Education industry

30 companies · ₹12,055 cr · 3 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Operating leverage emerging but exam-calendar noise and AI disruption define the bucket's split.

Mid cyclemargin range-bound near 13.1%
Revenue YoY
+20.3%
EBITDA margin
13.1%
-120bps YoY
Price, 1 year
+14.2%
50% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
-10.5%
23.1x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 5 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
825 cr
Mar 26
783 cr
QoQ
+5.4%
Jun 25
686 cr
YoY
+20.3%
Peak
825 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
13.1%
Mar 26
12.9%
QoQ
+20bps
Jun 25
14.3%
YoY
-120bps
Peak
17.1%
vs peak
-400bps

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

Exhibit 2What it costs

21.42x - 23.2x across the panel today

The median name trades at 23.1x, -10.5% against this industry's own 5-year median of 25.9x, and -33.9% against its own peak of 35.0x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹12,055 cr

NIIT Learning Systems Ltd is 26.8% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 76.4% and the top 10 are 90.5%.

small 3micro 256 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 23.14x, 5y ROCE above its median of 6.28%, 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 30)

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

Mcap
₹3,197 cr
P/E
12.1x
EV/EBITDA
8.1x
ROCE
17.9%
Margin
21.6%
Rev YoY
+25.2%
Mcap
₹1,261 cr
P/E
156.6x
EV/EBITDA
29.9x
ROCE
1.2%
Margin
10.1%
Rev YoY
+13.7%
Mcap
₹322 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
8.6x
ROCE
4.4%
Margin
11.8%
Rev YoY
-12.5%
Mcap
₹3,115 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
311.2x
ROCE
10.7%
Margin
16.9%
Rev YoY
+7.5%
Mcap
₹859 cr
P/E
23.2x
EV/EBITDA
20.5x
ROCE
20.1%
Margin
16.4%
Rev YoY
+24.1%
Mcap
₹651 cr
P/E
24.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
25.6%
Margin
39.8%
Rev YoY
-5.3%
Mcap
₹518 cr
P/E
21.0x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
14.3%
Margin
8.7%
Rev YoY
+11.0%
Mcap
₹322 cr
P/E
13.5x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
40.7%
Margin
55.5%
Rev YoY
-1.2%
Mcap
₹303 cr
P/E
30.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
36.4%
Margin
23.9%
Rev YoY
+58.4%
Mcap
₹224 cr
P/E
4.7x
EV/EBITDA
3.8x
ROCE
16.3%
Margin
35.3%
Rev YoY
-13.9%
Mcap
₹188 cr
P/E
16.2x
EV/EBITDA
11.4x
ROCE
16.6%
Margin
67.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹170 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
2.2%
Margin
53.4%
Rev YoY
0.0%
Mcap
₹130 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-258.3x
ROCE
-0.8%
Margin
-78.1%
Rev YoY
-32.0%
Mcap
₹102 cr
P/E
35.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.4x
ROCE
4.3%
Margin
34.2%
Rev YoY
-8.1%
Mcap
₹88 cr
P/E
41.9x
EV/EBITDA
18.0x
ROCE
22.9%
Margin
38.6%
Rev YoY
+160.5%
Mcap
₹82 cr
P/E
79.8x
EV/EBITDA
9.4x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
30.8%
Rev YoY
+82.8%
Mcap
₹81 cr
P/E
11.9x
EV/EBITDA
13.3x
ROCE
12.0%
Margin
16.9%
Rev YoY
+4716.7%
Mcap
₹72 cr
P/E
21.3x
EV/EBITDA
12.8x
ROCE
29.3%
Margin
10.6%
Rev YoY
+37.6%
Mcap
₹40 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-94.2x
ROCE
-19.8%
Margin
-17.9%
Rev YoY
-100.0%
Mcap
₹31 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-49.4x
ROCE
-14.5%
Margin
-8.2%
Rev YoY
-22.1%
Mcap
₹27 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
0.6%
Margin
43.6%
Rev YoY
-50.5%
Mcap
₹25 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-7.0%
Margin
-3.6%
Rev YoY
-20.1%
Mcap
₹23 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-0.3%
Margin
-24.1%
Rev YoY
-85.0%
Mcap
₹18 cr
P/E
32.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
33.9%
Margin
11.9%
Rev YoY
+108.6%
Mcap
₹14 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
16.4x
ROCE
37.0%
Margin
22.0%
Rev YoY
-23.4%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from Other Consumer Services earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
tailwindOperating leverage kicking in: revenue growing faster than costs across most of the bucket5 managements

Five companies pointed to operating expenditure growing slower than revenue as the primary margin driver. MPSLTD delivered EBITDA growth of 53% on 20% revenue growth with…

  • MPSLTD (Q1FY27): “Revenue grew 20 percent. EBITDA grew 53 percent. Headcount rose less than 3 percent. That…
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Exhibit 7Outlook

The outlook and what resolves next quarter

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AppendixThe other 5 companies

1-5
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹11 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-109.1x
ROCE
0.8%
Margin
-4.9%
Rev YoY
-25.9%
Mcap
₹7 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-70.4x
ROCE
-22.6%
Margin
-15.8%
Rev YoY
-100.0%
Mcap
₹4 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-0.9%
Margin
-161.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-