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Exide Industries Limited · Formerly CHLORIDE INDUSTRIES · Face value ₹1 · Listed Sep 1979 on BSE, Jun 2003 on NSE
Last close ₹353.85up ₹15.60 (4.61%)BSE ₹354.05

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹338.25.

28 Oct: open ₹341.20, high ₹359.35, low ₹338.25

52-week range of traded prices to 28 Oct 2026
₹287.00Low, 30 Mar 2026₹496.40High, 11 Aug 2026
Market cap
₹30,077 Cr271st largest listed
P/E
32.28
P/B
2.16
Dividend yield
0.57%
ROE
6.7%
ROCE
9.1%
Debt to equity
0.08
Volume, NSE
52,21,24120.8% delivered

Exide Industries share price chart

Daily closes since Jan 2007, adjusted for splits and bonuses

−7.1%over a year · Nifty Midcap 100 −4.2% · Nifty 500 −8.8%

Results20-session average 19,24,149 shares a day, 48.8% delivered

About Exide Industries

Exide Industries makes lead-acid storage batteries in India for vehicles, industry, infrastructure and defence.123 Its customers include vehicle and inverter owners, makers of vehicles and industrial equipment, institutional and government buyers, and overseas dealers.4 Through its subsidiary Exide Energy Solutions, it is commissioning a lithium-ion cell factory in Bengaluru.5

Its businesses are batteries for vehicle makers and the replacement market, home inverters and batteries, industrial UPS, solar, industrial infrastructure, telecom, submarines, exports and e-rickshaws, plus lithium-ion products and lead recycling.67 Its brands are Exide, SF and Dynex, with home ranges such as INVAMAGIC, EL-ULTRA and POWERBOX, and a lithium-ion brand, Nexcharge.8910 Its batteries range from 2.5Ah to 20,200Ah (ampere-hours, a measure of stored charge) and are sold through over 1,20,000 channel partners, with service at more than 1,600 Exide Care outlets.111213

Exide Industries was incorporated in 1947, has been listed since 1979 and is based in Kolkata, where its R&D centre has been recognised by the Ministry of Science & Technology since 1976.141516 It has 6 subsidiaries and 3 associates; the 2 it classes as material subsidiaries (those above a size limit set by listing rules) are Chloride Metals, which smelts and refines lead from used batteries, and Exide Energy Solutions, incorporated on 24 Mar 2022 to make lithium-ion cells, modules and packs.51718 Promoters held 46% of the shares at the end of June 2026.19

Exide Industries key points

Results

  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, standalone revenue from operations (the company alone, without subsidiaries) was ₹5,305.05 crore, up 17.6% on a year earlier, and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) was ₹655 crore, up 19.5%, a margin of 12.4%.2021
  • Standalone profit after tax for the quarter to Jun 2026 was ₹407 crore, against ₹320 crore a year earlier, up 27.1%.22
  • In the year to Mar 2026, standalone revenue was ₹17,269 crore, up 4.1%, with EBITDA of ₹1,943 crore and profit after tax of ₹1,111 crore, against ₹1,077 crore a year earlier.2324
  • Standalone operating cash flow was ₹2,231 crore in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹1,298 crore a year earlier, and Exide carried no debt.25

Revenue mix

  • Replacement sales to consumers (B2C) are approximately 65-70% of Exide Industries' business across its Exide and SF brands.26
  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, Exide's automotive OEM (vehicle maker) business grew 25% on a low base, home inverters and solar over 20%, and solar revenue passed ₹400 crore, a quarterly high.27
  • In the year to Mar 2026, Exide's solar business crossed ₹1,000 crore of revenue. Its telecom lead-acid business declined in the same year.2829

Where revenue comes from

  • Exports were 5.3% of Exide's standalone turnover in the year to Mar 2026, and the company sells in more than 70 countries.3031
  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, Exide's export revenue grew more than 20% on a low base, after 5 consecutive quarters of decline.32

