Garments & Apparels industry

62 companies · ₹1.0 L cr · 12 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Export volumes hit multi-year highs on UK FTA and AGOA; cotton inflation and wage hikes stall the margin climb

Turning upmargin troughed at 11.8% and has risen for 3 quarters to 12.1%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+15.4%
EBITDA margin
12.1%
+10bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-4.0%
40% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+25.7%
31.3x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 14 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
9,154 cr
Mar 26
9,715 cr
QoQ
-5.8%
Jun 25
7,935 cr
YoY
+15.4%
Peak
9,715 cr
vs peak
-5.8%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
12.1%
Mar 26
12.6%
QoQ
-50bps
Jun 25
12.0%
YoY
+10bps
Peak
14.8%
vs peak
-270bps

Breadth: 86% of 14 companies grew revenue year on year (was 86% a quarter earlier) and 71% expanded margin (was 43%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

20.41x - 46.84x across the panel today

The median name trades at 31.3x, +25.7% against this industry's own 5-year median of 24.9x, and -4.6% against its own peak of 32.8x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹1.0 L cr

Page Industries Ltd is 38.6% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 72.8% and the top 10 are 86.3%.

mid 3small 12micro 4516 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 31.29x, 5y ROCE above its median of 14.7%, and at least 2 growth triggers stated on the latest earnings call.

Which names clear this screen is premium

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Exhibit 5Coverage (25 of 62)

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

Mcap
₹39,429 cr
P/E
52.2x
EV/EBITDA
33.4x
ROCE
61.5%
Margin
22.2%
Rev YoY
+7.9%
Mcap
₹15,695 cr
P/E
36.5x
EV/EBITDA
16.4x
ROCE
15.8%
Margin
11.2%
Rev YoY
+24.7%
Mcap
₹5,758 cr
P/E
55.9x
EV/EBITDA
15.5x
ROCE
9.4%
Margin
10.7%
Rev YoY
+20.7%
Mcap
₹5,499 cr
P/E
17.7x
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
22.4%
Margin
10.2%
Rev YoY
+24.5%
Mcap
₹3,044 cr
P/E
20.6x
EV/EBITDA
11.8x
ROCE
17.8%
Margin
21.3%
Rev YoY
+19.3%
Mcap
₹2,574 cr
P/E
24.4x
EV/EBITDA
12.6x
ROCE
18.5%
Margin
14.8%
Rev YoY
-0.6%
Mcap
₹1,998 cr
P/E
20.5x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
17.5%
Margin
31.8%
Rev YoY
+12.7%
Mcap
₹1,568 cr
P/E
14.0x
EV/EBITDA
8.9x
ROCE
17.1%
Margin
11.2%
Rev YoY
+1.4%
Mcap
₹1,179 cr
P/E
67.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
17.4%
Margin
15.4%
Rev YoY
+26.3%
Mcap
₹1,154 cr
P/E
11.0x
EV/EBITDA
5.6x
ROCE
16.1%
Margin
19.4%
Rev YoY
+7.6%
Mcap
₹1,097 cr
P/E
14.6x
EV/EBITDA
10.1x
ROCE
10.7%
Margin
10.6%
Rev YoY
+10.1%
Mcap
₹354 cr
P/E
16.6x
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
21.3%
Margin
13.0%
Rev YoY
+22.1%
Mcap
₹3,693 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-15.5%
Mcap
₹3,668 cr
P/E
33.8x
EV/EBITDA
139.8x
ROCE
41.7%
Margin
10.5%
Rev YoY
+205.5%
Mcap
₹3,307 cr
P/E
32.3x
EV/EBITDA
18.9x
ROCE
9.6%
Margin
6.9%
Rev YoY
+0.8%
Mcap
₹2,474 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
37.4x
ROCE
0.8%
Margin
13.7%
Rev YoY
-19.5%
Mcap
₹2,299 cr
P/E
56.8x
EV/EBITDA
53.6x
ROCE
46.5%
Margin
12.4%
Rev YoY
+67.1%
Mcap
₹744 cr
P/E
28.3x
EV/EBITDA
17.8x
ROCE
44.7%
Margin
17.9%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹474 cr
P/E
108.0x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
5.1%
Margin
21.9%
Rev YoY
+9.9%
Mcap
₹457 cr
P/E
13.5x
EV/EBITDA
6.0x
ROCE
11.7%
Margin
7.2%
Rev YoY
-4.6%
Mcap
₹439 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹431 cr
P/E
26.6x
EV/EBITDA
14.2x
ROCE
29.5%
Margin
21.3%
Rev YoY
+51.3%
Mcap
₹390 cr
P/E
13.4x
EV/EBITDA
20.4x
ROCE
24.7%
Margin
10.8%
Rev YoY
+31.5%
Mcap
₹339 cr
P/E
18.9x
EV/EBITDA
10.6x
ROCE
16.6%
Margin
8.8%
Rev YoY
+33.4%
Mcap
₹282 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
131.3x
ROCE
4.7%
Margin
7.0%
Rev YoY
+9.0%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindCotton and yarn inflation is the sector's dominant cost headwind7 managements

