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Hester Biosciences Limited

NSE: HESTERBIO · Unclassified

₹2,371.40-1.49%06 Nov 2026
Check figures: unusual quarterly results in JUN '26 (₹96.98 cr vs a typical ₹7.96 cr). This may be a filing error (e.g. lakh filed as crore) or a genuine one-off; figures are shown as filed. Trailing-twelve-month figures include it.

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Instant answers about Hester Biosciences Limited — computed from its filings, no language model
Market cap₹2,017 cr
Current price₹2,371.40
High / Low₹2,545 / ₹1,259
P/E14.2
P/B4.31
Book value₹549.9
ROE30.4%
ROCE30.3%
Debt / equity0.22
Dividend yield0.30%
EPS (TTM)₹167.03
Face value₹10

Price & valuation

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Annual performance

annual · ₹ crore · line = operating margin
showing latest 6 of 7 periods
FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Revenue183.3214.3235.0266.1304.6311.1332.6
EBITDA55.468.760.050.653.761.086.7
Operating margin30.2%32.0%25.5%19.0%17.6%19.6%26.1%
Interest7.46.64.19.319.812.710.9
Depreciation13.113.316.620.717.216.818.9
Profit before tax41.350.153.135.727.335.569.5
Tax10.315.414.012.110.810.718.4
Net profit29.234.439.326.618.927.555.6
EPS ₹36.4440.7946.4132.9624.8833.8967.57
Operating cash flow——8.823.648.164.564.1
Capex——95.777.824.420.617.8
Dividend paid——8.58.56.85.26.0
Total assets———670.0662.4653.4677.9
Equity———279.7291.8314.2360.2

Quarterly performance

last 28 quarters · ₹ crore
showing latest 8 of 28 periods
SEP '19DEC '19MAR '20JUN '20SEP '20DEC '20MAR '21JUN '21SEP '21MAR '22JUN '22SEP '22DEC '22MAR '23JUN '23SEP '23DEC '23MAR '24JUN '24SEP '24DEC '24MAR '25JUN '25SEP '25DEC '25MAR '26JUN '26SEP '26
Revenue44.250.743.639.953.456.964.260.262.756.550.773.274.967.387.870.567.079.282.383.763.281.984.171.077.4100.177.297.9
Operating profit11.120.77.211.915.821.219.817.117.610.37.412.718.811.714.413.210.215.917.619.25.119.222.811.717.834.322.832.7
Operating margin25.0%40.8%16.5%29.9%29.6%37.2%30.8%28.4%28.0%18.3%14.7%17.4%25.0%17.4%16.3%18.8%15.2%20.1%21.5%22.9%8.0%23.4%27.1%16.5%23.0%34.3%29.5%33.4%
Other income0.70.34.80.70.21.32.52.41.47.23.14.54.43.21.14.41.04.11.21.87.8-7.02.39.70.7-3.01.61.5
Interest1.42.62.51.52.11.51.40.90.71.51.62.53.91.42.68.12.26.95.05.9-3.85.61.82.21.85.13.13.0
Depreciation3.23.43.23.23.23.33.63.23.05.15.15.05.25.45.44.33.83.74.14.24.34.24.24.34.45.97.07.1
Profit before tax7.114.96.27.910.717.713.915.315.210.93.99.714.08.17.55.25.29.49.710.912.42.419.114.912.223.299.624.6
Tax0.93.01.52.84.04.83.84.34.12.31.93.73.82.72.22.72.43.53.13.52.02.22.92.74.28.55.05.8
Net profit6.511.52.75.76.712.39.712.510.67.74.06.911.24.55.94.14.05.06.38.211.71.316.414.48.816.097.020.4
EPS ₹7.3014.055.605.947.8615.1311.8712.9513.0810.594.197.7714.296.727.894.754.737.528.809.8613.411.8220.3316.8510.9419.45113.7123.94
Revenue YoY————20.8%12.2%47.1%51.0%17.3%-12.0%-15.8%16.7%—19.2%73.3%-3.7%-10.6%17.8%-6.4%18.8%-5.6%3.4%2.2%-15.2%22.5%22.2%-8.2%38.0%
Profit YoY————2.5%7.2%253.6%118.7%59.0%-20.3%-68.2%-34.7%—-41.3%47.9%-41.1%-64.4%9.3%8.0%100.5%193.0%-73.9%159.3%76.2%-24.8%1138.8%489.9%40.9%

