Metrics to compare | HIKA | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Healthcare sector companies | Relationship RelationshipHIKAPeersSector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E Ratio | −82.0x | 33.2x | −0.3x | |
PEG Ratio | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.00 | |
Price/Book | 2.3x | 3.7x | 2.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 1.6x | 3.6x | 3.0x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 33.4% | 6.2% | 54.6% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 6.0% | 8.6% | Unlock |
Hikal Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells various chemical intermediates, specialty chemicals, and active pharma ingredients to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, animal health, crop protection, and specialty chemicals industries. The company operates in two segments, Pharmaceuticals and Crop Protection. It provides anti-convulsant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-parasitic, anti-lipemic, anti-histaminic, anti-depressant, anti-psychotic, anti-emetic, anti-diabetic, anti-thrombotic, anti-viral, and haemorheologic products; animal health products, such as anti-tick, anti-parasitic, analgesic, anabolic steroids, female sex hormone, insecticide, and NSAID; and specialty biocides and antimicrobial actives, as well as additives for leather, paint coatings, paper, water treatment, personal care, building materials, and textile industries. The company also manufactures pesticides and herbicides, including diuron tech, temephos tech, thiacloprid tech, clothianidin tech, dichloroaniline, N-bromosuccinimide, prothioconazole technical, trifloxystrobin technical, and BIT. In addition, it engages in contract research, custom synthesis, and custom manufacturing of intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients. The company operates in India, the United States, Canada, Europe, South East Asia, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Hikal Chemical Industries Ltd. and changed its name to Hikal Limited in April 2000. Hikal Limited was incorporated in 1988 and is based in Navi Mumbai, India.