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Hester Biosciences PE ratio history and valuation

NSE: HESTERBIOBSE: 524669Pharmaceuticals & BiotechnologySmall Cap

Hester Biosciences Limited · Face value ₹10 · Listed Oct 1994 on BSE, Mar 2015 on NSE
Last close ₹2,243.70up ₹90.80 (4.22%)BSE ₹2,223.80

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹2,152.90.

28 Oct: open ₹2,163.80, high ₹2,260.00, low ₹2,140.10

52-week range of traded prices to 28 Oct 2026
₹1,239.30Low, 30 Mar 2026₹2,683.60High, 30 Jul 2026
Market cap
₹1,909 Cr1,322nd largest listed
P/E
14.02
P/E without one-offs
39.85
P/B
5.30
Dividend yield
0.49%
ROE
40.4%
ROE without one-offs
14.2%
ROCE
11.7%
Debt to equity
0.51
Volume, NSE
3,010

Hester Biosciences' P/E without one-off items, price to book, price to sales, EV to EBITDA, dividend yield and earnings yield on 28 Oct 2026, each against its own history of up to 10 years. The P/E is the market cap over the profit of the twelve months to Jun 2026. The ratios use standalone accounts to Mar 2020 and consolidated from Mar 2021.

Hester Biosciences PE ratio and valuation against its own history

  • P/E without one-off items39.85today

    1 year

    Median 32.45

    Today is at or above 87% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 48.48

    Today is at or above 33% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 50.20

    Today is at or above 20% of the 1,239 days

    10 years

    Median 46.04

    Today is at or above 43% of the 2,478 days

  • Price to book5.30today

    1 year

    Median 4.31

    Today is at or above 82% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 4.98

    Today is at or above 67% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 5.38

    Today is at or above 48% of the 1,239 days

    10 years, since Nov 2018

    Median 6.25

    Today is at or above 33% of the 1,980 days

  • Price to sales5.86today

    1 year

    Median 4.68

    Today is at or above 82% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 4.96

    Today is at or above 74% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 5.60

    Today is at or above 55% of the 1,239 days

    10 years

    Median 6.69

    Today is at or above 35% of the 2,478 days

  • EV to EBITDA24.13today

    1 year

    Median 23.50

    Today is at or above 62% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 27.92

    Today is at or above 22% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 30.04

    Today is at or above 13% of the 1,239 days

    10 years, since Nov 2018

    Median 28.56

    Today is at or above 31% of the 1,980 days

  • Dividend yield0.49%today

    1 year

    Median 0.45%

    Today is at or above 80% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 0.42%

    Today is at or above 78% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 0.44%

    Today is at or above 68% of the 1,214 days

    10 years

    Median 0.46%

    Today is at or above 59% of the 2,424 days

  • Earnings yield7.13%today

    1 year

    Median 3.25%

    Today is at or above 88% of the 247 days

    3 years

    Median 2.06%

    Today is at or above 96% of the 744 days

    5 years

    Median 1.99%

    Today is at or above 98% of the 1,239 days

    10 years

    Median 2.17%

    Today is at or above 99% of the 2,478 days

Each track ranks every trading day in the window from the day the ratio was lowest to the day it was highest; the dot is today. The share under it is how many of those days the ratio was at or below today's level, so a high share means today is higher than on most days in the window. A window is shown only when the ratio is held on most of its trading days; a day after a loss-making year has no P/E. Dividend yield is in per cent. When a year's dividend goes ex later than the year before's, the yield reads zero for the days between; a run of under 60 such trading days is left out of the yield's medians and percentiles. The ex-date is the day from which a buyer of the share no longer gets the dividend.

How each ratio is worked out, with today's figures
  • Price to earnings =Market cap÷Net profit, last twelve months₹136 Cr
  • Price to book =Market cap÷Net worth₹360 Cr
  • Price to sales =Market cap÷Revenue, last twelve months₹326 Cr
  • Enterprise value =Market cap+Borrowings₹188 Cr−Cash₹6.54 Cr
  • EV to EBITDA =Enterprise value÷Operating profit, last twelve months₹87 Cr
  • Market cap =Close×Shares in issue85,06,865at 30 Sep 2026

Consolidated accounts, the twelve months to Jun 2026, balance sheet at Mar 2026, ₹ crore.Hester Biosciences financials ›

Hester Biosciences valuation at each year end

On the last trading day of each March, the month the company's year ends.Hester Biosciences dividend history

RatioMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Market cap (₹ crore)6521,3831,3167831,6302,3081,2951,1861,0671,071
Price to earnings28.048.332.520.359.355.443.464.234.326.2
Price to bookNo balance sheetNo balance sheet8.44.17.89.54.94.23.53.2
Price to sales5.610.38.24.48.49.55.14.13.53.4
EV to EBITDANo balance sheetNo balance sheet22.513.530.634.631.229.122.317.8
Dividend yield0.54%0.39%0.65%0.76%0.34%0.37%0.66%0.57%0.48%0.56%
Earnings yield3.6%2.1%3.1%4.9%1.7%1.8%2.3%1.6%2.9%3.8%
A ratio that does not exist on the day says why in its cell. The ratios are on standalone accounts to Mar 2020 and consolidated from Mar 2021.

Hester Biosciences market cap, ten years

The last trading day of each month.

Market cap, ₹ crore

  • Market cap
₹2,651 Cr₹609 Cr₹1,909 CrOct 16Feb 18Jun 19Oct 20Feb 22Jun 23Oct 24Feb 26Oct 26

Earnings per share, book value and enterprise value

From the close on 28 Oct 2026, with the last twelve months' results.

Enterprise value
₹2,090 Cr
P/E to growth
0.05
Earnings per share
₹160.08
Book value per share
₹423.46
Dividends, last 12 months
₹11.00
Public's market cap
₹1,064 Cr

Against Pharmaceuticals

215 listed companies in Pharmaceuticals, each priced on its last trading day; Hester Biosciences is 80th among them by market cap. Each median leaves out Hester Biosciences itself and takes the other companies that have the figure.

Industry median P/E
28.2Across 157 other companies
Listed companies with this P/E or lower
33%Of 3,404 companies with a P/E
Industry median P/B
2.9Across 189 other companies
Industry median EV/EBITDA
19.5Across 145 other companies
Industry median dividend yield
0.48%Across 88 other companies
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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.