Earlier results (standalone, Sep '07 – Jun '19)

₹ crore · from BSE, before the NSE XBRL filings begin

Hester Biosciences Limited reports consolidated figures above. Quarterly consolidated results only became mandatory in India in 2019, so the earlier history available is the standalone company only (excluding subsidiaries). It is shown separately so the two bases are never mixed.

Full years

showing latest 8 of 11 periods
FY09†FY10†FY11†FY12†FY13†FY14†FY15†FY16†FY17†FY18†FY19†
Revenue30.237.542.048.365.169.090.0100.9123.2136.9171.2
Operating profit14.816.118.118.922.025.326.233.140.949.667.8
Operating margin49.1%42.9%43.0%39.2%33.8%36.7%29.1%32.8%33.2%36.2%39.6%
Other income—0.10.10.20.20.80.31.20.71.93.1
Interest2.92.42.52.83.26.44.43.73.22.33.5
Depreciation3.94.24.54.14.05.45.35.75.55.47.6
Profit before tax8.29.611.212.215.014.319.424.932.943.759.7
Tax3.43.63.63.95.84.24.95.68.113.215.9
Net profit4.76.07.68.39.210.114.619.224.930.543.9

Quarters

showing latest 8 of 48 periods
SEP '07†DEC '07†MAR '08†JUN '08†SEP '08†DEC '08†MAR '09†JUN '09†SEP '09†DEC '09†MAR '10†JUN '10†SEP '10†DEC '10†MAR '11†JUN '11†SEP '11†DEC '11†MAR '12†JUN '12†SEP '12†DEC '12†MAR '13†JUN '13†SEP '13†DEC '13†MAR '14†JUN '14†SEP '14†DEC '14†MAR '15†JUN '15†SEP '15†DEC '15†MAR '16†JUN '16†SEP '16†DEC '16†MAR '17†JUN '17†SEP '17†DEC '17†MAR '18†JUN '18†SEP '18†DEC '18†MAR '19†JUN '19†
Revenue8.88.86.59.06.07.18.19.29.49.19.810.510.810.710.011.511.511.813.513.815.518.717.016.015.315.921.923.321.521.923.424.524.024.228.230.129.628.534.929.038.531.937.538.342.541.648.842.4
Operating profit4.74.63.04.53.33.63.44.24.83.63.54.45.44.14.24.66.15.13.15.15.97.14.05.55.25.09.77.35.56.37.08.27.57.79.810.79.29.411.610.815.112.611.214.815.818.418.916.9
Operating margin53.9%52.1%46.0%50.2%54.3%51.3%41.9%45.3%50.6%40.0%36.0%41.9%50.0%38.3%41.8%39.8%52.9%43.5%23.1%36.6%37.9%37.9%23.4%34.0%33.7%31.6%44.4%31.2%25.6%28.9%30.2%33.3%31.0%31.8%34.6%35.5%31.0%32.9%33.3%37.1%39.2%39.5%29.7%38.6%37.0%44.2%38.6%39.8%
Other income0.00.10.00.0——0.10.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.10.10.00.10.10.00.00.00.20.00.00.10.60.00.00.00.30.00.30.60.30.30.10.20.10.60.60.40.30.80.30.61.51.3
Interest0.70.60.60.70.70.80.70.60.70.60.60.60.60.60.70.70.80.70.60.70.80.80.90.91.00.93.61.01.11.01.41.20.50.91.00.80.90.80.80.60.30.70.60.50.70.91.41.2
