Quest Laboratories Ltd.

Quest Laboratories Ltd.

NNSE:QUESTLAB
87.40
INR
-2.80
(-3.10%)
4.19EPS
24.93P/E
1.71BMarket Cap
Quest Laboratories Ltd.
NSE:QUESTLAB
(National Stock Exchange of India)

Recent

price

87.40

P/E

ratio

24.93

div

yld

- -

ROIC.AI

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
TTM
INR
18.53
36.3
37.61
50.38
63.41
68.23
35.28
Revenue per Share
0.4
2.51
3.08
6.16
8.37
9.08
4.19
Basic EPS, GAAP
-0.1
0.93
0.53
1.27
-14.21
-9.75
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
3.59
6.1
9.22
17.49
50.01
59.08
59.08
Book Value per Share
3.59
6.1
9.22
17.49
50.01
59.08
59.08
Tangible Book Value per Share
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
304
595
616
826
1,039
1,118
580
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
3.49
10.17
12.11
18.16
14.92
15.58
12.25
Operating Margin (%)
4
5
5
6
5
8
4
Depreciation Expense
7
41
50
101
137
149
69
Net Income, GAAP
17.04
28.82
27.74
30.13
27.18
17.2
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
2.16
6.9
8.18
12.23
13.2
13.3
11.87
Profit Margin (%)
11
39
71
201
698
790
790
Working Capital
12
13
12
9
14
9
9
LT Debt
59
100
151
287
820
968
968
Total Equity
- -
36.43
29.14
32.83
14.67
13.28
- -
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
39
33.47
40.02
19.63
15.06
- -
Return on Capital (%)
- -
51.69
40.2
46.12
24.79
16.64
7.7
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Mar'25
Sep'26
Mar'26
ST Debt
289
317
70
LT Borrowings
14
11
9
LT Finance Leases
- -
- -
- -
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
16
16
16
Market Capitalization
1,679
1,557
1,711

Working Capital

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Mar'25
Sep'26
Mar'26
Total Current Assets
1,070
1,155
926
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
493
507
123
Accounts Receivable, Net
300
301
362
Inventories
214
297
386
Total Current Liabilities
372
420
136
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
289
317
70
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
- -
82.93%
18.15%
Free Cash Flow
- -
-442.5%
-31.41%
Net Income, GAAP
- -
138.8%
8.45%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
- -
33.39%
7.6%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
211
205
826
2025
- -
274
- -
465
1,039
2026
- -
256
- -
324
1,118

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
0.91
1.96
6.16
2025
- -
3.7
- -
1.18
8.37
2026
- -
2.45
- -
1.74
9.08

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

INR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Business
Quest Laboratories Ltd (QUESTLAB.NS) manufactures pharmaceutical formulations across diverse therapeutic categories, including antibiotics, antimalarials, antispasmodics, anti-inflammatories, antiemetics, respiratory medications, diabetes treatments, antidepressants, and other essential medicines. The company produces ethical drugs, generic drugs, and over-the-counter (OTC) products in various dosage forms such as uncoated, film-coated, enteric-coated, and sustained-release tablets; liquid orals including syrups, elixirs, and suspensions; dry syrups; oral powders and oral rehydration salts (ORS); liquid externals like antiseptics and sanitizers; ointments and creams; capsules (soft gelatin and hard gelatin); ampoules; and injection vials. It holds approvals for over 900 formulations, operates more than 800 licensed formulations and 272 active products, and provides institutional supplies, domestic ethical marketing, PCD (propaganda-cum-distribution), contract manufacturing, and export services with WHO GMP, Schedule M GMP, and GLP certifications. Incorporated on June 1, 1998, as Quest Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. and later converted to a public limited company, Quest Laboratories Ltd maintains its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India. The company serves the domestic market across 12 states and two union territories, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Gujarat, Telangana, and Haryana, with live rate contracts from medical corporations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu. It is expanding into exports, supported by an order book exceeding INR 25 crore from Myanmar, and recently added Bihar and Jharkhand through tender participation. In recent developments, the company approved audited standalone financial results for FY25 (ended March 2025) on August 18, 2025, reflecting revenue growth to INR 104 crore and profit after tax of INR 14 crore, alongside appointments of internal, secretarial, and cost auditors for FY26. On September 4, 2025, it announced the resignation of Company Secretary Surabhi Gupta effective September 3, 2025, and appointed Mrs. Ayushi Taunk, with over six years of experience, as the new Company Secretary and Compliance Officer. An Annual General Meeting is scheduled for September 29, 2025, to adopt FY25 financials, reappoint director Anil Kumar Sabarwal, and approve auditors; additionally, in 2023-2024, production capacity expanded with new liquid oral lines (1 lakh bottles per day) and tablet lines (40 lakh tablets per day), geared up by October 2023, while plans advance for a state-of-the-art injectable plant focused on oncology in 2024-2025.