Across branded innerwear, garment exporters, and fashion retail, cotton and yarn price rises in April - May 2026 are the most-cited margin risk. Page Industries took a 2.2%…

  • PAGEIND (Q1FY27): “the price increase that we have taken does not completely absorb the input cost. If the…
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AppendixThe other 37 companies

1-30
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹247 cr
P/E
10.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
16.5%
Margin
5.8%
Rev YoY
+1.9%
Mcap
₹193 cr
P/E
20.3x
EV/EBITDA
10.8x
ROCE
10.2%
Margin
9.4%
Rev YoY
-1.2%
Mcap
₹192 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
1715.5x
ROCE
-10.5%
Margin
0.1%
Rev YoY
-14.8%
Mcap
₹164 cr
P/E
16.2x
EV/EBITDA
9.9x
ROCE
16.2%
Margin
9.2%
Rev YoY
+4.8%
Mcap
₹164 cr
P/E
12.9x
EV/EBITDA
10.0x
ROCE
22.4%
Margin
19.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹160 cr
P/E
29.0x
EV/EBITDA
20.9x
ROCE
15.3%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
+81.6%
Mcap
₹158 cr
P/E
15.1x
EV/EBITDA
10.7x
ROCE
28.4%
Margin
8.0%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹158 cr
P/E
48.0x
EV/EBITDA
44.0x
ROCE
0.2%
Margin
3.4%
Rev YoY
-56.7%
Mcap
₹155 cr
P/E
17.1x
EV/EBITDA
9.7x
ROCE
13.1%
Margin
8.9%
Rev YoY
+16.1%
Mcap
₹145 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
6.4x
ROCE
9.8%
Margin
9.4%
Rev YoY
+18.8%
Mcap
₹110 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-68.3x
ROCE
-4.8%
Margin
-5.9%
Rev YoY
-49.4%
Mcap
₹109 cr
P/E
34.4x
EV/EBITDA
43.8x
ROCE
0.6%
Margin
5.4%
Rev YoY
-22.2%
Mcap
₹94 cr
P/E
38.7x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
4.3%
Margin
29.5%
Rev YoY
+47.2%
Mcap
₹87 cr
P/E
6.0x
EV/EBITDA
3.5x
ROCE
20.2%
Margin
19.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹76 cr
P/E
10.7x
EV/EBITDA
9.4x
ROCE
25.3%
Margin
37.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹76 cr
P/E
18.0x
EV/EBITDA
11.4x
ROCE
22.6%
Margin
17.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹69 cr
P/E
9.6x
EV/EBITDA
6.9x
ROCE
37.1%
Margin
8.0%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹65 cr
P/E
12.6x
EV/EBITDA
9.0x
ROCE
11.2%
Margin
3.6%
Rev YoY
+66.8%
Mcap
₹55 cr
P/E
4.9x
EV/EBITDA
5.8x
ROCE
13.9%
Margin
17.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹48 cr
P/E
10.4x
EV/EBITDA
10.6x
ROCE
7.1%
Margin
3.7%
Rev YoY
+17.8%
Mcap
₹48 cr
P/E
24.5x
EV/EBITDA
8.9x
ROCE
9.3%
Margin
7.9%
Rev YoY
+24.9%
Mcap
₹46 cr
P/E
49.5x
EV/EBITDA
7.3x
ROCE
2.5%
Margin
6.5%
Rev YoY
+32.2%
Mcap
₹45 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-17.5x
ROCE
-38.4%
Margin
-0.9%
Rev YoY
-35.0%
Mcap
₹40 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
50.3x
ROCE
-1.7%
Margin
2.9%
Rev YoY
-1.2%
Mcap
₹36 cr
P/E
16.2x
EV/EBITDA
6.6x
ROCE
9.1%
Margin
9.1%
Rev YoY
-9.9%
Mcap
₹30 cr
P/E
15.6x
EV/EBITDA
27.1x
ROCE
1.7%
Margin
4.8%
Rev YoY
-30.2%
Mcap
₹27 cr
P/E
4.6x
EV/EBITDA
4.1x
ROCE
50.1%
Margin
25.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹21 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
21.5x
ROCE
5.2%
Margin
6.9%
Rev YoY
-18.6%
Mcap
₹19 cr
P/E
14.3x
EV/EBITDA
10.2x
ROCE
15.6%
Margin
6.0%
Rev YoY
+105.2%
Mcap
₹15 cr
P/E
7.5x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
19.4%
Margin
21.6%
Rev YoY
-

7 more companies

This industry has 37 constituents beyond the covered names. The first page is free; premium opens the rest.

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