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Ethos Ltd.ETHOSLTD.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Consumer Discretionary›Catalog/Specialty Distribution
Momentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$760M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
47%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$762,712
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
45.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-10.8 pp
WACC 16.5%
Hurdle
+19 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
3 days
9 Nov 2026
Close · INR₹2,681
1D-2.7%
1W+7.2%
1M+1.8%
3M-5.1%
6M+12.3%
YTD-9.9%
1Y-7.5%
ATR %3.6%
Beta1.07
52w lowhigh17.4% off high

What Ethos does

Employees: 1,109

Ethos at a glance

Size Ethos (ETHOSLTD.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Catalog/Specialty Distribution) with a market value of $760M, the 691st largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹2,681 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 12.3%, against -5.9% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 30.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.2%); the operating margin is 7.3% (peer median 8.3%).

Valuation It trades at 45.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 32.7× (4th most expensive of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 52% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is +19 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 10.8 points below its cost of capital (16.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ETHOSLTD.NS 112Peer median 94
Six months, rebased to 100: Ethos against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ethos financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹17.3B₹16.1B₹12.5B₹9.99B₹7.89B
Revenue growth—+29%+25%+27%—
Gross profit₹2.76B₹2.45B₹2.17B₹1.74B₹1.50B
EBITDA₹2.23B₹2.27B₹2.02B₹1.60B₹1.24B
Net income₹1.04B₹948M₹963M₹833M₹603M
Free cash flown/a₹386M-₹780M₹29.0M-₹554M
Capital expendituren/a₹713M₹793M₹394M₹566M
Total debtn/a₹3.22B₹2.89B₹1.45B₹1.21B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ethos 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%-10%0%+10%+20%RELAXOTIMEXSMLMAHSAPPHIREAVLOPTIEMUSSUPRAJITBENGALASMMMTCV2RETAILRBABATAINDIACELLOSHARDACROPTTKPRESTIGFIRSTCRYETHOSLTD.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ethos is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×200×400×RELAXOTIMEXSAPPHIREAVLSUPRAJITSJSV2RETAILBATAINDIACELLOSHARDACROPTTKPRESTIGFIRSTCRYETHOSLTD.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ethos is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-25%0%25%50%RELAXOTIMEXSMLMAHSAPPHIREAVLSJSBENGALASMBATAINDIACELLOSHARDACROPTTKPRESTIGFIRSTCRYCERASAFARIETHOSLTD.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. Ethos is the large dot.

Ethos competitors and peer comparison

How Ethos compares with its peers

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Ethos against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureETHOSLTD.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.8%-5.0%6th highest of 21
6-month return+12.3%-5.9%6th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-17.4%-27.3%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+30.4%+15.2%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin7.3%8.3%8th lowest of 21
Forward P/E45.2×32.7×4th most expensive of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)52.2%27.1%most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+33.1%+21.2%5th highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+19.2 pp+7.9 pp5th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-10.8 pp-4.5 pp5th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA32.2×19.0×3rd most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA-1.5×0.7×3rd least indebted of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Ethos ETHOSLTD.NSIndia$760M+12%+30%7%45.2×52.2%+33.1%
Relaxo Footwears RELAXO.NSIndia$768M-4%+2%8%32.5×33.5%+2.8%
Timex Group India TIMEX.NSIndia$750M+90%+42%15%60.5×25.7%+41.7%
SML Mahindra SMLMAH.NSIndia$806M+35%+22%7%n/a23.6%+36.9%
Sapphire Foods India SAPPHIRE.NSIndia$715M+12%+13%4%409.8×46.7%+25.1%
Aditya Vision AVL.NSIndia$714M-6%+28%7%40.4×33.5%+29.0%
Optiemus Infracom OPTIEMUS.NSIndia$713M+68%+21%3%n/an/an/a
Suprajit Engineering SUPRAJIT.NSIndia$701M+11%+18%7%23.8×n/an/a
S.J.S. Enterprises SJS.NSIndia$699M+3%+26%24%30.4×20.2%+30.6%
Bengal & Assam BENGALASM.NSIndia$688M-13%+12%13%n/a19.9%-25.6%
MMTC MMTC.NSIndia$847M-20%-20%-6,724%n/an/an/a
Waterways Leisure Tourism CORDELIA.NSIndia$677Mn/a-2%14%n/an/an/a
V2 Retail V2RETAIL.NSIndia$672M-20%+49%9%20.2×n/an/a
Restaurant Brands Asia RBA.NSIndia$668M+31%+16%0%n/an/an/a
Bata India BATAINDIA.NSIndia$868M-12%+5%9%39.2×28.9%+15.5%
Cello World CELLO.NSIndia$870M-14%+7%16%21.5×28.6%+17.2%
Sharda Cropchem SHARDACROP.NSIndia$655M-39%+17%14%9.3×-2.6%+17.1%
TTK Prestige TTKPRESTIG.NSIndia$882M+14%+16%7%33.2×36.8%+6.3%
Brainbees Solutions FIRSTCRY.NSIndia$883M-33%+12%-2%194.4×20.1%+39.8%
Cera Sanitaryware CERA.NSIndia$654M-12%+15%10%24.4×21.9%+10.7%
Safari Industries (India) SAFARI.NSIndia$651M-18%+14%9%32.9×31.3%+44.2%

Questions

Which companies are Ethos's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Relaxo Footwears (RELAXO.NS), Timex Group India (TIMEX.NS), SML Mahindra (SMLMAH.NS), Sapphire Foods India (SAPPHIRE.NS), Aditya Vision (AVL.NS), Optiemus Infracom (OPTIEMUS.NS), Suprajit Engineering (SUPRAJIT.NS), S.J.S. Enterprises (SJS.NS).
Is Ethos expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 45.2× against a peer median of 32.7×, 4th most expensive of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 52% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +33%, so the hurdle is +19 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 Ethos stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +12.3% against -5.9% for the median peer; over one year -7.5%.

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.