GLAXO
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals share price & financials
- Price
- ₹2,332
- Market cap
- ₹44.0k Cr
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Calls analysed
- 5
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited Q1 FY27
What went well
- Sales for Q1 FY27 reached INR 924 crores, representing a 15% year-on-year growth.
- EBITDA grew by 17%, two percentage points ahead of sales, with EBITDA margins improving by 50 bps.
- Profit after tax (PAT) for Q1 FY27 was INR 253 crores, growing 24%, with PAT margins at 27.6%.
What to watch
- A favorable base effect from last year's CMO disruptions improved headline growth by roughly 4-5%, implying a sustainable growth of 9-10% for the quarter.
- Investment spend to sales ratio was up about a percentage point this quarter due to front-loading activities, though expected to moderate.
What GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited does
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals is the Indian listed biopharma arm of GSK, discovering, developing and marketing prescription medicines and vaccines across three portfolios: General Medicines (anti-infectives, pain management, dermatology, hormones, vitamins/nutrition), Vaccines (paediatric and adult immunisation), and Specialty Medicines (respiratory and oncology). It earns by selling branded prescription drugs and vaccines through hospitals, stockists, trade and government-supply channels across India, manufactured largely at its own Nashik plant and supplemented by a network of contract manufacturers. The company is repositioning from its legacy General Medicines base toward a higher-growth innovation and specialty portfolio, including newly launched oncology and respiratory therapies and India's adult vaccination category (Shingrix).
Segments
- General Medicines
- Vaccines
- Specialty Medicines
- Manufacturing plant
- 1 (Nashik, Maharashtra)
- Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) used
- 19 across India
- Towns and cities in distribution network
- 1,400+
- Stockists, hospitals, traders & government supply points
- 5,600+
- Patients served in India (FY2025-26)
- 235+ Mn
- Unit doses manufactured (FY2025-26)
- 9.8 Bn
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 11 tracked 5 delivered 0 missed 6 open- New Product Launches (Oncology) delivered said Q3 FY25 Promised: Launch in either end of Q1 of the next year or earliest of Q1 of the next financial year or latest Q2. Q1 FY27: Oncology portfolio (Zejula and Jemperli) is part of the innovation portfolio which contributed 7-7.5% to Q1 topline, impacting 260-270 patients.
- Total Revenue on track said Q3 FY26 Promised: Double the business to INR 8,000 crores over the next 4-5 years (12-14% annual growth). Q1 FY27: Management reaffirmed the INR 8,000 crore target over 4-5 years, requiring a 13-14% CAGR. Q1 reported growth was 15% YoY.
All 11 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 16.5%, net profit up 15.6% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,011 | 949 | 974 | 805 | 980 −3% | 1,041 +10% | 995 +2% | 938 +17% |
| EBITDA | 322 | 292 | 333 | 251 | 336 +4% | 371 +27% | 351 +5% | 296 +18% |
| Net profit | 252 | 230 | 263 | 205 | 257 +2% | 296 +29% | 278 +6% | 237 +16% |
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 −0.3% 1Y
1Y: ₹2,837.5 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹2,828.4. High ₹3,106.4 (28 Aug 2026), low ₹2,103.2 (11 Jun 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- +0.3%
- 3 Aug
- Q4 FY26
- −1.5%
- 13 May
- Q3 FY26
- +1.3%
- 9 Feb
The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.
Financials, as filed
Revenue grew 5.5% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin widened to 34.3%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹3.3k Cr | ₹3.5k Cr | ₹3.7k Cr | ₹3.8k Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹805 Cr | ₹908 Cr | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr |
| Operating margin | 24.8% | 26.3% | 31.4% | 34.3% |
| Interest | ₹2 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹3 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹65 Cr | ₹69 Cr | ₹67 Cr | ₹66 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹610 Cr | ₹590 Cr | ₹927 Cr | ₹1.0k Cr |
| Net margin | 18.8% | 17.1% | 24.7% | 27.1% |
| Cash from operations | ₹484 Cr | ₹582 Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹903 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹451 Cr | ₹573 Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹870 Cr |
| ROCE | 36.0% | 51.0% | 63.0% | 61.0% |
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 ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹169 Cr | ₹169 Cr | ₹169 Cr | ₹169 Cr | ₹169 Cr | ₹169 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹2.1k Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹35 Cr | ₹20 Cr | ₹16 Cr | ₹19 Cr | ₹36 Cr | ₹33 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹1.8k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr | ₹2.0k Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹3.1k Cr | ₹4.6k Cr | ₹3.3k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.7k Cr | ₹4.3k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹387 Cr | ₹331 Cr | ₹330 Cr | ₹321 Cr | ₹291 Cr | ₹281 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹13 Cr | ₹30 Cr | ₹20 Cr | ₹14 Cr | ₹17 Cr | ₹33 Cr |
| Investments | ₹0 Cr | ₹366 Cr | ₹518 Cr | ₹813 Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr |
| Other assets | ₹2.7k Cr | ₹3.9k Cr | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹2.4k Cr | ₹2.0k Cr | ₹2.6k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹3.1k Cr | ₹4.6k Cr | ₹3.3k Cr | ₹3.6k Cr | ₹3.7k Cr | ₹4.3k 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, FIIs trimmed −0.10 pp while DIIs added +0.10 pp. The shareholder count grew 2% to 1,26,087.
