Integrated Power Utilities industry

Q1FY271 earlier

6 companies · ₹6.0 L cr · 4 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Transmission grid lag caps India's record RE build; heatwave demand lifts thermal PLFs to multi-year highs.

Mid cyclemargin range-bound near 24.6%
Revenue YoY
+13.2%
EBITDA margin
24.6%
+40bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-4.2%
33% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+15.5%
27.5x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 5 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
57,907 cr
Mar 26
43,627 cr
QoQ
+32.7%
Jun 25
51,160 cr
YoY
+13.2%
Peak
57,907 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
24.6%
Mar 26
19.5%
QoQ
+510bps
Jun 25
24.2%
YoY
+40bps
Peak
26.5%
vs peak
-190bps

Breadth: 100% of 5 companies grew revenue year on year (was 33% a quarter earlier) and 40% expanded margin (was 33%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

16.1x - 29.58x across the panel today

The median name trades at 27.5x, +15.5% against this industry's own 5-year median of 23.8x, and -37.2% against its own peak of 43.8x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹6.0 L cr

Adani Power Ltd is 66.5% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 99.9% and the top 10 are 100%.

large 3mid 1small 1micro 16 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 27.5x, 5y ROCE above its median of 8.85%, 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 (6 of 6)

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

Mcap
₹4.0 L cr
P/E
28.8x
EV/EBITDA
19.6x
ROCE
17.2%
Margin
40.5%
Rev YoY
+34.0%
Mcap
₹1.2 L cr
P/E
30.4x
EV/EBITDA
12.7x
ROCE
7.3%
Margin
23.0%
Rev YoY
+5.6%
Mcap
₹65,326 cr
P/E
28.0x
EV/EBITDA
13.5x
ROCE
12.0%
Margin
20.0%
Rev YoY
+2.8%
Mcap
₹19,208 cr
P/E
12.6x
EV/EBITDA
8.6x
ROCE
9.7%
Margin
23.7%
Rev YoY
+5.4%
Mcap
₹2,197 cr
P/E
0.7x
EV/EBITDA
2.8x
ROCE
5.0%
Margin
16.3%
Rev YoY
+7.4%
Mcap
₹701 cr
P/E
54.8x
EV/EBITDA
41.7x
ROCE
-1.2%
Margin
2.8%
Rev YoY
+10.6%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from Power earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindTransmission and grid evacuation bottleneck curtailing RE revenue across the sector7 managements

Seven managements flagged that commissioned or near-commissioned RE capacity cannot evacuate power due to delayed transmission. NTPC reported only 0.6 GW of RE added in Q1 against…

  • NTPC (Q1 FY27): “We have done merely 0.6 gigawatt. We understand that there are challenges... 7 gigawatt…
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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 0 companies

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