Plants and capacity

  • Exide has 16 plants: 11 of its own making lead-acid batteries, 3 lead recycling plants of Chloride Metals and 2 plants of Exide Energy Solutions.3334
  • Exide's installed capacity is 66 million automotive batteries and 7.6 billion Ah of non-automotive and stationary batteries.35
  • Chloride Metals' 3 recycling plants in Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal can refine 346 KMT (kilo metric tonnes) of lead a year and met about 50% of Exide's lead and lead alloy needs.36
  • In the year to Mar 2026, Exide added capacity for 480K medium VRLA (sealed, valve-regulated lead-acid) batteries a year at its Hosur plant.37

Lithium-ion cells

  • Exide Energy Solutions' Bengaluru cell factory is planned at 12 GWh (gigawatt-hours), in 2 phases of 6 GWh, on an 80-acre site and designed for LFP (lithium iron phosphate) and NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) cells, cylindrical and prismatic.3839
  • By its earnings call of 3 Aug 2026, equipment for all 4 Bengaluru production lines was installed; in the quarter to Jun 2026, the NMC cylindrical line began customer samples and the LFP prismatic line samples for 3-wheelers and telecom.40
  • Exide Energy Solutions had turnover of ₹157.56 crore and a loss after tax of ₹248.16 crore in the year to Mar 2026.41
  • On its earnings call of 3 Aug 2026, the company said it expects revenue from the Bengaluru cell plant to begin in the year to Mar 2027, and that with 2 lines running the factory should reach 25% to 30% utilisation, depending on yield.4243

Customers and partners

  • Exide supplies more than 75 vehicle makers and in the year to Mar 2026 had a 100% share of business for selected passenger car models such as the TATA Sierra and KIA Seltos.4445
  • Exide was selected as OEM partner for over 20 electric and hybrid vehicle platforms, and makes their auxiliary batteries, which run a vehicle's electronics.46
  • Exide's submarine batteries go to the Indian Navy's Kilo, German 209 and Scorpene class submarines, and in the year to Mar 2026 it also supplied battery sets to overseas navies.47
  • Exide has technical collaborations with Furukawa Battery of Japan, East Penn Manufacturing of the USA, Moura of Brazil and SVOLT Energy Technology of China.48

Expansion and capital spending

  • On its earnings call of 3 Aug 2026, the company said it sets aside around ₹500 crore a year for the lead-acid business, and each of its 5 factories for 4-wheeler batteries has room to expand.4950
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that a capacity addition at Chloride Metals' Haldia plant is expected to be commissioned by the quarter to Mar 2027, raising lead recycling capacity by approximately 30%.51
  • On its earnings call of 3 Aug 2026, the company said its target, or wish list, is to source about 50% to 60% of its lithium-ion cells' bill of materials (parts and materials) in India in 2 to 3 years.52

Recent events

  • On 27 Oct 2026, a further equity investment took Exide's total investment in Exide Energy Solutions to ₹5,352.23 crore.53
  • On 30 Jan 2026, Exide's board approved investing up to ₹1,400 crore more in Exide Energy Solutions, in one or more instalments.54

Last updated

All 54 sources, each with its page
  1. 1. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 240
  2. 2. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 16
  3. 3. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 5
  4. 4. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 113
  5. 5. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 83
  6. 6. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 28
  7. 7. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 9
  8. 8. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 177
  9. 9. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 17
  10. 10. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 31
  11. 11. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 52
  12. 12. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 17
  13. 13. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 17
  14. 14. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 1
  15. 15. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 4
  16. 16. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 50
  17. 17. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 84
  18. 18. Exchange filing, 29 Sep 2026, page 2
  19. 19. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 31
  20. 20. Exchange filing, 30 Jul 2026, page 5
  21. 21. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 3
  22. 22. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 25
  23. 23. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 10
  24. 24. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 11
  25. 25. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 27
  26. 26. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 175
  27. 27. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
  28. 28. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 25
  29. 29. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 19
  30. 30. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 113
  31. 31. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 13
  32. 32. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
  33. 33. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 5
  34. 34. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 7
  35. 35. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 52
  36. 36. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 29
  37. 37. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 53
  38. 38. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 83
  39. 39. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 31
  40. 40. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
  41. 41. Exchange filing, 29 Sep 2026, page 2
  42. 42. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 4
  43. 43. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 12
  44. 44. Investor presentation, 1 Aug 2026, page 6
  45. 45. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 25
  46. 46. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 120
  47. 47. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 19
  48. 48. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 51
  49. 49. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 9
  50. 50. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 10
  51. 51. Annual report, 16 Jun 2026, page 138
  52. 52. Earnings call, 3 Aug 2026, page 15
  53. 53. Exchange filing, 27 Oct 2026, page 1
  54. 54. Exchange filing, 15 Jul 2026, page 1

Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore.Exide Industries quarterly results

Revenue growth, 12 months
+7.6%
Net profit growth, 12 months
+9.9%

Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter before

Revenue
₹5,528 Crup 16.75%
Net profit
₹351 Crup 62.09%
Net margin
6.4%

Revenue by quarter

₹4,450 CrSep 24₹4,017 CrDec 24₹4,335 CrMar 25₹4,695 CrJun 25₹4,365 CrSep 25₹4,201 CrDec 25₹4,735 CrMar 26₹5,528 CrJun 26
Peak revenue ₹5,528 Cr, quarter to Jun 2026; lowest ₹4,017 Cr, quarter to Dec 2024

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

₹233 CrSep 24₹158 CrDec 24₹188 CrMar 25₹275 CrJun 25₹174 CrSep 25₹195 CrDec 25₹217 CrMar 26₹351 CrJun 26
₹ croreSep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue4,4504,0174,3354,6954,3654,2014,7355,528
Net profit233158188275174195217351
Net margin5.2%3.9%4.3%5.8%4.0%4.6%4.6%6.4%
Consolidated. The last eight quarters. The latest is shaded. Net profit is the whole group's, the other owners of its subsidiaries included; P/E and ROE use the company's own share.

Business segments

In the year to Mar 2026 the company reports one business segment, Storage Batteries and Allied Product", which carries all its revenue.

Valuation

Today, against the company's own history. Its history crosses a change of basis in the accounts in the year to Mar 2022: days before it are of the company before the change.Exide Industries PE ratio and valuation

Price to earnings

At or below today's level on 71% of 2,478 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median26.34Industry median23.34
Price to book

At or below today's level on 48% of 1,977 trading days since Nov 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median2.19Industry median2.83
Dividend yield

At or below today's level on 27% of 2,477 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median1.05%Industry median0.60%

Where the return came from

Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.

OverReturn a yearEarnings growthChange in P/EDividend yield
1 year−19.4%+7.5%−25.7%0.7%
3 years+18.0%+1.3%+15.9%0.6%
5 years+10.3%+1.1%+8.3%0.9%
Return is price growth plus the average dividend yield. Change in P/E is (1 + price growth) / (1 + earnings growth) - 1, so the parts compound rather than add.

Shareholding

Per cent of the company's shares, from the filing for Sep 2026.Exide Industries shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters45.99%
  • Foreign institutions13.21%
  • Indian institutions17.57%
  • Individuals and others23.22%
Holder
Chloride Eastern LimitedPromoter45.99%
Life Insurance Corporation of IndiaInsurance companies5.27%
Hathway Investments Private LimitedCompanies4.32%
Government Pension Fund GlobalForeign portfolio investors, category I2.28%
Sbi Life Insurance Co. LtdInsurance companies1.68%
Holders are named in the company's own words: an insurer's holding can carry one of its funds' names. Mutual funds are left out here and listed fund by fund below.

Since Jun 2026: promoters unchanged, foreign institutions +2.58 pts, Indian institutions −1.73 pts, mutual funds −1.27 pts.

