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SUVENPHAR · NSE · Hyderabad

Suven Pharmaceuticals (now Cohance Lifesciences)

High-margin innovator-focused CDMO, merged with Cohance Lifesciences under Advent to build a broad small-molecule + ADC + agro CDMO platform (listed entity renamed Cohance).

Reported data + modeled fieldsCDMO/CRDMO
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
₹16.5K Cr
Revenue
₹2.3K Cr
-2.0%5Y CAGR
EBITDA Margin
19%
ROCE
8.4%
P/E
83x
35.0x EV/EBITDA
5Y Return
-2%

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-segmentCDMO (Pharma + Specialty Chem + ADC)
Facilities11
D/E0.15
R&D % sales4%
FDA observations0

Business Model

How the company makes money

Innovator CDMO for intermediates/APIs + specialty chemicals + ADC; merged with Cohance (Advent).

Growth driver

Cohance integration + innovator CDMO/ADC scale

Primary risk

Merger integration & project lumpiness

Peer Group

Click to compare

PeerRev CAGREBITDA%ROCEP/E
Suven Pharmaceuticals (now Cohance Lifesciences)-2%19%8.4%83x
Divi's Laboratories10%32%22%68x
Neuland Laboratories53%22%19%60x
Laurus Labs18%20%17.8%83x
Syngene International-5%29%10.1%48x

Investment Memo

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

Bull case
  • Cohance integration + innovator CDMO/ADC scale underpins a -2% 5Y revenue CAGR.
  • Operating leverage as scale builds toward higher margins (currently 19% EBITDA).
  • Clean balance sheet (D/E 0.15) funds growth internally.
Bear case
  • Merger integration & project lumpiness.
  • Pricing/NLEM exposure on the domestic book can cap realisation.
  • Valuation at 83x P/E prices in continued execution — little margin for error.
Base case

Suven Pharmaceuticals (now Cohance Lifesciences) screens as a improving cdmo/crdmo franchise. With revenue of ₹2.3K Cr growing ~-2% and 19% EBITDA margins, the base case is steady compounding driven by cohance integration + innovator cdmo/adc scale, while watching merger integration & project lumpiness.

Valuation view

Trades at 83x P/E, 35.0x EV/EBITDA and 4.2x 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 / mid-2026

FY25 (₹2,269cr) is the MERGED Suven+Cohance entity; FY21-24 history is standalone Suven — NOT like-for-like. -57% 1Y reflects merger dilution.