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Grindwell Norton share price

NSE: GRINDWELLBSE: 506076Industrial ProductsSmall Cap

Grindwell Norton Limited · Face value ₹5 · Listed Feb 1984 on BSE, Sep 2006 on NSE
Last close ₹1,955.20up ₹104.00 (5.62%)BSE ₹1,953.35

Share price at the NSE close on 29 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹1,851.20.

29 Oct: open ₹1,865.00, high ₹1,988.60, low ₹1,827.20

52-week range of traded prices to 29 Oct 2026
₹1,329.00Low, 23 Mar 2026₹2,455.00High, 16 Jul 2026
Market cap
₹21,648 Cr361st largest listed
P/E
46.84
P/B
8.32
Dividend yield
0.97%
ROE
18.9%
ROCE
19.5%
Debt to equity
0.02
Volume, NSE
2,55,49817.4% delivered

Grindwell Norton share price chart

Daily closes since Jan 2007, adjusted for splits and bonuses

+24.3%over a year · Nifty 500 −8.4%

Results20-session average 52,639 shares a day, 52.7% delivered

About Grindwell Norton

Grindwell Norton Limited is a Mumbai-based maker and trader of abrasives, performance polymers and refractory products.1 It serves public and private sector customers in steel, automotive and auto ancillaries, bearings, construction, general engineering, aerospace, life sciences, railways, food processing and the automotive aftermarket.2

It reports its results in 3 segments: Abrasives, Ceramics & Plastics, and Digital Services.3 Its abrasives brands include Norton HITECH Prime for billet grinding, Norton Millinium for roll grinding and Norton BLU precision grinding wheels.456 Its Performance Polymer Solutions business runs 5 sub-businesses, EQYO, Omniseal Solutions, Life Sciences, Tape Solutions and Performance Film Solutions, with plants in Bengaluru and Ambernath.7

It was incorporated on 31 Jul 1950.8 It is a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a Paris-based group with sales of €46.5 billion in 2025, which holds 26.77% of the company through Saint-Gobain Abrasives Inc and 24.56% through SPAFI.910 Its Indian promoters are the families of V.A. Mahajan and K.M. Narang.11 Its subsidiary Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials Bhutan makes silicon carbide at a plant near Phuentsholing, and it holds 49% of the joint venture Advanced Synthetic Minerals.1213 Its associate Cleanwin Energy supplies wind power to its Mora plant.14 Subodh Nadkarni is chairman, and Venugopal Shanbhag has been managing director since 1 Apr 2025.15 It had 2,385 permanent employees at the end of March 2026.16

Grindwell Norton key points

Results

  • In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated revenue from operations rose 9.3% and consolidated operating profit (what the business earns from its operations before interest and tax) rose 12.4%.17
  • Consolidated operating profit margin was 18.3% in the year to Mar 2026, against 17.8%; net profit margin was 13.6%, against 13.2%; return on net worth (profit as a share of shareholders' equity) was 16.4%, against 16.3%.18
  • Consolidated profit before tax was ₹55,536.37 lakh in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹49,196.34 lakh a year earlier.19

Market position

  • Grindwell Norton is among the 2 major companies offering a full range of abrasives in India.20
  • In silicon carbide, Grindwell Norton is among the 3 main companies in the Indian market, which imports also serve, mainly from China, Vietnam and Russia.21

Business segments

  • Abrasives. Bonded abrasives, thin wheels, coated and non-woven abrasives, superabrasives, construction products, and sealants and adhesives. Abrasives segment revenue was ₹1,49,079.22 lakh in the year to Mar 2026, against ₹1,40,251.27 lakh.2223
  • Ceramics & Plastics. In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated Ceramics & Plastics sales rose 10% and operating profit 15%. Silicon carbide sales and operating profit fell on price pressure from cheap imports, and refractories exports declined.24
  • Digital Services. A captive IT centre (INDEC) of around 650 employees serves the Saint-Gobain group at cost plus a margin. INDEC revenue grew 20% in the year to Mar 2026; the company says future growth can come only from cost inflation.2526

Revenue mix

  • Share of standalone turnover, main products only27
    Itemyear to Mar 2026
    Abrasives49%
    Refractory products, including silicon carbide21%
    Performance polymers20%
  • Exports, including services, were 15.78% of standalone turnover in the year to Mar 2026; the company serves 67 countries, and 27 states and 6 union territories in India.28
  • No single customer or group has more than 10% of revenue, and in Abrasives the dependence on any single industry is less than 15%.2930

Plants and capacity

  • Grindwell Norton has 8 manufacturing facilities in India, 2 of them at Ambernath. Its abrasives business has 4 manufacturing sites, Mora, Bengaluru, Nagpur and Baddi, plus contract manufacturing and sourcing in India and abroad.3132
  • In bonded abrasives, the company makes over 15,000 different products a year; in coated abrasives, a new paper maker and a new non-woven line have been commissioned, adding production capacity.33
  • At the Halol plant in Gujarat, the company added production of silicon impregnated and reaction-bonded silicon carbide (engineered ceramic materials), and it bought freehold land at Halol in the year to Mar 2026.3435

