Hester Biosciences
NSE: HESTERBIO · ISIN INE782E01017 · Healthcare
₹2,300.10−65.30 (−2.76%)
Monday 9 November, 13:15 IST. Delayed. Source: Yahoo Finance.
Price chart
₹2,300.10 −65.30 (−2.76%) today
The day
- Previous close
- ₹2,365.40
- Open
- ₹2,306.80
- Day high
- ₹2,376.10
- Day low
- ₹2,297.50
Listed on NSE since 13 March 2015.
Key numbers
- P/E (trailing)
- 14.58
- EPS (trailing)
- ₹161.36
- Price to book
- 4.28
- Return on equity
- 34.7%
- Debt to equity
- 0.23
- Profit margin
- 41.1%
- Volume today
- 1,953
- Average volume
- 5,887
Source: Yahoo Finance. Ratios use the latest reported (trailing twelve-month) figures.
Revenue and profit
| Year | Revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|
| FY23 | ₹266.09 Cr | ₹26.63 Cr |
| FY24 | ₹304.55 Cr | ₹18.89 Cr |
| FY25 | ₹311.10 Cr | ₹27.49 Cr |
| FY26 | ₹332.60 Cr | ₹55.64 Cr |
Source: Yahoo Finance, from annual reports. Consolidated where reported.
Quarterly results
| Quarter | Revenue | Net profit | Profit vs year ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY27Jul–Sep 2026 | ₹98 Cr | ₹20 Cr | +40.9% |
| Q1 FY27Apr–Jun 2026 | ₹77 Cr | ₹97 Cr | +489.8% |
| Q4 FY26Jan–Mar 2026Audited | ₹100 Cr | ₹16 Cr | +1,138.0% |
| Q3 FY26Oct–Dec 2025 | ₹77 Cr | ₹9 Cr | – |
| Q2 FY26Jul–Sep 2025 | ₹71 Cr | ₹14 Cr | – |
| Q1 FY26Apr–Jun 2025 | ₹84 Cr | ₹16 Cr | – |
Source: Hester Biosciences’s results filed with NSE, consolidated (the whole group). Net profit is the share of Hester Biosciences’s own shareholders where the filing separates it. Profit vs year ago compares with the same quarter a year earlier; – where that quarter is not on file or made a loss.
Download results (zip) A spreadsheet of the quarterly results and balance sheets, with the original filings from NSE.
Balance sheet
| As on | September 2026 | March 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ₹397 Cr | ₹411 Cr |
| Investments | ₹0 | ₹2 Cr |
| Inventories | ₹79 Cr | ₹73 Cr |
| Owed by customers | ₹82 Cr | ₹95 Cr |
| Cash and equivalents | ₹24 Cr | ₹3 Cr |
| Total assets | ₹683 Cr | ₹678 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹102 Cr | ₹188 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹208 Cr | ₹310 Cr |
| Shareholders’ equity | ₹468 Cr | ₹360 Cr |
Source: Hester Biosciences’s half-yearly statements of assets and liabilities filed with NSE, consolidated. Companies file these every September and March.
About Hester Biosciences
Hester Biosciences Limited manufactures and trades in veterinary vaccines and health products in India and internationally. It operates through two segments, Poultry Healthcare and Animal Healthcare. The company provides poultry vaccines for newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, infectious bursal, fowl pox, marek's disease, infectious coryza, fowl cholera, inclusion body hepatitis, fowl typhoid, and avian encephalomyelitis. It also offers vaccines for peste des petits ruminants, goat pox, brucella, lumpy skin disease, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia for cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats; and diagnostic services. In addition, the company provides animal healthcare products, such as biosecurity solutions, therapeutics, nutritional supplements, and specialised formulations to enhance animal wellness and productivity. Further, it offers various pet care products, including gut health solutions, NSAIDs, joint care formulations, parasiticides, grooming products, and anti-infective formulations; and healthcare products, such as immune boosters, gut health enhancers, farm hygiene, vitamins, minerals, and specialty feed supplements for critical needs comprising disease prevention, growth, and nutritional balance. Additionally, the company provides Silvectant, a hydrogen peroxide and silver nitrate solution for disinfection of poultry sheds; Hestbac, a probiotic supplement to control pathogenic bacteria; Hestflora, a combined probiotic and prebiotic formulation that supports gut health and performance; AmmoStop, a probiotic blend for odour control and respiratory comfort in poultry farms. It also offers INACTIVATED H9N2 vaccine for low pathogenic avian influenza; ICEFT RTU, a ceftiofur formulation for uterine and bacterial infections; and Inomilk Gel, an oral calcium supplement, as well as operates diagnostic labs for poultry. Hester Biosciences Limited was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Mehsana, India.
- Industry
- Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
- Based in
- Mehsana
- Employees
- 483
Company website · Profile: Yahoo Finance
In the news
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Dividends and corporate actions
All companies- Dividend - Rs 11 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 14 July 2026
- Dividend - Rs 7 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 6 August 2025
- Dividend - Rs 6 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 22 August 2024
- Annual General Meeting
Action · ex-date 22 August 2024
- Annual General Meeting/Dividend - Rs 8 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 13 September 2023
- Annual General Meeting/Dividend - Rs 10 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 11 August 2022
- Dividend - Rs 10 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 5 August 2021
- Dividend - Rs 6.60 Per Share
Dividend · ex-date 27 August 2020
Source: NSE. Latest first, 8 of 18.
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