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Hester Biosciences Ltd

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HESTERBIO:NSI

Hester Biosciences Ltd

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Health CarePharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • Price (INR)1,570.50
  • Today's Change-4.00 / -0.25%
  • Shares traded2.68k
  • 1 Year change-6.01%
  • Beta1.2773
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About the company

Hester Biosciences Limited is an India-based animal healthcare company. The Company is principally engaged in manufacturing poultry vaccines, large animal vaccines, and trading poultry, large animal, and petcare health products. It operates through three segments: Poultry Healthcare, Animal Healthcare, and Petcare. The Poultry Healthcare vaccines include Gumboro I, Inactivated Chick ND, Inactivated Coryza, Inactivated EDS, Inactivated FC3, Inactivated FC4, Inactivated IB, and Inactivated IBD. The Animal Healthcare vaccines include Goat Pox Vaccine, Live Brucella, PPR Vaccine - Nigerian 75/1, and PPR Vaccine - Sungri/96. Its Petcare products include Cefshot Tazo Injection, Hestacef CV, Hestacef DS, Pawfresh, Synoton, Petsglow, and Vitacoat. The Company also operates diagnostic labs for poultry and provides diagnostic kits for sero-surveillance and mastitis prevention for cattle farms. Its manufacturing facility is located at Meda Adraj Village, Mehsana District, Gujarat.

  • Revenue in INR (TTM)3.14bn
  • Net income in INR409.47m
  • Incorporated1987
  • Employees562.00
  • Location
    Hester Biosciences LtdPushpak 1st FloorMotilal Hirabhai Road, Panchvati CircleAHMEDABAD 380006IndiaIND
  • Phone+91 7 926445107
  • Fax+91 7 926445105
  • Websitehttps://www.hester.in/
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Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
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Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
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Venus Remedies Ltd7.00bn762.95m9.86bn1.30k12.92--9.871.4157.1057.10523.77--------5,391,957.00--6.67--8.0847.0237.6210.906.87--1,849.19----7.7213.8159.05--18.36--
Sakar Healthcare Ltd2.31bn252.21m9.94bn342.0039.01--20.574.3111.4511.45104.95--------6,750,901.00--4.73--5.6452.5445.5510.929.87--3.66----15.8016.4449.9612.7119.34--
IND Swift Laboratories Ltd9.64bn2.75bn11.10bn1.25k3.55--3.451.1538.2838.28122.91--------7,738,014.00--8.65--10.5951.5540.9628.5614.35---3.35--0.00-56.15-6.35-40.50--41.97--
Bajaj Healthcare Ltd6.12bn523.16m11.26bn904.0022.09--14.121.8416.1515.36188.83--------6,774,850.00--7.07--13.0746.3137.178.548.22--2.92--5.8314.615.76399.6411.21-12.65--
Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd2.82bn409.03m11.68bn1.40k28.75--23.204.156.076.0741.76--------2,012,738.00--14.71--17.2663.6660.5914.5312.54--44.64--39.8828.7611.13146.4547.72-28.4465.72
Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Ltd6.52bn878.34m13.11bn1.85k14.92--12.862.0143.8643.86325.55--------3,518,272.00--13.22--15.4653.6450.8213.4714.56--77.35--3.327.3510.03-11.749.8720.13--
Syncom Formulations (India) Ltd5.15bn630.52m13.14bn554.0020.263.4719.232.550.690.695.564.031.248.895.419,296,547.0015.228.5617.6511.5836.5234.8112.2410.154.2473.920.0018--76.5517.7495.2828.2441.62--
Hester Biosciences Ltd3.14bn409.47m13.31bn562.0041.52--22.324.2337.6937.69277.25--------5,594,555.00--5.39--6.7273.5264.8713.5111.44--9.65--23.772.1511.1645.52-1.18-22.471.18
Beta Drugs Ltd3.86bn464.68m13.87bn399.0019.706.2722.643.6069.7265.19509.33218.940.9863.643.489,665,303.0011.8815.0816.2921.5339.7940.3012.0512.722.455.130.39740.0022.5431.8928.9637.9219.23--
Ngl Fine Chem Ltd4.47bn353.73m14.07bn456.0039.77--26.433.1557.2657.26723.35--------9,799,871.00--13.34--17.4451.6241.637.9212.15--9.06--2.858.7319.41-48.8720.4453.910.00
Windlas Biotech Ltd8.68bn667.47m16.97bn1.35k25.59--17.341.9531.4631.46409.16--------6,450,929.00--8.65--11.8138.3434.097.697.70--15.80--18.3320.4318.244.8230.3427.99--
Data as of Feb 16 2026. Currency figures normalised to Hester Biosciences Ltd's reporting currency: Indian Rupee INR

Institutional shareholders

0.46%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 05 Feb 202634.32k0.40%
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.as of 05 Feb 20263.28k0.04%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd.as of 30 Nov 2025748.000.01%
Acadian Asset Management LLCas of 30 Sep 2025516.000.01%
Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. Ltd.as of 31 Dec 2025111.000.00%
DFA Australia Ltd.as of 30 Nov 202589.000.00%
Bandhan AMC Ltd.as of 31 Jan 202647.000.00%
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