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Azad Engineering LimitedAZAD.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Metal Fabrication

Precision forged and machined components maker for aerospace, defense and energy (oil & gas, power turbine) sectors.

Momentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$1.66B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
45%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
91.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-10.3 pp
WACC 19.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · INR₹2,423
1D-6.2%
1W-0.9%
1M-20.5%
3M-1.4%
6M+7.9%
YTD+46.6%
1Y+42.6%
ATR %5.1%
Beta1.02
52w lowhigh22.6% off high

What Azad Engineering does

Precision forged and machined components maker for aerospace, defense and energy (oil & gas, power turbine) sectors.

Supplies parts under long-term supply agreements to a small number of large turbine and aircraft engine makers, so revenue follows their production plans and each new part must be qualified before volumes start. Qualification takes years, so the order book builds slowly and then runs for long periods.

Products and services

  • Aerospace forged components
  • Energy sector (turbine) components
  • Defense components

Customers

  • Global aerospace OEMs/Tier-1 suppliers
  • Power/energy turbine manufacturers
  • Defense equipment makers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Aerospace & industrial materials
  • Precision forgings & machining
  • Aerospace, defense & energy turbine…

What could go right

  • Global aerospace supply-chain diversification
  • India defense/energy indigenization

What could go wrong

  • Long qualification cycles for new customers
  • Customer concentration risk

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification, IP / patents). High-precision forging/machining qualified for demanding aerospace and energy-turbine specifications.

Headquarters: Hyderabad, India · Founded: 2006 · Employees: 2,848

Named competitors

Azad Engineering at a glance

Size Azad Engineering (AZAD.NS) is an India Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $1.66B, the 424th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹2,423 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.9%, against -20.6% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 28.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.7%); the operating margin is 28.1% (peer median 8.2%).

Valuation It trades at 91.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.8× (most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.3 points below its cost of capital (19.1% WACC).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AZAD.NS 105Peer median 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Azad Engineering against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Azad Engineering financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹6.38B₹6.00B₹4.54B₹3.39B₹2.51B
Revenue growth—+32%+34%+35%—
Gross profit₹3.78B₹2.17B₹1.67B₹1.21B₹819M
EBITDA₹2.40B₹2.24B₹1.59B₹1.15B₹757M
Net income₹1.39B₹1.33B₹873M₹586M₹84.7M
Free cash flown/a-₹7.05B-₹2.55B-₹1.28B-₹1.46B
Capital expendituren/a₹5.72B₹2.93B₹753M₹856M
Total debtn/a₹4.74B₹2.63B₹394M₹3.01B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Azad Engineering 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

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%2610002708HAPPYFORGE300034688661301005300850USHAMART301319301678300179002552BEIA-BRCH605196688678603218RKFORGE600114AZAD.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Azad Engineering is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%25×50×75×2610002708HAPPYFORGE300034688661300850USHAMART301319605196688678603218605123RKFORGE600114AZAD.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Azad Engineering is the large dot.

Azad Engineering competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AZAD.NS vs PTCIL.NS vs MTARTECH.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Azad Engineering AZAD.NS$1.66B+8%+29%28%91.6×n/a
PTC Industries PTCIL.NS$4.09B+45%+95%19%174.5×n/a
MTAR Technologies MTARTECH.NS$1.77B-18%+108%20%64.7×48.5%

How Azad Engineering 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.

Azad Engineering against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAZAD.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-20.5%-10.3%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+7.9%-20.6%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-22.6%-49.5%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+28.7%+12.7%7th highest of 21
Operating margin28.1%8.2%highest of 21
Forward P/E91.6×22.8×most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital-10.3 pp-0.7 pp4th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA65.0×13.2×most expensive of 8
Net debt / EBITDA1.2×1.2×4th most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Azad Engineering AZAD.NSIndia$1.66B+8%+29%28%91.6×n/an/a
Nanshan Aluminium International 2610.HKHong Kong$1.67B-45%-19%21%7.8×n/an/a
Changzhou Nrb 002708.SZChina$1.63B+50%+29%1%74.0×n/an/a
Happy Forging HAPPYFORGE.NSIndia$1.70B+20%+16%25%40.5×42.7%+21.2%
Gaona Aero Material 300034.SZChina$1.71B-29%+5%5%49.0×21.3%+18.5%
Suzhou UIGreen Micro&Nano Technologies 688661.SSChina$1.55B-44%-7%-3%44.2×n/an/a
Essence Fastening Systems (Shanghai) 301005.SZChina$1.54B-55%+17%0%n/an/an/a
Luoyang Xinqianglian Slewing Bearing 300850.SZChina$1.54B-42%+10%21%11.1×n/an/a
Usha Martin USHAMART.NSIndia$1.54B0%+9%17%22.8×23.1%+12.0%
Shenzhen Vital New Material 301319.SZChina$1.53B+15%+34%5%82.0×n/an/a
HENGHUI Technology 301678.SZChina$1.53B-28%+10%8%n/an/an/a
SF Diamond 300179.SZChina$1.81B-12%+34%11%79.8×49.2%+12.2%
Baoding Technology 002552.SZChina$1.84B+44%+64%15%n/a11.3%+54.0%
Beijer Alma BEIA-B.STSweden$1.86B0%+6%15%20.7×9.9%+12.8%
Richelieu Hardware RCH.TOCanada$1.48B-2%+7%7%20.5×5.7%+11.7%
Hebei Huatong Wires and Cables 605196.SSChina$1.94B-41%+49%10%13.4×n/an/a
Freewon China 688678.SSChina$1.41B-13%+33%6%19.6×n/an/a
Riyue Heavy Industry 603218.SSChina$1.41B-28%-17%5%24.6×5.0%+4.1%
Wuxi Paike New Materials and Technology 605123.SSChina$1.34B-31%+23%8%22.0×n/an/a
Ramkrishna Forgings RKFORGE.NSIndia$1.34B+12%+25%9%46.9×n/an/a
NBTM New Materials 600114.SSChina$2.14B-40%+6%9%22.8×13.8%+13.0%

Questions

Who are Azad Engineering's main competitors?
Named competitors: PTC Industries (PTCIL.NS), MTAR Technologies (MTARTECH.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Nanshan Aluminium International (2610.HK), Changzhou Nrb (002708.SZ), Happy Forging (HAPPYFORGE.NS), Gaona Aero Material (300034.SZ), Suzhou UIGreen Micro&Nano Technologies (688661.SS), Essence Fastening Systems (Shanghai) (301005.SZ).
Is Azad Engineering expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 91.6× against a peer median of 22.8×, most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Azad Engineering stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +7.9% against -20.6% for the median peer; over one year +42.6%.

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.