Depreciation0.91.01.00.91.01.01.00.90.90.91.51.01.10.91.41.01.01.01.00.91.01.11.00.91.31.61.50.80.80.82.81.31.31.41.71.31.31.21.61.41.31.31.41.61.51.52.92.3
Profit before tax3.13.11.42.91.61.81.82.73.22.11.62.83.72.62.12.94.33.51.63.54.15.22.33.62.92.55.25.53.64.55.85.65.95.97.49.07.17.69.39.314.010.99.413.413.816.516.014.7
Tax1.11.10.71.00.50.61.20.91.10.70.80.91.20.80.60.91.60.80.71.41.72.40.31.61.30.01.31.20.81.21.71.01.61.21.93.01.11.82.23.15.24.40.43.73.94.63.64.9
Net profit2.02.00.71.91.01.20.61.82.11.40.71.82.51.81.52.02.72.60.92.12.42.82.02.01.62.53.94.32.73.44.14.74.34.85.56.06.05.87.16.28.86.59.09.79.911.912.49.8
EPS ₹3.943.951.363.702.002.321.103.464.062.711.403.524.713.422.983.885.245.071.723.704.143.252.362.331.942.994.605.113.223.964.855.485.055.596.477.057.026.828.327.2310.417.6410.5911.3811.6813.9414.5511.52
Revenue YoY————-31.2%-19.9%24.8%2.3%56.1%28.8%21.7%14.0%14.5%17.4%2.0%9.6%7.0%10.0%34.5%20.2%35.0%58.7%26.4%15.9%-1.6%-15.2%28.4%45.3%40.5%38.0%6.9%5.3%11.7%10.5%20.6%22.8%23.4%17.9%24.0%-3.6%29.9%12.0%7.3%31.7%10.6%30.2%30.3%10.9%
Profit YoY————-49.3%-41.0%-19.7%-6.8%102.9%16.5%28.1%2.2%16.1%26.2%111.0%9.8%11.0%47.8%-40.9%4.5%-13.6%4.9%119.8%-5.7%-29.8%-8.0%96.0%119.2%66.1%32.7%5.4%7.4%56.6%41.2%33.2%28.8%39.2%21.8%28.7%3.0%48.2%12.1%27.3%56.6%12.2%82.5%37.4%1.2%

Returns & margins

trailing-twelve-month, per quarter
showing latest 8 of 22 periods
JUN '20SEP '20DEC '20MAR '21JUN '21SEP '21DEC '22MAR '23JUN '23SEP '23DEC '23MAR '24JUN '24SEP '24DEC '24MAR '25JUN '25SEP '25DEC '25MAR '26JUN '26SEP '26
ROE——————11.3%9.5%10.2%9.1%6.6%6.5%6.6%7.8%10.3%8.7%12.0%13.0%12.1%15.4%37.8%30.4%
ROCE——————9.1%8.2%9.1%9.2%7.3%8.9%9.7%10.2%10.4%9.2%10.4%10.0%11.0%14.7%29.6%30.3%
Net margin14.9%14.2%14.2%16.1%17.6%18.5%11.7%10.0%9.4%8.5%6.3%6.2%6.5%7.5%10.1%8.8%12.0%14.6%13.0%16.7%41.8%40.3%
EBITDA margin28.5%29.6%28.9%32.0%31.5%31.0%19.3%19.0%19.0%19.3%16.9%17.6%19.0%20.1%18.7%19.6%21.2%19.6%22.7%26.1%26.6%30.5%
Debt / equity——————0.990.960.960.950.950.820.820.790.790.660.660.610.610.520.520.22
Interest coverage5.465.516.518.5810.7014.615.084.834.833.192.842.382.332.764.023.795.729.385.257.3513.2913.31
Asset turnover——————0.410.400.450.440.430.460.450.470.460.480.480.440.470.490.480.52

