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Indigo Paints LtdINDIGOPNTS.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Chemicals›Industrial Specialties
Momentum weak 26
Mkt cap
$462M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
43%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.24M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
23.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.2 pp
WACC 15.3%
Hurdle
+13 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
91 days
5 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹914.35
1D+1.5%
1W-8.3%
1M-13.8%
3M-19.0%
6M-1.1%
YTD-20.1%
1Y-9.6%
ATR %4.2%
Beta1.09
52w lowhigh32.1% off high

What Indigo Paints does

Employees: 2,489

Indigo Paints at a glance

Size Indigo Paints (INDIGOPNTS.NS) is an India Materials company (Industrial Specialties) with a market value of $462M, the 876th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹914.35 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 1.1%, against -21.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 11.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 12.9% (peer median 4.0%).

Valuation It trades at 23.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.5× (4th cheapest of 7).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +13 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 1.2 points above its cost of capital (15.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026INDIGOPNTS.NS 94Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Indigo Paints against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Indigo Paints financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹15.1B₹14.0B₹13.4B₹13.0B₹10.7B
Revenue growth—+5%+3%+22%—
Gross profit₹4.75B₹4.34B₹4.14B₹4.42B₹3.52B
EBITDA₹2.57B₹2.56B₹2.34B₹2.40B₹1.84B
Net income₹1.49B₹1.45B₹1.42B₹1.47B₹1.32B
Free cash flown/a₹852M₹665M₹466M-₹806M
Capital expendituren/a₹1.35B₹1.36B₹1.04B₹1.99B
Total debt₹251M₹211M₹273M₹210M₹119M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Indigo Paints competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+100%+200%-20%-10%0%+10%30098043650022243012373002256881570301300160003002300200ESNT688571002669300554002917600333001218INDIGOPNTS.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Indigo Paints is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%0×200×400×600×301237688157ESNT002669002917603681INDIGOPNTS.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Indigo Paints is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%300980300225300160003002ESNT002917301618600333603681INDIGOPNTS.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. Indigo Paints is the large dot.

Indigo Paints competitors and peer comparison

How Indigo Paints 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.

Indigo Paints against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureINDIGOPNTS.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-13.8%-11.4%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-1.1%-21.5%5th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-32.1%-41.3%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+11.9%+7.1%9th highest of 21
Operating margin12.9%4.0%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E23.8×22.5×4th cheapest of 7
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)27.6%21.2%4th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+14.2%+9.6%4th highest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+13.4 pp+7.8 pp4th most demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.2 pp-3.8 pp7th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA15.8×18.0×4th cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA-1.2×3.3×3rd least indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Indigo Paints INDIGOPNTS.NSIndia$462M-1%+12%13%23.8×27.6%+14.2%
Hubei Xiangyuan New Material Technology 300980.SZChina$461M-52%+15%5%n/a21.6%+13.8%
Matsumoto Yushiseiyaku 4365.TJapan$467M+10%-1%20%n/an/an/a
Sanlux 002224.SZChina$458M-22%+8%-4%n/an/an/a
Hangzhou Heshun Technology 301237.SZChina$471M-41%+23%-20%669.2×n/an/a
Shanghai Kinlita Chemical 300225.SZChina$472M+7%+20%2%n/a48.9%-2.0%
Sokan New Materials 688157.SSChina$476M-44%-8%-3%105.6×n/an/a
SANVO Fine Chemicals 0301.HKHong Kong$476M+269%+3%-3%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Xiuqiang Glasswork 300160.SZChina$478M-20%-8%7%n/a1.7%+5.3%
Shanxi Huhua 003002.SZChina$482M-52%-4%6%n/a12.0%+18.8%
Beijing Comens New Materials 300200.SZChina$491M-24%+20%4%n/an/an/a
Praise Victor Industrial 7768.TWTaiwan$434Mn/a+3%16%n/an/an/a
Essentra ESNT.LUnited Kingdom$430M+37%+7%8%15.9×18.7%-19.6%
Hangzhou Toka Ink 688571.SSChina$429M-26%+4%7%n/an/an/a
Kangda New Materials (Group) 002669.SZChina$498M-18%+23%3%25.8×n/an/a
NanJing Sanchao Advanced Materials 300554.SZChina$508M-27%+6%-51%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen King Explorer Science & Technology 002917.SZChina$509M-25%+1%11%19.1×-1.1%+22.8%
Dongguan Changlian New Materials Technology 301618.SZChina$519M-21%+23%4%n/a48.7%+3.2%
Changchun Gas 600333.SSChina$520M-1%+15%4%n/a21.2%+9.6%
Shanghai Yongguan Adhesive Products 603681.SSChina$520M-20%+7%1%19.2×28.1%+22.6%
Hunan Resun 001218.SZChina$408M-27%+37%5%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Indigo Paints's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Hubei Xiangyuan New Material Technology (300980.SZ), Matsumoto Yushiseiyaku (4365.T), Sanlux (002224.SZ), Hangzhou Heshun Technology (301237.SZ), Shanghai Kinlita Chemical (300225.SZ), Sokan New Materials (688157.SS), SANVO Fine Chemicals (0301.HK), Jiangsu Xiuqiang Glasswork (300160.SZ).
Is Indigo Paints expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 23.8× against a peer median of 22.5×, 4th cheapest of 7 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +13 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 Indigo Paints stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -1.1% against -21.5% for the median peer; over one year -9.6%.

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.