Packaged Foods industry

55 companies · ₹4.7 L cr · 11 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Volume momentum holds, but fuel, edible oil, sugar and freight spike simultaneously compresses sector margins.

Turning upmargin troughed at 16.9% and has risen for 4 quarters to 18.0%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+17.2%
EBITDA margin
18.0%
+110bps YoY
Price, 1 year
+5.3%
54% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
-4.8%
47.6x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 13 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
20,618 cr
Mar 26
20,311 cr
QoQ
+1.5%
Jun 25
17,594 cr
YoY
+17.2%
Peak
20,618 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
18.0%
Mar 26
19.6%
QoQ
-160bps
Jun 25
16.9%
YoY
+110bps
Peak
19.6%
vs peak
-160bps

Breadth: 86% of 14 companies grew revenue year on year (was 85% a quarter earlier) and 57% expanded margin (was 62%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

32.08x - 71.26x across the panel today

The median name trades at 47.6x, -4.8% against this industry's own 5-year median of 50.0x, and -41.6% against its own peak of 81.6x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹4.7 L cr

Nestle India Ltd is 58.7% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 94.4% and the top 10 are 98.4%.

large 2mid 3small 5micro 4415 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 47.64x, 5y ROCE above its median of 9.35%, 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 55)

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

Mcap
₹2.7 L cr
P/E
70.0x
EV/EBITDA
48.8x
ROCE
56.6%
Margin
24.2%
Rev YoY
+25.2%
Mcap
₹1.2 L cr
P/E
46.0x
EV/EBITDA
32.1x
ROCE
63.4%
Margin
19.4%
Rev YoY
+8.2%
Mcap
₹17,429 cr
P/E
92.5x
EV/EBITDA
43.4x
ROCE
3.9%
Margin
12.0%
Rev YoY
+66.9%
Mcap
₹13,765 cr
P/E
53.2x
EV/EBITDA
30.5x
ROCE
19.3%
Margin
14.8%
Rev YoY
+12.5%
Mcap
₹7,475 cr
P/E
50.2x
EV/EBITDA
26.3x
ROCE
14.7%
Margin
13.9%
Rev YoY
+16.0%
Mcap
₹3,228 cr
P/E
38.4x
EV/EBITDA
23.3x
ROCE
20.8%
Margin
9.6%
Rev YoY
+31.1%
Mcap
₹2,973 cr
P/E
32.3x
EV/EBITDA
20.7x
ROCE
19.6%
Margin
20.1%
Rev YoY
+25.9%
Mcap
₹854 cr
P/E
22.5x
EV/EBITDA
13.6x
ROCE
22.3%
Margin
16.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹681 cr
P/E
15.0x
EV/EBITDA
7.6x
ROCE
17.1%
Margin
10.4%
Rev YoY
-7.1%
Mcap
₹345 cr
P/E
11.4x
EV/EBITDA
7.8x
ROCE
13.7%
Margin
14.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹22 cr
P/E
120.6x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
1.1%
Margin
18.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹9,929 cr
P/E
7.7x
EV/EBITDA
3.0x
ROCE
35.9%
Margin
19.4%
Rev YoY
+8.0%
Mcap
₹2,644 cr
P/E
85.0x
EV/EBITDA
30.0x
ROCE
1.1%
Margin
4.2%
Rev YoY
+19.8%
Mcap
₹2,638 cr
P/E
73.4x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
14.2%
Margin
14.8%
Rev YoY
+28.7%
Mcap
₹909 cr
P/E
66.5x
EV/EBITDA
208.8x
ROCE
10.8%
Margin
52.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹788 cr
P/E
255.3x
EV/EBITDA
41.0x
ROCE
6.1%
Margin
1.9%
Rev YoY
-42.1%
Mcap
₹697 cr
P/E
136.5x
EV/EBITDA
46.9x
ROCE
12.5%
Margin
11.0%
Rev YoY
+15.7%
Mcap
₹408 cr
P/E
236.7x
EV/EBITDA
231.3x
ROCE
6.2%
Margin
67.5%
Rev YoY
+200.0%
Mcap
₹406 cr
P/E
16.6x
EV/EBITDA
7.4x
ROCE
13.7%
Margin
13.4%
Rev YoY
-33.3%
Mcap
₹345 cr
P/E
1.9x
EV/EBITDA
1.5x
ROCE
19.8%
Margin
23.2%
Rev YoY
-95.3%
Mcap
₹267 cr
P/E
41.2x
EV/EBITDA
24.4x
ROCE
7.7%
Margin
7.6%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹247 cr
P/E
63.7x
EV/EBITDA
28.8x
ROCE
10.9%
Margin
6.0%
Rev YoY
+1.3%
Mcap
₹218 cr
P/E
18.4x
EV/EBITDA
29.1x
ROCE
18.0%
Margin
6.1%
Rev YoY
+101.6%
Mcap
₹212 cr
P/E
21.6x
EV/EBITDA
9.9x
ROCE
16.8%
Margin
7.8%
Rev YoY
-4.0%
Mcap
₹123 cr
P/E
29.1x
EV/EBITDA
28.8x
ROCE
27.5%
Margin
2.8%
Rev YoY
+46.3%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindMulti-commodity cost spike - fuel, edible oil, sugar and freight all inflating simultaneously6 managements

