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JBCHEPHARM · NSE · Mumbai

J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

KKR-owned brand-led franchise with top India cardiac/chronic brands, an acquired in-licensed portfolio, and a global contract lozenge manufacturing business.

Reported data + modeled fieldsDomestic Formulations
What this shows

A full research profile for one company — what it does, how its financials have trended, how the market values it, and a balanced bull/bear/base investment memo.

How to use it

Scan the top row for the headline numbers, read the charts for trends, check the three gauge scores, then read the auto-generated memo at the bottom. Sources for every figure are linked at the very bottom.

Key terms
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation & amortisation — a proxy for operating cash profit.
PAT
Profit After Tax — the bottom-line net profit.
FCF
Free Cash Flow — cash left after running the business and capital spending.
ANDA
Abbreviated New Drug Application — the US FDA filing to sell a generic drug.
Market Cap
₹35.1K Cr
Revenue
₹3.9K Cr
+23.0%5Y CAGR
EBITDA Margin
26%
ROCE
26%
P/E
49x
28.0x EV/EBITDA
5Y Return
+23%

Revenue

₹ crore · FY

EBITDA

₹ crore · FY

Margins

EBITDA & PAT margin %

R&D Spend

₹ crore · FY

Free Cash Flow

₹ crore · FY

Revenue Mix

By geography / segment

Quality Score

Growth Score

Regulatory Risk

Snapshot

Sub-segmentIndia Branded + CDMO (Lozenges)
Facilities6
D/E0.10
R&D % sales3%
FDA observations0

Business Model

How the company makes money

India chronic brand-builder (Cilacar, Rantac) + global lozenge CDMO + EM branded (Russia).

Growth driver

India chronic brand scale-up + CDMO lozenges

Primary risk

Brand acquisition multiples & concentration

Peer Group

Click to compare

PeerRev CAGREBITDA%ROCEP/E
J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals23%26%26%49x
Eris Lifesciences14%35%14%31x
Ajanta Pharma19%27%32.3%36x
Torrent Pharmaceuticals25%32%27%68x
Mankind Pharma0%25%13.5%49x

Investment Memo

Auto-generated from the data layer — illustrative, not advice

Bull case
  • India chronic brand scale-up + CDMO lozenges underpins a 23% 5Y revenue CAGR.
  • Premium 26% EBITDA margin with 26% ROCE signals durable economics.
  • Clean balance sheet (D/E 0.10) funds growth internally.
Bear case
  • Brand acquisition multiples & concentration.
  • Pricing/NLEM exposure on the domestic book can cap realisation.
  • Valuation at 49x P/E prices in continued execution — little margin for error.
Base case

J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals screens as a high-quality domestic formulations franchise. With revenue of ₹3.9K Cr growing ~23% and 26% EBITDA margins, the base case is steady compounding driven by india chronic brand scale-up + cdmo lozenges, while watching brand acquisition multiples & concentration.

Valuation view

Trades at 49x P/E, 28.0x EV/EBITDA and 8.5x P/B. A premium to the sector — justified only if growth and returns hold.

What to track
  • 1 India IPM outperformance & chronic mix
  • 2 Gross-margin trajectory & new-launch contribution
  • 3 R&D productivity (filings/approvals per ₹ of R&D)
  • 4 Capital allocation — capex payback & M&A discipline
Sources & provenance · FY25

FY25 segments: Domestic ~58%, International ~40% (Russia/EM), CDMO ~11%, API ~2% (overlap; normalized).