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Physicswallah Limited · Face value ₹1 · Listed Nov 2025 · Issue price ₹109
Last close ₹131.40up ₹1.51 (1.16%)BSE ₹131.30

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹129.89.

28 Oct: open ₹130.00, high ₹134.80, low ₹129.00

Range of traded prices from listing on 18 Nov 2025 to 28 Oct 2026
₹77.72Low, 4 Mar 2026₹161.99High, 18 Nov 2025
Market cap
₹38,172 Cr263rd largest listed
P/E
1,872.54
P/E without one-offs
523.24
P/B
8.44
Dividend yield
Nonesince listing in Nov 2025
ROE
0.5%
ROE without one-offs
1.6%
ROCE
−1.3%
Debt to equity
0.00
Volume, NSE
78,38,42345.3% delivered

Physicswallah share price chart

Daily closes since Nov 2025, adjusted for splits and bonuses

−15.4%since 18 Nov 2025 · Nifty 500 −8.8%

20-session average 97,78,390 shares a day, 30.3% delivered
Issue price
₹109.00Listed 18 Nov 2025
Listing day open
₹145.00+33.0% on the issue price
Listing day close
₹155.24+42.4% on the issue price
Since the issue
+20.6%

About Physicswallah

Physicswallah Limited is an education company that teaches learners from early schooling through competitive entrance exams to professional courses and job skills, in India and select markets abroad.1 It teaches online through its app, website and free videos on YouTube, Instagram and Telegram, and offline in classroom and hybrid centres.12 Its courses cover engineering and medical entrance exams (JEE and NEET), civil services, government job exams, CA, management and law.3

Its PW Vidyapeeth centres teach in classrooms, while at PW Pathshala centres a teacher teaches from a studio and a second teacher in the room answers students' doubts.4 Its other brands include Curious Jr. for school pupils, PW Skills, Earners, Gyaan-E and Medharthi for skills and degrees, PW Talks and PW Books.356 Through Knowledge Planet Holdings it serves the Gulf region, and through Xylem Learning, Utkarsh Classes & Edutech and Guiding Light Education Technologies, specialised and regional markets.7

The business began in Prayagraj, where Alakh Pandey launched the Physicswallah YouTube channel in 2014, and was incorporated as a company in 2020.89 It opened its first offline and hybrid centres in 2022 and acquired Utkarsh Classes and Xylem in 2023.10 Its shares were listed on the NSE and BSE on 18 Nov 2025 after a ₹3,480 crore initial public offering, of which ₹3,100 crore was new shares.11

Its promoters are founder and chief executive Alakh Pandey and co-founder Prateek Boob.1213 WestBridge AIF I and Setu AIF Trust, investors in the company, have a nominee director on its board.12

Physicswallah key points

Results

  • In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated revenue from operations rose 35.09% to ₹3,899.54 crore from ₹2,886.64 crore, and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) rose to ₹549.20 crore from ₹193.20 crore.1415
  • The consolidated loss after tax for the year to Mar 2026 narrowed by about 90% to ₹24.17 crore from ₹243.26 crore.16
  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, consolidated revenue from operations rose 24% to ₹1,054 crore from ₹847 crore, and EBITDA was ₹52 crore, a 4.9% margin, against minus ₹21 crore a year earlier.17
  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, the loss before tax was ₹84 crore against ₹152 crore a year earlier, and the loss after tax ₹88 crore against ₹127 crore, including a ₹42 crore fair value charge on the Sarrthi IAS stake.1819

Business segments

  • Revenue by reporting segment, ₹ crore20
    Itemquarter to Jun 2026quarter to Jun 2025
    Online₹549 crore₹412 crore
    Offline₹490 crore₹428 crore
    Others₹15 crore₹7 crore
  • Pre-Ind AS EBITDA (the company's measure: adjusted EBITDA less lease payments and other income) for the quarter to Jun 2026 was ₹67 crore online against ₹25 crore, and minus ₹106 crore offline against minus ₹113 crore.21
  • Share of revenue from operations by segment22
    Itemyear to Mar 2026
    Online51.57% (₹2,011.11 crore)
    Offline47.29% (₹1,844.11 crore)
    Others1.14% (₹44.32 crore)
    Others are hardware devices, student financing and support services.
  • Online K-12 and early learning (courses for school pupils) revenue grew 88% to ₹105 crore from ₹56 crore in the quarter to Jun 2026, and enrolments 41% to 0.78 million from 0.55 million.2324

Learners and centres

  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, 2.1 million learners paid for online courses, up 2%, and offline enrolments rose 5% to 0.35 million in 366 centres, against 303 a year earlier; PW Vidyapeeth brought in 72% of offline revenue.25
  • The NEET medical entrance exam of 3 May 2026 was cancelled and held again on 21 Jun 2026; online NEET batch collections fell 28% in the quarter to Jun 2026, then online collections rose 51% year on year from 1 Jul to 13 Aug 2026.26
  • In the year to Mar 2026, 4.87 million learners paid for online courses, average collection per user (online fees per paying learner) rose 11.4% to ₹4,104, and about 80% of offline admissions came from online leads.2728

