Civil Construction industry

173 companies · ₹9.2 L cr · 43 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Record order books masked by geopolitical cost shocks and JJM arrears, keeping margins range-bound

Mid cyclemargin range-bound near 10.7%
Revenue YoY
+5.9%
EBITDA margin
10.7%
-70bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-17.4%
28% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+18.4%
19.7x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 50 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
1.30 L cr
Mar 26
1.58 L cr
QoQ
-17.7%
Jun 25
1.23 L cr
YoY
+5.9%
Peak
1.58 L cr
vs peak
-17.7%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
10.7%
Mar 26
10.6%
QoQ
+10bps
Jun 25
11.4%
YoY
-70bps
Peak
12.1%
vs peak
-140bps

Breadth: 75% of 57 companies grew revenue year on year (was 60% a quarter earlier) and 47% expanded margin (was 46%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

11.22x - 28.66x across the panel today

The median name trades at 19.7x, +18.4% against this industry's own 5-year median of 16.6x, and -25.1% against its own peak of 26.3x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹9.2 L cr

Larsen & Toubro Ltd is 59.7% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 72% and the top 10 are 80.2%.

large 1mid 13small 35micro 12263 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 19.71x, 5y ROCE above its median of 17.6%, 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 (25 of 174)

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

Mcap
₹5.4 L cr
P/E
32.5x
EV/EBITDA
19.9x
ROCE
13.2%
Margin
11.5%
Rev YoY
+6.7%
Mcap
₹42,743 cr
P/E
47.6x
EV/EBITDA
30.8x
ROCE
10.6%
Margin
7.3%
Rev YoY
+10.6%
Mcap
₹24,506 cr
P/E
21.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.7x
ROCE
21.5%
Margin
8.7%
Rev YoY
+3.8%
Mcap
₹23,794 cr
P/E
24.9x
EV/EBITDA
10.6x
ROCE
6.2%
Margin
52.8%
Rev YoY
+1.8%
Mcap
₹22,424 cr
P/E
30.2x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
29.7%
Margin
7.6%
Rev YoY
-5.5%
Mcap
₹21,480 cr
P/E
35.7x
EV/EBITDA
18.6x
ROCE
40.9%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
+7.0%
Mcap
₹15,139 cr
P/E
19.3x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
28.4%
Margin
21.6%
Rev YoY
-5.8%
Mcap
₹10,924 cr
P/E
35.8x
EV/EBITDA
16.2x
ROCE
14.6%
Margin
21.4%
Rev YoY
-8.4%
Mcap
₹10,820 cr
P/E
19.5x
EV/EBITDA
9.6x
ROCE
19.5%
Margin
7.0%
Rev YoY
0.0%
Mcap
₹10,712 cr
P/E
20.4x
EV/EBITDA
13.7x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
12.2%
Rev YoY
+9.5%
Mcap
₹10,078 cr
P/E
24.2x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
18.5%
Margin
26.3%
Rev YoY
+8.7%
Mcap
₹9,342 cr
P/E
65.0x
EV/EBITDA
8.5x
ROCE
10.3%
Margin
12.3%
Rev YoY
-20.8%
Mcap
₹8,853 cr
P/E
12.7x
EV/EBITDA
6.4x
ROCE
17.5%
Margin
9.3%
Rev YoY
+12.2%
Mcap
₹8,282 cr
P/E
8.1x
EV/EBITDA
6.7x
ROCE
12.5%
Margin
22.5%
Rev YoY
+40.1%
Mcap
₹7,667 cr
P/E
19.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.1x
ROCE
20.8%
Margin
12.3%
Rev YoY
+25.5%
Mcap
₹6,643 cr
P/E
20.8x
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
18.5%
Margin
15.9%
Rev YoY
+15.7%
Mcap
₹6,534 cr
P/E
5.5x
EV/EBITDA
4.6x
ROCE
18.9%
Margin
30.1%
Rev YoY
-9.3%
Mcap
₹5,970 cr
P/E
36.2x
EV/EBITDA
9.8x
ROCE
17.2%
Margin
17.5%
Rev YoY
-9.0%
Mcap
₹5,882 cr
P/E
30.0x
EV/EBITDA
10.1x
ROCE
14.6%
Margin
9.7%
Rev YoY
+47.7%
Mcap
₹5,106 cr
P/E
23.7x
EV/EBITDA
17.8x
ROCE
12.0%
Margin
36.8%
Rev YoY
+19.4%
Mcap
₹4,498 cr
P/E
6.1x
EV/EBITDA
5.5x
ROCE
13.6%
Margin
28.3%
Rev YoY
+18.7%
Mcap
₹4,218 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-51.2x
ROCE
-10.3%
Margin
-1.5%
Rev YoY
-9.7%
Mcap
₹3,992 cr
P/E
17.7x
EV/EBITDA
7.9x
ROCE
15.8%
Margin
10.9%
Rev YoY
+12.0%
Mcap
₹3,598 cr
P/E
9.5x
EV/EBITDA
4.7x
ROCE
17.8%
Margin
15.3%
Rev YoY
+1.8%
Mcap
₹3,525 cr
P/E
8.9x
EV/EBITDA
7.7x
ROCE
10.0%
Margin
28.1%
Rev YoY
-4.0%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
tailwindOrder books at record levels; inflow breadth provides multi-year revenue visibility10 managements

Order books and Q1 inflows reached all-time or multi-quarter highs across the majority of covered names. LT's group order book stood at ₹7.79 trillion (+27% YoY) with a ₹15…

  • LT (Q1FY27): “the group order inflows at Rs. 1,080 billion, registered a 14% Y-on-Y growth... Group…
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Exhibit 7Outlook

The outlook and what resolves next quarter

Where these managements said things are heading, and the dated, checkable events that would change it. Free with an account - 3 full reports a quarter.

