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Samvardhana Motherson InternationalMOTHERSON.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

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

Indian auto-parts conglomerate supplying wiring harnesses, mirrors, plastics and modules to car makers worldwide.

≈ India's Magna/Aptiv — a global diversified auto-parts supplierMomentum strong 78
Mkt cap
$17.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
42%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$25.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
30.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.6 pp
WACC 16.1%
Hurdle
+14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
101 days
15 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹158.55
1D-5.6%
1W+1.3%
1M-0.4%
3M+2.3%
6M+21.6%
YTD+32.2%
1Y+48.3%
ATR %3.6%
Beta1.42
52w lowhigh8.5% off high

What Samvardhana Motherson International does

Indian auto-parts conglomerate supplying wiring harnesses, mirrors, plastics and modules to car makers worldwide.

Wins supply contracts for a vehicle program and ships parts for its life, so growth comes from new programs and from more content per car. Led by the Sehgal family, it was built by buying European suppliers such as Peguform and the wiring maker PKC, and works with Japan's Sumitomo Wiring Systems, a long-time partner and shareholder.

In one line: India's Magna/Aptiv — a global diversified auto-parts supplier.

Products and services

  • Wiring harnesses
  • Rear-view mirrors & vision systems
  • Polymer/plastic modules
  • Modules & other components (via acquisitions)

Customers

  • Global automakers (VW, BMW, Mercedes, Indian OEMs)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Auto & ancillaries
  • Automotive component manufacturing
  • Global Tier-1 supply to OEMs

What could go right

  • Global auto-parts content growth per vehicle
  • Continued bolt-on acquisitions

What could go wrong

  • Global auto-production cyclicality
  • Integration risk from frequent acquisitions

Moat: narrow (scale, customer qualification, switching costs). Long OEM design-in relationships across a diversified global manufacturing footprint built via serial acquisitions.

Headquarters: Noida, India · Founded: 1975 · Employees: 26,346

Named competitors

Samvardhana Motherson International at a glance

Size Samvardhana Motherson International (MOTHERSON.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $17.9B, the 56th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹158.55 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 21.6%, against -6.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.3%); the operating margin is 5.5% (peer median 9.7%).

Valuation It trades at 30.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.1× (6th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 31% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is +14 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 3.6 points below its cost of capital (16.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 15 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MOTHERSON.NS 120Peer median 94
Six months, rebased to 100: Samvardhana Motherson International against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Samvardhana Motherson International financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹1.31T₹1.26T₹1.13T₹984B₹784B
Revenue growth—+11%+15%+25%—
Gross profit₹225B₹169B₹146B₹124B₹82.9B
EBITDA₹125B₹124B₹103B₹89.1B₹62.4B
Net income₹43.8B₹38.6B₹38.0B₹27.2B₹15.0B
Free cash flown/a₹40.6B₹2.97B₹22.7B₹18.8B
Capital expendituren/a₹60.5B₹45.6B₹41.3B₹22.2B
Total debtn/a₹192B₹172B₹199B₹138B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Samvardhana Motherson International competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%601100ITTKBXMGBOSCHLTD0123303001242338CUMMINSIND5802601689TREL-B6902DCIALSN5334ALVHLEUNOMINDAMOTHERSON.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Samvardhana Motherson International is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%20×40×601100ITTKBXMGBOSCHLTD0123303001242338CUMMINSIND5802601689TREL-B69027259DCIALSNHLEUNOMINDAMOTHERSON.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Samvardhana Motherson International is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%601100ITTKBXMGBOSCHLTD0123303001242338CUMMINSIND5802601689TREL-B69025334UNOMINDAMOTHERSON.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Samvardhana Motherson International is the large dot.