Industrial fuel (LPG/PNG) surged 69% YoY for Britannia, palm oil rose 20%+ across the snacks chain, and sugar jumped ~₹7/kg in two to three weeks ahead of the festive season…

  • BRITANNIA (Q1FY27): “the inflation on industrial fuel is very steep... LPG and PNG prices shot through the…
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AppendixThe other 30 companies

1-30
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹109 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹91 cr
P/E
151.5x
EV/EBITDA
26.8x
ROCE
-25.4%
Margin
5.7%
Rev YoY
+15.3%
Mcap
₹86 cr
P/E
5.3x
EV/EBITDA
4.2x
ROCE
4.3%
Margin
27.9%
Rev YoY
-97.7%
Mcap
₹60 cr
P/E
27.7x
EV/EBITDA
10.6x
ROCE
7.0%
Margin
8.3%
Rev YoY
+31.8%
Mcap
₹59 cr
P/E
36.3x
EV/EBITDA
15.1x
ROCE
11.6%
Margin
11.0%
Rev YoY
+20.1%
Mcap
₹59 cr
P/E
17.2x
EV/EBITDA
14.8x
ROCE
2.6%
Margin
11.9%
Rev YoY
+36.6%
Mcap
₹57 cr
P/E
76.5x
EV/EBITDA
27.2x
ROCE
4.2%
Margin
11.6%
Rev YoY
-19.6%
Mcap
₹54 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹54 cr
P/E
9.7x
EV/EBITDA
6.4x
ROCE
19.9%
Margin
7.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹47 cr
P/E
99.6x
EV/EBITDA
13.9x
ROCE
6.2%
Margin
6.8%
Rev YoY
-7.2%
Mcap
₹46 cr
P/E
13.2x
EV/EBITDA
10.0x
ROCE
12.3%
Margin
8.4%
Rev YoY
+24.8%
Mcap
₹43 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-12.5%
Margin
-2.7%
Rev YoY
+1.1%
Mcap
₹43 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
9.0x
ROCE
2.7%
Margin
18.5%
Rev YoY
+12.2%
Mcap
₹40 cr
P/E
55.7x
EV/EBITDA
34.0x
ROCE
5.9%
Margin
2.7%
Rev YoY
+25.7%
Mcap
₹34 cr
P/E
27.8x
EV/EBITDA
13.3x
ROCE
11.3%
Margin
20.4%
Rev YoY
+21.4%
Mcap
₹33 cr
P/E
31.2x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
4.2%
Margin
0.8%
Rev YoY
+10.0%
Mcap
₹33 cr
P/E
5.5x
EV/EBITDA
4.9x
ROCE
17.3%
Margin
4.9%
Rev YoY
+81.9%
Mcap
₹28 cr
P/E
29.6x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-3.7%
Margin
-4.7%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹27 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
43.4x
ROCE
5.7%
Margin
13.1%
Rev YoY
-92.2%
Mcap
₹21 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
18.8x
ROCE
-6.0%
Margin
6.0%
Rev YoY
+55.5%
Mcap
₹17 cr
P/E
2.0x
EV/EBITDA
1.9x
ROCE
31.5%
Margin
7.1%
Rev YoY
+2.1%
Mcap
₹16 cr
P/E
23.4x
EV/EBITDA
17.0x
ROCE
3.0%
Margin
10.1%
Rev YoY
-1.5%
Mcap
₹14 cr
P/E
4.0x
EV/EBITDA
3.0x
ROCE
17.3%
Margin
11.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹14 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-1.9%
Margin
-9.8%
Rev YoY
0.0%
Mcap
₹13 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-10.7%
Margin
-29.2%
Rev YoY
0.0%
Mcap
₹11 cr
P/E
23.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
10.0%
Margin
69.1%
Rev YoY
-4.3%
Mcap
₹9 cr
P/E
81.8x
EV/EBITDA
25.4x
ROCE
2.4%
Margin
5.1%
Rev YoY
-8.0%
Mcap
₹4 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-122.8x
ROCE
-2.9%
Margin
-14.6%
Rev YoY
0.0%
Mcap
₹4 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
66.9x
ROCE
0.7%
Margin
48.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-