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AppendixThe other 149 companies

1-30
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹15,280 cr
P/E
24.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
34.6%
Margin
35.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹11,265 cr
P/E
26.1x
EV/EBITDA
18.5x
ROCE
12.4%
Margin
18.0%
Rev YoY
+19.8%
Mcap
₹3,369 cr
P/E
45.9x
EV/EBITDA
17.9x
ROCE
9.2%
Margin
6.8%
Rev YoY
+64.8%
Mcap
₹3,202 cr
P/E
1.3x
EV/EBITDA
1.1x
ROCE
40.6%
Margin
52.8%
Rev YoY
-20.5%
Mcap
₹3,154 cr
P/E
16.9x
EV/EBITDA
7.4x
ROCE
11.5%
Margin
20.7%
Rev YoY
-25.7%
Mcap
₹2,905 cr
P/E
21.6x
EV/EBITDA
14.5x
ROCE
20.9%
Margin
10.5%
Rev YoY
+20.7%
Mcap
₹2,653 cr
P/E
9.4x
EV/EBITDA
5.6x
ROCE
10.1%
Margin
13.0%
Rev YoY
+3.8%
Mcap
₹2,576 cr
P/E
11.4x
EV/EBITDA
8.7x
ROCE
34.8%
Margin
18.5%
Rev YoY
+55.5%
Mcap
₹2,295 cr
P/E
9.7x
EV/EBITDA
6.0x
ROCE
15.6%
Margin
20.9%
Rev YoY
+24.3%
Mcap
₹2,065 cr
P/E
51.5x
EV/EBITDA
22.8x
ROCE
30.0%
Margin
16.2%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹2,027 cr
P/E
44.3x
EV/EBITDA
40.3x
ROCE
2.6%
Margin
9.0%
Rev YoY
+19.8%
Mcap
₹1,732 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-13.7x
ROCE
-27.3%
Margin
-106.6%
Rev YoY
-82.2%
Mcap
₹1,689 cr
P/E
12.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.2x
ROCE
40.7%
Margin
31.3%
Rev YoY
+40.1%
Mcap
₹1,624 cr
P/E
8.8x
EV/EBITDA
4.7x
ROCE
15.4%
Margin
16.6%
Rev YoY
+6.7%
Mcap
₹1,474 cr
P/E
24.5x
EV/EBITDA
9.3x
ROCE
14.5%
Margin
14.9%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹1,473 cr
P/E
15.3x
EV/EBITDA
9.9x
ROCE
21.0%
Margin
12.2%
Rev YoY
+22.5%
Mcap
₹1,446 cr
P/E
15.7x
EV/EBITDA
21.0x
ROCE
6.3%
Margin
9.7%
Rev YoY
+82.4%
Mcap
₹1,410 cr
P/E
14.3x
EV/EBITDA
9.0x
ROCE
21.2%
Margin
15.1%
Rev YoY
-3.4%
Mcap
₹1,229 cr
P/E
10.5x
EV/EBITDA
7.9x
ROCE
20.0%
Margin
13.3%
Rev YoY
+146.8%
Mcap
₹1,215 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
17.6x
ROCE
10.2%
Margin
6.2%
Rev YoY
+2.6%
Mcap
₹1,204 cr
P/E
0.2x
EV/EBITDA
0.7x
ROCE
175.2%
Margin
186.1%
Rev YoY
+198.8%
Mcap
₹1,111 cr
P/E
10.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.2x
ROCE
32.4%
Margin
14.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹1,101 cr
P/E
0.3x
EV/EBITDA
0.3x
ROCE
6.4%
Margin
49.2%
Rev YoY
+0.9%
Mcap
₹1,025 cr
P/E
43.9x
EV/EBITDA
12.8x
ROCE
4.5%
Margin
8.9%
Rev YoY
+35.3%
Mcap
₹1,006 cr
P/E
8.5x
EV/EBITDA
6.4x
ROCE
31.4%
Margin
17.8%
Rev YoY
+37.9%
Mcap
₹861 cr
P/E
26.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
11.1%
Margin
12.5%
Rev YoY
-30.5%
Mcap
₹837 cr
P/E
0.0x
EV/EBITDA
0.4x
ROCE
21.5%
Margin
96.1%
Rev YoY
+189.9%
Mcap
₹781 cr
P/E
17.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.9x
ROCE
37.2%
Margin
15.1%
Rev YoY
+128.5%
Mcap
₹761 cr
P/E
23.0x
EV/EBITDA
18.4x
ROCE
5.7%
Margin
8.9%
Rev YoY
+19.3%
Mcap
₹724 cr
P/E
36.6x
EV/EBITDA
20.2x
ROCE
17.9%
Margin
16.0%
Rev YoY
+25.9%

119 more companies

This industry has 149 constituents beyond the covered names. The first page is free; premium opens the rest.

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