Research and development

  • R&D in the year to Mar 2026 covered metallurgy, foundry, petrochem and carbon black, and engineered ceramics. Grindwell Norton's abrasives business has full access to Saint-Gobain research, including its R&D centre in the USA, and Saint-Gobain has a regional R&D centre in Chennai.363738

What the company expects

  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects to benefit from demand in automotive, steel, infrastructure and general manufacturing, while expanding in electronics, semiconductors, defence and aerospace.39
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that Performance Polymer Solutions' new products for the year to Mar 2027 include industrial tapes from Ambernath, a new tubing developed in India and a ramp-up of its new single-use bag plant.40
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects silicon carbide buyers to rely more on local makers in the year to Mar 2027, and that it plans to maximise output from both its plants.41

Recent events

  • On 27 May 2026, the company signed agreements with Sunsure Energy and Murli Solar Enery to source renewable energy, after the board approved on 6 Feb 2026 an investment in a Sunsure Energy special purpose vehicle (a company set up for one project).4243
  • On 12 Dec 2025, the board raised its approved investment in JRTPL, the company behind a Jamnagar wind-solar hybrid project, from ₹77 lakh to up to ₹86 lakh, to source green energy for the Halol plant.4445

Last updated

All 45 sources, each with its page
  1. 1. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 87
  2. 2. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 88
  3. 3. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 61
  4. 4. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 23
  5. 5. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 24
  6. 6. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 53
  7. 7. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 58
  8. 8. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 218
  9. 9. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 55
  10. 10. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 89
  11. 11. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 81
  12. 12. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 60
  13. 13. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 89
  14. 14. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 26
  15. 15. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 36
  16. 16. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 61
  17. 17. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 61
  18. 18. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 61
  19. 19. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 215
  20. 20. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 56
  21. 21. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 60
  22. 22. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 55
  23. 23. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 266
  24. 24. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 26
  25. 25. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 60
  26. 26. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 26
  27. 27. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 88
  28. 28. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 88
  29. 29. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 266
  30. 30. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 57
  31. 31. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 125
  32. 32. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 55
  33. 33. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 56
  34. 34. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 59
  35. 35. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 27
  36. 36. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 35
  37. 37. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 57
  38. 38. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 58
  39. 39. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 27
  40. 40. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 58
  41. 41. Annual report, 30 Jun 2026, page 60
  42. 42. Exchange filing, 27 May 2026, page 1
  43. 43. Exchange filing, 6 Feb 2026, page 1
  44. 44. Exchange filing, 12 Dec 2025, page 1
  45. 45. Exchange filing, 12 Dec 2025, page 3

Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore.Grindwell Norton quarterly results

Revenue growth, 12 months
+13.6%
Net profit growth, 12 months
+21.4%

Quarter to Sep 2026, against the quarter before

Revenue
₹884 Crup 10.01%
Net profit
₹133 Crup 15.48%
Net margin
15.1%

Revenue by quarter

₹703 CrDec 24₹710 CrMar 25₹703 CrJun 25₹775 CrSep 25₹753 CrDec 25₹842 CrMar 26₹803 CrJun 26₹884 CrSep 26
Peak revenue ₹884 Cr, quarter to Sep 2026; lowest ₹703 Cr, quarter to Dec 2024

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

₹88 CrDec 24₹93 CrMar 25₹94 CrJun 25₹107 CrSep 25₹96 CrDec 25₹119 CrMar 26₹115 CrJun 26₹133 CrSep 26
₹ croreDec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 2026
Revenue703710703775753842803884
Net profit88939410796119115133
Net margin12.5%13.1%13.4%13.9%12.7%14.2%14.4%15.1%
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

Share of revenue, year to Mar 2026, consolidated.Segment revenue and profit

  • Abrasives₹1,491 Crup 6.29%47.9%
  • Ceramics & Plastics₹1,311 Crup 10.25%42.1%
  • Digital Services₹223 Crup 20.87%7.2%
  • Others₹88 Crup 62.53%2.8%
The pill is the change in revenue on the year before; the share is of all the businesses together.

Valuation

Today, against the company's own history.Grindwell Norton PE ratio and valuation

Price to earnings

At or below today's level on 48% of 2,479 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median47.57Industry median19.42
Price to book

At or below today's level on 42% of 1,978 trading days since Nov 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median9.06Industry median1.92
Dividend yield

At or below today's level on 66% of 2,461 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median0.84%Industry median0.50%

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−18.8%+12.7%−29.3%1.4%
3 years−9.3%+4.7%−14.4%1.1%
5 years+8.2%+11.7%−3.9%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.Grindwell Norton shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters58.03%
  • Foreign institutions5.34%
  • Indian institutions19.67%
  • Individuals and others16.96%
Holder
Saint Gobain Abrasives IncPromoter26.77%
Spafi-Societe De Participations Financieres Et IndustriellesPromoter24.56%
Vera Anand MahajanPromoter1.71%
Khursheed M NarangPromoter1.34%
Ashaita MahajanPromoter0.95%
Danesh M NarangPromoter0.95%
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 +0.13 pts, Indian institutions +0.08 pts, mutual funds +0.10 pts.

