S Chand & Company Ltd (SCHAND) — shareholding pattern, promoter holding, financials and share price
About S Chand & Company Ltd (SCHAND)
S Chand & Company Ltd operates in the Printing & Publication industry, within the Media, Entertainment & Publication sector. It trades on the NSE as SCHAND and on the BSE under scrip code 540497. Its ISIN is INE807K01035.
Incorporated in 1970 and listed in 2016, S Chand & Company is principally engaged in publishing educational books with products ranging from school books, higher academic books, competition and reference books, technical and professional books, and children's books. The company provides its products and services in printed as well as digital forms.
S. Chand and Company Limited is India’s largest education content publisher providing print and digital textbooks, supplementary materials, test-prep services and B2B content licensing across CBSE, ICSE and state boards, with a pan‑India distribution network, proprietary printing capacity and a portfolio of well-known imprints and digital initiatives.
Management completed the Group’s first international acquisition (CPD Singapore) in January 2026 to access IGCSE/IB curriculum titles; S. Chand intends to leverage its 4,000+ channel partners and salesforce to commercialise these titles across India, South Asia and Middle East, filling a previously unserved product gap in its K‑12 offering.
Listed peers in Printing & Publication: Repro India Ltd, Dachepalli Publishers Ltd, Shakti Press Ltd, Infomedia Press Ltd, Inland Printers Ltd, Unick Fix-A-Form And Printers Ltd.
Valuation & Returns
10 Jul 2026At ₹148.5 a share on 10 Jul 2026, S Chand & Company Ltd (SCHAND) was valued at a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.16x against an industry P/E of 17.25x and a price-to-book of 0.53x on a book value of ₹280.75 per share as of Mar 2025. Solomo computes return on equity of 7.38% and return on capital employed of 10.31% from filed results. Earnings ratios use consolidated results for the twelve months Jun 2025 to Mar 2026.
- P/E
- 7.16x
- Industry P/E
- 17.25x
- P/B
- 0.53x
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹20.73
- Book value / share
- ₹280.75
- ROE
- 7.38%
- ROCE
- 10.31%
- ROA
- 5.78%
- Debt / equity
- 0.11x
- Dividend yield
- 2.69%
- EBITDA margin
- 19.77%
- 52-week range
- ₹130.5 – ₹238.9
Ratios are computed from filed results and the last recorded price. Not investment advice.
Financial Performance
Mar 2026In the year ended Mar 2026, S Chand & Company Ltd (SCHAND) reported revenue of ₹799 crore, net profit of ₹73 crore and earnings per share of ₹21.53. That compares with revenue of ₹720 crore and net profit of ₹60 crore in Mar 2025. Figures are consolidated, as filed with the exchanges.
In the quarter ended Mar 2026, revenue was ₹548 crore and net profit ₹170 crore (consolidated).
| Metric | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (₹ cr) | 481 | 610 | 663 | 720 | 799 |
| Net profit (₹ cr) | 8 | 58 | 51 | 60 | 73 |
| EPS (₹) | 2.29 | 18.78 | 16.08 | 18.03 | 21.53 |
| Measure | 10Y | 5Y | 3Y | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales growth | 0.56% | 14.24% | 20.04% | 10.38% |
| Profit growth | -0.37% | - | 21.06% | 17.75% |
| Stock price CAGR | - | 1% | -10% | -34% |
Ownership Summary
Jun 2026As of Jun 2026, promoters hold 46.99% of S Chand & Company Ltd (SCHAND) (unchanged from the previous quarter), foreign institutional investors (FII) hold 4.54% and domestic institutional investors (DII) hold 1.26%. Market capitalisation was ₹524 crore on 10 Jul 2026. Shareholding is filed quarterly with BSE and NSE; Solomo carries every filing back to Jun 2017.
Largest disclosed public shareholders in Jun 2026: SRINIVASAN VARADARAJAN 4.75%, THE MIRI STRATEGIC EMERGING MARKETS FUND LP 2.71%, BLUE DAIMOND PROPERTIES PVT LTD 1.99%, ZEN SECURITIES LTD 1.29%, HUF 1.24%. Only stakes above the 1% disclosure threshold are named in filings.
| Quarter | Promoter | Pledged | FII | DII | Public |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 46.99% | - | 4.54% | 1.26% | 53.01% |
| Mar 2026 | 46.99% | - | 4.47% | 2.04% | 53.01% |
| Dec 2025 | 46.99% | - | 4.66% | 1.7% | 53.01% |
| Sep 2025 | 47.02% | - | 4.62% | 3.56% | 52.98% |
| Jun 2025 | 47.02% | - | 4.95% | 3.33% | 52.98% |
| Mar 2025 | 47.02% | - | 3.84% | 2.94% | 52.98% |
| Dec 2024 | 47.06% | - | 4.41% | 3.82% | 52.94% |
| Sep 2024 | 47.06% | - | 6.16% | 3.82% | 52.94% |