Technology and AI

  • In its annual report of 1 Sep 2026, the company said its AI had resolved over 10 crore student doubts and graded over 1.4 million answer copies.29
  • On its earnings call of 14 Aug 2026, the company said its one-to-one AI tutor was in beta testing and planned to roll it out to students by the next quarter.30

Capital allocation

  • Treasury (investments, cash, bank balances and other financial assets, excluding debentures) was ₹5,601 crore at 30 Jun 2026, including IPO proceeds.3132
  • The company said in its shareholders' letter of 14 Aug 2026 that capital goes to AI-led product and technology, new online content and categories, and online-focused acquisitions.33
  • The company said in its shareholders' letter of 14 Aug 2026 that it is leaving lending: it has signed a term sheet with an RBI-registered partner to transfer FinZ's loan portfolio and expects approvals within 3 months.34

What the company expects

  • On its earnings call of 14 Aug 2026, the company kept its guidance for the year to Mar 2027 of 30% revenue improvement and 100% EBITDA improvement, without saying which EBITDA measure.35
  • On its earnings call of 14 Aug 2026, the company said it expects its offline business to be near profitability in the year to Mar 2027, and Curious Junior's online business to break even.3637

Recent events

  • On 14 Aug 2026, the board approved taking back the 10% of Bharat Innovations Global held by NSDC International, to make it wholly owned again.38
  • On 16 Jul 2026, the board approved buying a further 11% of Guiding Light Education Technologies (Sarrthi IAS) for ₹71,81,47,100, since completed, taking the holding from 40% to 51% under an agreement for up to 85% in 6 tranches.3940
  • On 27 May 2026, the company's audit committee approved investing about ₹120 crore in FinZ Finance, its wholly owned finance subsidiary, by subscribing to new shares offered on a rights basis.41

Litigation and regulatory matters

  • An income tax assessment order of 16 Mar 2026 for assessment year 2023-24 (the year that taxes the previous year's income) treated investments received, including from an alternative investment fund, as taxable income and demanded ₹263.34 crore.4243
  • A rectification order of 13 Apr 2026 cut the demand to ₹192.76 crore; as of its exchange filing of 14 Apr 2026, the company had appealed and said the order would have no material impact on its finances or business.4445

Last updated

All 45 sources, each with its page
  1. 1. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 55
  2. 2. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 33
  3. 3. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 31
  4. 4. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 53
  5. 5. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 31
  6. 6. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 6
  7. 7. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 55
  8. 8. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 26
  9. 9. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 55
  10. 10. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 26
  11. 11. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 22
  12. 12. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 101
  13. 13. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 24
  14. 14. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 93
  15. 15. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 95
  16. 16. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 95
  17. 17. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  18. 18. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 14
  19. 19. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 4
  20. 20. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  21. 21. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  22. 22. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 93
  23. 23. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  24. 24. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 6
  25. 25. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  26. 26. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 5
  27. 27. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 55
  28. 28. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 93
  29. 29. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 24
  30. 30. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 6
  31. 31. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 4
  32. 32. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 20
  33. 33. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 10
  34. 34. Investor presentation, 14 Aug 2026, page 10
  35. 35. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 8
  36. 36. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 7
  37. 37. Earnings call, 14 Aug 2026, page 9
  38. 38. Exchange filing, 14 Aug 2026, page 1
  39. 39. Exchange filing, 16 Jul 2026, page 1
  40. 40. Annual report, 1 Sep 2026, page 57
  41. 41. Exchange filing, 27 May 2026, page 1
  42. 42. Exchange filing, 18 Mar 2026, page 2
  43. 43. Exchange filing, 18 Mar 2026, page 1
  44. 44. Exchange filing, 14 Apr 2026, page 1
  45. 45. Exchange filing, 14 Apr 2026, page 2

Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore.Physicswallah quarterly results

Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter before

Revenue
₹1,054 Crup 14.71%
Net profit
−₹88 CrQuarter to Mar 2026: −₹69 Cr
Net margin
−8.4%

Revenue by quarter

₹847 CrJun 25₹1,051 CrSep 25₹1,082 CrDec 25₹919 CrMar 26₹1,054 CrJun 26
Peak revenue ₹1,082 Cr, quarter to Dec 2025; lowest ₹847 Cr, quarter to Jun 2025

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

  • Net profit
  • Loss
−₹127 CrJun 25₹70 CrSep 25₹102 CrDec 25−₹69 CrMar 26−₹88 CrJun 26
A loss in 3 of the 5 quarters shown
₹ croreJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue8471,0511,0829191,054
Net profit−12770102−69−88
Net margin−15.0%6.6%9.4%−7.5%−8.4%
Consolidated. The 5 quarters from Jun 2025, the first on record. 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, Ed-Tech, which carries all its revenue. From the quarter to Jun 2026 it reports 3 businesses, by share of revenue: Online, 52.1%, Offline, 46.5% and Others, 1.4%.

