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NSE: ONWARDTEC · BSE: 517536 · ISIN INE229A01017

Onward Technologies Limited stock analysis

Onward Technologies Limited ranks #916 in the TickerSutra evidence-ranked universe with a score of 59/100 and 95% data confidence. The latest captured fundamentals show ROCE of 22.9%, quarterly sales growth of 12.2% and quarterly profit growth of -12.3%.
Complete evidence gate pass governance reviewUpdated 29 Sept 2026
TICKERSUTRA SCORE59/100

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#916 of 5,430 ranked equities
Market capitalisation₹633.77cr
ROCE22.9%
Quarterly sales growth12.2%
Quarterly profit growth-12.3%
P/E ratio14.1×
Promoter pledge0.0%

INVESTMENT EVIDENCE

What supports—and challenges—the thesis

Evidence in favour

  • ROCE is 22.9%
  • Low debt/equity of 0.16×
  • Strong CFO/EBITDA of 0.9×
  • No promoter shares are reported as pledged

Risks and constraints

  • No calculated threshold risk in the current snapshot.

Still unresolved: Related-party exposure · Broad media sentiment

FINANCIAL TRAJECTORY

Recent operating history

PeriodRevenueOperating profitNet profitOperating margin
2022₹307cr₹22cr₹24cr7.0%
2023₹441cr₹27cr₹11cr6.0%
2024₹472cr₹52cr₹34cr11.0%
2025₹491cr₹45cr₹27cr9.0%
2026₹544cr₹72cr₹44cr13.0%
TTM₹560cr₹73cr₹43cr13.0%
Debt / equity0.16×
CFO / EBITDA0.90×
Operating margin13.0%
Free cash flow₹46cr
Sales CAGR · 3Y7.2%
Profit CAGR · 3Y58.7%

EXCHANGE EVENT TRIGGERS

Latest corporate disclosures

2 positive catalysts0 negative catalysts5 routine filings

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

Signals from filed documents

Margin expansionHigh severity · 6 mentions
Positive catalyst

Jigar Mehta: Our priority is not just growing revenue. It is building larger, higher -quality, more scalable engineering engagements with our customers, which can deliver sustainable growth, margin improvement and, of course, shareholder value. So, we are seeing that al ready from last year.

Operating leverageHigh severity · 2 mentions
Positive catalyst

These are the outcomes of strategic investments we have made over the last few years in digital engineering, ER&D, and offshore delivery expansion, leadership capability, and account mining. Today, we are beginning to see these investments translate into greater scale, stronger execution and improving operating leverage. We continue to invest in subject matter experts across all three lines of business, which is mech

Management confidenceHigh severity · 2 mentions
Constructive

Jigar Mehta: We don't have a particular timeline, its an aspiration to move up the technology value chain. What we do have a very clear timeline for, which we have shared with everybody, is that we are confident of delivering double-digit revenue growth and bottom-line growth. And as the overall numbers improve from our existing customers, I think revenue per person will increase as well.

Capacity expansion plansHigh severity · 1 mention
Positive catalyst

We've been supporting them across multiple geographies, multiple areas, including controls, embedded, electronics, mechanical, digital. The customer is growing exponentially, thanks to the data centre boom in North America and Europe, and they have floated multiple RFPs for multiple capacity expansion. We participated in one of them, the first one, and that's the one we have won, which goes live.

Export market updatesLow severity · 1 mention
Constructive

His/her global presence, rational, physical and mental fitness, broader thinking, vision on corporate social responsibility etc; ix. Quality of decision making on source of raw material/procurement of roughs, export marketing, understanding financial statements and business performance, raising of finance, best source of finance, working capital requirement, forex dealings, geopolitics, human resources etc; x. His/he

Regulatory updatesLow severity · 39 mentions
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Compliance Risk Compliance risk arises from failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or internal policies, which may lead to financial penalties or reputational impact. Operating across multiple geographies increases regulatory complexity. The Company has established dedicated compliance teams that continuously monitor regulatory changes across all operating regions.

Regulatory approvalLow severity · 8 mentions
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that may have potential conflict with the interests of the Company at large. The related party transactions entered into with the related parties as defined under Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 23 of Listing Regulations during the financial year were in the ordinary course of business and the same have been approved by the Audit Committee. The disclosure of transactions with related parties is disclosed in the No

Customer concentrationLow severity · 1 mention
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Sir, if you could help us understand in our main segment of heavy engineering and industrial. So how has been the R&D trend of our -- so you don't like tell what your customers are, but if you could help us understand the Top 5 customers that we have. How has their R&D budget moved over the past 3 years?

Institutional interestLow severity · 2 mentions
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News and Media releases: Official news and media releases are disseminated to stock exchanges and displayed on the Company’s website. Presentations to institutional investors/analysts: Presentations are made to institutional investors and financial analysts on the Company’s financial results on quarterly basis. These presentations are disseminated to the stock exchanges and also available on the Company’s website.

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