- Promoters
- 75.0%
- FIIs
- 4.8%
- DIIs
- 7.8%
- Public
- 12.4%
Since Jun 2025
- FIIs −0.10 pp
- DIIs +0.10 pp
- Public +0.01 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window FIIs went from 2.5% to 4.8% — +2.3 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 2.5%, DIIs 10.0%, Government 0.0%, Public 12.5%.Dec '23: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 2.9%, DIIs 8.6%, Government 0.0%, Public 13.4%.Mar '24: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 3.5%, DIIs 7.9%, Public 13.6%.Jun '24: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.0%, DIIs 7.5%, Public 13.5%.Sep '24: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.4%, DIIs 7.3%, Public 13.3%.Dec '24: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.5%, DIIs 7.3%, Public 13.2%.Mar '25: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.5%, DIIs 7.8%, Public 12.7%.Jun '25: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.9%, DIIs 7.7%, Public 12.4%.Sep '25: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.8%, DIIs 7.8%, Public 12.4%.Dec '25: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.6%, DIIs 7.7%, Public 12.7%.Mar '26: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.6%, DIIs 7.7%, Public 12.7%.Jun '26: Promoters 75.0%, FIIs 4.8%, DIIs 7.8%, Public 12.4%.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Glaxo Group Limited | 35.99% | unchanged |
| Glaxosmithkline Pte Limited | 28.10% | unchanged |
| Eskaylab Limited | 6.94% | unchanged |
| Burroughs Wellcome International Limited | 3.97% | unchanged |
| LICI Asm Non Par Insurer | 1.08% | unchanged |
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.
Mutual funds in GLAXO
Filings to Aug 2026
1 new, 6 added, 2 trimmed, 0 sold out — net +1.84 L shares (+5.7%).
- Held by funds
- ₹1.0k Cr
- 11 schemes
- Biggest holder
- SBI Midcap Fund
- ₹360 Cr · 1.5% of that fund
| Scheme | Holding | Last month | Held since |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Midcap Fund SBI Mutual Fund | ₹360 Cr | −0.20 L | Aug '21 |
| Nippon India Pharma Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹314 Cr | +1.01 L | Aug '22 |
| Nippon India Growth Mid Cap Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹171 Cr | held | Jun '23 |
| SBI Dividend Yield Fund SBI Mutual Fund | ₹137 Cr | held | Jul '24 |
| Nippon India Multi Cap Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹31 Cr | new | Aug '26 |
| Nippon India ETF Nifty Midcap 150 Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹12 Cr | +0.02 L | Jan '19 |
| Nippon India Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund Nippon India Mutual Fund | ₹8 Cr | +0.01 L | Feb '21 |
| SBI Nifty Midcap 150 Index Fund SBI Mutual Fund | ₹4 Cr | +0.01 L | Oct '22 |
HDFC, Nippon India and SBI schemes, from their monthly disclosures. Changes are counted in shares, so a price move never looks like buying or selling.
Mutual funds Aug 2026
6 added, 2 trimmed — net +1.84 L shares (+5.7%)
- Funds are sitting on
- +20%
- vs est. average cost
- Held by funds
- ₹1.0k Cr
- 11 schemes · ≈ 1.8% of the company
- Biggest holder
- SBI Midcap Fund
- ₹360 Cr · 1.5% of that fund
- Longest holder
- Nippon India ETF Nifty Midcap 150
- 7y 8m · since Jan '19
Shares held by these funds +100%
Aug '23 32.20 L shares Jul '26
What the price assumes
ExpensiveTo justify its price of ₹2828, this stock must grow earnings at 29% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~19%. At that growth it is worth ₹1705 — downside of 40%.
- Growth the price implies
- 29.3% a year
- for 7 years, fading to 4%
- It has actually compounded at
- 19.3% a year
- net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS 19.3%
- The gap
- 0.1 pp
- -40% downside if it only repeats history
All earnings calls (5)
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