Internet & Catalogue Retail industry

Q1FY271 earlier

10 companies · ₹1.1 L cr · 4 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Store rollouts sustain top-line, but wage hikes and RM inflation narrow the margin runway into H2

Turning upmargin troughed at 31.4% and has risen for 5 quarters to 34.3%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+11.2%
EBITDA margin
34.3%
+280bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-7.7%
50% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
-31.9%
22.6x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 4 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
1,753 cr
Mar 26
1,697 cr
QoQ
+3.3%
Jun 25
1,576 cr
YoY
+11.2%
Peak
1,753 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
34.3%
Mar 26
33.5%
QoQ
+80bps
Jun 25
31.5%
YoY
+280bps
Peak
34.6%
vs peak
-30bps

Breadth: 80% of 5 companies grew revenue year on year (was 100% a quarter earlier) and 60% expanded margin (was 50%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

19.2x - 31.48x across the panel today

The median name trades at 22.6x, -31.9% against this industry's own 5-year median of 33.1x, and -64.6% against its own peak of 63.8x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹1.1 L cr

Info Edge (India) Ltd is 80.5% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 99.4% and the top 10 are 100%.

large 1mid 1small 3micro 55 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 22.57x, 5y ROCE above its median of 12.77%, 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 (10 of 10)

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

Mcap
₹81,111 cr
P/E
50.7x
EV/EBITDA
35.7x
ROCE
4.7%
Margin
52.2%
Rev YoY
+11.4%
Mcap
₹10,230 cr
P/E
20.7x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
21.6%
Margin
41.6%
Rev YoY
+11.4%
Mcap
₹3,268 cr
P/E
14.8x
EV/EBITDA
10.4x
ROCE
48.1%
Margin
29.6%
Rev YoY
-4.0%
Mcap
₹1,074 cr
P/E
24.3x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
19.9%
Margin
15.6%
Rev YoY
+13.2%
Mcap
₹5,690 cr
P/E
18.8x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
11.2%
Margin
38.7%
Rev YoY
+9.9%
Mcap
₹325 cr
P/E
36.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
11.2%
Margin
5.6%
Rev YoY
+227.5%
Mcap
₹265 cr
P/E
3.8x
EV/EBITDA
2.3x
ROCE
4.4%
Margin
60.2%
Rev YoY
+480.3%
Mcap
₹40 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-4.5%
Margin
-55.0%
Rev YoY
-75.5%
Mcap
₹14 cr
P/E
6.9x
EV/EBITDA
7.1x
ROCE
11.9%
Margin
2.5%
Rev YoY
+32.7%
Mcap
₹1 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-14.5x
ROCE
-1.4%
Margin
-59.7%
Rev YoY
-36.4%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from Retailing earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindMulti-state minimum wage hikes are a structural, not transient, cost headwind7 managements

Seven managements cited Q1 FY27 minimum wage increases as a material cost driver. Medplus quantified Karnataka at +60% and Telangana at +25% effective June 1, noting the full…

  • ETERNAL (Q1FY27): “There was some increase in the cost of doing business in the quarter because there were a…
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Exhibit 7Outlook

The outlook and what resolves next quarter

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AppendixThe other 0 companies

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