Balance sheet

equity vs borrowings over time · ₹ crore
showing latest 6 of 9 periods
SEP '22MAR '23SEP '23MAR '24SEP '24MAR '25SEP '25MAR '26SEP '26
Share capital8.58.58.58.58.58.58.58.58.5
Other equity / reserves255.6271.2273.4283.3293.3305.8329.4351.7459.3
Total equity264.1279.7281.9291.8301.8314.2337.9360.2467.8
Borrowings261.1268.1267.3239.0239.1207.8207.6188.2102.1
Current liabilities109.1148.7131.7105.8126.8125.2141.4152.598.9
Non-current liabilities244.0232.7259.8253.7228.2201.5182.8157.7109.0
Total assets623.8670.0683.0662.4669.2653.4675.2677.9683.3
Property, plant & equipment255.4258.9244.9239.5234.5232.7239.6411.1397.0
Capital work-in-progress110.3146.1162.1168.1171.1176.7182.1—0.3
Investments23.325.328.429.931.934.037.242.644.5
Inventories76.784.880.475.667.270.465.972.578.8
Receivables69.579.698.978.694.173.292.695.481.7
Cash & equivalents17.113.213.012.813.65.66.32.823.5

Cash flow

annual · ₹ crore · line = free cash flow
FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash from operations8.823.648.164.564.1
Cash from investing-116.6-77.0-22.6-19.0-3.3
Cash from financing111.641.8-26.1-51.7-48.8
Capex95.777.824.420.617.8
Free cash flow-86.9-54.223.743.946.3
Dividends paid8.58.56.85.26.0

Where the assets sit

Sep '26 · ₹ crore
Fixed assets (PPE)
₹397.0 cr58%
CWIP
₹0.3 cr0%
Investments
₹44.5 cr7%
Inventories
₹78.8 cr12%
Receivables
₹81.7 cr12%
Cash & equivalents
₹23.5 cr3%
Other assets
₹57.4 cr8%

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Hester Biosciences Limited2,0172,371.4014.24.3130.4%

StoxGud checklist: Bullish setup · 10/10

  • Price above 50-day average
  • Price above 200-day average
  • 50-day average above 200-day (uptrend)
  • RSI in healthy 40–70 zone
  • Positive 1-year return
  • Return on equity above 15%
  • Debt to equity below 1
  • Revenue growing year on year
  • Net profit margin above 10%
  • P/E below industry median

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Returns & technicals

1 month+9.4%
6 months+44.8%
1 year+46.7%
3Y CAGR+11.7%
5Y CAGR-0.9%
10Y CAGR+12.0%
50-day avg₹2,217.57
200-day avg₹1,936.74
RSI (14)59

FAQs

What is the share price of Hester Biosciences Limited?

Hester Biosciences Limited (HESTERBIO) closed at ₹2,371.40 on NSE on 06 Nov 2026.

What is the market cap of Hester Biosciences Limited?

₹2,017 crore at the latest close.

What is the P/E ratio of Hester Biosciences Limited?

14.2, on trailing-twelve-month earnings from its filings.

How fast is Hester Biosciences Limited growing?

Hester Biosciences Limited: revenue has compounded at 7.7% a year over three years; net profit at 27.8% a year. Latest-quarter revenue is up 38.0% year on year, profit up 40.9%.

How profitable is Hester Biosciences Limited?

On a trailing-twelve-month basis return on equity is 30.4%, return on capital employed 30.3%, operating margin 30.5%, net margin 40.3%.

How much debt does Hester Biosciences Limited have?

Hester Biosciences Limited is lightly geared: debt to equity is 0.22 with borrowings of ₹102 cr against cash of ₹24 cr (balance sheet of 2026-09-30). Operating profit covers interest 13.3 times.

Financials parsed from Hester Biosciences Limited's own XBRL filings to NSE (consolidated), ₹ crore unless marked. Quarterly from SEP '19, annual from FY20, balance sheet from Sep '22. * = derived (full year or half year minus earlier quarters). Information only, not investment advice.