Power Generation industry

36 companies · ₹9.9 L cr · 15 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Record RE commissioning meets a congested grid - margin recovery runs ahead of dispatchable capacity

Turning upmargin troughed at 32.5% and has risen for 5 quarters to 39.2%, on positive revenue growth
Revenue YoY
+10.3%
EBITDA margin
39.2%
+490bps YoY
Price, 1 year
-11.4%
40% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
-7.0%
20.5x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 18 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
80,444 cr
Mar 26
76,768 cr
QoQ
+4.8%
Jun 25
72,949 cr
YoY
+10.3%
Peak
80,444 cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
39.2%
Mar 26
35.3%
QoQ
+390bps
Jun 25
34.3%
YoY
+490bps
Peak
39.2%
vs peak
0bps

Breadth: 84% of 19 companies grew revenue year on year (was 74% a quarter earlier) and 63% expanded margin (was 53%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

12.34x - 47x across the panel today

The median name trades at 20.5x, -7.0% against this industry's own 5-year median of 22.0x, and -59.4% against its own peak of 50.5x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹9.9 L cr

NTPC Ltd is 32.4% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 79.1% and the top 10 are 91.4%.

large 5mid 8small 10micro 1323 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 20.51x, 5y ROCE above its median of 7.13%, 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 36)

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

Mcap
₹3.2 L cr
P/E
11.6x
EV/EBITDA
10.3x
ROCE
8.6%
Margin
31.6%
Rev YoY
+7.8%
Mcap
₹2.2 L cr
P/E
119.0x
EV/EBITDA
27.9x
ROCE
6.5%
Margin
82.8%
Rev YoY
+16.6%
Mcap
₹98,761 cr
P/E
47.2x
EV/EBITDA
15.9x
ROCE
7.4%
Margin
55.4%
Rev YoY
+1.2%
Mcap
₹78,060 cr
P/E
20.1x
EV/EBITDA
20.6x
ROCE
4.4%
Margin
51.3%
Rev YoY
+18.5%
Mcap
₹74,565 cr
P/E
123.0x
EV/EBITDA
39.2x
ROCE
2.9%
Margin
87.4%
Rev YoY
+62.7%
Mcap
₹38,604 cr
P/E
11.9x
EV/EBITDA
10.1x
ROCE
7.7%
Margin
35.5%
Rev YoY
+23.3%
Mcap
₹29,265 cr
P/E
43.6x
EV/EBITDA
21.3x
ROCE
8.2%
Margin
89.8%
Rev YoY
+67.8%
Mcap
₹16,753 cr
P/E
174.2x
EV/EBITDA
22.5x
ROCE
5.1%
Margin
62.4%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹16,154 cr
P/E
20.8x
EV/EBITDA
9.6x
ROCE
11.1%
Margin
42.5%
Rev YoY
+1.6%
Mcap
₹7,365 cr
P/E
11.8x
EV/EBITDA
6.3x
ROCE
17.6%
Margin
37.4%
Rev YoY
+3.4%
Mcap
₹6,952 cr
P/E
56.1x
EV/EBITDA
41.8x
ROCE
9.5%
Margin
39.5%
Rev YoY
-23.0%
Mcap
₹5,888 cr
P/E
12.5x
EV/EBITDA
10.4x
ROCE
11.1%
Margin
37.0%
Rev YoY
+15.1%
Mcap
₹3,162 cr
P/E
4.2x
EV/EBITDA
10.3x
ROCE
10.7%
Margin
34.5%
Rev YoY
+34.4%
Mcap
₹1,622 cr
P/E
8.7x
EV/EBITDA
6.1x
ROCE
32.8%
Margin
18.9%
Rev YoY
+136.7%
Mcap
₹1,118 cr
P/E
16.9x
EV/EBITDA
7.5x
ROCE
7.6%
Margin
68.1%
Rev YoY
-6.8%
Mcap
₹26,451 cr
P/E
40.6x
EV/EBITDA
16.5x
ROCE
5.9%
Margin
75.0%
Rev YoY
+52.0%
Mcap
₹14,709 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-
Margin
-
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹13,358 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-15.5x
ROCE
-28.9%
Margin
-22.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹11,452 cr
P/E
17.6x
EV/EBITDA
9.3x
ROCE
6.8%
Margin
27.5%
Rev YoY
+12.2%
Mcap
₹9,384 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
10.3x
ROCE
4.9%
Margin
29.4%
Rev YoY
+3.7%
Mcap
₹3,963 cr
P/E
34.7x
EV/EBITDA
10.0x
ROCE
6.3%
Margin
23.0%
Rev YoY
-2.9%
Mcap
₹2,785 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
514.4x
ROCE
6.8%
Margin
24.2%
Rev YoY
+14.3%
Mcap
₹2,045 cr
P/E
10.3x
EV/EBITDA
9.5x
ROCE
19.2%
Margin
14.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹224 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-75.9x
ROCE
2.8%
Margin
-43.4%
Rev YoY
-34.7%
Mcap
₹221 cr
P/E
6.7x
EV/EBITDA
8.1x
ROCE
15.0%
Margin
35.9%
Rev YoY
-15.5%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
headwindTransmission evacuation bottleneck constraining RE dispatch sector-wide6 managements

Grid evacuation is the most cited operational risk. ADANIGREEN's Khavda curtailment drags EBITDA by 5 - 7% and persists until ~7 GW of pending lines are available by end-CY2026…

  • ADANIGREEN: “a curtailment has an impact of in the range of 5% to 7% on our overall EBITDA as we…
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Exhibit 7Outlook

The outlook and what resolves next quarter

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AppendixThe other 11 companies

1-11
sort: mcap · composite · name
Mcap
₹145 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
12.4x
ROCE
1.0%
Margin
31.2%
Rev YoY
-28.1%
Mcap
₹138 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
-1.5%
Margin
5059.0%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹102 cr
P/E
12.1x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
3.5%
Margin
23.0%
Rev YoY
-98.9%
Mcap
₹73 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
9.0x
ROCE
14.0%
Margin
44.3%
Rev YoY
-38.4%
Mcap
₹62 cr
P/E
95.0x
EV/EBITDA
13.2x
ROCE
3.7%
Margin
59.7%
Rev YoY
+36.8%
Mcap
₹42 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
34.6x
ROCE
5.9%
Margin
28.2%
Rev YoY
+4.6%
Mcap
₹30 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
0.0%
Margin
-2.1%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹29 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-13.1x
ROCE
-10.2%
Margin
-14.4%
Rev YoY
-12.3%
Mcap
₹27 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
58.1x
ROCE
0.8%
Margin
-240.5%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹20 cr
P/E
52.5x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
0.4%
Margin
11.7%
Rev YoY
+169.2%
Mcap
₹20 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-17.4x
ROCE
-4.7%
Margin
-101.1%
Rev YoY
-