Why did SRF (SRF) stock move recently?

On 7/23/2026, SRF moved -8.5% — SRF fell ~9% after strong Q1 results as management commentary during the earnings call highlighted ongoing pricing pressure from Chinese excess capacity in specialty chemicals and a cautiously optimistic tone, outweighing the headline beat and ₹250 cr capex approval. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is SRF (SRF) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows SRF's valuation in context — a forward P/E of about 28.7, a price-to-book of about 5.5 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is SRF's revenue?

SRF reported revenue of ₹12,421 Cr for FY2026, with net profit of ₹1,725 Cr, per official filings.

What is the share price of SRF (SRF)?

SRF last traded at ₹2,617.00 (+0.7% on the day), as of 9/3/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

SRF

SRF · NSE · Chemicals · India

Snapshot

TickerSRF

ExchangeNSE

SectorChemicals

IndustryConglomerates

CountryIndia

Employees7,686

HeadquartersGurugram, India

Websitewww.srf.com

Filings tracked0

About SRF

SRF Limited manufactures, purchases, and sells technical textiles, chemicals, packaging films, and other polymers. It operates through Technical Textiles Business, Chemicals Business, Performance Films and Foil Business, and Others segments. The company offers polyester and nylon tyre cord, belting, coated, and laminated fabrics; and polyester industrial yarns. It also provides fluorochemicals, such as refrigerant gases, industrial and specialty chemicals, fluorochemicals, and allied products, as well as research and development services. In addition, the company offers polyester films and polypropylene films; organic and inorganic intermediates for use in material sciences, surface chemistry, and agrochemical and pharmaceutical; and fluoropolymers. Further, it engages in the acquisition and renting of real estate; manufacture, distribution, and trade of performance films; and manufacture of aluminum foil. The company operates in India, Germany, the United States, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Italy, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Thailand, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Shri Ram Fibres and changed its name to SRF Limited in 1990. SRF Limited was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Gurugram, India. SRF Limited operates as a subsidiary of KAMA Holdings Limited.

Who owns it

Promoters52.4%
Institutions31.5%
Public & other16.1%

160 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data. Promoter pledge is not included here — that comes from exchange shareholding filings.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 2.9 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Net margin trend14.5% → 11.6%

Margin has compressed by about 2.9 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev 2% · PAT -4%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (Yahoo Finance). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev ₹4,180 Cr · EPS 15.78

Est. earnings growth -7.0%

Next fiscal year

Rev ₹20,333 Cr · EPS 90.41

Est. earnings growth +12.8%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: Yahoo Finance

Annual

Quarterly · last 5

Revenue (FY2026)

₹15,787 Cr

Net margin

11.6%

Revenue CAGR (3y)

+2.0%

Profit CAGR (3y)

-5.3%

Net profit (FY2026)

₹1,835 Cr

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Why it moved

Jul 23, 2026
SRF fell ~9% after strong Q1 results as management commentary during the earnings call highlighted ongoing pricing pressure from Chinese excess capacity in specialty chemicals and a cautiously optimistic tone, outweighing the headline beat and ₹250 cr capex approval.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	Net margin
FY2026	₹15,787 Cr	₹1,835 Cr	11.6%
FY2025	₹14,693 Cr	₹1,251 Cr	8.5%
FY2024	₹13,139 Cr	₹1,336 Cr	10.2%
FY2023	₹14,870 Cr	₹2,162 Cr	14.5%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	Net margin
Q1 FY27	₹5,033 Cr	₹759 Cr	15.1%
Q4 FY26	₹4,615 Cr	₹582 Cr	12.6%
Q3 FY26	₹3,713 Cr	₹433 Cr	11.7%
Q2 FY26	₹3,640 Cr	₹388 Cr	10.7%
Q1 FY26	₹3,819 Cr	₹432 Cr	11.3%

Figures as reported, in ₹ (crore). Source: Yahoo Finance.

In the news

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