Zydus Wellness leans on price hikes as cost surge squeezes margins, FY26 profit drops 43%
Q4 revenue jumped 63% to ₹1,484.7 cr on Comfort Click and RiteBite acquisitions, but FY26 net profit fell 43% to ₹197 cr as finance costs ballooned 9x and Ebitda margin slipped to 18.2%. Management signals more price-led growth amid 8.3% WPI inflation, with debt reduction and new launches as FY27 priorities.
What happened
Zydus Wellness expects more price-led growth amid rising packaging, freight and input costs. Q4 revenue jumped 63% to ₹1,484.7 cr aided by Comfort Click and
Key facts
- Q4 revenue ₹1,484.7 cr (+63%)
- Q4 net profit ₹162 cr (-5.8%)
- FY26 net profit ₹197 cr (-43%)
- Finance costs ₹38 cr (9x)
- Long-term borrowing ₹3,034.9 cr
- Comfort Click acquisition ₹2,846 cr
- RiteBite ₹390 cr
- Q4 Ebitda ₹270 cr (+42.2%)
- Ebitda margin 18.2% vs 20.8%
- Summer portfolio revenue -19% FY26
- WPI inflation 8.3% April
- Stock ₹509.1 (+2.7%)
Why this matters
The ₹3,034.9 cr debt overhang signals Zydus Wellness is done shopping and entering a digestion phase, opening windows for bolt-on divestitures of non-core SKUs and partnership-led distribution rather than fresh M&A.
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