Mutual fund holdings

72 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 10 of the 15 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.All 72 funds holding Grindwell Norton

Bought for the first time
2
Added
5
Cut
10
Held unchanged
55
Fund
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Midcap FundSBI Mutual Fund25,00,0002.14%₹498.5 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI ELSS Tax Saver FundSBI Mutual Fund18,87,2801.25%₹376.3 Cr
Nippon India Mutual Fund logoNippon India Small Cap FundNippon India Mutual Fund18,17,5310.45%₹362.4 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Contra FundSBI Mutual Fund14,96,6470.66%₹298.4 Cr
UTI Mutual Fund logoUTI Flexi Cap FundUTI Mutual Fund13,46,3681.19%₹268.5 Cr
Axis Mutual Fund logoAxis Small Cap FundAxis Mutual Fund8,95,7750.58%₹178.6 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI MNC FundSBI Mutual Fund8,00,0002.50%₹159.5 Cr
UTI Mutual Fund logoUTI Mid Cap FundUTI Mutual Fund7,50,0001.25%₹149.6 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Infrastructure FundSBI Mutual Fund7,00,0002.97%₹139.6 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Dividend Yield FundSBI Mutual Fund6,72,6441.66%₹134.1 Cr
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

Grindwell Norton competitors and peers

Industrial Products, 507 listed companies, priced on 29 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Grindwell Norton in market cap.Capital goods stocks

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
Shyam Metalics and Energy logoShyam Metalics and EnergySHYAMMETL31,866–2.77+22.8%––11.8%0.39%
Kirloskar Oil Engines logoKirloskar Oil EnginesKIRLOSENG27,50850.997.60+22.7%+14.4%16.1%13.6%0.37%
R R Kabel logoR R KabelRRKABEL24,01135.737.90+45.4%+66.4%25.0%26.3%0.45%
HBL Engineering logoHBL EngineeringHBLENGINE22,61228.9610.21+63.0%+129.6%42.2%45.0%0.37%
Timken India logoTimken IndiaTIMKEN21,48147.386.85––14.5%18.7%0.09%
Carborundum Universal logoCarborundum UniversalCARBORUNIV20,69398.895.31+10.1%−13.4%5.6%7.9%0.37%
Finolex Cables logoFinolex CablesFINCABLES17,82522.282.93+26.5%+29.2%13.8%10.8%0.77%
INOX India logoINOX IndiaINOXINDIA17,26467.7515.45+19.9%+8.8%25.6%25.9%0.11%
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.Grindwell Norton dividend history

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

4Mar 175Mar 186Mar 197.5Mar 209.5Mar 2112Mar 2215Mar 2317Mar 2417Mar 2519Mar 26
Highest ₹19.00 a share, year to Mar 2026.
Ex-dateTypePer share
10 Jul 2026Final₹19.00
15 Jul 2025Final₹17.00
9 Jul 2024Final₹17.00
4 Aug 2023Final₹14.50
19 Jul 2022Final₹12.00
19 Jul 2021Final₹9.50
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.Grindwell Norton announcements

Grindwell Norton share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.Grindwell Norton share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
20251,564.10−18.5%1,948.801,406.05
20241,919.90−17.6%2,950.951,895.05
20232,329.10+30.6%2,439.501,756.40
20221,783.65−7.0%2,299.601,491.35
20211,917.00+167.2%1,917.00675.45
2020717.40+19.2%740.05420.80
2019601.90+7.3%656.40510.20
2018561.10+2.5%564.60479.20
2017547.65+66.1%547.65316.25
2016329.65−14.3%375.23297.68
₹ 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 28 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolumeDelivery
28 Oct 20261,839.001,868.901,820.901,851.201,847.5525,66660.2%
27 Oct 20261,836.001,859.001,806.001,847.801,844.0336,11061.4%
26 Oct 20261,839.801,845.001,786.301,836.001,821.7525,01047.8%
23 Oct 20261,877.001,877.001,791.001,846.901,834.5329,86545.0%
22 Oct 20261,870.001,899.901,815.101,877.501,857.5424,96444.7%
21 Oct 20261,826.801,890.001,805.101,873.101,837.7021,54048.7%
19 Oct 20261,879.901,897.801,816.201,826.801,840.6817,19454.6%
16 Oct 20261,900.001,920.001,872.301,879.901,889.9617,89043.7%
15 Oct 20261,953.301,967.901,888.001,897.701,918.6915,81547.0%
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.Bonus share history

Ex-dateEventPrice factorWhat happened
14 Jul 2016Bonus0.5000Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held.
Earlier prices are multiplied by the factor, so the chart reads as one share held throughout.

Company details

Chairperson
SUBODH SATCHITANAND NADKARNI
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026
Managing director
VENUGOPAL RAMNATH SHANBHAG
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026
NSE symbol
GRINDWELL
BSE code
506076
ISIN
INE536A01023
Industry
Industrial Products
CIN
L26593MH1950PLC008163
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1950
Registered office
5th Level, Leela Business Park, Andheri-Kurla Road, Marol, Andheri East, Mumbai 400059, Maharashtra
Share registrar
MUFG Intime India Pvt. Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments