Personal Care industry

23 companies · ₹3.4 L cr · 8 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Volume-led topline hits panel highs, but crude/LLP spike compresses gross margins sector-wide

Turning upmargin troughed at 20.4% and has risen for 5 quarters to 21.1%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+15.1%
EBITDA margin
21.1%
+50bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-29.3%
33% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
-22.0%
36.7x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 7 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
11,885 cr
Mar 26
10,563 cr
QoQ
+12.5%
Jun 25
10,326 cr
YoY
+15.1%
Peak
11,885 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
21.1%
Mar 26
20.7%
QoQ
+40bps
Jun 25
20.6%
YoY
+50bps
Peak
23.0%
vs peak
-190bps

Breadth: 89% of 9 companies grew revenue year on year (was 86% a quarter earlier) and 44% expanded margin (was 71%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

32.47x - 54.04x across the panel today

The median name trades at 36.7x, -22.0% against this industry's own 5-year median of 47.0x, and -43.0% against its own peak of 64.4x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹3.4 L cr

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd is 27.3% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 80.8% and the top 10 are 99.7%.

large 3mid 5small 2micro 1210 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 36.7x, 5y ROCE above its median of 19.35%, 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 (23 of 23)

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

Mcap
₹88,470 cr
P/E
46.2x
EV/EBITDA
29.0x
ROCE
21.4%
Margin
20.6%
Rev YoY
+15.4%
Mcap
₹66,789 cr
P/E
33.9x
EV/EBITDA
22.3x
ROCE
21.8%
Margin
22.1%
Rev YoY
+10.6%
Mcap
₹48,892 cr
P/E
36.3x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
109.2%
Margin
31.2%
Rev YoY
+11.8%
Mcap
₹37,630 cr
P/E
274.4x
EV/EBITDA
250.5x
ROCE
39.6%
Margin
38.4%
Rev YoY
+158.7%
Mcap
₹15,904 cr
P/E
21.3x
EV/EBITDA
15.4x
ROCE
29.1%
Margin
26.9%
Rev YoY
+14.9%
Mcap
₹15,372 cr
P/E
61.7x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
21.9%
Margin
12.7%
Rev YoY
+27.0%
Mcap
₹6,846 cr
P/E
31.0x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
30.2%
Margin
23.0%
Rev YoY
+28.1%
Mcap
₹2,158 cr
P/E
56.0x
EV/EBITDA
42.5x
ROCE
32.1%
Margin
37.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹24,423 cr
P/E
30.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
124.5%
Margin
28.0%
Rev YoY
-4.9%
Mcap
₹23,790 cr
P/E
35.6x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
84.6%
Margin
30.8%
Rev YoY
+10.8%
Mcap
₹403 cr
P/E
35.9x
EV/EBITDA
24.6x
ROCE
73.1%
Margin
20.8%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹202 cr
P/E
69.0x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
17.0%
Margin
9.2%
Rev YoY
-58.1%
Mcap
₹193 cr
P/E
74.3x
EV/EBITDA
41.6x
ROCE
8.6%
Margin
11.0%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹96 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-1.8%
Margin
-40.1%
Rev YoY
+16.7%
Mcap
₹89 cr
P/E
15.2x
EV/EBITDA
9.7x
ROCE
19.8%
Margin
16.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹76 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
14.9x
ROCE
-0.8%
Margin
5.8%
Rev YoY
+29.6%
Mcap
₹72 cr
P/E
20.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
18.9%
Margin
26.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹32 cr
P/E
4.4x
EV/EBITDA
4.5x
ROCE
21.8%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹21 cr
P/E
206.5x
EV/EBITDA
58.6x
ROCE
1.7%
Margin
8.9%
Rev YoY
-31.3%
Mcap
₹18 cr
P/E
80.3x
EV/EBITDA
7.6x
ROCE
8.7%
Margin
9.7%
Rev YoY
-28.2%
Mcap
₹6 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-19280.4x
ROCE
0.0%
Margin
-67.2%
Rev YoY
-40.0%
Mcap
₹4 cr
P/E
6.2x
EV/EBITDA
9.8x
ROCE
3.1%
Margin
4.7%
Rev YoY
-53.4%
Mcap
₹0 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindCrude-linked and packaging cost spike squeezing gross margins across the sector5 managements

Five managements flagged a sharp Q1 FY27 input cost environment. GODREJCP reported a 6% unforeseen cost hit on India as LPG tripled from ₹60/kg to ₹190/kg. Emami recorded 360 bps…

  • GODREJCP (Q1FY27): “In Q1, we experienced significant input cost inflation and instability with LPG prices…
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