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SAI Life SciencesSAILIFE.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Commercial Services›Miscellaneous Commercial Services

Contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) serving global pharmaceutical companies.

≈ India's smaller Lonza/Catalent peer for pharma CRDMO servicesMomentum leader 97
Mkt cap
$4.02B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
89.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+5.0 pp
WACC 9.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
97 days
11 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹1,785
1D+11.9%
1W+14.6%
1M+14.3%
3M+26.3%
6M+63.8%
YTD+96.5%
1Y+94.0%
ATR %3.6%
Beta0.82
52w lowhigh1.6% off high

What SAI Life Sciences does

Contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) serving global pharmaceutical companies.

Charges for scientists' time on discovery work and for batches made in development and commercial supply, so it earns while its clients' drugs move from lab to market, with the manufacturing step growing as molecules succeed. It listed in India in 2024, and TPG, the private-equity firm that backed it, remains a major shareholder.

In one line: India's smaller Lonza/Catalent peer for pharma CRDMO services.

Products and services

  • Contract drug discovery/research services
  • Contract development & manufacturing (CDMO)
  • API manufacturing

Customers

  • Global pharmaceutical & biotech companies

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Pharma services
  • Contract research & manufacturing…
  • Drug discovery, development…

What could go right

  • Global pharma outsourcing (CRDMO) growth
  • China+1 sourcing diversification

What could go wrong

  • Client concentration risk
  • Regulatory (FDA) inspection/compliance risk

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification, regulatory licence). Regulatory-approved manufacturing facilities and long-term client relationships built through drug development cycles.

Headquarters: Hyderabad, India · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 5,227

Named competitors

SAI Life Sciences at a glance

Size SAI Life Sciences (SAILIFE.NS) is an India Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $4.02B, the 241st largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,785 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 63.8%, against +9.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 27.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 21.5% (peer median 10.2%).

Valuation It trades at 89.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.4× (2nd most expensive of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.0 points above its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SAILIFE.NS 160Peer median 111
Six months, rebased to 100: SAI Life Sciences against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

SAI Life Sciences financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹22.5B₹21.6B₹17.0B₹14.7B₹12.0B
Revenue growth—+27%+15%+23%—
Gross profit₹7.98B₹5.77B₹4.23B₹2.90B₹1.50B
EBITDA₹6.58B₹6.05B₹4.14B₹2.98B₹1.51B
Net income₹3.62B₹3.49B₹1.70B₹828M₹99.9M
Free cash flown/a-₹721M-₹918M₹336M₹603M
Capital expendituren/a₹5.93B₹3.69B₹1.82B₹1.13B
Total debtn/a₹2.88B₹3.52B₹9.28B₹9.33B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

SAI Life Sciences competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%+60%0%+20%PWL30001217972331GEOSRPMTOBCOTEPLOOMIS688192LTTS688318AALB002265ABM603061TNETFCNSAILIFE.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. SAI Life Sciences is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+200%+400%+600%0×50×100×PWL30001217972331GEOTEP688192LTTS688318SAILIFE.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. SAI Life Sciences is the large dot.

SAI Life Sciences competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SAILIFE.NS vs SYNGENE.NS vs DIVISLAB.NS vs LONN.SW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
SAI Life Sciences SAILIFE.NS$4.02B+64%+27%21%89.2×n/a
Syngene International SYNGENE.NS$1.78B-11%-6%13%67.8×35.3%
Divi's Laboratories DIVISLAB.NS$29.0B+54%+16%31%82.0×50.9%
Lonza LONN.SW$55.4B+39%-11%25%36.1×15.0%

How SAI Life Sciences compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

SAI Life Sciences against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSAILIFE.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+14.3%+3.7%5th highest of 21
6-month return+63.8%+9.2%highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-1.6%-13.3%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+27.4%+7.0%6th highest of 21
Operating margin21.5%10.2%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E89.2×14.4×2nd most expensive of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.0 pp+3.7 pp7th highest of 18
EV / EBITDA57.6×9.0×2nd most expensive of 16
Net debt / EBITDA0.1×1.5×6th least indebted of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
SAI Life Sciences SAILIFE.NSIndia$4.02B+64%+27%21%89.2×n/an/a
PhysicsWallah PWL.NSIndia$4.00B+18%+35%1%100.9×n/an/a
Centre Testing International 300012.SZChina$3.96B-5%+15%16%22.1×14.2%+13.2%
East Buy 1797.HKHong Kong$4.11B+22%+34%11%38.5×18.4%+54.3%
Alsok 2331.TJapan$3.79B-1%+7%8%13.7×-6.0%+4.9%
GEO GEOUnited States$3.66B+28%+15%12%13.5×6.8%+2.3%
Serco SRP.LUnited Kingdom$3.60B+5%+1%5%14.9×1.9%+4.9%
MITIE MTO.LUnited Kingdom$3.56B+23%+11%3%14.2×14.1%+17.6%
Brink's BCOUnited States$4.54B+3%+7%10%11.8×0.1%+7.3%
Teleperformance TEP.PAFrance$4.60B+3%-3%10%5.0×-10.2%+12.2%
Loomis LOOMIS.STSweden$3.46B+12%+1%11%12.6×-9.1%+9.7%
Dizal Pharmaceutical 688192.SSChina$4.68B+18%+720%69%9.5×-8.4%+95.9%
MAXIMUS MMSUnited States$3.43B+2%-3%11%7.9×-8.5%+9.4%
L&T Technology Services LTTS.NSIndia$4.79B+13%+2%15%29.4×31.0%+15.1%
Shenzhen Fortune Trend Technology 688318.SSChina$3.36B-21%-3%56%69.5×n/an/a
Aalberts AALB.ASNetherlands$4.87B+6%0%10%14.6×12.9%+3.4%
Jianshe Industry Group (Yunnan) 002265.SZChina$3.12B-11%+42%5%n/a26.3%+47.9%
ABM Industries ABMUnited States$3.10B+32%+6%5%12.5×-2.0%+7.9%
JHT Design 603061.SSChina$3.07B-8%+93%34%n/a43.9%+30.4%
TriNet TNETUnited States$3.05B+56%-4%6%15.1×-3.3%+4.4%
FTI Consulting FCNUnited States$5.33B+19%+8%10%18.7×-3.6%+9.0%

Questions

Who are SAI Life Sciences's main competitors?
Named competitors: Syngene International (SYNGENE.NS), Divi's Laboratories (DIVISLAB.NS), Lonza Group (LONN.SW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes PhysicsWallah (PWL.NS), Centre Testing International (300012.SZ), East Buy (1797.HK), Alsok (2331.T), GEO (GEO), Serco (SRP.L).
Is SAI Life Sciences expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 89.2× against a peer median of 14.4×, 2nd most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has SAI Life Sciences stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +63.8% against +9.2% for the median peer; over one year +94.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.