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Aequs Ltd.AEQUS.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Aerospace & Defense

Contract manufacturer of aerospace precision components for global OEM suppliers, and consumer products like toys, from India.

Momentum weak 38
Mkt cap
$1.56B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
33%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-24.1 pp
WACC 20.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
117 days
3 Mar 2027
Close · INR₹219.54
1D-1.4%
1W+3.0%
1M-23.8%
3M-8.2%
6M+8.3%
YTD+59.7%
1Yn/a
ATR %5.6%
52w lowhigh25.5% off high

What Aequs does

Contract manufacturer of aerospace precision components for global OEM suppliers, and consumer products like toys, from India.

Products and services

  • Aerostructure/machined aerospace parts
  • Toy manufacturing (consumer products)

Customers

  • Global aerospace tier-1 suppliers/OEMs
  • Global toy brands

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Contract manufacturing
  • Aerospace precision components
  • Consumer products (toys) manufacturing

What could go right

  • Global supply-chain diversification (China+1)

What could go wrong

  • Customer concentration among large OEMs
  • Aerospace program cyclicality

Moat: narrow (customer qualification, cost advantage). Aerospace-grade quality certification plus India's lower-cost manufacturing base for global supply chains.

Headquarters: Belagavi, India · Employees: 4,646

Named competitors

Aequs at a glance

Size Aequs (AEQUS.NS) is an India Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $1.56B, the 454th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹219.54 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.3%, against -11.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 33.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.7%); the operating margin is -7.5% (peer median 4.2%).

Valuation It trades at 10.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.4× (4th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 24.1 points below its cost of capital (20.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AEQUS.NS 107Peer median 86
Six months, rebased to 100: Aequs against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Aequs financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹15.0B₹12.3B₹9.25B₹9.65B₹8.12B
Revenue growth—+33%-4%+19%—
Gross profit₹4.55B₹638M₹613M₹871M₹59.1M
EBITDA₹604M₹925M₹799M₹1.30B₹393M
Net income-₹2.02B-₹1.13B-₹1.02B-₹108M-₹988M
Free cash flown/a-₹5.08B-₹2.93B-₹2.56B-₹1.18B
Capital expendituren/a₹3.43B₹2.65B₹1.82B₹856M
Total debt₹8.36B₹7.01B₹7.85B₹6.99B₹7.36B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Aequs competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%AVIO3007750029852634300065AEROCDRE002413688586MTARTECHRDW6007642507AVEXMALCHG600184MLHKAEQUS.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Aequs is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%5×10×AVIO3007750029852634AADX300065AEROCDRE002413688586MTARTECHRDW6007642507AVEXCHG000697MLHKAEQUS.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Aequs is the large dot.

Aequs competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AEQUS.NS vs DYNAMATECH.NS vs MTARTECH.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Aequs AEQUS.NS$1.56B+8%+33%-7%10.3×n/a
Dynamatic Technologies DYNAMATECH.NS$922M+3%+17%7%5.2×n/a
MTAR Technologies MTARTECH.NS$1.77B-18%+108%20%12.5×48.5%

How Aequs compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Aequs against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAEQUS.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-23.8%-6.1%4th lowest of 21
6-month return+8.3%-11.5%4th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-25.5%-37.5%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+33.1%+14.7%7th highest of 21
Operating margin-7.5%4.2%4th lowest of 21
EV / Sales10.3×3.4×4th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-24.1 pp-5.3 pp2nd lowest of 21
Net debt / EBITDA10.5×0.3×most indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Aequs AEQUS.NSIndia$1.56B+8%+33%-7%10.3×n/an/a
Avio AVIO.MIItaly$1.60B-2%+14%1%1.5×26.1%+10.6%
Xi'an Triangle Defense 300775.SZChina$1.50B-39%-29%2%8.3×31.7%+21.0%
Beijing Beimo High-tech Frictional Material 002985.SZChina$1.46B-17%+36%28%10.4×n/an/a
Aerospace Industrial Development 2634.TWTaiwan$1.46B+3%+3%6%1.7×4.1%+11.0%
Applied Aerospace & Defense AADXUnited States$1.67Bn/a+35%-10%3.6×n/an/a
Beijing Highlander Digital Technology 300065.SZChina$1.44B-48%-32%-1%18.5×n/an/a
Montana Aerospace AERO.SWSwitzerland$1.69B-2%-36%7%1.5×6.1%+6.3%
Cadre CDREUnited States$1.40B+9%+20%11%2.5×16.9%+8.6%
Beijing LeiKe Defense Technology 002413.SZChina$1.39B-46%-5%-6%6.5×n/an/a
Hefei Jianghang Aircraft Equipment 688586.SSChina$1.38B-11%-4%2%9.2×49.7%+2.6%
MTAR Technologies MTARTECH.NSIndia$1.77B-18%+108%20%12.5×48.5%+29.2%
Redwire RDWUnited States$1.80B-35%+63%-41%3.3×n/an/a
China Marine Information Electronics 600764.SSChina$1.82B-28%+9%-2%3.1×n/an/a
Cirrus Aircraft 2507.HKHong Kong$1.85B+5%+14%13%0.9×-1.4%+18.3%
AEVEX AVEXUnited States$1.29B-59%+143%11%3.4×n/an/a
Magellan Aerospace MAL.TOCanada$1.29B+17%+15%9%1.7×n/an/a
Chemring CHG.LUnited Kingdom$1.92B+13%-4%13%3.1×n/an/a
North Electro-Optic 600184.SSChina$1.26B-34%+23%0%4.0×n/an/a
Ligeance Aerospace Technology 000697.SZChina$1.94B-9%+24%-10%5.7×n/an/a
H&k MLHK.PAFrance$1.25B-10%+36%18%2.5×-4.2%+7.4%

Questions

Who are Aequs's main competitors?
Named competitors: Dynamatic Technologies (DYNAMATECH.NS), MTAR Technologies (MTARTECH.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Avio (AVIO.MI), Xi'an Triangle Defense (300775.SZ), Beijing Beimo High-tech Frictional Material (002985.SZ), Aerospace Industrial Development (2634.TW), Applied Aerospace & Defense (AADX), Beijing Highlander Digital Technology (300065.SZ).
Is Aequs expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 10.3× against a peer median of 3.4×, 4th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Aequs stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.3% against -11.5% for the median peer.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.