Employees: 1,142
Size Clean Science & Technology (CLEAN.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $753M, the 694th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹668.95 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.7%, against -23.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.2%); the operating margin is 26.4% (peer median 9.7%).
Valuation It trades at 26.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.6× (5th most expensive of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is +19 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points above its cost of capital (15.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹10.4B | ₹9.44B | ₹9.52B | ₹7.81B | ₹9.28B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | +22% | -16% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹4.93B | ₹3.15B | ₹3.45B | ₹3.12B | ₹4.01B |
| EBITDA | ₹3.56B | ₹3.50B | ₹3.80B | ₹3.29B | ₹4.00B |
| Net income | ₹2.33B | ₹2.30B | ₹2.64B | ₹2.44B | ₹2.95B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹746M | ₹736M | ₹45.2M | ₹1.02B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹2.01B | ₹1.42B | ₹2.32B | ₹1.83B |
| Total debt | ₹21.4M | ₹21.4M | ₹21.3M | ₹20.3M | ₹20.6M |
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| Measure | CLEAN.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -17.8% | -10.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.7% | -23.8% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -35.1% | -42.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.5% | +7.2% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 26.4% | 9.7% | 2nd highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 26.6× | 16.6× | 5th most expensive of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 31.8% | 14.4% | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +13.2% | +8.7% | 4th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +18.7 pp | +1.2 pp | 4th most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.6 pp | -2.5 pp | 7th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.9× | 12.2× | 4th most expensive of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.0× | -0.6× | 4th least indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Science & Technology CLEAN.NS | India | $753M | -24% | +5% | 26% | 26.6× | 31.8% | +13.2% |
| Shandong Longhua New Material 301149.SZ | China | $751M | -39% | +33% | 2% | 8.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing COSMOS Chemical 300856.SZ | China | $757M | -24% | +12% | 12% | 35.0× | 3.3% | +8.0% |
| Poly Plastic Masterbatch (SuZhou) 300905.SZ | China | $758M | -59% | +10% | 11% | n/a | 29.1% | +17.2% |
| Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP | United States | $747M | -9% | +9% | 29% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Cangzhou Dahua 600230.SS | China | $738M | -36% | -1% | 4% | 16.6× | -0.4% | +22.6% |
| Sino-High (China) 301076.SZ | China | $736M | -24% | +4% | 14% | 57.1× | 43.8% | +9.1% |
| Riken Technos 4220.T | Japan | $771M | +46% | +6% | 11% | 10.4× | -4.8% | +8.3% |
| Cybrid Technologies 603212.SS | China | $725M | -19% | -9% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kornit Digital KRNT | United States | $724M | +4% | +4% | -17% | 86.4× | 36.2% | +0.9% |
| Shanghai Allied Industrial 301419.SZ | China | $723M | +10% | +19% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Lutianhua Company Limited By Shares 000912.SZ | China | $785M | -31% | -5% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Malion New Materials 300586.SZ | China | $720M | -42% | +4% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yuanli Chemical 603217.SS | China | $720M | -25% | +8% | 10% | 18.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Grascent 301688.SZ | China | $720M | n/a | +12% | n/a | n/a | 47.1% | n/a |
| Zhejiang Jihua 603980.SS | China | $788M | +22% | +2% | 2% | n/a | 27.0% | -3.6% |
| DL 000210.KS | South Korea | $718M | -37% | +5% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech Stock 603822.SS | China | $718M | -19% | +101% | 19% | 9.7× | -7.5% | +31.6% |
| Pan Asian Microvent Tech (Jiangsu) 688386.SS | China | $792M | -40% | +37% | 18% | 40.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Toyobo 3101.T | Japan | $793M | -1% | +2% | 7% | 13.6× | 2.0% | +4.6% |
| Orinko Advanced Plastics 688219.SS | China | $714M | -23% | +13% | 2% | n/a | 14.4% | +9.5% |