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DLFDLF.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Realty›Real Estate Development

India's largest listed real-estate developer, building residential townships and owning premium office/retail space mainly around Delhi NCR.

≈ India's Related CompaniesMomentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$19.7B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.6M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
38.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 19.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
77 days
22 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹752.90
1D+1.0%
1W+8.9%
1M+14.8%
3M+17.3%
6M+21.7%
YTD+9.5%
1Y-3.0%
ATR %2.4%
Beta1.59
52w lowhigh4.0% off high

What DLF does

India's largest listed real-estate developer, building residential townships and owning premium office/retail space mainly around Delhi NCR.

Residential sales are booked as projects are built and sold, lumpy and tied to launches, while office leasing at Cyber City gives steadier rent. The office arm is a joint venture with Singapore's sovereign fund GIC, and the founding Singh family still controls DLF.

In one line: India's Related Companies.

Products and services

  • Residential development & sales
  • Office leasing (via DLF Cyber City JV)
  • Retail malls
  • Land-bank monetisation

Customers

  • Home buyers in Delhi NCR/Gurugram
  • Corporate office tenants
  • Retail tenants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Development
  • Residential + commercial leasing

What could go right

  • Housing upcycle in NCR
  • Office demand from global capability centres

What could go wrong

  • Real-estate cycle / interest rates
  • Land approval and litigation delays

Moat: narrow (brand, scale, installed base). Largest land bank and strongest brand in Delhi NCR luxury housing and office space.

Headquarters: New Delhi, India · Founded: 1946 · Employees: 4,310

Named competitors

DLF at a glance

Size DLF (DLF.NS) is an India Real Estate company (Real Estate Development) with a market value of $19.7B, the 50th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹752.90 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 21.7%, against -6.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 29.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.6%); the operating margin is 12.9% (peer median 21.9%).

Valuation It trades at 38.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.0× (3rd most expensive of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 22 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026DLF.NS 124Peer median 93
Six months, rebased to 100: DLF against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

DLF financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹63.8B₹81.9B₹79.9B₹62.5B₹56.9B
Revenue growth—+3%+28%+10%—
Gross profit₹20.9B₹24.4B₹30.2B₹26.6B₹24.6B
EBITDA₹9.74B₹15.2B₹21.8B₹19.9B₹18.1B
Net income₹45.7B₹44.1B₹43.7B₹27.3B₹20.4B
Free cash flown/a₹82.2B₹63.6B₹29.0B₹29.4B
Capital expendituren/a₹1.29B₹960M₹1.16B₹637M
Total debt₹3.14B₹3.06B₹41.0B₹48.3B₹33.3B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

DLF 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

-20%0%+20%0%+5%+10%+15%197288300688001224231113H78JLLVNA88011109880200831997LODHA1209LI001979600048DLF.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. DLF is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%20×40×197288300688001224231113H78JLLVNA880111098802SPSN00831997LODHA1209001979600048DLF.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. DLF is the large dot.

DLF competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DLF.NS vs GODREJPROP.NS vs OBEROIRLTY.NS vs PRESTIGE.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
DLF DLF.NS$19.7B+22%-29%13%38.3×n/a
Godrej Properties GODREJPROP.NS$5.77B-4%+17%21%24.5×n/a
Oberoi Realty OBEROIRLTY.NS$6.66B+4%+16%57%20.0×n/a
Prestige Estates Projects PRESTIGE.NS$7.42B+10%+66%24%38.5×n/a
Lodha Developers LODHA.NS$12.5B+22%+21%31%27.0×n/a

How DLF 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.

DLF against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDLF.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+14.8%+7.5%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+21.7%-6.2%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-4.0%-15.6%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-29.3%+3.6%lowest of 21
Operating margin12.9%21.9%6th lowest of 21
Forward P/E38.3×17.0×3rd most expensive of 21

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
DLF DLF.NSIndia$19.7B+22%-29%13%38.3×n/an/a
Swire Properties 1972.HKHong Kong$19.4B+4%+6%49%18.3×n/an/a
Sumitomo Realty & Development C 8830.TJapan$18.8B-34%+5%29%12.8×n/an/a
China Overseas 0688.HKHong Kong$18.4B-13%+4%11%10.2×n/an/a
Henderson Land 0012.HKHong Kong$18.3B-12%+46%20%17.2×n/an/a
KE Holdings, Inc. Class A 2423.HKHong Kong$21.4B+3%-11%6%16.8×n/an/a
CK Asset 1113.HKHong Kong$21.9B-3%+48%15%12.8×n/an/a
Hongkong Land H78.SISingapore$17.7B-1%-25%23%20.9×n/an/a
Jones Lang LaSalle JLLUnited States$16.9B+12%+11%5%13.4×n/an/a
Vonovia VNA.DEGermany$16.1B-24%-17%40%9.4×n/an/a
Mitsui Fudosan 8801.TJapan$27.4B-5%-10%14%14.9×n/an/a
China Res Land 1109.HKHong Kong$29.1B-7%-12%16%8.9×n/an/a
Mitsubishi Estate 8802.TJapan$29.5B-12%+17%21%19.2×n/an/a
Swiss Prime Site SPSN.SWSwitzerland$13.0B+1%-12%76%31.7×n/an/a
Sino Land 0083.HKHong Kong$12.8B-20%+15%34%20.4×n/an/a
Wharf Reic 1997.HKHong Kong$12.6B+24%-1%73%14.8×n/an/a
Lodha Developers LODHA.NSIndia$12.5B+22%+21%31%27.0×n/an/a
China Res Mixc 1209.HKHong Kong$12.1B-14%+10%28%18.4×n/an/a
Klepierre LI.PAFrance$11.6B+8%+3%63%13.1×n/an/a
China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone 001979.SZChina$10.4B-10%-22%1%69.7×n/an/a
Poly Developments & 600048.SSChina$10.1B-9%-4%4%48.6×n/an/a

Questions

Who are DLF's main competitors?
Named competitors: Godrej Properties (GODREJPROP.NS), Oberoi Realty (OBEROIRLTY.NS), Prestige Estates Projects (PRESTIGE.NS), Macrotech Developers (Lodha) (LODHA.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Swire Properties (1972.HK), Sumitomo Realty & Development C (8830.T), China Overseas (0688.HK), Henderson Land (0012.HK), KE Holdings, Inc. Class A (2423.HK), CK Asset (1113.HK).
Is DLF expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 38.3× against a peer median of 17.0×, 3rd most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has DLF stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +21.7% against -6.2% for the median peer; over one year -3.0%.

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.