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Novartis India Limited (NOVARTIND)

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Novartis India Limited operates in Formulations, within the Pharma sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹1,921.6
+24.00 · +1.26%
Market cap ₹4,859 Cr
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 19 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Details
Quote19 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Base fundamentals06 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result23 Jul, 06:34 pm IST
Score20 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Pharma P/E 33.5 (n=187)
Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

73Bullish

SMA20 +10.8% / mo · MACD − · sector +3.8pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)

Stock trend: 56
Sector RS: 98
Sector 3M: -1.8% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%

FPI equity flow was positive in both fortnights, but the sector index is below its 100-session average. View sector evidence

Technical chart

NOVARTINDD candles · FIT view+93.0%
Latest close ₹1921.60 on 2026-10-19

Daily history is available from 2026-04-20; the requested 1Y window is partially covered.

Bar
+1.8%
RSI
49
MACD hist
-23.00
52W pos
59%
Visible chart range
Candle interval
2026-10-19O ₹1888.10H ₹1940.00L ₹1869.70C ₹1921.60Vol 12,000 sh
₹868.06₹1.32k₹1.77k₹2.22k₹2.67k52H52L₹1921.602026-032026-06VolRSIMACD2026-042026-062026-072026-092026-11
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context

Relative performance and chart statistics

Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100

NOVARTINDNifty PharmaNifty 500
-21%+3%+27%+52%20 Jul1 Sept19 Oct19 Oct 2026NOVARTIND +15.2%Nifty Pharma -1.5%Nifty 500 -5.6%
NOVARTIND
+15.2%
Nifty 500
-5.6%
Nifty Pharma
-1.5%
Vs Nifty 500
+20.8 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026
From 52W high
-25.8%
₹2,588.8
52W range position
59%
₹950 - ₹2,588.8
ATR (14)
5.7%
₹109.9
Volume vs 20D
0.25x
Latest completed session
Avg traded value
₹8.8 Cr
20-session average
20D price channel
₹1,850 - ₹2,161.5
32.0% annualized volatility
Research snapshot

What the evidence says now

Weak fundamentals, while price trend supports entry. This looks more like momentum/speculation than a clean fundamental investment setup.

Weak U-Score but strong trend: momentum may be ahead of fundamentals.

Suggested next step
Momentum only
Trend is strong but fundamentals do not support a clean investment thesis.
U-Score
Legacy · WATCHLIST
40

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Latest result
Excellent
75

Revenue +18.2% · PAT +14.3% YoY

Technical
Bullish
73

Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.

Valuation
Legacy model
-7.8%

Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.

Trust
Limited evidence
77

Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.

Financials

Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Excellent · 75/100

Rev +18% YoY · PAT +14% YoY · margin expansion · +14% QoQ

Filed 23 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹104 Cr+18.2%+14.3%
EBITDA₹35 Cr+29.6%+66.7%
Operating margin34.0%+300 bps+1100 bps
PAT₹32 Cr+14.3%+28.0%
PAT margin30.8%-105 bps+330 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
49.70
P/B
5.95
EV/EBITDA
46.75
Market Cap
4859.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
11.60%
ROCE
16.30%
ROA
10.02%
Dividend Y
—

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
-1.00%
EPS 5Y
35.00%
Revenue 3Y
-2.00%
EPS 3Y
-3.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.00
Interest Coverage
102.00×
Altman Z
8.18
Book Value
331.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
1.34%
FCF Positive Y
10/5
OCF
47.00 Cr
EPS TTM
39.61

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
70.68%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
66%

Financial History

Updated 20/10/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 354-0.6% vs prev
0656.0Mar 2017: 656Mar 2018: 564Mar 2019: 491Mar 2020: 438Mar 2021: 381Mar 2022: 400Mar 2023: 379Mar 2024: 335Mar 2025: 356Mar 2026: 354FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 93.0-7.9% vs prev
-4.00103.0Mar 2017: 57.0Mar 2018: 78.0Mar 2019: 52.0Mar 2020: 10.0Mar 2021: 21.0Mar 2022: -4.0Mar 2023: 103Mar 2024: 85.0Mar 2025: 101Mar 2026: 93.0FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 11.4-11.6% vs prev
-0.6013.3Mar 2017: 6.2%Mar 2018: 10.6%Mar 2019: 6.8%Mar 2020: 1.4%Mar 2021: 3.0%Mar 2022: -0.6%Mar 2023: 13.3%Mar 2024: 11.4%Mar 2025: 12.9%Mar 2026: 11.4%FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Technicals

Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence

Daily technical trend read

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term trend unclear. RSI 49. Wait for confirmation.

