Hikal Limited is an Indian company that deals in pharmaceuticals, animal health, crop protection, Biotech, and special chemical products. It has a market capitalisation of Rs. 5369.76 crore as of April 7, 2022. It was incorporated on July 8, 1988 as a manufacturer and marketer of chemicals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. The quarterly revenue for the period of September to December 2021 for Hikal Limited was Rs. 515 crore. The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as well as the National Stock Exchange (NSE) under the number 524735 and scrip code HIKAL.
Hikal has five manufacturing units in India at Taloja and Mahad in Maharashtra, Panoli in Gujarat, and Jigani in Bengaluru. It also has a world-class research and technology institute in Pune. The company operates primarily in the pharmaceutical space (animal health, biotech, and specialty chemicals) and crop protection (pesticides and herbicides). The best-selling products of Hikal Limited include Gabapentin, Thiabendazole, Metoxuron, MCA, PC, MNCB, and wheat herbicide. It also offers solutions to process development, route scouting, analytical method development, technology development, process engineering, and small-scale synthesis.
The company’s products were earlier marketed by the Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation, which also had an equity stake in Hikal Limited. The company has been granted Export House status by the Indian Government. The company’s manufacturing units in Maharashtra have been certified by the Merck and Co, Inc USA standard. The company has also received the “5-star safety award” from the British Safety Council, UK, for its Taloja site. Hikal has also acquired several chemical manufacturing sites, including an agrochemical manufacturing site from Novartis India Limited in Gujarat and a drug manufacturing facility from Wintac Limited in Bengaluru. In 2001, the company’s export house status was turned into that of a trading house. In 2005, Hikal signed an agreement with the Chinese company Sinochem Corporation, which acquired a 10% stake in the company. The production capacity of the company stood at 4436 MTn for crop protection products and 180 MT for pharmaceutical products.
As of April 7, 2022, the Hikal Limited share price is Rs. 435.50 at the BSE. Hikal Limited’s price NSE is Rs. 435.95. Hikal shares have given one-year returns of Rs. 168.33% with a dividend yield of 0.46%. The 52-week high of Hikal share price is Rs. 742.00.
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