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Employees: 1,411
Size EPL (EPL.NS) is an India Materials company (Containers/Packaging) with a market value of $752M, the 696th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹221.31 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.6%, against -14.9% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 16.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.4%); the operating margin is 11.8% (peer median 6.3%).
Valuation It trades at 15.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.3× (5th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +7 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 1.5 points above its cost of capital (14.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹50.4B | ₹47.2B | ₹41.9B | ₹39.0B | ₹36.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +7% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹16.0B | ₹8.69B | ₹7.53B | ₹6.40B | ₹5.69B |
| EBITDA | ₹10.0B | ₹9.28B | ₹8.16B | ₹6.99B | ₹5.96B |
| Net income | ₹3.88B | ₹3.89B | ₹3.59B | ₹2.13B | ₹2.27B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹1.46B | ₹3.33B | ₹1.18B | ₹1.64B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹4.82B | ₹3.63B | ₹3.75B | ₹3.87B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹9.62B | ₹8.03B | ₹9.12B | ₹8.89B |
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| Measure | EPL.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.6% | -7.7% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.6% | -14.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.2% | -39.9% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +16.9% | +3.4% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 6.3% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 15.7× | 17.3× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 16.0% | 4.9% | 3rd most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.8% | +8.4% | 5th highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +7.1 pp | +1.6 pp | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.5 pp | +0.1 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.1× | 8.5× | 2nd cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | 0.2× | 4th most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPL EPL.NS | India | $752M | -6% | +17% | 12% | 15.7× | 16.0% | +8.8% |
| Sunrise 002752.SZ | China | $766M | -29% | +8% | 6% | 11.1× | -5.7% | +17.2% |
| Planetree International Development 0613.HK | Hong Kong | $733M | +151% | -62% | 1,735% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Exciton Technology 300566.SZ | China | $730M | -2% | -2% | 9% | 17.9× | 8.4% | +8.4% |
| Shantou Wanshun New Material 300057.SZ | China | $784M | -45% | +29% | 1% | 66.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Baosteel Packaging 601968.SS | China | $785M | -19% | +17% | 4% | 17.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Cheng Loong 1904.TW | Taiwan | $788M | +34% | -3% | 6% | 61.8× | 3.9% | +1.4% |
| O-I Glass OI | United States | $796M | -44% | -2% | 9% | 10.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Ton Yi Industrial 9907.TW | Taiwan | $678M | -19% | -11% | 4% | 16.9× | -6.3% | +8.8% |
| Quzhou DFP New Material 601515.SS | China | $843M | -36% | +13% | -21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Sunglow Packaging Technology 603499.SS | China | $669M | -29% | +9% | 10% | n/a | 24.1% | +16.4% |
| Karat Packaging KRT | United States | $669M | +19% | +12% | 13% | 20.5× | -2.4% | +9.6% |
| Zhejiang Zhongcheng Packing Material 002522.SZ | China | $658M | -24% | +4% | 5% | n/a | 14.5% | +2.1% |
| Zhejiang Great Southeast 002263.SZ | China | $871M | -23% | +5% | -1% | n/a | 31.7% | -4.0% |
| Okamoto Industries 5122.T | Japan | $648M | +6% | 0% | 6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pum-tech Korea 251970.KS | South Korea | $642M | +70% | +3% | 15% | 15.0× | -4.2% | +13.6% |
| Time Technoplast TIMETECHNO.NS | India | $891M | -9% | +16% | 11% | 11.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Kohsoku 7504.T | Japan | $629M | +75% | +8% | 4% | 21.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Zignago Vetro ZV.MI | Italy | $628M | -10% | 0% | 8% | 16.8× | 12.7% | +7.7% |
| Guangzhou Fangbang Electronics 688020.SS | China | $900M | -51% | -2% | -28% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MYS 002303.SZ | China | $909M | +26% | +1% | 8% | 18.6× | 4.9% | +3.4% |