India's Hester Biosciences jumps on quarterly profit rise

Hester Biosciences

15/05/2026 07:46

** Hester Biosciences HEST.NS jumps 13% to 1,966.6 rupees

** Animal healthcare firm's Q4 consol net profit jumps more than 11-fold y/y to 159.8 million rupees ($1.7 million)

** Revenue increases 22.2% y/y, driven by strong poultry healthcare demand

** Poultry healthcare revenue up 36% y/y

** Trading vols ~10x the 30-day average

** YTD, HEST up ~21.9%

($1 = 95.9350 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru)

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