Valuation

Today, against the company's own history. Dividend yield is not shown: no dividend in the years on record.Physicswallah PE ratio and valuation

Price to book

At or below today's level on 34% of 219 trading days since Dec 2025.

LowestHighest
Its median16.98Industry median1.75

Shareholding

Per cent of the company's shares, from the filing for Sep 2026. Foreign institutions include 6.45% held as foreign direct investment: a stake taken in the company directly, such as a foreign parent's, not bought by portfolio investors.Physicswallah shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters71.17%
  • Foreign institutions10.68%
  • Indian institutions14.89%
  • Individuals and others3.25%
Holder
ALAKH PANDEYPromoter35.59%
PRATEEK BOOBPromoter35.59%
WESTBRIDGE AIF IAlternative investment funds5.36%
HORNBILL CAPITAL PARTNER LIMITEDForeign direct investment3.96%
GSV VENTURES FUND III, L.P.Foreign direct investment2.15%
SETU AIF TRUSTAlternative investment funds1.13%
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 −0.10 pts, foreign institutions −1.34 pts, Indian institutions +1.78 pts, mutual funds +1.36 pts.

The filing reports 2,06,75,37,616 of its 2,90,50,08,832 shares locked in.

Mutual fund holdings

98 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 51 of the 59 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 98 funds holding Physicswallah

Bought for the first time
8
Added
51
Cut
8
Held unchanged
30
Sold out
1
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

Promoter and insider buying and selling

Trades made since 29 Oct 2025.Physicswallah insider trading

No promoter, director, key manager or employee bought or sold on the market.

  • Others: no market trade · 80 pledge filings of unclear kind
Bought and sold count trades on the market only. A pledge is shares given to a lender as security for a loan; a lender invokes it by selling them.

Physicswallah competitors and peers

Other Consumer Services, 49 listed companies, priced on 28 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Physicswallah in market cap.Consumer services companies

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
SIS logoSISSIS5,33736.422.10+25.2%+261.6%5.9%13.4%1.82%
NIIT Learning Systems logoNIIT Learning SystemsNIITMTS2,69210.521.75+21.7%+18.0%18.6%16.0%1.67%
Shanti Educational Initiatives logoShanti Educational InitiativesSEIL2,611449.2934.09−11.8%−15.5%7.9%5.7%0.00%
NIIT logoNIITNIITLTD952177.120.89+5.8%–0.5%−3.7%1.44%
Vinsys IT Services India logoVinsys IT Services IndiaVINSYS85528.765.30+26.8%−1.0%20.3%–0.00%
Jaro Institute of Technology Management and Research logoJaro Institute of Technology Management and ResearchJARO75913.412.10––15.7%17.7%1.47%
Global Education logoGlobal EducationGLOBAL71927.585.47+28.2%+3.2%21.6%23.7%0.71%
Exhicon Events Media Solutions logoExhicon Events Media SolutionsEXHICON70317.273.52+41.2%+56.5%26.1%–0.00%
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.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.Physicswallah announcements

Physicswallah share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.Physicswallah share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
2025132.81–155.24124.89
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before. 2025 is from its first session, 18 Nov 2025.

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 2026126.09134.01123.72129.89129.9171,95,58228.7%
26 Oct 2026120.00127.00118.69124.84123.1948,60,39729.2%
23 Oct 2026124.12124.14117.42119.95120.2472,44,99137.5%
22 Oct 2026125.54125.54121.55124.62123.6257,82,58337.6%
21 Oct 2026129.43129.75124.16125.54126.2943,30,22032.6%
19 Oct 2026133.78136.20129.10130.02131.1830,63,10645.3%
16 Oct 2026136.10137.66132.31133.64135.0340,26,85436.1%
15 Oct 2026139.20140.80135.20136.33137.6224,57,67326.7%
14 Oct 2026137.70141.65137.70140.91140.0632,71,73825.0%
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.

Company details

Chairperson
Deepak Amitabh
At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026
Chief executive
Alakh Pandey
At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026
NSE symbol
PWL
BSE code
544609
ISIN
INE0LP301011
Industry
Other Consumer Services
CIN
L80900UP2020PLC129223
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
2020
Registered office
Plot No. B-8, Tower A, 101-119, Noida One, Sector -62, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Dadri, 201309, Uttar Pradesh
Share registrar
MUFG Intime India Pvt. Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments