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Solar Industries India Funding: rounds, investors and valuation

Quick answer

Solar began with a ₹60 lakh SBI loan in 1995 and listed in 2006 17. The cash Omnia deal is its largest financial commitment 1112.

Founded1995, Nagpur, Maharashtra
StatusListed
Listed onNSE, BSE: SOLARINDS

How Solar Industries has been financed

The first loan

Solar's first plant in 1995 was set up as a small-scale unit, helped by a ₹60 lakh loan from the State Bank of India 717.

The 2006 listing

The company went public in 2006 17. Its shares are traded on the NSE and BSE, and the Nuwal family still holds about 73% 3.

Profits as funding

Growth since then has been funded largely from earnings. In FY26 the company made a record net profit of ₹1,737 crore on sales of ₹9,838 crore, and its board proposed a dividend of ₹11 a share 9. It announced a defence and aerospace project in Nagpur with planned investment of ₹12,700 crore 8.

Paying for Omnia

The Omnia purchase, at about $1.355 billion, is to be paid entirely in cash through the subsidiary Solar SA Investments 11. Investors worried about the debt involved: the shares fell 13.6% after the deal was announced 12. The sources reviewed do not set out the split between new borrowing and existing cash.

The numbers behind it

Measure Figure
FY26 revenue ₹9,838 crore 9
FY26 net profit ₹1,737 crore 9
Q1 FY27 revenue ₹3,668 crore 6
Q1 FY27 profit after tax ₹666 crore 6
Order book (June 2026) ₹21,350 crore 6
Omnia price ₹12,951 crore 11

The Omnia price is roughly seven times FY26 net profit, by our calculation from these figures.

Frequently asked questions

In 2006.
In cash, through its subsidiary Solar SA Investments. The shares fell 13.6% on concerns about the borrowing involved.
Sources✓ Verified 5 Nov 2026
1 Forbes, Satyanarayan Nuwal (Real-Time Billionaires), 5 Nov 2026, founder, family dispute 2 Solar Industries / NSE, Q4 FY26 earnings conference call transcript, 15 May 2026, FY26 earnings call 3 SEBI, Order in the matter of Solar Industries India Limited, 21 Mar 2025, promoter shareholding, trust transfer 4 Fortune India, The boom makers, 5 Jul 2015, early trading 5 NCLAT (via Indian Kanoon), Solar Industries India Ltd v Kailash Chandra Nuwal, Company Appeal (AT) No. 29 of 2021, 14 Dec 2021, NCLAT appeal 6 Solar Industries / BSE, Unaudited financial results Q1 FY2027, 13 Aug 2026, Q1 FY27 results 7 Ministry of Home Affairs, Padma Awards, Padma Shri 2026 citation: Satyanarayan Nuwal, 25 Jan 2026, history, products 8 Business Today, How Manish Satyanarayan Nuwal is turning Solar Industries to a serious player in defence market, 2 Apr 2025, defence, acquisitions, Manish Nuwal 9 Whalesbook, Solar Industries Q4 FY26: Record Sales ₹9,838 Cr; Defence Soars 134%, 18 May 2026, FY26 results 10 FundsIndia, Solar Industries India Ltd: equity research desk, 28 Sep 2026, segments, overseas plants, peers 11 Outlook Business, Solar Industries to acquire South Africa's Omnia Holdings for nearly ₹13,000 cr in all-cash deal, 14 Sep 2026, Omnia deal 12 Moneylife, Solar Industries shares plunge 13.6% as $1.4 billion Omnia deal sparks leverage concerns, 15 Sep 2026, share reaction 13 Geosquare, India's defence boom: 3 explosives makers scaling up rapidly, 7 Jun 2025, peer figures 14 Supreme Court of India (via Indian Kanoon), Solar Industries India Ltd v Kailash Chandra Nuwal & Ors, order of 26 August 2025, 26 Aug 2025, Supreme Court disposal 15 Forbes, Kailashchandra Nuwal (Real-Time Billionaires), 5 Nov 2026, brother, exit 2019 16 Lokmat Times, Nagpur blasts bring Nuval in the public eye, 19 Dec 2023, Bazargaon blast 17 Alice Blue, Satyanarayan Nuwal success story, 1 Jul 2026, SBI loan, 2006 listing Report a correction

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