Windlas Biotech (WINDLAS)
Fast GrowerFairStock Score: 34/100 — RISKY
Score breakdown: P/E: 1/3 · ROCE: 1/2 · Growth: 0/2 · Dividend: 0/1
Key Financials
| Current Price | ₹949.45 |
| Market Cap | ₹1,959.31 Cr |
| P/E Ratio | 30.49 |
| ROCE | 16.96% |
| ROE | 14.15% |
| Dividend Yield | 0.66% |
| Profit Growth | -0.2% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.06 |
| Sales Growth | 18.1% |
| Promoter Holding | 61.99% |
| 52-Week Range | ₹697.4 — ₹1,181 |
| Sector | Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology |
| Book Value | ₹254.44 |
AI Analysis
AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.
At ₹894.55, Windlas Biotech asks me to pay ₹1,591 crore for a business that earned roughly ₹67 crore trailing. That translates to a P/E of 23.84 and an earnings yield of barely 4.2%. Graham taught me not to pay high multiples for uncertain earnings. The company has a clean balance sheet—debt/equity of 0.06—and promoters own 61.99%, which is reassuring. But ownership alignment does not justify price. Sales grew 19.53%, yet profit shrank 3.72%. That is a red flag: growth is happening at the wrong end. The latest quarter, ₹233 crore of sales produced only ₹15 crore of profit, a margin of just about 6.4%. A 14.15% ROE and 16.96% ROCE are decent, but with book value of ₹224.05, paying 3.99 times book gives no margin of safety. The Piotroski F-score of 4/9 reinforces my worry; the FairStock score of 33 calls it risky. The dividend yield of 0.77% does not compensate for the valuation risk. I do not need spectacular growth, but I need predictable compounding. Here, profit has gone backward while the market price assumes continued expansion. This looks like a profit cycle turning down even as sales rise, and that is a dangerous combination. For an Indian retail investor, this is not a wonderful business at a fair price; it is an average business at a demanding price. I would prefer to wait on the sidelines until either the price drops or profits resume a clear upward path.
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