Samvardhana Motherson International competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MOTHERSON.NS vs MG.TO vs APTV vs BOSCHLTD.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Samvardhana Motherson International MOTHERSON.NS$17.9B+22%+14%6%30.2×30.9%
Magna International MG.TO$16.1B+4%0%6%8.2×0.1%
Aptiv APTV$7.98B-32%-5%10%6.8×-6.8%
Bosch BOSCHLTD.NS$15.8B+34%+14%12%49.7×46.8%
Sona BLW Precision Forgings SONACOMS.NS$5.94B+56%+42%17%63.7×48.2%

How Samvardhana Motherson International 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.

Samvardhana Motherson International against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMOTHERSON.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.4%-1.4%11th highest of 21
6-month return+21.6%-6.5%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-8.5%-23.8%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.0%+12.3%9th highest of 21
Operating margin5.5%9.7%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E30.2×20.1×6th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)30.9%8.5%4th most demanding of 21
Growth delivered (Del g)+17.0%+8.3%5th highest of 21
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+13.8 pp-4.4 pp5th most demanding of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.6 pp+2.0 pp2nd lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.5×10.1×6th most expensive of 16
Net debt / EBITDA0.9×1.0×8th least indebted of 16

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
Samvardhana Motherson International MOTHERSON.NSIndia$17.9B+22%+14%6%30.2×30.9%+17.0%
Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic 601100.SSChina$17.9B-15%+31%24%38.2×24.0%+6.9%
ITT ITTUnited States$18.4B0%+28%17%21.6×20.9%+9.7%
Knorr-Bremse KBX.DEGermany$17.1B-9%+4%13%20.7×8.6%+4.9%
Magna International MG.TOCanada$16.1B+4%0%6%8.2×0.1%+6.0%
Bosch BOSCHLTD.NSIndia$15.8B+34%+14%12%49.7×46.8%+15.7%
Mobis 012330.KSSouth Korea$22.3B-18%+4%6%8.3×-1.0%+10.8%
Shenzhen Inovance Technology 300124.SZChina$23.0B-17%+19%10%27.0×21.3%+31.4%
Weichai Power 2338.HKHong Kong$24.0B-50%+14%7%11.0×-7.0%+2.6%
Cummins India CUMMINSIND.NSIndia$11.9B-25%+15%19%43.5×39.5%+22.7%
Sumitomo Electric Industries 5802.TJapan$27.3B-47%+14%9%11.4×13.3%+11.9%
Ningbo Tuopu 601689.SSChina$11.7B-26%+11%9%29.9×15.3%+35.4%
Trelleborg TREL-B.STSweden$10.1B+19%+2%19%22.9×9.6%+2.6%
Denso 6902.TJapan$32.5B-1%+7%7%12.1×3.4%+8.8%
Aisin 7259.TJapan$9.78B-14%+6%4%10.0×-0.3%+7.7%
Donaldson DCIUnited States$9.77B-2%+5%16%19.5×8.3%+6.4%
Allison Transmission ALSNUnited States$9.65B-6%+71%20%11.0×2.6%+7.7%
Niterra 5334.TJapan$9.01B+5%+16%19%9.9×4.0%+11.3%
Autoliv ALVUnited States$8.89B+2%+4%10%11.0×2.6%+7.7%
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA HLE.DEGermany$8.26B-7%-1%5%34.7×2.4%+6.1%
UNO Minda UNOMINDA.NSIndia$8.11B+16%+19%8%53.6×46.9%+25.0%

Questions

Who are Samvardhana Motherson International's main competitors?
Named competitors: Magna International (MG.TO), Aptiv (APTV), Bosch Ltd (BOSCHLTD.NS), Sona BLW Precision Forgings (SONACOMS.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic (601100.SS), ITT (ITT), Knorr-Bremse (KBX.DE), Magna International (MG.TO), Bosch (BOSCHLTD.NS), Mobis (012330.KS).
Is Samvardhana Motherson International expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 30.2× against a peer median of 20.1×, 6th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 31% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is +14 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.
How has Samvardhana Motherson International stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +21.6% against -6.5% for the median peer; over one year +48.3%.

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.