SUNPHARMA.NS

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

NSI · Healthcare

₹1,850.90

-₹15.10 (-0.81%)down -0.81%

24 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

D-

Quality score62.9 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited earns a D- on excellent profit margins (>20%) and strong earnings growth (>20%) but high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) and MACD bearish (negative histogram). Consider alternatives with better risk/reward profiles.

Model stance WEAK HOLD Suggested position 4.0% · ₹400.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Moderate investors, Medium-term investors 4.0% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in rupees.

IQ-SUNPHARMA.NS-20260924engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

₹1,548.00

Lowest analyst target

₹1,830.00

Today's price

₹1,850.90

52-week high

₹2,047.90

Mean analyst target

₹2,176.59

Highest analyst target

₹2,400.00

SUNPHARMA.NS trades 61% of the way up its 52-week range, between ₹1,548.00 and ₹2,047.90. The mean analyst target of ₹2,176.59 is 17.6% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthExcellent profit margins (>20%); Strong earnings growth (>20%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 70.023%

Profit margin

20.19%

Net profit per unit of revenue

exceptionalWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

Margins this wide usually mean real pricing power or a moat.

Operating margin

23.25%

Before interest and tax

healthyWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

The operations themselves are comfortably profitable.

Gross margin

78.92%

After the cost of goods only

highWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Little marginal cost per sale, which is what lets software and pharma fund heavy R&D.

Debt to equity

5.52

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Revenue growth

10.50%

Year on year

growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

A healthy expansion rate.

Earnings growth

27.40%

Year on year

strongWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Profit is compounding at a good clip.

Revenue

₹59,911 Cr

Trailing twelve months

Payout ratio

31.75%

Dividends as a share of earnings

conservativeWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

Comfortably covered, with room to keep raising it.

Growth & momentum11 measured figures 75.022%

Return, 1 month

-3.31%

Return, 3 months

-0.42%

Return, 6 months

5.55%

Return, year to date

8.47%

Return, 1 year

14.73%

Return, 3 years

67.78%

Sharpe ratio

0.94

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

52.18%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.08%

Best day

6.98%

Worst day

-4.55%

ValuationHigh P/E ratio (36.7) - may be overvalued; High P/B ratio (5.31) 20.018%

P/E ratio

36.73

Price against trailing earnings

highWhat this means

You pay 36.73 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Above about 25 the market is paying up for expected growth.

Forward P/E

28.66

Price against forecast earnings

moderateWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

A conventional range.

PEG ratio

1.04

P/E adjusted for growth

fairWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Between 1 and 2 price and growth are roughly in step.

Price to book

5.31

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

7.41

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

25.04

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

₹4.15 L Cr

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

2,39,93,34,970

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

0.86%

Annual dividend against price

modestWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

A small income component.

TechnicalRSI in healthy range (30-70); MACD bearish (negative histogram) 70.015%

RSI (14)

43.2

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

-17.71

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

-0.02

Positive is bullish

ADX

14.6

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

no clear trendWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Below about 20 the price is ranging rather than trending.

20-day average

₹1,880.53

50-day average

₹1,916.51

200-day average

₹1,803.57

Price vs 50-day

-3.43%

Price vs 200-day

2.63%

Bollinger upper

₹1,958.57

Bollinger lower

₹1,801.49

Average true range

31.48

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

27.4

Risk4 measured figures 60.012%

Volatility, annualised

20.04%

How far it swings in a year

normalWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

A typical range for an individual share.

Beta

0.12

Moves against the wider market

steadier than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Tends to move less than the index, in both directions.

Maximum drawdown

-19.13%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

containedWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

No catastrophic fall in this window.

Risk category

Moderate

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Strong analyst coverage (32 analysts) 90.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

32

Mean price target

₹2,176.59

Highest target

₹2,400.00

Lowest target

₹1,830.00

Implied upside

17.61%

Target against today's price

meaningfulWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts see real room above today's price.

Price against the NIFTY 50

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

SUNPHARMA.NS is 6.0% up over the window, against 9.4% down for the NIFTY 50 — ahead by 15.4 points.
SUNPHARMA.NS +6.0%NIFTY 50 -9.4%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-08, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseSUNPHARMA.NS rebasedNIFTY 50 rebased
2026-01-08₹1,745.76100.0100.0
2026-01-30₹1,581.8690.697.9
2026-02-20₹1,720.8998.698.8
2026-03-16₹1,779.54101.990.5
2026-04-09₹1,713.6198.291.9
2026-05-01₹1,804.57103.4—
2026-05-22₹1,840.78105.491.7
2026-06-12₹1,803.97103.391.3
2026-07-03₹1,900.82108.993.8
2026-07-24₹1,941.10111.391.8
2026-08-14₹1,930.00110.694.2
2026-09-04₹1,899.00108.892.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health70.023%16.1
Growth & momentum75.022%16.5
Valuation20.018%3.6
Technical70.015%10.5
Risk60.012%7.2
Analyst view90.010%9.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%62.9

ESG is scored but carries no weight in this grade. Add ?esg=1 to the address to include it — the engine then redistributes weight across the other six, so the whole scorecard changes, not just one row.

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ModelThe emphasis
IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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Your grade

D-

62.9 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 60 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-4.55%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum52.18%Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data17,42,715Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk20.04%Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical27.4Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.94Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation2,39,93,34,970Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical43.2Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskModerateYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health10.50%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health₹59,911 CrYahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum8.47%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum5.55%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum67.78%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-0.42%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum14.73%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum-3.31%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health20.19%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical-3.43%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical2.63%Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation7.41Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation5.31Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data₹1,865.00Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation1.04Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health31.75%Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation36.73Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health23.25%Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data₹1,859.00Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view₹2,176.59Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-19.13%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical-0.02Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-17.71Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view₹1,830.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view17.61%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view₹2,400.00Yahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health78.92%Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation28.66Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation25.04Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation₹4.15 L CrYahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data47,000Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health27.40%Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation0.86%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health5.52Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data₹1,848.40Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data₹1,880.00Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical₹1,958.57Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical₹1,801.49Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk0.12Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum6.98%Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data19,49,563Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical31.48Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.08%Yahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view32Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical14.6Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data₹1,548.00Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data₹2,047.90Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical₹1,916.51Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical₹1,803.57Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical₹1,880.53Yahoo Finance
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