Quest Flow Controls share price & results
- Sept 2026
- Sept 2026
Chakan (Pune)-based manufacturer of ferrous and non-ferrous industrial valves (ball, butterfly, gate/globe/check, cryogenic and special-purpose) for marine, defence, oil & gas, petrochemicals and energy customers.
Reported
The figures, each with its period
Each figure keeps its basis and period; nothing is filled in.
| Metric | Value | Change | Basis | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 23.0 | −11.5% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Sept 2026 | Revenue from operations as filed. |
| Operating margin | -52.0 | −76.0 pts YoY | Operating profit / revenue | Quarter to Sept 2026 | For the quarter; a change is in percentage points. |
| Net profit | -16.0 | −1700.0% YoY | Quarterly, as filed | Quarter to Sept 2026 | Profit after tax as filed. |
| Return on equity | −15.2 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM · period unavailable | Not in the analysed materials. No older figure is substituted. | |
| Free cash flow margin | -26.40 | −24.4 pts | Fiscal year | FY ending Mar 2026 | (Operating cash flow − fixed-asset purchases + disposals) ÷ revenue. |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | −13.8 pts | Trailing twelve months | TTM · period unavailable | Not in the analysed materials. No older figure is substituted. |
Price
Performance −24.6% 1Y
1Y: ₹262.4 on 24 Oct 2025 → ₹197.8. High ₹288.75 (15 May 2026), low ₹119.5 (30 Mar 2026).
- Previous close
- ₹191.45
- Market cap
- ₹296 Cr
- 52-week range
- ₹119.5 – ₹288.75
- One year
- −26.88%
- Return on equity (FY ending Mar 2026)
- -4.05%
Overview
- Symbol
- NSE:QUESTFLOW
- Sector
- Capital Goods
- Industry
- Industrials
- Exchange
- NSE
- Currency
- INR
What QUEST FLOW CONTROLS LIMITED does
Based on the company's own presentations, annual report and earnings calls.
Quest Flow Controls (formerly Meson Valves India) designs and manufactures a range of ferrous and non-ferrous valves — butterfly, ball, gate, globe, check, cryogenic and special-purpose types such as storm, quick-closing, self-closing valves and strainers — along with remote control valve systems, magazine spray systems, tank gauging and ballast control systems. Its customers span naval/shipbuilding (Mazagon Dock, GRSE, Cochin Shipyard, Hindustan Shipyard, Goa Shipyard, L&T Shipbuilding), defence (NPCIL, ISRO, L3Harris IPMS programs), and oil & gas/petrochemical/LNG/aviation-fuel infrastructure (HPCL, Adani Dhamra LNG, Mumbai Aviation Fuel Farm). Manufacturing is done at its Chakan (Pune) facility, supported by a Global Sales & R&D office at Baner (Pune) and a US office in Houston. Its subsidiary H2O Dynamics India Limited has entered the water and wastewater treatment market under a technology license from Germany's Georg Schunemann GmbH.
Segments
- Industrial & marine valves
- Water & wastewater treatment
- Manufacturing facility area
- 35,000 sq. ft. (Chakan, Pune)
- Installed production capacity
- 30,000 valves/year
- Global footprint
- 10+ countries served
- Employee strength
- 100+ across all departments
- Facilities
- Manufacturing plant (Chakan, Pune); Global Sales & R&D office (Baner, Pune); USA office (Houston)
- Production operations
- 3 shifts x 24 hrs — machining, assembly & testing
Fundamentals
Ratios, each with its period
Current values with the period they cover; the trend reads across the 3 fiscal years held (Mar 2024 to Mar 2026).
Financials
What the filings say
Net profit, year on year: −1700% (quarter to sept 2026 against sept 2025).
| Line item | Sept 2023 | Mar 2024 | Sept 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sept 2025 | Mar 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 20 | 43 | 30 | 38 | 26 | 36 | 23 |
| Expenses | 16 | 33 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 34 |
| Operating profit | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | -6 | -12 |
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% | 24.0% | −18.0% | −52.0% |
| Other income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 8 | 0 |
| Interest | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Profit before tax | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | -2 | -14 |
| Tax rate | 22.6% | 33.0% | 25.0% | 21.0% | 8.0% | 17.0% | −1.0% |
| Net profit | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | -5 | -16 |
| EPS (₹ per share) | — | — | — | — | 1.09 | -5.26 | -15.28 |
| Line item | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sept 2025 | Mar 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Reserves | 13 | 50 | 56 | 74 | 72 | 56 |
| Borrowings | 11 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 3 |
| Other liabilities | 14 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 32 |
| Total liabilities | 45 | 85 | 84 | 123 | 125 | 102 |
| Fixed assets | 2 | 14 | 19 | 27 | 23 | 16 |
| Capital work in progress | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Other assets | 44 | 67 | 65 | 91 | 101 | 86 |
| Total assets | 45 | 85 | 84 | 123 | 125 | 102 |
| Line item | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | -13 | 4 | -8 |
| Cash from investing | -17 | -16 | -8 |
| Cash from financing | 31 | 13 | 19 |
| Net cash flow | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Free cash flow | -30 | -1 | -16 |
| Line item | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor days | 242 | 266 | 155 | 201 | 205 | 295 |
| Inventory days | 94 | 933 | 189 | 141 | 62 | 167 |
| Days payable | 346 | 1081 | 106 | 125 | 73 | 290 |
| Cash conversion cycle | -9 | 118 | 238 | 217 | 195 | 172 |
| Working capital days | -15 | 81 | 153 | 258 | 242 | 256 |
| Return on capital employed | — | 33.1% | 32.6% | — | 14.0% | 4.0% |
| Dividend payout | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Ownership
Who owns it
Public hold 65.50% as of Sept 2026; institutions cut 0.96 pts since Mar 2026.
- Promoters 25.63%
- Foreign institutions 7.00%
- Domestic institutions 1.86%
- Public 65.50%
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.
- newly disclosed 5.54% held
- newly disclosed 4.50% held
- newly disclosed 2.39% held
- newly disclosed 1.46% held
The same filing shows 2 holders trimming and 1 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Sep 2026 filing
Every holder of QUEST FLOW CONTROLS LIMITED above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 25.63% | −6.89 pp | |
| 5.54% | newly disclosed | |
| 4.50% | newly disclosed | |
| 4.07% | unchanged | |
| 2.39% | newly disclosed | |
| AIF | 1.74% | −0.20 pp |
| 1.46% | newly disclosed | |
| FPI fund | — | off the list |
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.
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