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Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works LimitedKMEW.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery
Momentum leader 92
Mkt cap
$876M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
32%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.21M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+6.7 pp
WACC 10.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
26 days
2 Dec 2026
Close · INR₹3,143
1Dn/a
1W+1.8%
1M-1.8%
3M+23.6%
6M+44.1%
YTD+68.0%
1Y+171.0%
ATR %5.5%
Beta1.35
52w lowhigh8.0% off high

What Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works does

Employees: 479

Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works at a glance

Size Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works (KMEW.NS) is an India Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $876M, the 636th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹3,143 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 44.1%, against -19.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 56.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.0%); the operating margin is 39.9% (peer median 6.8%).

Valuation It trades at 25.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.2× (most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.7 points above its cost of capital (10.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KMEW.NS 145Peer median 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹3.23B₹2.56B₹2.01B₹1.64B₹2.02B
Revenue growth—+28%+23%-19%—
Gross profit₹1.52B₹994M₹872M₹505M₹712M
EBITDA₹1.51B₹1.00B₹791M₹508M₹690M
Net income₹1.31B₹788M₹498M₹305M₹475M
Free cash flown/a-₹480M-₹480M-₹203M₹33.7M
Capital expendituren/a₹1.19B₹1.01B₹579M₹169M
Total debtn/a₹2.22B₹1.33B₹602M₹241M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works 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

-50%-25%0%+25%-20%0%ENGCON-B071970JWLPLOW300733ASTE605100MTW301260439260301048TITAGARH6011776008150025266395688309603012KMEW.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×10×20×ENGCON-B071970JWLPLOW300733ASTE605100MTW301260301048TITAGARH0020976008156395688309NWGKMEW.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works is the large dot.

Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works competitors and peer comparison

How Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works 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.

Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKMEW.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.8%-9.4%5th highest of 21
6-month return+44.1%-19.5%highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-8.0%-32.6%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+56.9%+12.0%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin39.9%6.8%highest of 21
EV / Sales25.6×2.2×most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.7 pp-2.8 pp5th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA55.0×9.6×most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA1.0×1.2×6th least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works KMEW.NSIndia$876M+44%+57%40%25.6×n/an/a
engcon ENGCON-B.STSweden$876M-13%+16%16%4.2×7.0%+11.9%
HD-Hyundai Marine Engine 071970.KSSouth Korea$887M-66%+54%26%2.1×-9.8%+10.2%
Jupiter Wagons JWL.NSIndia$896M-35%-12%10%2.7×n/an/a
Douglas Dynamics PLOWUnited States$839M-20%+23%13%1.5×5.6%+6.4%
Chengdu Xiling Power Science & Technology 300733.SZChina$831M-9%+4%3%3.1×n/an/a
Astec Industries ASTEUnited States$822M-33%+19%5%0.7×9.5%+6.6%
Power HF 605100.SSChina$816M-35%+17%2%5.8×n/an/a
Manitowoc MTWUnited States$808M-3%+9%3%0.5×11.2%+9.2%
Greenworks (Jiangsu) 301260.SZChina$804M-35%-1%-8%1.4×n/an/a
DAEHAN SHIPBUILDING 439260.KSSouth Korea$955M-62%+14%26%0.5×n/an/a
Gemac Engineering Machinery 301048.SZChina$801M-8%+7%8%1.4×4.1%+4.0%
Titagarh Rail Systems TITAGARH.NSIndia$967M-20%-10%10%2.8×45.4%+15.9%
Hangzhou Advance Gearbox 601177.SSChina$786M-19%+1%4%2.5×14.5%+4.6%
Sunward Intelligent Equipment 002097.SZChina$985M-38%+10%1%2.1×n/an/a
Xiamen XGMA Machinery 600815.SSChina$756M-36%+21%-21%6.9×n/an/a
Shandong Mining Machinery 002526.SZChina$754M-15%-6%1%2.4×n/an/a
TADANO 6395.TJapan$1.02B-8%+21%9%0.6×n/an/a
Niutech Technology 688309.SSChina$753M-10%+79%26%9.9×n/an/a
Newag NWG.WAPoland$1.04B-16%+45%21%1.5×-4.3%+12.6%
Shanghai Chuangli 603012.SSChina$738M-12%-17%5%2.2×8.1%+2.8%

Questions

Which companies are Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: engcon (ENGCON-B.ST), HD-Hyundai Marine Engine (071970.KS), Jupiter Wagons (JWL.NS), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Chengdu Xiling Power Science & Technology (300733.SZ), Astec Industries (ASTE), Power HF (605100.SS), Manitowoc (MTW).
Is Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 25.6× against a peer median of 2.2×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Knowledge Marine & Engineering Works stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +44.1% against -19.5% for the median peer; over one year +171.0%.

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.