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Employees: 6,419
Size Brainbees Solutions (FIRSTCRY.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $883M, the 634th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹159.61 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.1%, against -6.6% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is -1.6% (peer median 7.4%).
Valuation It trades at 194.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.6× (most expensive of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +40%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 12.6 points below its cost of capital (10.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹87.9B | ₹85.5B | ₹76.6B | ₹64.8B | ₹56.3B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +18% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹19.7B | ₹16.9B | ₹15.5B | ₹11.2B | ₹5.37B |
| EBITDA | ₹2.60B | ₹2.30B | ₹2.22B | ₹718M | -₹3.12B |
| Net income | -₹1.25B | -₹1.40B | -₹1.91B | -₹2.74B | -₹4.41B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹2.71B | -₹3.19B | -₹3.56B | -₹5.87B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹1.89B | ₹2.23B | ₹3.43B | ₹2.38B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹15.9B | ₹15.7B | ₹14.2B | ₹8.99B |
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| Measure | FIRSTCRY.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.3% | +2.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -33.1% | -6.6% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -55.0% | -26.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.7% | +5.0% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -1.6% | 7.4% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 194.4× | 14.6× | most expensive of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 20.1% | -1.6% | 2nd most demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +39.8% | +5.9% | highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -19.7 pp | -10.5 pp | 4th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -12.6 pp | +0.9 pp | 2nd lowest of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7× | 1.9× | 9th least indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainbees Solutions FIRSTCRY.NS | India | $883M | -33% | +12% | -2% | 194.4× | 20.1% | +39.8% |
| Topsports International 6110.HK | Hong Kong | $882M | -62% | -3% | 5% | 6.1× | -20.9% | -7.2% |
| AND ST HD 2685.T | Japan | $900M | +2% | +3% | 6% | 12.0× | -15.3% | +10.6% |
| AOKI 8214.T | Japan | $912M | +10% | 0% | 8% | n/a | -5.3% | +6.3% |
| Winmark WINA | United States | $944M | -29% | +9% | 60% | 23.9× | 7.7% | +5.4% |
| Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands ABLBL.NS | India | $995M | -35% | +7% | 7% | 32.4× | 22.2% | n/a |
| Reformation REF | United States | $1.07B | n/a | +16% | 6% | 57.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nishimatsuya Chain 7545.T | Japan | $725M | -6% | +5% | 5% | 13.8× | -21.2% | +3.9% |
| AOYAMA TRADING 8219.T | Japan | $704M | -7% | -2% | 6% | 13.3× | -1.6% | +3.2% |
| V2 Retail V2RETAIL.NS | India | $672M | -20% | +49% | 9% | 20.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Carter's CRI | United States | $1.17B | -9% | +5% | 10% | 9.9× | -13.2% | -0.8% |
| Redtape REDTAPE.NS | India | $624M | -18% | +14% | 14% | n/a | 10.2% | +18.1% |
| RVRC RVRC.ST | Sweden | $596M | -1% | +5% | 21% | 14.4× | 7.6% | +17.6% |
| boohoo DEBS.L | United Kingdom | $526M | +46% | +120% | 0% | 29.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NS | India | $503M | -42% | -27% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Premier Investments PMV.AX | Australia | $1.57B | +22% | -3% | 14% | 14.9× | 9.4% | -11.0% |
| PAL 2726.T | Japan | $1.58B | -4% | +7% | 11% | 13.6× | -15.4% | +16.7% |
| Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NS | India | $486M | -25% | +13% | 8% | 26.8× | 16.6% | +22.5% |
| Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZ | China | $458M | -29% | -23% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lindex LINDEX.HE | Finland | $456M | +16% | +4% | 7% | 12.4× | -7.2% | +3.8% |
| OVS OVS.MI | Italy | $1.74B | +15% | +10% | 7% | 14.8× | 12.8% | +11.4% |