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EmamiEMAMILTD.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·FMCG›Household/Personal Care

Indian FMCG company selling personal care and healthcare brands including Boroplus, Navratna, Zandu and Fair and Handsome.

≈ An Indian personal-care conglomerate, a smaller Unilever for skincare/ayurvedic brandsMomentum neutral 45
Mkt cap
$1.80B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
43%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.67M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+6.7 pp
WACC 13.8%
Hurdle
+16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
100 days
14 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹387.20
1D-0.2%
1W+7.6%
1M+3.1%
3M-5.3%
6M-14.8%
YTD-26.8%
1Y-28.6%
ATR %3.0%
Beta0.68
52w lowhigh29.7% off high

What Emami does

Indian FMCG company selling personal care and healthcare brands including Boroplus, Navratna, Zandu and Fair and Handsome.

Sells small-ticket everyday brands through a wide network of distributors and shops, with winter products like Boroplus and summer products like Navratna cooling oil and talc balancing the year. The Agarwal and Goenka families control it, and bought brands such as Zandu and Kesh King extended the range.

In one line: An Indian personal-care conglomerate, a smaller Unilever for skincare/ayurvedic brands.

Products and services

  • Boroplus (antiseptic cream)
  • Navratna (cooling oil)
  • Zandu (ayurvedic healthcare)
  • Men's grooming (Fair and Handsome)

Customers

  • Retail consumers via general/modern trade and rura

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer staples
  • Personal care & ayurvedic FMCG
  • Skincare, hair care & healthcare brands

What could go right

  • Rural FMCG demand recovery
  • Ayurvedic/wellness trend tailwinds

What could go wrong

  • Rural demand cyclicality
  • Input cost (menthol/herbal) volatility

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Strong rural distribution network and heritage brands in niche personal-care/ayurvedic categories.

Headquarters: Kolkata, India · Founded: 1974 · Employees: 5,447

Named competitors

Emami at a glance

Size Emami (EMAMILTD.NS) is an India Consumer Staples company (Household/Personal Care) with a market value of $1.80B, the 395th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹387.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.8%, against -3.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is 20.4% (peer median 9.2%).

Valuation It trades at 21.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.3× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 22% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +16 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 6.7 points above its cost of capital (13.8% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 14 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 96EMAMILTD.NS 85
Six months, rebased to 100: Emami against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Emami financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹39.1B₹37.8B₹38.1B₹35.8B₹34.1B
Revenue growth—-1%+6%+5%—
Gross profit₹20.3B₹18.8B₹18.9B₹17.3B₹15.0B
EBITDA₹9.76B₹9.79B₹10.4B₹9.65B₹8.73B
Net income₹7.48B₹7.75B₹8.06B₹7.24B₹6.40B
Free cash flown/a₹7.64B₹8.60B₹7.42B₹7.11B
Capital expendituren/a₹433M₹446M₹406M₹405M
Total debtn/a₹1.62B₹898M₹940M₹905M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Emami 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%-20%-10%0%+10%300957600315699316189079564927ENR3013710027901928204922ICOS0030062698603983PGHH483650EPC051900GILLETTEEMAMILTD.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Emami is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×40×300957600315699316189079564927ENR3013710027901928204922ICOS0030062698603983PGHH483650EPC051900GILLETTEEMAMILTD.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Emami is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%30095760031516189079564927ENR3013710027900030062698PGHH483650EPCGILLETTEEMAMILTD.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. Emami is the large dot.

Emami competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (EMAMILTD.NS vs DABUR.NS vs HINDUNILVR.NS vs MARICO.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Emami EMAMILTD.NS$1.80B-15%+3%20%21.4×21.7%
Dabur India DABUR.NS$7.13B-19%+9%15%32.1×27.3%
Hindustan Unilever HINDUNILVR.NS$49.6B-12%+6%21%41.5×27.2%
Marico MARICO.NS$12.3B+8%+20%16%51.8×28.0%

How Emami 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.

Emami against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureEMAMILTD.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.1%+1.6%9th highest of 21
6-month return-14.8%-3.2%5th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-29.7%-24.0%10th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+2.8%+5.0%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin20.4%9.2%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E21.4×20.3×10th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)21.7%4.3%2nd most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+5.6%+5.5%9th highest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+16.1 pp-2.8 pp2nd most demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.7 pp+4.6 pp9th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA17.4×11.5×3rd most expensive of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-0.8×-0.5×7th least indebted of 14

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
Emami EMAMILTD.NSIndia$1.80B-15%+3%20%21.4×21.7%+5.6%
Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology 300957.SZChina$1.84B-28%+7%9%21.2×4.5%+15.3%
Shanghai Jahwa United 600315.SSChina$1.74B-13%+9%2%18.1×17.1%-2.1%
Blue Moon 6993.HKHong Kong$1.88B-15%-2%-2%93.6×n/an/a
Kolmar Korea 161890.KSSouth Korea$1.89B+23%+13%10%13.0×-0.9%+15.5%
Pigeon 7956.TJapan$1.66B+30%+7%13%26.3×-1.3%+1.9%
Pola Orbis 4927.TJapan$1.96B+8%+1%10%28.8×-3.1%-0.7%
Energizer ENRUnited States$1.63B+26%+2%16%7.2×-5.2%+1.5%
Harbin Fuerjia Technology 301371.SZChina$1.58B-30%+28%20%22.5×8.7%+3.6%
AMOREPACIFIC 002790.KSSouth Korea$1.55B-3%+9%9%8.4×-17.9%-1.3%
Cosmax 192820.KSSouth Korea$2.13B+21%+16%8%16.6×n/an/a
KOSE 4922.TJapan$2.16B+7%+3%4%27.2×n/an/a
Intercos ICOS.MIItaly$1.50B+16%-5%9%19.5×4.5%+11.5%
Chongqing Baiya Sanitary Products 003006.SZChina$1.49B+25%0%3%41.2×30.6%+22.8%
Softcare 2698.HKHong Kong$2.20B-5%+25%25%14.4×8.7%+20.9%
Guangdong Marubi Biotechnology 603983.SSChina$1.45B-4%-6%2%37.0×n/an/a
Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care PGHH.NSIndia$2.40B-29%-2%24%27.3×15.4%+7.4%
d'Alba Global 483650.KSSouth Korea$1.32B-37%+55%21%13.6×-2.2%+53.0%
Edgewell Personal Care EPCUnited States$1.29B+32%-7%6%12.4×4.1%+2.7%
LG H&h 051900.KSSouth Korea$2.56B-8%-3%3%18.5×-0.1%-4.1%
Gillette India GILLETTE.NSIndia$2.56B-7%+8%28%33.0×16.0%+13.0%

Questions

Who are Emami's main competitors?
Named competitors: Dabur India (DABUR.NS), Hindustan Unilever (HINDUNILVR.NS), Marico (MARICO.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology (300957.SZ), Shanghai Jahwa United (600315.SS), Blue Moon (6993.HK), Kolmar Korea (161890.KS), Pigeon (7956.T), Pola Orbis (4927.T).
Is Emami expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.4× against a peer median of 20.3×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 22% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +16 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 Emami stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.8% against -3.2% for the median peer; over one year -28.6%.

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.