ZIMLAB
Zim Laboratories financials
- Market cap
- ₹579 Cr
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Calls analysed
- 6
Zim Laboratories Limited Q1 FY27
What went well
- Total operating income grew 31.2% YoY to INR 942 million.
- Exports remained resilient, contributing 84% of total operating income.
- New innovative product portfolio and oral insulin business returned to normalized contribution of 18% of revenue.
What to watch
- EBITDA margin stood at 3.7% (INR 34 million), impacted by planned investments and higher costs.
- Profit after tax was negative INR 40 million, compared to negative INR 19 million in the prior year.
What Zim Laboratories Limited does
Zim Laboratories develops, manufactures and supplies differentiated and complex generic pharmaceutical products in oral solid dosage forms, built on proprietary, non-infringing novel drug delivery technologies (NDDS). Its Pharmaceuticals division makes Pre-Formulation Intermediates, Finished Formulations, Oral Thin Films (OTF) and New Innovative Products (NIP) sold into regulated, pharmerging and RoW markets, while its Nutraceuticals division supplies vitamins, healthcare and dietary supplements. Manufacturing is carried out across three facilities in Nagpur, Maharashtra, supported by an in-house R&D team that develops the company's proprietary technology platforms.
Segments
- Pharmaceuticals
- Nutraceuticals
- Manufacturing facilities
- 3 in Nagpur — Solid Oral Dosage (General) 1,00,000 sq.ft, Solid Oral Dosage (Cephalosporin) 16,000 sq.ft, Oral Thin Film 6,300 sq.ft
- Production utilisation rate
- 65%
- Marketing Authorisations received (cumulative)
- 34 (NIP 5, OTF 25, FF 4)
- Regulatory filings completed (cumulative)
- 57 (NIP 14, OTF 29, FF 14)
- Proprietary technology platforms
- 4 non-infringing platforms
- Therapy segments covered
- 7
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 16 tracked 3 delivered 2 missed 11 open- EU-GMP Reinspection / Audit Completion delivered said Q1 FY26 Promised: within the next 6 months Q1 FY27: Promise previously achieved in Q4 FY26.
- NIP and OTF contribution to total turnover missed said Q4 FY25 Promised: 30% to 40% going forward Q1 FY27: Dropped to 18% for the quarter, described as a 'normalized' level. Still significantly below the 30-40% target.
- EBITDA Margin at risk said Q4 FY25 Promised: 15% - 17% by FY26-27 Q1 FY27: Dropped to 3.7% for the quarter. Management now guides for mid-teens in FY28, contingent on EU-GMP, pushing out the timeline.
All 16 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 30.3%, net profit down 129.6% 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 | 90 | 95 | 109 | 71 | 88 −1% | 108 +13% | 103 −5% | 93 +30% |
| EBITDA | 8 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 −26% | 13 +6% | 7 −57% | 2 −45% |
| Net profit | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 0 −90% | 4 −2% | 3 −39% | -4 −130% |
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 +85.8% 1Y
1Y: ₹74.94 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹139.22. High ₹139.22 (11 Sept 2026), low ₹60.26 (30 Mar 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- −2.8%
- 7 Aug
- Q4 FY26
- −1.5%
- 20 May
- Q3 FY26
- −4.8%
- 13 Feb
- Q2 FY26
- −1.9%
- 17 Nov
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 fell 2.3% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to 8.0%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹398 Cr | ₹365 Cr | ₹376 Cr | ₹370 Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹52 Cr | ₹40 Cr | ₹43 Cr | ₹30 Cr |
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 11.0% | 11.5% | 8.0% |
