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Kalyan Jewellers IndiaKALYANKJIL.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Consumer & Retail›Specialty Stores

Branded Indian jewellery retailer selling gold and diamond jewellery through owned and franchised showrooms in India and the Middle East.

≈ India's Signet JewelersMomentum leader 86
Mkt cap
$6.47B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
37%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$32.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
37.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+9.7 pp
WACC 16.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
4 days
10 Nov 2026
Close · INR₹590.75
1D+5.5%
1W+18.6%
1M+3.8%
3M-1.2%
6M+43.7%
YTD+21.7%
1Y+15.2%
ATR %3.7%
Beta1.37
52w lowhigh9.0% off high

What Kalyan Jewellers India does

Branded Indian jewellery retailer selling gold and diamond jewellery through owned and franchised showrooms in India and the Middle East.

Sells gold and diamond jewellery at the day's gold rate plus a making charge, which carries its margin, and uses advance-purchase schemes to tie in customers. Showrooms are either owned or franchise-owned but company-operated, which lets it add stores with less of its own money. The founding Kalyanaraman family remains in control.

In one line: India's Signet Jewelers.

Products and services

  • Gold jewellery
  • Diamond/studded jewellery
  • Wedding collections
  • Digital gold/online retail (Candere)

Customers

  • Retail consumers (India, GCC)
  • Wedding/gifting buyers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Retail
  • Jewellery retail
  • Branded showroom (own + franchise)…

What could go right

  • India's shift from unorganised to branded jewellery
  • GCC expansion

What could go wrong

  • Gold price volatility hitting demand
  • Working-capital intensive franchise model

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). National brand trust versus fragmented local jewellers, plus an asset-light franchise network.

Headquarters: Thrissur, India · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 14,668

Named competitors

Kalyan Jewellers India at a glance

Size Kalyan Jewellers India (KALYANKJIL.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $6.47B, the 174th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹590.75 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 43.7%, against +5.6% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 45.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.6%); the operating margin is 5.6% (peer median 5.1%).

Valuation It trades at 37.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.9× (most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.7 points above its cost of capital (16.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KALYANKJIL.NS 139Peer median 107
Six months, rebased to 100: Kalyan Jewellers India against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kalyan Jewellers India financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹391B₹357B₹250B₹185B₹140B
Revenue growth—+43%+35%+32%—
Gross profit₹34.7B₹32.7B₹21.3B₹17.3B₹14.3B
EBITDA₹26.2B₹26.3B₹16.3B₹13.6B₹11.7B
Net income₹14.3B₹13.5B₹7.15B₹5.97B₹4.33B
Free cash flown/a-₹7.31B₹4.67B₹3.52B₹2.54B
Capital expendituren/a₹4.06B₹4.65B₹3.71B₹1.87B
Total debtn/a₹61.2B₹49.6B₹44.9B₹43.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kalyan Jewellers India 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

-20%0%+20%+40%0%+20%LADUGPANPCOKMXFRASRUSHAPSMTEDVMUSASIGBBWI8136ASOCAABG9843DKS9896APEKALYANKJIL.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kalyan Jewellers India is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×LADUGPANPCOKMXFRASRUSHAPSMTEDVMUSASIG8136CA9843DKS9896APEKALYANKJIL.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kalyan Jewellers India is the large dot.

Kalyan Jewellers India competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (KALYANKJIL.NS vs TITAN.NS vs PCJEWELLER.NS vs SENCO.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Kalyan Jewellers India KALYANKJIL.NS$6.47B+44%+46%6%37.6×n/a
Titan TITAN.NS$46.9B+16%+45%9%68.6×n/a
PC Jeweller PCJEWELLER.NS$1.63B+67%+29%24%n/an/a
Senco Gold SENCO.NS$556M-7%+42%9%13.6×n/a

How Kalyan Jewellers India 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.

Kalyan Jewellers India against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKALYANKJIL.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.8%+5.7%9th lowest of 21
6-month return+43.7%+5.6%4th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-9.0%-19.4%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+45.8%+2.6%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin5.6%5.1%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E37.6×10.9×most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+9.7 pp+1.5 pp6th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA23.4×9.3×most expensive of 19
Net debt / EBITDA2.0×2.7×7th least indebted of 21

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
Kalyan Jewellers India KALYANKJIL.NSIndia$6.47B+44%+46%6%37.6×n/an/a
Lithia Motors LADUnited States$6.68B+5%+1%4%8.0×n/an/a
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Sponsored ADR UGPUnited States$6.12B-11%+20%5%7.0×-12.6%+12.2%
AutoNation ANUnited States$5.88B-11%-2%5%8.3×n/an/a
Pepco Group BV PCO.WAPoland$7.18B+58%-42%15%16.8×4.6%+4.5%
CarMax KMXUnited States$7.31B+28%+4%2%15.5×17.6%+6.7%
Frasers FRAS.LUnited Kingdom$5.64B+44%+8%7%9.1×n/an/a
Rush Enterprises RUSHAUnited States$5.54B+6%-3%5%15.4×7.9%+9.4%
PriceSmart PSMTUnited States$5.02B+3%+12%5%27.2×10.5%+10.2%
Endeavour EDV.AXAustralia$4.48B+10%+1%4%21.4×14.9%+1.0%
Murphy USA MUSAUnited States$9.45B-10%+20%4%17.5×-9.4%+11.5%
Signet Jewelers SIGUnited States$4.37B+34%+1%7%9.4×-1.3%+5.4%
Bath & Body Works BBWIUnited States$4.31B+8%-2%15%8.3×-8.8%+2.5%
Sanrio 8136.TJapan$9.78B+33%+28%39%22.4×1.9%+36.4%
Academy Sports and Outdoors ASOUnited States$4.14B+24%+4%10%9.9×-1.2%+1.2%
Carrefour CA.PAFrance$11.1B-21%-8%3%8.4×-1.2%+3.1%
Asbury Automotive ABGUnited States$3.64B+1%-1%5%7.6×-2.4%+20.3%
Nitori 9843.TJapan$11.7B+47%0%13%20.0×2.7%+4.9%
Dick's Sporting Goods DKSUnited States$12.5B-35%+54%6%11.8×8.7%+12.4%
MINISO 9896.HKHong Kong$3.34B-25%+31%13%9.9×1.5%+18.5%
Eagers Automotive APE.AXAustralia$3.18B-31%+19%4%16.5×5.9%+8.3%

Questions

Who are Kalyan Jewellers India's main competitors?
Named competitors: Titan Company (Tanishq) (TITAN.NS), Malabar Gold & Diamonds (private or unlisted), PC Jeweller (PCJEWELLER.NS), Senco Gold (SENCO.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Lithia Motors (LAD), Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Sponsored ADR (UGP), AutoNation (AN), Pepco Group BV (PCO.WA), CarMax (KMX), Frasers (FRAS.L).
Is Kalyan Jewellers India expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 37.6× against a peer median of 10.9×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Kalyan Jewellers India stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +43.7% against +5.6% for the median peer; over one year +15.2%.

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.