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CyientCYIENT.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·IT›Packaged Software

Engineering R&D services company for aerospace, industrial, semiconductor and telecom clients worldwide.

≈ A mid-sized global engineering-services outsourcerMomentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$1.23B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
71%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$22.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
20.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-6.6 pp
WACC 14.5%
Hurdle
+8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
76 days
21 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹1,108
1D-1.8%
1W-2.3%
1M-0.6%
3M+29.6%
6M+23.9%
YTD-0.8%
1Y-5.7%
ATR %4.5%
Beta0.94
52w lowhigh13.2% off high

What Cyient does

Engineering R&D services company for aerospace, industrial, semiconductor and telecom clients worldwide.

Is paid for engineers' time or for fixed-price projects, so revenue follows clients' R&D budgets and headcount in India. Its manufacturing arm, Cyient DLM, which builds electronics for aerospace and defence customers, is separately listed in India.

In one line: A mid-sized global engineering-services outsourcer.

Products and services

  • Aerospace engineering services
  • Semiconductor/DLM services
  • Rail/industrial engineering
  • Geospatial/networks services

Customers

  • Aerospace OEMs (Boeing, Airbus)
  • Industrial/semiconductor companies
  • Telecom operators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Engineering R&D services
  • Aerospace/industrial design
  • Semiconductor design services (DLM)

What could go right

  • Aerospace R&D outsourcing recovery
  • Semiconductor design services growth

What could go wrong

  • Aerospace order cyclicality
  • Client concentration in a few large accounts

Moat: narrow (switching costs, process know-how). Long design-cycle programs with aerospace/industrial clients create multi-year switching costs.

Headquarters: Hyderabad, India · Founded: 1991 · Employees: 12,151

Named competitors

Cyient at a glance

Size Cyient (CYIENT.NS) is an India Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $1.23B, the 536th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,108 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 23.9%, against +5.6% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.1%); the operating margin is 9.5% (peer median 6.6%).

Valuation It trades at 20.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.6× (5th most expensive of 14).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +8 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 6.6 points below its cost of capital (14.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 21 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026CYIENT.NS 123Peer median 104
Six months, rebased to 100: Cyient against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Cyient financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹80.9B₹72.7B₹73.6B₹71.5B₹60.2B
Revenue growth—-1%+3%+19%—
Gross profit₹23.7B₹15.2B₹14.9B₹15.8B₹14.2B
EBITDA₹10.6B₹9.51B₹11.5B₹13.0B₹10.3B
Net income₹3.72B₹4.28B₹6.16B₹6.83B₹5.14B
Free cash flown/a₹7.30B₹6.22B₹5.83B₹4.65B
Capital expendituren/a₹979M₹1.04B₹853M₹675M
Total debt₹27.6B₹4.31B₹5.13B₹7.88B₹12.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Cyient 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

0%+100%+200%-20%0%PDINNVVIT-BMTG-A2492600198APPS301563301382CRSR0354300766000676CHG300634BANDOPRA9759CYIENT.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Cyient is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×100×200×300×PDINNVVIT-BMTG-A2492APPSCRSRCHG300634OPRACYIENT.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Cyient is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%+150%0%100%PDINNVVIT-BMTG-AAPPSCRSR000676CHG300634OPRACYIENT.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Cyient is the large dot.

Cyient competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CYIENT.NS vs TATATECH.NS vs KPITTECH.NS vs LTTS.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Cyient CYIENT.NS$1.23B+24%+10%9%20.2×20.3%
Tata Technologies TATATECH.NS$2.86B+6%+22%13%34.9×28.3%
KPIT Technologies KPITTECH.NS$1.57B-25%+9%14%26.3×14.8%
L&T Technology Services LTTS.NS$4.79B+13%+2%15%29.4×31.0%

How Cyient 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.

Cyient against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCYIENT.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.6%-6.4%6th highest of 21
6-month return+23.9%+5.6%6th highest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-13.2%-33.4%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.3%+15.1%9th lowest of 21
Operating margin9.5%6.6%8th highest of 21
Forward P/E20.2×16.6×5th most expensive of 14
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)20.3%14.3%5th most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.0%+16.8%5th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+8.4 pp-3.6 pp5th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.6 pp-3.4 pp10th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA12.4×12.4×6th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×0.6×8th least indebted of 15

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
Cyient CYIENT.NSIndia$1.23B+24%+10%9%20.2×20.3%+12.0%
PagerDuty PDUnited States$1.23B+115%+2%7%11.1×12.8%+18.2%
InnovAge INNVUnited States$1.22B+18%+15%8%19.8×-6.7%+9.2%
Vitec Software VIT-B.STSweden$1.22B+18%+6%21%24.0×3.8%+22.6%
Modern Times Group MTG MTG-A.STSweden$1.22B+16%+42%11%6.6×-8.4%+23.7%
Infomart 2492.TJapan$1.24B+70%+11%19%65.9×14.5%+16.5%
Datang Telecom Technology 600198.SSChina$1.25B-24%-11%-30%n/an/an/a
Digital Turbine APPSUnited States$1.26B+200%+19%10%14.7×33.1%+12.5%
Beijing Zhongke WengeAI Science and Technology 1956.HKHong Kong$1.19Bn/a+28%-54%n/an/an/a
ICkey (Shanghai) Internet & Technology 301563.SZChina$1.19B-26%+26%4%n/an/an/a
Fengzhushou 301382.SZChina$1.28B-32%+28%8%n/an/an/a
Corsair Gaming CRSRUnited States$1.28B+63%+3%3%16.1×24.3%-2.9%
Chinasoft International 0354.HKHong Kong$1.18B0%+3%2%12.4×17.8%+3.1%
Shenzhen HQVT Technology 1392.HKHong Kong$1.28Bn/a+28%5%n/an/an/a
Merit Interactive 300766.SZChina$1.17B-30%+30%-2%n/an/an/a
Genimous Technology 000676.SZChina$1.30B-7%+3%6%n/a14.1%-17.5%
CHAPTERS CHG.DEGermany$1.30B+48%+63%-21%294.5×43.9%+178.6%
Richinfo Technology 300634.SZChina$1.30B-15%-11%10%31.2×20.8%+19.9%
Bandwidth BANDUnited States$1.31B-19%+15%-1%19.6×19.3%+17.0%
Opera Limited Sponsored ADR OPRAUnited States$1.31B-21%+23%16%11.9×4.5%+30.1%
NSD 9759.TJapan$1.32B+12%+10%16%16.6×-10.9%+12.2%

Questions

Who are Cyient's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tata Technologies (TATATECH.NS), KPIT Technologies (KPITTECH.NS), L&T Technology Services (LTTS.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes PagerDuty (PD), InnovAge (INNV), Vitec Software (VIT-B.ST), Modern Times Group MTG (MTG-A.ST), Infomart (2492.T), Datang Telecom Technology (600198.SS).
Is Cyient expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 20.2× against a peer median of 16.6×, 5th most expensive of 14 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +8 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.
How has Cyient stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +23.9% against +5.6% for the median peer; over one year -5.7%.

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.