Hikal Limited (HIKAL)
Small CapPharma stocks · Small cap · NSE
Hikal Limited operates in CRAMS/CDMO, within the Pharma sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.
One read, four checks
75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.
Weak fundamentals, management trust is acceptable, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is weak.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
low confidence · 0/0 claims checked
Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.
Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.
Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026
Bad · 25/100Rev +6% YoY · margin expansion
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹402.8 Cr | +5.9% | -22.4% |
| EBITDA | ₹37 Cr | +47.4% | -64.9% |
| Operating margin | 9.2% | +259 bps | -1110 bps |
| PAT | ₹-7.4 Cr | NDF | -151.4% |
| PAT margin | -1.8% | +405 bps | -461 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Business & thesis
Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary
Business & thesis
Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary
Issuer presentation review pending
Hikal Limited operates in CRAMS/CDMO, within the Pharma sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.
Management accountability
What management said, and what results must prove
Management accountability
What management said, and what results must prove
Trend score and candlestick chart
57NeutralSMA20 -5.7% / mo · MACD + · sector +2.2pp vs Nifty (3M)
Technical chart
HIKALdaily · 1Y · AUTO+20.8%Daily technical trend read
Mixed signalsSignals are conflicting — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 54. Wait for confirmation.
- Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
- SMA20 falling (~6.1% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
- RSI(14) at 54 — rising, no extreme reading.
- MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
- 21% off 52W high · 52% above 52W low.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
Valuation & score drivers
U-Score 29 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor
Valuation & score drivers
U-Score 29 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor
Fundamental score breakdown
OVERVALUEDWhy this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
Positive drivers
- FCF yield is supportive at 5.7%.
- Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
- Cash flow contributes 8/10 to the score.
Main drags
- Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -3488.9%.
- Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Valuation is weaker at 4/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Healthcare valuation: PE/EVEBITDA with regulatory and pipeline checks
Healthcare valuation needs both earnings quality and regulatory/pipeline context.
Stored run vs live recompute
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Factor attribution
Modelled fair value
Trust score
Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth
Trust score
Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Mixed Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 38th percentile of the scored universe and 27th percentile within Pharma. Main check: results consistency is weak at 17/100.
Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 68.9%. Key concern: 4 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
Usable, but needs evidence. Treat guidance with a margin of safety.
overall median 67 · Pharma: 27th pctile, median 70 · Small: 43rd pctile, median 66
110 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
How to read this Trust Score
Mixed Trust · low confidenceRead Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Forensic breakdown
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter holding is 68.9%.
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸FCF yield is 5.7%.
- ▸12 years of positive FCF.
Trust risks
- ▸4 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
- ▸ROCE is low at 3.5%.
- ▸ROE is low at 2.2%.
- ▸ROCE trend is -3.8%.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Financials
Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history
Financials
Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 64.60
- P/B
- 2.28
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.58
- Market Cap
- 2741.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 2.21%
- ROCE
- 3.50%
- ROA
- -1.44%
- Dividend Y
- 0.27%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 7.12%
- EPS 5Y
- -27.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- -5.00%
- EPS 3Y
- -30.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.57
- Interest Coverage
- 3.87×
- Altman Z
- 3.35
- Book Value
- 97.20
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- 5.73%
- FCF Positive Y
- 12/5
- OCF
- 302.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- -2.74
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 68.85%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 55%
Financial History
Updated 5/9/2026
Revenue
₹ CrNet Profit
₹ CrReturn on Equity
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