | 1,415 | 1,117 | 1,185 | 1,265 | 1,650 | 1,433 | 1,567 | 1,509 | 1,580 |
| Expenses | 962 | 1,143 | 956 | 1,003 | 1,059 | 1,255 | 1,105 | 1,177 | 1,164 | 1,205 |
| Operating Profit | 170 | 271 | 161 | 182 | 206 | 395 | 327 | 390 | 346 | 375 |
| OPM % | 15% | 19% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 24% | 23% | 25% | 23% | 24% |
| Net Profit | 43 | 121 | 29 | 42 | 57 | 252 | 158 | 216 | 175 | 192 |
| EPS ₹ | 0.79 | 2.25 | 0.53 | 0.79 | 1.06 | 4.67 | 2.93 | 4 | 3.24 | 3.55 |
AI Insights
Mar 2026 revenue at ₹6,089Cr, up 16.7% YoY. OPM at 24%.
Borrowings at ₹2,080Cr. Debt-to-equity ratio: 0.40x. Healthy balance sheet.
CWIP at ₹569Cr (19% of fixed assets). Moderate ongoing capital expenditure.
DIIs: 13.96% (+3.60pp change). FIIs: 25.82% (+3.30pp change). Promoters hold 27.49%.
ROCE improving from 15% (Mar 2015) to 16% (Mar 2026). Working capital days: 64.
PE 96.6x with 15.9% ROCE. Price is 1262% above book value of ₹97.3. Dividend yield: 0.15%.
Recent Announcements
- Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 13 May
- Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 8 May
- Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Earnings Call Transcript 5 May
- Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 2 May
- Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Outcome 30 Apr - Audio recording of Q4 FY26 results conference call hosted on April 30, 2026.
- Financial Year 2025 from bse
- Financial Year 2024 from bse
- Financial Year 2023 from bse