| Interest | ₹6 Cr | ₹7 Cr | ₹11 Cr | ₹13 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹17 Cr | ₹15 Cr | ₹20 Cr | ₹19 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹24 Cr | ₹17 Cr | ₹12 Cr | ₹6 Cr |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| Cash from operations | ₹35 Cr | ₹11 Cr | ₹51 Cr | ₹48 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹0 Cr | ₹-61 Cr | ₹13 Cr | ₹12 Cr |
| ROCE | 17.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% | 5.0% |
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 | ₹16 Cr | ₹16 Cr | ₹49 Cr | ₹49 Cr | ₹49 Cr | ₹54 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹141 Cr | ₹154 Cr | ₹145 Cr | ₹183 Cr | ₹203 Cr | ₹233 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹82 Cr | ₹53 Cr | ₹62 Cr | ₹112 Cr | ₹121 Cr | ₹127 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹81 Cr | ₹112 Cr | ₹79 Cr | ₹99 Cr | ₹94 Cr | ₹112 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹320 Cr | ₹335 Cr | ₹335 Cr | ₹443 Cr | ₹467 Cr | ₹525 Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹103 Cr | ₹103 Cr | ₹107 Cr | ₹160 Cr | ₹187 Cr | ₹160 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹10 Cr | ₹11 Cr | ₹26 Cr | ₹40 Cr | ₹46 Cr | ₹89 Cr |
| Investments | ₹8 Cr | ₹8 Cr | ₹8 Cr | ₹8 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹18 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹199 Cr | ₹213 Cr | ₹193 Cr | ₹234 Cr | ₹234 Cr | ₹258 Cr |
| Total assets | ₹320 Cr | ₹335 Cr | ₹335 Cr | ₹443 Cr | ₹467 Cr | ₹525 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, promoters trimmed −2.90 pp while the public added +1.82 pp. The shareholder count shrank 13% to 14,510.
- Promoters
- 30.4%
- FIIs
- 0.0%
- DIIs
- 1.3%
- Public
- 68.3%
Since Jun 2025
- Promoters −2.90 pp
- Public +1.82 pp
- DIIs +1.10 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window promoters fell from 33.3% to 30.4% — −2.9 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 33.3%, Public 66.8%.Dec '23: Promoters 33.3%, Public 66.7%.Mar '24: Promoters 33.3%, FIIs 0.0%, Public 66.7%.Jun '24: Promoters 33.3%, Public 66.7%.Sep '24: Promoters 33.3%, Public 66.7%.Dec '24: Promoters 33.3%, FIIs 0.2%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 66.3%.Mar '25: Promoters 33.3%, FIIs 0.0%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 66.5%.Jun '25: Promoters 33.3%, FIIs 0.0%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 66.5%.Sep '25: Promoters 33.3%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 66.5%.Dec '25: Promoters 33.3%, FIIs 0.0%, DIIs 0.2%, Public 66.5%.Mar '26: Promoters 30.4%, DIIs 0.1%, Public 69.6%.Jun '26: Promoters 30.4%, FIIs 0.0%, DIIs 1.3%, Public 68.3%.
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.
- Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund Mutual fund newly disclosed 1.07% held
- Anwar Siraj Daud +0.14 pp 25.07% held
The same filing shows 1 holder trimming and 0 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Zim Laboratories Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anwar Siraj Daud | 25.07% | +0.14 pp |
| Elimath Advisors Private Limited | 10.43% | unchanged |
| Zakir S Vali | 9.43% | unchanged |
| Florintree Trinex Llp | 8.90% | unchanged |
| Investor Education And Protection Fund Authority Ministry Of Corporate Affairs | 3.58% | unchanged |
| Sabbah Zulfiquar Kamal | 2.80% | unchanged |
| Bonanza Business Services Pvt Ltd | 2.32% | unchanged |
| Dr Iguer Abdelmounaim | 2.18% | unchanged |
| Zulfiquar Kamal | 2.08% | −0.15 pp |
| Laadki Trading And Investments Limited | 1.23% | unchanged |
| Jyoti Bharat Sheth | 1.23% | unchanged |
| Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund Mutual fund | 1.07% | newly disclosed |
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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