  • SMA20 rising (~9.7% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
  • RSI(14) at 49 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal, histogram expanding negatively — bearish momentum building.
  • 26% off 52W high · 102% 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.

Nifty 500 leadership

Relative Strength & Trend Stage

93
RS percentile
Insufficient history
1M return
-6.1%
3M return
+15.2%
6M return
+94.1%
1Y return
-
RS 1D
+1
RS 20D
-
Sector rank
#1
Industry rank
#11
Stage evidence
  • At least 170 daily sessions are required for the trend-stage read.
50-DMA
price above
200-DMA
unavailable
Sector
leading
Industry
leading
Partial-history RS: the 3M and 6M weights are re-normalised because 12M history is unavailable.
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
127 observations
19 Oct 2026Value 200.26+2.31%
9113117021025020 Apr19 Jun18 Aug19 Oct200
RS vs Nifty 500200

Valuation & peers

U-Score 40 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies

40U-SCORE
WATCHLIST

Fundamental score breakdown

U band · WATCHLIST
Valuation0/30
Growth15/25
Quality4/20
Balance Sheet11/15
Cash Flow5/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
40

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

40/100 · legacy band WATCHLIST

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Balance sheet contributes 11/15 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 15/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -7.8%.
  • Valuation is weaker at 0/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Quality is weaker at 4/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Healthcare valuation: PE/EVEBITDA with regulatory and pipeline checks

Healthcare valuation needs both earnings quality and regulatory/pipeline context.

Pharma PE/EVEBITDA
Primary lens
PE and EV/EBITDA adjusted for product mix and R&D/pipeline quality.
Secondary checks
USFDA risk, launch pipeline, margin trend, domestic vs export mix.
Main risk check
Regulatory setbacks or one-off product cycles can distort valuation.
PE
49.7
PB
6.0
EV/EBITDA
46.8
ROE
11.6%
ROCE
16.3%
FCF Yield
1.3%
Debt/Equity
0.0
MoS
-7.8%
Score movement

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.

Stored run: 20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
40
Previous: 40
Legacy U-Score band
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
-7.8%
Previous: -7.8%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.

20 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹543.13
-253.8% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
45.0
Growth-justified Value
₹1,782.45
-7.8% MoS
PEG
1.42

Comparable companies

Peers

Business-comparable peers in Pharma — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.

Compare all ↗
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
FDC
Small
FDC Limited
Pharmaceuticals
match 167
40
17.5
11.2%
-180%
WATCHLIST
ZOTA
Small
Zota Health Care LImited
Pharmaceuticals
match 166
26
—
-15.0%
—
OVERVALUED
GUFICBIO
Small
Gufic Biosciences Limited
Pharmaceuticals
match 166
28
57.3
10.1%
-23%
OVERVALUED
INNOVACAP
Small
Innova Captab Limited
Pharmaceuticals
match 164
48
42.6
13.7%
+17%
FAIR VALUE
BLISSGVS
Small
Bliss GVS Pharma Limited
Pharmaceuticals
match 163
39
51.4
11.8%
-8%
WATCHLIST

Business, management & trust

Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Novartis India Limited operates in Formulations, 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.

Trust Score
77Limited evidence · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 83rd percentile of the scored universe and 76th percentile within Pharma. No major sub-score weakness stands out.

This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
7 docs text-extracted · 0 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence

Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.

Relative rank
83rd percentile

overall median 67 · Pharma: 76th pctile, median 70 · Small: 86th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

7 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Limited evidence · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Can support position sizing if valuation and trend also agree.

Read 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.

Promoter
86
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
96
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
60
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
60
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • ▸Promoter holding is 70.7%.
  • ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
  • ▸FCF yield is positive at 1.9%.
  • ▸10 years of positive FCF.

Trust risks

  • ▸1 of the latest 4 quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Important announcements & filings

Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.

6 shown
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 23 Sep - The Officials of the Company will be participating in the Conference / Meeting scheduled on Emerging India CEO Forum by Nuvama on Monday, September 28, …

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 29 Jul - ChrysCapital acquires 70.68% of Novartis India; Dr. Vikas Gupta appointed MD and CEO.

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 6 Jun - Intimation of Newspaper Advertisement of Novartis India Limited ("The Company/ The Target Company") regarding the reasoned recommendations of the Committee of Independent Directors ("IDC").

Source: Bse

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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.