Aluminium industry

Q1FY271 earlier

20 companies · ₹4.7 L cr · 4 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

LME surge prints record earnings across zinc and aluminium, but moderating prices flag a peak-earnings moment

Turning upmargin troughed at 13.7% and has risen for 4 quarters to 18.4%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+32.5%
EBITDA margin
18.4%
+470bps YoY
Price, 1 year
+44.1%
100% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+37.9%
19.6x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 5 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
90,805 cr
Mar 26
83,843 cr
QoQ
+8.3%
Jun 25
68,542 cr
YoY
+32.5%
Peak
90,805 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
18.4%
Mar 26
14.8%
QoQ
+360bps
Jun 25
13.7%
YoY
+470bps
Peak
18.4%
vs peak
0bps

Breadth: 100% of 5 companies grew revenue year on year (was 80% a quarter earlier) and 60% expanded margin (was 40%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

13.81x - 47.04x across the panel today

The median name trades at 19.6x, +37.9% against this industry's own 5-year median of 14.2x, and -19.8% against its own peak of 24.4x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹4.7 L cr

Hindalco Industries Ltd is 48.1% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 99.5% and the top 10 are 99.9%.

large 3small 2micro 146 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 19.58x, 5y ROCE above its median of 14.23%, and at least 2 growth triggers stated on the latest earnings call.

Which names clear this screen is premium

The screen runs on stated growth triggers from the latest earnings calls - the same guidance data the stock screener reserves for premium. Premium names every company in this industry that is cheap against its own median and has the triggers behind it.

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Exhibit 5Coverage (20 of 20)

Every company here with a deep dive, topped up by market cap. The rest of the industry is in the appendix.

Mcap
₹2.2 L cr
P/E
13.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.3x
ROCE
11.2%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
+32.1%
Mcap
₹1.6 L cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-5495400.7x
ROCE
40.6%
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹66,376 cr
P/E
9.8x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
39.1%
Margin
46.5%
Rev YoY
+39.3%
Mcap
₹663 cr
P/E
44.2x
EV/EBITDA
23.4x
ROCE
8.0%
Margin
3.7%
Rev YoY
+9.8%
Mcap
₹1,456 cr
P/E
79.2x
EV/EBITDA
33.7x
ROCE
21.6%
Margin
7.0%
Rev YoY
+95.4%
Mcap
₹1,207 cr
P/E
24.0x
EV/EBITDA
24.6x
ROCE
17.0%
Margin
6.9%
Rev YoY
+26.9%
Mcap
₹600 cr
P/E
26.8x
EV/EBITDA
15.4x
ROCE
30.3%
Margin
39.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹290 cr
P/E
15.8x
EV/EBITDA
14.0x
ROCE
23.7%
Margin
5.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹265 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
40.8x
ROCE
3.2%
Margin
3.0%
Rev YoY
+53.5%
Mcap
₹242 cr
P/E
27.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.0x
ROCE
17.9%
Margin
8.5%
Rev YoY
+3.9%
Mcap
₹62 cr
P/E
16.7x
EV/EBITDA
-95.3x
ROCE
-1.5%
Margin
-7.0%
Rev YoY
+405.7%
Mcap
₹62 cr
P/E
8.5x
EV/EBITDA
6.5x
ROCE
42.1%
Margin
4.6%
Rev YoY
+23.3%
Mcap
₹47 cr
P/E
23.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.6x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
6.7%
Rev YoY
+4.9%
Mcap
₹38 cr
P/E
21.0x
EV/EBITDA
4.4x
ROCE
16.9%
Margin
6.7%
Rev YoY
+27.4%
Mcap
₹36 cr
P/E
6.9x
EV/EBITDA
7.6x
ROCE
35.6%
Margin
27.9%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹32 cr
P/E
7.8x
EV/EBITDA
7.3x
ROCE
12.6%
Margin
11.2%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹17 cr
P/E
19.9x
EV/EBITDA
12.5x
ROCE
20.1%
Margin
6.5%
Rev YoY
-25.4%
Mcap
₹12 cr
P/E
43.3x
EV/EBITDA
20.9x
ROCE
5.1%
Margin
4.1%
Rev YoY
-8.4%
Mcap
₹4 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
50077.0x
ROCE
-0.2%
Margin
12.1%
Rev YoY
-16.7%
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-

Exhibit 6What managements said

from Non - Ferrous Metals earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
tailwindLME price surge drives record-quarter revenue and EBITDA across primary producers4 managements

Zinc LME averaged $3,466/MT in Q1FY27 (+31% YoY) and aluminium LME averaged $3,571/MT (+46% YoY), producing all-time high quarterly earnings across Hindustan Zinc, Hindalco India…

  • HINDZINC (Q1FY27): “highest-ever quarterly EBITDA of INR8,074 crores, up 109% year-on-year, with an…
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