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Black Box LimitedBBOX.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·IT›Information Technology Services

Global IT infrastructure and network integration company, rebranded from AGC Networks after acquiring Black Box Corp (US).

Momentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$1.53B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
28%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.83M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
47.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+11.3 pp
WACC 16.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
97 days
11 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹810.95
1D-5.4%
1W+1.8%
1M-8.3%
3M+9.3%
6M+10.1%
YTD+47.2%
1Y+50.0%
ATR %5.3%
Beta0.94
52w lowhigh26.5% off high

What Black Box does

Global IT infrastructure and network integration company, rebranded from AGC Networks after acquiring Black Box Corp (US).

Products and services

  • Network infrastructure integration
  • Unified communications solutions
  • Managed IT services

Customers

  • Enterprises globally
  • Government/public-sector IT projects

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • IT services/infrastructure
  • Network & IT infrastructure integration
  • Unified communications & network…

What could go right

  • Enterprise IT/network infrastructure spending
  • Global expansion via Black Box brand

What could go wrong

  • Low-margin systems-integration business
  • Competitive global IT services pricing

Moat: none (distribution). Systems-integration business with limited differentiation in a competitive global IT infrastructure market.

Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 1986 · Employees: 3,427

Named competitors

Black Box at a glance

Size Black Box (BBOX.NS) is an India Information Technology company (Information Technology Services) with a market value of $1.53B, the 464th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹810.95 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.1%, against -17.7% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 7.2% (peer median 3.8%).

Valuation It trades at 47.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 37.1× (6th most expensive of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.3 points above its cost of capital (16.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026BBOX.NS 108Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Black Box against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Black Box financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹66.5B₹63.2B₹59.7B₹62.7B₹62.8B
Revenue growth—+6%-5%0%—
Gross profit₹10.3B₹9.21B₹8.29B₹7.11B₹5.47B
EBITDA₹6.01B₹5.57B₹5.38B₹4.23B₹2.67B
Net income₹2.26B₹2.18B₹2.05B₹1.38B₹237M
Free cash flown/a-₹1.22B-₹2.52B-₹377M-₹1.70B
Capital expendituren/a₹722M₹444M₹507M₹985M
Total debtn/a₹11.5B₹9.42B₹7.12B₹6.28B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Black Box 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%0%+50%-20%0%300468300377002544300687DTL600718VOYGPDFSQUBT6008500856ZENTECEFORMGRTYSN4373002987000555BBOX.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Black Box is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0×200×400×002544300687DTL600718PDFS6882586008500856ZENTECEFORYSN4373002987000555ESDSBBOX.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Black Box is the large dot.

Black Box competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (BBOX.NS vs WIPRO.NS vs HCLTECH.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Black Box BBOX.NS$1.53B+10%+12%7%47.3×n/a
Wipro WIPRO.NS$20.7B0%+8%16%14.9×9.0%
HCL Technologies HCLTECH.NS$41.4B+22%+13%18%19.5×11.8%

How Black Box 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.

Black Box against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureBBOX.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.3%-2.9%6th lowest of 21
6-month return+10.1%-17.7%5th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.5%-41.5%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.2%+5.3%8th highest of 21
Operating margin7.2%3.8%9th highest of 21
Forward P/E47.3×37.1×6th most expensive of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+11.3 pp-6.1 pp2nd highest of 19
EV / EBITDA24.0×25.1×4th cheapest of 8
Net debt / EBITDA1.0×-0.5×3rd most indebted of 9

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
Black Box BBOX.NSIndia$1.53B+10%+12%7%47.3×n/an/a
Shenzhen Forms Syntron Information 300468.SZChina$1.52B-33%+9%9%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen YSSTech Information Technology 300377.SZChina$1.53B-24%+14%-3%n/an/an/a
Cetc Potevio Science & Technology 002544.SZChina$1.52B-41%0%0%375.0×n/an/a
Guangzhou Sie Consulting 300687.SZChina$1.52B0%+3%-3%79.8×n/an/a
Data#3 DTL.AXAustralia$1.54B+81%+6%8%31.6×26.9%-14.2%
Neusoft 600718.SSChina$1.51B-3%-5%-5%37.1×-6.1%+9.7%
Voyager Technologies VOYGUnited States$1.49B-19%+42%-82%n/an/an/a
PDF Solutions PDFSUnited States$1.59B-27%+23%8%26.0×n/an/a
Jiangsu Eazytec 688258.SSChina$1.46B-33%0%28%47.5×40.1%+11.1%
Quantum Computing QUBTUnited States$1.43B-34%+3,635%-775%n/an/an/a
CETC Digital Technology 600850.SSChina$1.62B-18%-1%2%17.3×19.1%+5.8%
VSTECS 0856.HKHong Kong$1.42B-30%+11%2%6.4×-12.2%+6.9%
Zen Technologies ZENTEC.NSIndia$1.64B+6%+4%31%45.7×53.0%+66.0%
Everforth EFORUnited States$1.41B+69%0%6%8.3×-1.5%+2.6%
Mega Fortune MGRTUnited States$1.65B-14%-8%-37%n/an/an/a
secunet Security Networks YSN.DEGermany$1.66B+20%+13%11%37.3×n/an/a
Simplex Holdings,Inc 4373.TJapan$1.66B+25%+20%23%19.4×12.4%+16.3%
Northking Information Technology 002987.SZChina$1.67B-14%+1%6%30.6×16.2%+16.1%
Digital China Information Service 000555.SZChina$1.39B-30%-8%0%80.2×n/an/a
ESDS Software Solution ESDS.NSIndia$1.38Bn/a+31%36%64.8×22.6%+22.4%

Questions

Who are Black Box's main competitors?
Named competitors: Wipro (WIPRO.NS), HCL Technologies (HCLTECH.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Shenzhen Forms Syntron Information (300468.SZ), Shenzhen YSSTech Information Technology (300377.SZ), Cetc Potevio Science & Technology (002544.SZ), Guangzhou Sie Consulting (300687.SZ), Data#3 (DTL.AX), Neusoft (600718.SS).
Is Black Box expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 47.3× against a peer median of 37.1×, 6th most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has Black Box stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.1% against -17.7% for the median peer; over one year +50.0%.

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.