Employees: 2,098
Size HLE Glascoat (HLEGLAS.NS) is an India Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $306M, the 1044th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹414.70 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.6%, against -28.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 26.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.0%); the operating margin is 6.2% (peer median 6.5%).
Valuation It trades at 2.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.4× (9th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 37% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +23%, so the hurdle is +14 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 5.8 points below its cost of capital (16.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹13.7B | ₹13.5B | ₹10.3B | ₹9.68B | ₹9.32B |
| Revenue growth | — | +32% | +6% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹2.72B | ₹2.27B | ₹1.97B | ₹1.68B | ₹1.87B |
| EBITDA | ₹1.23B | ₹1.45B | ₹1.38B | ₹1.22B | ₹1.41B |
| Net income | ₹358M | ₹494M | ₹549M | ₹261M | ₹688M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹754M | ₹378M | ₹191M | -₹616M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹557M | ₹664M | ₹552M | ₹485M |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹3.48B | ₹3.79B | ₹3.90B | ₹2.57B |
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| Measure | HLEGLAS.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -11.7% | -15.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +15.6% | -28.8% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -37.4% | -44.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +26.3% | +10.0% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 6.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.1× | 2.4× | 9th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 37.3% | 7.9% | most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +22.8% | +8.2% | highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +14.5 pp | +1.2 pp | 3rd most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.8 pp | -2.0 pp | 7th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.5× | 14.0× | 3rd most expensive of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.4× | -1.6× | 5th most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLE Glascoat HLEGLAS.NS | India | $306M | +16% | +26% | 6% | 2.1× | 37.3% | +22.8% |
| Desiccant Technology 5292.TW | Taiwan | $306M | +5% | +5% | 18% | 2.8× | -5.2% | +20.8% |
| Xian Typical Industries 600302.SS | China | $310M | -37% | -16% | -57% | 6.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Asahi Diamond Industrial 6140.T | Japan | $302M | -24% | +5% | 8% | 0.9× | 13.8% | +6.9% |
| Guangdong Jialong Food 002495.SZ | China | $302M | -21% | +10% | 5% | 6.0× | 16.8% | +0.4% |
| Zhejiang Taifu Pump 300992.SZ | China | $311M | -29% | +21% | 3% | 2.5× | 27.1% | +17.1% |
| Qingdao Guolin Technology 300786.SZ | China | $311M | -31% | +39% | -4% | 3.0× | n/a | n/a |
| SNTEnergy 100840.KS | South Korea | $311M | -59% | +7% | 20% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Zhangqiu Blower 002598.SZ | China | $313M | -17% | -7% | 5% | 1.2× | 3.8% | +11.4% |
| Fine Semitech 036810.KS | South Korea | $299M | -52% | +5% | 2% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Mikron MIKN.SW | Switzerland | $313M | -3% | -1% | 9% | 0.4× | -17.2% | +8.2% |
| Ningbo Water Meter 603700.SS | China | $314M | -19% | +20% | 1% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Symtek Automation Asia 6438.TW | Taiwan | $314M | -30% | +18% | 9% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Protec 053610.KS | South Korea | $316M | -42% | +47% | 25% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| KOSES 089890.KS | South Korea | $294M | -47% | +13% | 18% | 4.8× | 26.7% | +5.2% |
| Shenzhen Intelligent Precision Instrument 301512.SZ | China | $320M | -20% | 0% | 5% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai CEO Technology 688335.SS | China | $321M | -55% | +29% | -8% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Liance Electromechanical Technology 688113.SS | China | $321M | -23% | +10% | 18% | 3.6× | 7.9% | +6.7% |
| Windsor Machines WINDMACHIN.NS | India | $322M | -7% | +36% | 0% | 4.6× | n/a | n/a |
| JPP 5284.TW | Taiwan | $323M | -47% | +50% | 22% | 2.4× | -0.6% | +21.0% |
| Qingdao Daneng Environmental Protection Equipment 688501.SS | China | $323M | -29% | -15% | 9% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |