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High Energy Bat. financials

Market cap
₹533 Cr

What High Energy Bat. does

High Energy Batteries (India) Limited designs, develops and manufactures strategic high-tech batteries for defence applications, including Silver Zinc, Silver Chloride Magnesium and Sea Water activated battery chemistries. Its batteries power underwater ordnance such as electric heavyweight torpedoes and advanced lightweight torpedoes. The company works closely with the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and other defence agencies. Manufacturing is carried out at its factory in Mathur, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu.

Manufacturing facility
1 (Pakkudi Road, Mathur, Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu)
Battery chemistries produced
3 (Silver Zinc, Silver Chloride Magnesium, Sea Water activated)
Key defence/R&D agencies served
5 (Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, DRDO, NSTL, VSSC)
Founded 1961Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Company website

Quarterly results

Q1 FY27: revenue down 40.5%, net profit down 333.3% against the same quarter last year.

₹ Cr · quarterly
Line itemQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue15 13 36 13 17 +16%23 +85%30 −18%8 −41%
EBITDA2 1 13 1 -1 −145%7 +1242%12 −7%-2 −382%
Net profit2 1 10 1 2 +12%5 +646%8 −24%-2 −333%
How to read this

₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.

Performance −8.6% 1Y

₹500₹550₹600₹650Sept 25Oct 25Dec 25Jan 26Mar 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26Sept 26

1Y: ₹646.95 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹591.6. High ₹654.1 (27 Apr 2026), low ₹490.95 (4 Jun 2026).

Financials, as filed

Revenue fell 3.5% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to 22.8%.

Year endingFY23FY24FY25FY26
Revenue₹93 Cr₹78 Cr₹81 Cr₹84 Cr
Operating profit₹31 Cr₹23 Cr₹17 Cr₹19 Cr
Operating margin33.5%28.9%21.4%22.8%
Interest₹3 Cr₹2 Cr₹1 Cr₹2 Cr
Depreciation₹1 Cr₹1 Cr₹1 Cr₹1 Cr
Net profit₹21 Cr₹17 Cr₹15 Cr₹15 Cr
Net margin22.1%22.0%18.9%18.4%
Cash from operations₹17 Cr₹24 Cr₹4 Cr₹14 Cr
Free cash flow₹6 Cr₹22 Cr₹1 Cr₹9 Cr
ROCE37.0%28.0%23.0%20.0%
How to read this

From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.

Balance sheet

Year endingFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Equity capital₹2 Cr₹2 Cr₹2 Cr₹2 Cr₹2 Cr₹2 Cr
Reserves₹40 Cr₹54 Cr₹72 Cr₹86 Cr₹98 Cr₹110 Cr
Borrowings₹35 Cr₹25 Cr₹21 Cr₹5 Cr₹21 Cr₹12 Cr
Other liabilities₹18 Cr₹19 Cr₹21 Cr₹17 Cr₹15 Cr₹16 Cr
Total liabilities₹94 Cr₹99 Cr₹115 Cr₹109 Cr₹136 Cr₹139 Cr
Fixed assets₹31 Cr₹30 Cr₹38 Cr₹38 Cr₹39 Cr₹40 Cr
Capital work in progress₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹0 Cr₹2 Cr
Investments₹1 Cr₹1 Cr₹1 Cr₹2 Cr₹3 Cr₹3 Cr
Other assets₹62 Cr₹68 Cr₹76 Cr₹70 Cr₹94 Cr₹95 Cr
Total assets₹94 Cr₹99 Cr₹115 Cr₹109 Cr₹136 Cr₹139 Cr
How to read this

As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.

Who owns it

As disclosed at Jun 2026

Since Jun 2025, DIIs trimmed −0.42 pp while the public added +0.25 pp. The shareholder count shrank 8% to 22,050.

Promoters
43.1%
DIIs
6.0%
Public
50.9%

Since Jun 2025

  • DIIs −0.42 pp
  • Public +0.25 pp
  • Promoters +0.16 pp

How it drifted, 12 quarters

Over this window the public fell from 53.1% to 50.9% — −2.2 pp.

Sep '23Dec '24Jun '26

Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 40.9%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 53.1%.Dec '23: Promoters 40.9%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 53.1%.Mar '24: Promoters 41.3%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 52.7%.Jun '24: Promoters 41.3%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 52.7%.Sep '24: Promoters 41.3%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 52.7%.Dec '24: Promoters 41.7%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 52.3%.Mar '25: Promoters 42.9%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 51.1%.Jun '25: Promoters 42.9%, DIIs 6.4%, Public 50.7%.Sep '25: Promoters 42.9%, DIIs 6.4%, Public 50.7%.Dec '25: Promoters 42.9%, DIIs 6.4%, Public 50.7%.Mar '26: Promoters 43.1%, DIIs 6.4%, Public 50.5%.Jun '26: Promoters 43.1%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 50.9%.

Who was buying across the market this quarter →

Who bought this quarter

since Mar 2026

Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.

The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 1 off the list — both are in the register beside this.

Who is on the register

Named in the Jun 2026 filing

Every holder of High Energy Bat. above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.

A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.

What the price assumes

Growth trap

To justify its price of ₹592, this stock must grow earnings at 35% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~-16%. At that growth it is worth ₹38 — downside of 94%.

Growth the price implies
35.4% a year
for 7 years, fading to 4%
It has actually compounded at
-16.5% a year
net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS -16.5%
The gap
0.5 pp
-94% downside if it only repeats history
Price today ₹591.6 Value at the reference growth ₹38.4

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