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Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration LimitedKRN.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Industrial Machinery
Momentum laggard 1
Mkt cap
$651M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
31%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$8.06M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
46.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-5.3 pp
WACC 16.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
117 days
3 Mar 2027
Close · INR₹939.80
1D-5.0%
1W-18.1%
1M-36.7%
3M-22.6%
6M-29.3%
YTD+29.2%
1Y+18.0%
ATR %7.1%
Beta0.97
52w lowhigh44.3% off high

What Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration does

Employees: 1,512

Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration at a glance

Size Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration (KRN.NS) is an India Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $651M, the 745th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹939.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.3%, against -32.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 77.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.9%); the operating margin is 15.1% (peer median 7.4%).

Valuation It trades at 46.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.1× (most expensive of 12).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.3 points below its cost of capital (16.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KRN.NS 72Peer median 68
Six months, rebased to 100: Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹9.04B₹6.00B₹4.30B₹3.08B₹2.47B
Revenue growth—+40%+39%+25%—
Gross profit₹1.96B₹1.16B₹767M₹641M₹518M
EBITDA₹1.62B₹1.15B₹719M₹594M₹495M
Net income₹1.15B₹765M₹529M₹394M₹323M
Free cash flown/a-₹3.63B-₹1.26B-₹479M-₹124M
Capital expendituren/a₹2.48B₹1.51B₹615M₹140M
Total debt₹1.53B₹1.87B₹335M₹870M₹366M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration 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

-60%-40%-20%0%-40%-20%0%547545853376571560331800082100202630029330044142160004042722300629594368810100241834453000666877KRN.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%20×40×337657150008210020263004410004042722594334456877KRN.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration is the large dot.

Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration competitors and peer comparison

How Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration 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.

Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKRN.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-36.7%-9.2%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-29.3%-32.5%8th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-44.3%-48.1%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+77.2%+9.9%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin15.1%7.4%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E46.3×11.1×most expensive of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-5.3 pp-2.7 pp10th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA37.7×7.7×most expensive of 7
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×-1.3×5th most indebted of 10

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
Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration KRN.NSIndia$651M-29%+77%15%46.3×n/an/a
Glotech Industrial 5475.TWOTaiwan$652M-56%+101%12%n/an/an/a
Techman Robot 4585.TWTaiwan$652M-40%+33%6%n/a50.5%+9.4%
Shin Zu Shing 3376.TWTaiwan$648M-47%-22%-2%11.1×n/an/a
Furukawa 5715.TJapan$646M-24%+10%6%12.8×n/an/a
Shuifa Gas 603318.SSChina$656M-45%-4%11%n/an/an/a
Zhejiang Xinxing Tools 301677.SZChina$658Mn/a+10%40%n/a-1.0%+9.6%
J.S. Corrugating Machinery 000821.SZChina$659M-33%-32%1%16.6×n/an/a
Shandong Weida Machinery 002026.SZChina$660M-19%+2%9%16.3×7.5%-2.4%
Shenyang Blue Silver Industry Automatic Equipment 300293.SZChina$662M-30%-9%-13%n/an/an/a
Ningbo BaoSi Energy Equipment 300441.SZChina$640M-5%0%12%7.4×n/an/a
Asahi Yukizai 4216.TJapan$638M-8%+1%11%16.4×-1.8%+8.4%
Changhong Huayi Compressor 000404.SZChina$665M-23%-6%5%8.8×-12.1%+2.4%
Chongqing Machinery & Electric 2722.HKHong Kong$634M-61%+20%1%4.0×13.5%+8.8%
Guangdong Kingstrong Technology 300629.SZChina$669M-29%+33%33%n/a19.8%+4.2%
Noritz 5943.TJapan$633M-3%-1%2%12.8×4.1%+1.9%
Suntar Environmental Technology 688101.SSChina$670M-39%+20%24%n/a0.0%+11.8%
Zhejiang Kangsheng 002418.SZChina$632M-34%+14%2%n/an/an/a
RS Technologies 3445.TJapan$671M-34%+18%19%9.9×2.8%+24.6%
Sanchuan Wisdom Technology 300066.SZChina$632M-35%+16%-1%n/an/an/a
Obara 6877.TJapan$630M+12%+17%17%10.6×-0.2%+6.9%

Questions

Which companies are Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Glotech Industrial (5475.TWO), Techman Robot (4585.TW), Shin Zu Shing (3376.TW), Furukawa (5715.T), Shuifa Gas (603318.SS), Zhejiang Xinxing Tools (301677.SZ), J.S. Corrugating Machinery (000821.SZ), Shandong Weida Machinery (002026.SZ).
Is Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 46.3× against a peer median of 11.1×, most expensive of 12 in its peer set.
How has Krn Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -29.3% against -32.5% for the median peer; over one year +18.0%.

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.