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Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.GNFC.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Chemicals›Chemicals: Specialty
Momentum laggard 12
Mkt cap
$703M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
55%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.00M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-8.5 pp
WACC 18.3%
Hurdle
-3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
84 days
29 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹451.80
1D-1.9%
1W-10.5%
1M-26.9%
3M-16.8%
6M-9.8%
YTD-8.5%
1Y-11.1%
ATR %4.7%
Beta0.98
52w lowhigh29.0% off high

What Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals does

Employees: 4,870

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals at a glance

Size Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals (GNFC.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $703M, the 718th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹451.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.8%, against -23.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 22.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.4%); the operating margin is 10.3% (peer median 4.9%).

Valuation It trades at 0.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.9× (2nd cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.5 points below its cost of capital (18.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026GNFC.NS 91Peer median 75
Six months, rebased to 100: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹92.2B₹57.9B₹57.8B₹57.1B₹72.6B
Revenue growth—0%+1%-21%—
Gross profit₹17.9B-₹10.7B-₹13.8B-₹15.6B-₹9.64B
EBITDA₹12.6B-₹10.2B-₹14.0B-₹16.2B-₹9.99B
Net income₹10.5B₹8.09B₹5.98B₹4.97B₹14.7B
Free cash flown/a₹4.57B₹4.46B₹1.57B₹13.8B
Capital expendituren/a₹5.46B₹4.53B₹2.51B₹1.73B
Total debt₹1.13B₹53.9M₹1.06B₹27.3M₹19.8M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-80%-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%3007273013492465688219603822000210603217300586EXPL301419KRNT603212LWLG301076600230WLKPWAGA301149GNFC.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%+150%0×1,000×2,000×3007273013492465688219603822603212688733LWLG301149GNFC.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%300727688219603822EXPLKRNT301076600230GNFC.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. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals is the large dot.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals competitors and peer comparison

How Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals 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.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGNFC.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-26.9%-12.0%lowest of 21
6-month return-9.8%-23.8%6th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-29.0%-43.9%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+22.5%+12.4%7th highest of 21
Operating margin10.3%4.9%5th highest of 20
EV / Sales0.5×1.9×2nd cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)4.4%24.1%3rd least demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)+7.2%+9.8%2nd lowest of 8
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.8 pp+4.9 pp3rd least demanding of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital-8.5 pp-2.7 pp6th lowest of 19
EV / EBITDA3.6×12.2×2nd cheapest of 6
Net debt / EBITDA-1.6×0.7×2nd least indebted of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals GNFC.NSIndia$703M-10%+22%10%0.5×4.4%+7.2%
Ningbo Runhe High-Tech Materials 300727.SZChina$695M-32%+18%5%2.8×33.7%+14.6%
Liaoning Xinde New Material Technology 301349.SZChina$711M-20%+63%7%2.2×n/an/a
Jiangsu Lopal Tech 2465.HKHong Kong$694M-67%+107%7%0.9×n/an/a
Orinko Advanced Plastics 688219.SSChina$714M-23%+13%2%1.0×14.4%+9.5%
Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech Stock 603822.SSChina$718M-19%+101%19%1.6×-7.5%+31.6%
DL 000210.KSSouth Korea$718M-37%+5%10%0.2×n/an/a
Hangzhou Grascent 301688.SZChina$720Mn/a+12%n/a4.2×47.1%n/a
Yuanli Chemical 603217.SSChina$720M-25%+8%10%1.9×n/an/a
Malion New Materials 300586.SZChina$720M-42%+4%-4%3.6×n/an/a
Societe Explosifs et Produits Chimiques EXPL.PAFrance$684M+4%+13%7%1.2×7.7%+9.8%
Shanghai Allied Industrial 301419.SZChina$723M+10%+19%14%9.0×n/an/a
Kornit Digital KRNTUnited States$724M+4%+4%-17%1.4×36.2%+0.9%
Cybrid Technologies 603212.SSChina$725M-19%-9%-7%2.2×n/an/a
Anhui Estone Materials Technology 688733.SSChina$676M-25%+44%-5%6.9×n/an/a
Lightwave Logic LWLGUnited States$673M-73%+165%-9,688%2,315.8×n/an/a
Sino-High (China) 301076.SZChina$736M-24%+4%14%9.3×43.8%+9.1%
Hebei Cangzhou Dahua 600230.SSChina$738M-36%-1%4%1.1×-0.4%+22.6%
Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKPUnited States$747M-9%+9%29%1.1×n/an/a
Waga Energy WAGA.PAFrance$659M-3%+7%-20%n/an/an/a
Shandong Longhua New Material 301149.SZChina$751M-39%+33%2%0.8×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Ningbo Runhe High-Tech Materials (300727.SZ), Liaoning Xinde New Material Technology (301349.SZ), Jiangsu Lopal Tech (2465.HK), Orinko Advanced Plastics (688219.SS), Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech Stock (603822.SS), DL (000210.KS), Hangzhou Grascent (301688.SZ), Yuanli Chemical (603217.SS).
Is Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.5× against a peer median of 1.9×, 2nd cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.8% against -23.8% for the median peer; over one year -11.1%.

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.