Mutual fund holdings

121 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 64 of the 74 funds that added or cut are index funds, ETFs or arbitrage funds: an index fund or ETF holds what its index holds, and an arbitrage fund holds the share against a sale of its future. 1 more fund filed its first portfolio on record, holding it.All 121 funds holding Exide Industries

Bought again
2
Added
40
Cut
34
Held unchanged
44
Sold out
10
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

Exide Industries competitors and peers

Auto Components & Equipments, 155 listed companies, priced on 28 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Exide Industries in market cap.Automobile companies

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
Sona BLW Precision Forgings logoSona BLW Precision ForgingsSONACOMS54,88974.028.55+43.1%+21.0%12.2%13.8%0.39%
Tube Investments of India logoTube Investments of IndiaTIINDIA41,32868.145.33+17.6%−6.1%9.1%10.7%0.16%
Endurance Technologies logoEndurance TechnologiesENDURANCE32,33333.344.73+29.3%+12.9%15.4%15.5%0.50%
Dhoot Transmission logoDhoot TransmissionDHOOTTRANS31,308––––––0.00%
Craftsman Automation logoCraftsman AutomationCRAFTSMAN28,80654.635.23+35.9%+119.6%12.3%10.6%0.10%
Gabriel India logoGabriel IndiaGABRIEL27,76893.29–+18.5%+19.4%23.3%22.7%0.35%
Sansera Engineering logoSansera EngineeringSANSERA26,90277.298.71+23.5%+52.8%11.9%13.3%0.09%
ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India logoZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems IndiaZFCVINDIA23,86847.816.47+9.0%+3.2%14.5%14.4%0.19%
Market cap in ₹ crore. Growth is the last twelve months against the twelve before. A figure is left empty where it would rest on a loss or the company has under a year of results on record. ROE is the shareholders' profit over their net worth. ROCE is profit before interest and tax over the whole group's net worth plus borrowings, as in the figures at the top of the page.

Dividends

Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Exide Industries dividend history

Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses

2.4Mar 172.4Mar 182.4Mar 194.1Mar 202Mar 212Mar 222Mar 232Mar 242Mar 252Mar 26
Highest ₹4.10 a share, year to Mar 2020.
Ex-dateTypePer share
3 Jul 2026Final₹2.00
18 Jul 2025Final₹2.00
22 Jul 2024Final₹2.00
1 Aug 2023Final₹2.00
7 Feb 2022Interim₹2.00
4 Feb 2021Interim₹2.00
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.Exide Industries announcements

Exide Industries share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.Exide Industries share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
2025362.20−13.0%429.00333.00
2024416.55+31.1%579.65296.45
2023317.85+76.3%317.85172.55
2022180.25+7.1%193.05131.85
2021168.35−12.0%214.55155.25
2020191.25+2.5%204.65126.80
2019186.50−30.4%267.50168.95
2018267.95+20.0%301.25203.35
2017223.35+24.0%247.50182.05
2016180.10+23.0%204.05118.30
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before.

Recent sessions

The 9 trading days to 27 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolumeDelivery
27 Oct 2026336.90346.55335.15338.25340.1117,06,07849.5%
26 Oct 2026331.95338.90329.50336.90335.6911,65,84041.8%
23 Oct 2026343.20344.00328.65331.95333.9724,82,46347.0%
22 Oct 2026356.75356.75342.85343.80347.9620,09,12552.4%
21 Oct 2026362.00363.75350.05358.20356.1917,58,89247.0%
19 Oct 2026373.00373.00358.45360.15364.5215,99,35354.0%
16 Oct 2026374.80376.40368.50370.95371.7821,74,06053.7%
15 Oct 2026383.10385.45373.50374.70379.1220,56,68246.0%
14 Oct 2026396.00396.00382.00383.05387.2320,26,27955.3%
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.

Price adjustments

What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.Rights issue history

Ex-dateEventPrice factorWhat happened
10 Dec 2007Rights issue–Shareholders were offered new shares. Noted, not adjusted for.
Each event is noted and not adjusted for.

Company details

Managing director and CEO
Avik Kumar Roy
At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026
Chairperson
Sridhar Gorthi
At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026
NSE symbol
EXIDEIND
BSE code
500086
ISIN
INE302A01020
Industry
Auto Components
Former symbols
CHLORIDIND
CIN
L31402WB1947PLC014919
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1947
Registered office
Exide House, 59 E, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal
Share registrar
C B Management Services Pvt. Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments