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JBM AutoJBMA.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Auto & Ancillaries›Auto Parts: OEM

Indian auto-components maker (sheet metal, tooling) that has become a leading electric-bus manufacturer (JBM Ecolife).

Momentum laggard 10
Mkt cap
$1.24B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
17%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.76M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-3.3 pp
WACC 13.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹495.60
1D-1.6%
1W+6.0%
1M-9.4%
3M-24.6%
6M-20.6%
YTD-21.0%
1Y-27.2%
ATR %3.8%
Beta1.29
52w lowhigh32.9% off high

What JBM Auto does

Indian auto-components maker (sheet metal, tooling) that has become a leading electric-bus manufacturer (JBM Ecolife).

Has two businesses: sheet-metal parts and tooling for vehicle makers, sold on component prices, and electric buses, won through government tenders and often paid per kilometre driven under contracts where JBM also runs the fleet. Bus orders arrive as large, lumpy contracts.

Products and services

  • Sheet metal components
  • Electric buses (JBM Ecolife)
  • EV charging infrastructure
  • Dies/tooling

Customers

  • Passenger/commercial vehicle OEMs
  • State transport corporations (e-buses)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Auto components & EVs
  • Sheet metal/tooling components
  • Electric bus manufacturing (JBM…

What could go right

  • Government e-bus tender pipeline (FAME/PM e-Bus Sewa)
  • EV component demand growth

What could go wrong

  • Tender/order lumpiness and pricing pressure
  • Working-capital intensity of e-bus contracts

Moat: narrow (scale, customer qualification, installed base). Early mover and scale in India's electric-bus tenders, though Tata Motors and Olectra compete for the same contracts.

Headquarters: Faridabad, India · Founded: 1983 · Employees: 11,996

Named competitors

JBM Auto at a glance

Size JBM Auto (JBMA.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $1.24B, the 535th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹495.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.6%, against -16.4% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 15.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.2%); the operating margin is 9.0% (peer median 4.8%).

Valuation It trades at 2.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.6× (8th cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points below its cost of capital (13.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 82JBMA.NS 76
Six months, rebased to 100: JBM Auto against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

JBM Auto financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹65.7B₹60.9B₹54.7B₹50.1B₹38.6B
Revenue growth—+11%+9%+30%—
Gross profit₹12.6B₹9.32B₹7.91B₹5.68B₹3.97B
EBITDA₹7.64B₹7.11B₹6.80B₹5.84B₹4.00B
Net income₹2.30B₹2.19B₹2.02B₹1.79B₹1.24B
Free cash flown/a-₹6.11B₹213M-₹1.99B-₹2.62B
Capital expendituren/a₹3.02B₹1.22B₹2.28B₹6.27B
Total debt₹28.9B₹30.3B₹26.3B₹21.3B₹17.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

JBM Auto 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

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%+40%SKFINDUS000678ADNT2025H22300304002190VARROC7296002703002434002931301607300580605333002516605319JBMA.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. JBM Auto is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%0×5×10×15×000678ADNT2025H223003042261002190VARROC7296ASKAUTOLTD301488002703002434002931301607300580605333002516JBMA.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. JBM Auto is the large dot.

JBM Auto competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (JBMA.NS vs TMCV.NS vs OLECTRA.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
JBM Auto JBMA.NS$1.24B-21%+16%9%2.2×n/a
Tata Motors TMCV.NS$16.6B-2%n/a9%1.6×17.8%
Olectra Greentech OLECTRA.NS$891M-19%+38%12%3.3×n/a

How JBM Auto 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.

JBM Auto against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureJBMA.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.4%-3.1%6th lowest of 21
6-month return-20.6%-16.4%7th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-32.9%-44.7%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+15.9%+12.2%8th highest of 20
Operating margin9.0%4.8%7th highest of 21
EV / Sales2.2×2.6×8th cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.3 pp+0.7 pp8th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA19.0×17.4×4th cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA3.6×0.0×most indebted of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
JBM Auto JBMA.NSIndia$1.24B-21%+16%9%2.2×n/an/a
SKF India (Industrial) SKFINDUS.NSIndia$1.23B+9%n/a11%3.3×36.9%n/a
Xiangyang Automobile Bearing 000678.SZChina$1.22B+53%-3%-3%6.0×n/an/a
Adient ADNTUnited States$1.26B-28%+4%3%0.1×-17.6%+2.1%
Ruifeng Power 2025.HKHong Kong$1.22B+29%+4%1%8.3×n/an/a
Hong Leong Asia H22.SISingapore$1.26B-40%+17%9%0.4×-12.9%+2.9%
Jiangsu Yunyi Electric 300304.SZChina$1.27B-19%+14%17%3.0×17.1%+23.4%
NASN Intelligent Tech (Zhejiang) 2261.HKHong Kong$1.21Bn/a+57%-12%14.0×n/an/a
Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology 002190.SZChina$1.20B-24%+9%-1%3.7×n/an/a
Varroc Engineering VARROC.NSIndia$1.28B+40%+22%6%1.3×29.9%+15.1%
F.C.C.Co 7296.TJapan$1.20B+20%+10%8%0.5×-7.1%+12.3%
ASK Automotive ASKAUTOLTD.NSIndia$1.28B+35%+39%9%2.5×n/an/a
Longhorn Auto 301488.SZChina$1.29B-32%+34%2%3.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang Shibao 002703.SZChina$1.29B-20%+16%4%2.1×41.6%+26.5%
Zhejiang Wanliyang 002434.SZChina$1.19B-13%-30%-10%2.2×n/an/a
Zhejiang Fenglong Electric 002931.SZChina$1.30B-31%+2%0%15.9×n/an/a
Zhejiang EV-Tech 301607.SZChina$1.18B-7%+60%6%1.4×24.2%+35.3%
Wuxi Best Precision Machinery 300580.SZChina$1.32B-40%+12%16%5.0×20.8%+10.1%
Kunshan Huguang Auto Harness 605333.SSChina$1.32B-16%-2%2%1.4×n/an/a
Kuangda Technology 002516.SZChina$1.16B-13%+3%12%2.7×9.3%+9.0%
Wuxi Zhenhua Auto Parts 605319.SSChina$1.16B-18%+13%20%2.6×-4.7%+16.0%

Questions

Who are JBM Auto's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tata Motors (e-buses) (TMCV.NS), Olectra Greentech (OLECTRA.NS), Switch Mobility (Ashok Leyland) (private or unlisted), PMI Electro Mobility (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes SKF India (Industrial) (SKFINDUS.NS), Xiangyang Automobile Bearing (000678.SZ), Adient (ADNT), Ruifeng Power (2025.HK), Hong Leong Asia (H22.SI), Jiangsu Yunyi Electric (300304.SZ).
Is JBM Auto expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 2.2× against a peer median of 2.6×, 8th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has JBM Auto stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.6% against -16.4% for the median peer; over one year -27.2%.

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.