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Vertically integrated Indian textile maker (yarn, fabric, garments for export) with sugar and ethanol side businesses.
Vertically integrated Indian textile maker (yarn, fabric, garments for export) with sugar and ethanol side businesses.
Controls the chain from cotton yarn to knitted fabric to finished garments, which shortens delivery times for brand customers. Cotton prices and export orders drive results, while its sugar and ethanol plants add a separate stream tied to government ethanol blending rules. K.P. Ramasamy and family control the company.
Moat: narrow (scale, cost advantage). Vertical integration from yarn to garment lowers costs and lead times, but global apparel manufacturing remains highly competitive.
Headquarters: Coimbatore, India · Founded: 1984 · Employees: 20,308
Size K.P.R. Mill (KPRMILL.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $4.21B, the 234th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,164 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 19.1%, against +4.4% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.9%); the operating margin is 18.2% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 34.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.3× (3rd most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 30% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is +17 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 9.7 points above its cost of capital (14.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹71.3B | ₹64.4B | ₹62.0B | ₹58.9B | ₹60.1B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +5% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹19.2B | ₹9.87B | ₹9.76B | ₹10.3B | ₹11.0B |
| EBITDA | ₹15.2B | ₹10.9B | ₹10.8B | ₹10.9B | ₹11.4B |
| Net income | ₹10.4B | ₹8.66B | ₹8.15B | ₹8.05B | ₹8.14B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹8.08B | ₹12.0B | ₹2.85B | -₹1.50B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹3.15B | ₹1.69B | ₹3.23B | ₹3.79B |
| Total debt | ₹3.40B | ₹5.96B | ₹4.66B | ₹11.6B | ₹13.5B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.P.R. Mill KPRMILL.NS | $4.21B | +19% | +6% | 18% | 34.8× | 29.9% |
| Vardhman Textiles VTL.NS | $1.56B | -15% | +3% | 9% | 12.0× | n/a |
| Trident TRIDENT.NS | $1.29B | -11% | -4% | 11% | 17.1× | 18.5% |
| Welspun Living WELSPUNLIV.NS | $2.41B | +82% | +5% | 8% | 35.5× | 32.4% |
| Gokaldas Exports GOKEX.NS | $529M | -6% | +8% | 4% | 20.5× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | KPRMILL.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.7% | +10.8% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +19.1% | +4.4% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -12.7% | -12.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.4% | +2.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 18.2% | 8.8% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 34.8× | 14.3× | 3rd most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 29.9% | 3.6% | most demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +13.3% | +7.4% | 6th highest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +16.6 pp | -4.7 pp | 3rd most demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.7 pp | +3.3 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.8× | 10.4× | 3rd most expensive of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.4× | 0.8× | 6th least indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.P.R. Mill KPRMILL.NS | India | $4.21B | +19% | +6% | 18% | 34.8× | 29.9% | +13.3% |
| Kontoor Brands KTB | United States | $4.21B | +5% | +16% | 13% | 13.2× | 1.1% | +8.5% |
| Page Industries PAGEIND.NS | India | $4.22B | -4% | +8% | 19% | 46.8× | 27.7% | +13.1% |
| PVH PVH | United States | $4.15B | +1% | +2% | 8% | 8.1× | 2.5% | +4.6% |
| Puma PUM.DE | Germany | $4.42B | +4% | -19% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HLA 600398.SS | China | $4.47B | -6% | +7% | 11% | 14.3× | -13.1% | +3.8% |
| Fosun International 0656.HK | Hong Kong | $4.82B | +11% | -1% | 3% | 12.9× | 10.6% | +4.1% |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | United States | $3.61B | +12% | 0% | 8% | 16.2× | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| Abc-mart 2670.T | Japan | $5.03B | +20% | +4% | 17% | 16.2× | -10.0% | +11.4% |
| Li Ning 2331.HK | Hong Kong | $5.10B | -21% | +7% | 13% | 14.4× | -5.4% | +14.6% |
| Burberry BRBY.L | United Kingdom | $5.38B | -4% | -2% | 7% | 28.8× | 19.1% | +0.6% |
| FIGS FIGS | United States | $3.29B | +37% | +25% | 10% | 54.0× | 25.5% | +19.1% |
| Youngor Fashion 600177.SS | China | $5.69B | +10% | -5% | -3% | 12.8× | 23.3% | +0.1% |
| Ermenegildo Zegna ZGN | United States | $5.96B | +7% | +11% | 9% | 31.1× | 20.3% | +11.3% |
| Crystal International 2232.HK | Hong Kong | $2.92B | +23% | +4% | 10% | 11.4× | -5.3% | +6.0% |
| Hugo Boss BOSS.DE | Germany | $2.90B | +8% | -5% | 8% | 15.4× | -6.6% | +17.0% |
| Steven Madden SHOO | United States | $2.89B | -3% | +18% | 9% | 17.5× | 5.9% | +16.1% |
| Eclat Textile 1476.TW | Taiwan | $2.88B | +3% | 0% | 20% | 13.7× | -8.9% | +6.2% |
| Star Shine 1440.HK | Hong Kong | $2.85B | +34% | -33% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) 0551.HK | Hong Kong | $2.75B | -7% | -3% | 3% | 13.6× | 2.4% | -0.9% |
| Gildan Activewear GIL.TO | Canada | $6.48B | -40% | +40% | 15% | 6.8× | 6.5% | +13.7% |