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DCM ShriramDCMSHRIRAM.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Industrial Conglomerates

Diversified Indian conglomerate making chloralkali chemicals, sugar, fertilizers, uPVC windows (Fenesta) and cement.

Momentum laggard 18
Mkt cap
$1.47B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
24%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.36M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.9 pp
WACC 11.6%
Hurdle
+6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
74 days
19 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹898.60
1D-1.0%
1W+2.8%
1M-7.3%
3M-11.1%
6M-28.7%
YTD-28.2%
1Y-32.2%
ATR %4.0%
Beta0.67
52w lowhigh32.2% off high

What DCM Shriram does

Diversified Indian conglomerate making chloralkali chemicals, sugar, fertilizers, uPVC windows (Fenesta) and cement.

Chloralkali and vinyl, sugar and fertilisers are the main earners, with Fenesta windows and cement smaller lines; each is a commodity business with its own cycle, so group results blend cane harvests, caustic soda prices and fertiliser subsidy policy.

Products and services

  • Chloralkali chemicals (caustic soda/PVC)
  • Sugar
  • Fertilizers (urea)
  • Fenesta uPVC windows

Customers

  • Industrial chemical buyers
  • Sugar mills/traders
  • Farmers (fertilizer)
  • Homeowners/builders (windows)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Diversified industrials
  • Chemicals, agri & building materials
  • Chloralkali, sugar, fertilizer & PVC…

What could go right

  • Agri-input demand growth
  • Housing/construction window demand

What could go wrong

  • Sugar/agri-commodity price cyclicality
  • Government fertilizer subsidy policy risk

Moat: narrow (scale, brand). Diversified scale across regulated agri-inputs and a leading uPVC windows brand (Fenesta) in India.

Headquarters: New Delhi, India · Founded: 1889 · Employees: 15,122

Named competitors

DCM Shriram at a glance

Size DCM Shriram (DCMSHRIRAM.NS) is an India Industrials company (Industrial Conglomerates) with a market value of $1.47B, the 475th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹898.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 28.7%, against +7.0% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 11 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 6.8% (peer median 12.7%).

Valuation It trades at 9.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.8× (cheapest of 10).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is +6 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 3.9 points below its cost of capital (11.6% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 108DCMSHRIRAM.NS 73
Six months, rebased to 100: DCM Shriram against the median of its 10 peers (local-currency closes).

DCM Shriram financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹145B₹135B₹120B₹109B₹115B
Revenue growth—+12%+10%-5%—
Gross profit₹30.1B₹21.7B₹19.4B₹15.4B₹20.7B
EBITDA₹15.1B₹14.7B₹13.4B₹10.2B₹15.9B
Net income₹13.8B₹8.53B₹6.04B₹4.47B₹9.11B
Free cash flown/a₹2.51B₹1.64B-₹6.09B-₹5.29B
Capital expendituren/a₹8.87B₹8.59B₹13.2B₹18.0B
Total debt₹20.0B₹29.2B₹25.3B₹21.5B₹17.1B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

DCM Shriram 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%+50%+100%+150%-20%0%276744016417BB3MINDIACIRSAGSJ43693318301335DCMSHRIRAM.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. DCM Shriram is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%25×50×75×276744016417BB3MINDIACIRSAGSJ4369301335DCMSHRIRAM.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. DCM Shriram is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%276744016417BB3MINDIACIRSA4369301335DCMSHRIRAM.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. DCM Shriram is the large dot.

DCM Shriram competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DCMSHRIRAM.NS vs CHAMBLFERT.NS vs GRASIM.NS vs BALRAMCHIN.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
DCM Shriram DCMSHRIRAM.NS$1.47B-29%+14%7%9.2×16.6%
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals CHAMBLFERT.NS$1.63B-15%+6%12%7.2×n/a
Grasim Industries GRASIM.NS$23.3B+9%+20%21%65.8×-3.9%
Balrampur Chini Mills BALRAMCHIN.NS$1.50B+28%+11%9%19.5×n/a

How DCM Shriram 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.

DCM Shriram against its 10 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDCMSHRIRAM.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.3%-0.9%5th lowest of 11
6-month return-28.7%+7.0%lowest of 11
Distance from 52-week high-32.2%-22.0%2nd lowest of 11
Revenue growth (TTM)+13.8%+5.5%2nd highest of 11
Operating margin6.8%12.7%4th lowest of 11
Forward P/E9.2×11.8×cheapest of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)16.6%-2.0%3rd most demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)+10.7%+17.6%3rd lowest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+5.9 pp-9.9 pp2nd most demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.9 pp+5.4 pp2nd lowest of 10
EV / EBITDA9.9×7.1×3rd most expensive of 9
Net debt / EBITDA0.7×-0.9×2nd most indebted of 10

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
DCM Shriram DCMSHRIRAM.NSIndia$1.47B-29%+14%7%9.2×16.6%+10.7%
Tsuburaya Fields 2767.TJapan$963M+72%-5%10%10.1×-10.3%+35.0%
ADEKA 4401.TJapan$2.53B+3%+5%11%11.8×3.6%+5.0%
Sankyo 6417.TJapan$2.68B+16%-23%31%10.2×-18.7%+25.3%
Societe BIC BB.PAFrance$2.92B+11%-4%15%13.4×-11.9%+5.1%
3M India 3MINDIA.NSIndia$3.29B-16%+16%17%39.8×28.0%+14.3%
Cirsa Enterprises, S.A.U CIRSA.MCSpain$3.69B+54%+6%23%11.8×-7.5%+25.2%
Grupo Empresarial San Jose GSJ.MCSpain$517M-14%+11%4%10.6×n/an/a
Tri Chemical Laboratories 4369.TJapan$511M-22%+12%25%12.3×19.4%+19.5%
China Boton 3318.HKHong Kong$435M+163%+11%-5%n/an/an/a
Hangzhou Tianyuan Pet Products 301335.SZChina$415M-15%+4%2%88.6×13.0%+15.7%

Questions

Who are DCM Shriram's main competitors?
Named competitors: Chambal Fertilisers (CHAMBLFERT.NS), Grasim Industries (GRASIM.NS), Balrampur Chini Mills (BALRAMCHIN.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Tsuburaya Fields (2767.T), ADEKA (4401.T), Sankyo (6417.T), Societe BIC (BB.PA), 3M India (3MINDIA.NS), Cirsa Enterprises, S.A.U (CIRSA.MC).
Is DCM Shriram expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.2× against a peer median of 11.8×, cheapest of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is +6 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 DCM Shriram stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -28.7% against +7.0% for the median peer; over one year -32.2%.

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.