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Redtape LimitedREDTAPE.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Consumer & Retail›Apparel/Footwear Retail
Momentum laggard 15
Mkt cap
$624M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
28%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$242,218
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+5.3 pp
WACC 9.0%
Hurdle
-8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · INR₹106.57
1D-0.9%
1W+2.9%
1M-6.2%
3M-22.1%
6M-18.4%
YTD-14.0%
1Y-21.7%
ATR %3.5%
Beta0.54
52w lowhigh33.0% off high

What Redtape does

Employees: 749

Redtape at a glance

Size Redtape (REDTAPE.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $624M, the 764th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹106.57 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.4%, against -6.0% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 14.3% (peer median 5.9%).

Valuation It trades at 2.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.9× (5th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.3 points above its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 93REDTAPE.NS 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Redtape against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Redtape financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹24.2B₹24.2B₹20.2B₹18.4B₹14.7B
Revenue growth—+20%+10%+26%—
Gross profit₹8.67B₹8.01B₹6.85B₹7.11B₹5.32B
EBITDA₹4.40B₹3.57B₹2.22B₹3.21B₹2.45B
Net income₹2.54B₹2.41B₹1.70B₹1.76B₹1.42B
Free cash flown/a₹476M-₹1.30B-₹493M-₹265M
Capital expendituren/a₹859M₹1.13B₹1.20B₹1.46B
Total debt₹8.30B₹7.20B₹7.24B₹4.80B₹2.60B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Redtape 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%0%+50%-10%0%+10%RVRCV2RETAIL82197545DEBSABFRLARVINDFASN002356LINDEX37096110FIRSTCRYCAL26850027628214UNIWINAREDTAPE.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Redtape is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×2.5×5×7.5×RVRCV2RETAIL82197545DEBSABFRLARVINDFASN00235637096110FIRSTCRYCAL002762UNIPERNIASPOPWINAREDTAPE.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Redtape is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%RVRC82197545ARVINDFASNLINDEX37096110FIRSTCRYCAL26858214UNIWINAREDTAPE.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. Redtape is the large dot.

Redtape competitors and peer comparison

How Redtape 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.

Redtape against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureREDTAPE.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-6.2%+1.6%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-18.4%-6.0%9th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-33.0%-22.2%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+13.7%+6.2%4th highest of 21
Operating margin14.3%5.9%4th highest of 20
EV / Sales2.8×0.9×5th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)10.2%-3.4%3rd most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+18.1%+5.8%3rd highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-7.9 pp-11.3 pp5th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.3 pp-0.2 pp7th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA15.3×6.3×2nd most expensive of 16
Net debt / EBITDA1.9×0.7×8th most indebted of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Redtape REDTAPE.NSIndia$624M-18%+14%14%2.8×10.2%+18.1%
RVRC RVRC.STSweden$596M-1%+5%21%2.7×7.6%+17.6%
V2 Retail V2RETAIL.NSIndia$672M-20%+49%9%2.1×n/an/a
AOYAMA TRADING 8219.TJapan$704M-7%-2%6%0.7×-1.6%+3.2%
Nishimatsuya Chain 7545.TJapan$725M-6%+5%5%0.2×-21.2%+3.9%
boohoo DEBS.LUnited Kingdom$526M+46%+120%0%0.5×n/an/a
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NSIndia$503M-42%-27%-8%0.6×n/an/a
Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NSIndia$486M-25%+13%8%1.2×16.6%+22.5%
Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZChina$458M-29%-23%n/a6.1×n/an/a
Lindex LINDEX.HEFinland$456M+16%+4%7%1.0×-7.2%+3.8%
EEKA Fashion 3709.HKHong Kong$442M-20%-4%8%0.6×-19.3%+2.6%
Topsports International 6110.HKHong Kong$882M-62%-3%5%0.2×-20.9%-7.2%
Brainbees Solutions FIRSTCRY.NSIndia$883M-33%+12%-2%0.9×20.1%+39.8%
Caleres CALUnited States$438M-6%+7%4%0.5×0.4%+5.4%
AND ST HD 2685.TJapan$900M+2%+3%6%0.4×-15.3%+10.6%
Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles 002762.SZChina$429M-4%+12%-14%7.2×n/an/a
AOKI 8214.TJapan$912M+10%0%8%0.8×-5.3%+6.3%
United Arrows 7606.TJapan$426M-1%+8%6%0.4×-10.9%+6.2%
Universal Store UNI.AXAustralia$425M+24%+13%17%1.8×4.0%+12.3%
Purple Style Labs PERNIASPOP.NSIndia$417Mn/a+14%-14%7.5×n/an/a
Winmark WINAUnited States$944M-29%+9%60%10.7×7.7%+5.4%

Questions

Which companies are Redtape's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: RVRC (RVRC.ST), V2 Retail (V2RETAIL.NS), AOYAMA TRADING (8219.T), Nishimatsuya Chain (7545.T), boohoo (DEBS.L), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL.NS), Arvind Fashions (ARVINDFASN.NS), Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development (002356.SZ).
Is Redtape expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 2.8× against a peer median of 0.9×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Redtape stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.4% against -6.0% for the median peer; over one year -21.7%.

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.