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Schaeffler IndiaSCHAEFFLER.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Capital Goods›Metal Fabrication

Indian subsidiary of Germany's Schaeffler Group, making precision bearings and components for automotive and industrial customers.

≈ Indian arm of a global bearings maker like TimkenMomentum weak 25
Mkt cap
$5.83B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.97M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
40.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+7.4 pp
WACC 12.7%
Hurdle
+9 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹3,520
1D-1.2%
1W-1.5%
1M-7.3%
3M-12.8%
6M-17.1%
YTD-9.3%
1Y-10.4%
ATR %2.9%
Beta0.83
52w lowhigh21.2% off high

What Schaeffler India does

Indian subsidiary of Germany's Schaeffler Group, making precision bearings and components for automotive and industrial customers.

In one line: Indian arm of a global bearings maker like Timken.

Products and services

  • Automotive bearings/components
  • Industrial bearings
  • E-mobility components

Customers

  • Automotive OEMs in India
  • Industrial machinery manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Capital goods
  • Precision components
  • Bearings - India

What could go right

  • Auto/industrial production growth in India
  • EV component content growth

What could go wrong

  • Auto production cyclicality
  • Raw material (steel) cost swings

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification, brand). Technology and manufacturing expertise inherited from the global Schaeffler Group, with long-standing OEM qualification.

Headquarters: Pune, India · Founded: 1970 · Employees: 6,369

Named competitors

Schaeffler India at a glance

Size Schaeffler India (SCHAEFFLER.NS) is an India Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $5.83B, the 192nd largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹3,520 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.1%, against -14.7% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 22.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +19.2%); the operating margin is 14.6% (peer median 8.6%).

Valuation It trades at 40.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.1× (8th most expensive of 20).

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 +21%, so the hurdle is +9 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 7.4 points above its cost of capital (12.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SCHAEFFLER.NS 83Peer median 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Schaeffler India against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Schaeffler India financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹112B₹96.5B₹82.0B₹72.3B₹68.4B
Revenue growth—+18%+14%+6%—
Gross profit₹32.5B₹20.8B₹13.6B₹12.8B₹12.3B
EBITDA₹20.0B₹17.6B₹14.4B₹13.2B₹12.8B
Net income₹13.1B₹11.5B₹9.39B₹8.99B₹8.79B
Free cash flown/a₹9.42B₹1.83B₹4.54B₹3.20B
Capital expendituren/a₹4.64B₹7.44B₹5.20B₹4.83B
Total debtn/a₹547M₹555M₹511M₹574M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Schaeffler India competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-40%-20%0%+20%301511SFSN0025956680VMI300811002056PTCIL301217SHYAMMETLBHARATFORGENDURANCESSAB-ABSL002046688102603667MLI600765SCHAEFFLER.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Schaeffler India is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×50×100×150×301511SFSN0025956680VMI300811PTCIL301217SHYAMMETLBHARATFORGENDURANCESSAB-A002046688102603667MLI600765SCHAEFFLER.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Schaeffler India is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%SFSN0025956680VMIBHARATFORGENDURANCEBSL603667MLISCHAEFFLER.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. Schaeffler India is the large dot.

Schaeffler India competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SCHAEFFLER.NS vs SKFINDUS.NS vs NRBBEARING.NS vs TKR)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Schaeffler India SCHAEFFLER.NS$5.83B-17%+23%15%40.4×29.7%
SKF India (Industrial) SKFINDUS.NS$1.23B+9%n/a11%33.3×36.9%
NRB Bearings NRBBEARING.NS$442M+44%+14%13%28.2×27.7%
Timken TKR$7.07B-14%+6%15%14.5×3.7%

How Schaeffler India 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.

Schaeffler India against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSCHAEFFLER.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.3%-6.1%10th lowest of 20
6-month return-17.1%-14.7%10th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-21.2%-39.1%7th highest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)+22.7%+19.2%10th highest of 21
Operating margin14.6%8.6%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E40.4×23.1×8th most expensive of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)29.7%14.3%4th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+20.8%+13.9%3rd highest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+8.9 pp+3.5 pp5th most demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+7.4 pp-1.8 pp5th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA27.6×12.0×3rd most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-0.9×0.3×2nd least indebted of 12

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
Schaeffler India SCHAEFFLER.NSIndia$5.83B-17%+23%15%40.4×29.7%+20.8%
Jiujiang Defu Technology 301511.SZChina$5.09B-28%+69%6%44.4×n/an/a
SFS SFSN.SWSwitzerland$6.68B+15%+2%12%19.8×-2.1%+12.3%
Himile Mechanical Science & Technology (Shandong) 002595.SZChina$7.40B-29%+17%20%19.8×8.4%+15.9%
JL MAG Rare-Earth 6680.HKHong Kong$4.59B-27%+46%11%17.3×14.3%+25.2%
Valmont Industries VMIUnited States$7.74B-21%+5%14%15.9×10.7%+7.2%
POCO 300811.SZChina$4.24B-15%+48%24%38.4×n/an/a
Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics 002056.SZChina$4.16B-9%+3%7%14.5×n/an/a
PTC Industries PTCIL.NSIndia$4.09B+45%+95%19%174.5×n/an/a
Anhui Tongguan Copper Foil 301217.SZChina$8.60B-12%+36%5%105.6×n/an/a
Shyam Metalics & Energy SHYAMMETL.NSIndia$3.84B+47%+26%9%19.3×n/an/a
Bharat Forge BHARATFORG.NSIndia$9.01B-13%+18%11%51.4×46.3%+21.6%
Endurance Technologies ENDURANCE.NSIndia$3.71B-1%+32%8%32.3×29.9%+17.6%
SSAB SSAB-A.STSweden$9.31B+10%+3%8%12.2×n/an/a
Bluescope Steel BSL.AXAustralia$9.53B+4%+2%6%10.3×16.7%+5.3%
Sinomach Precision Industry 002046.SZChina$3.47B-17%-1%4%75.7×n/an/a
Shaanxi Sirui Advanced Materials 688102.SSChina$2.99B-39%+38%11%96.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang XCC 603667.SSChina$2.99B-20%-15%2%91.0×47.9%+13.9%
Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses ZETWERK.NSIndia$2.96Bn/a+40%1%n/an/an/a
Mueller Industries MLIUnited States$11.5B-25%+21%20%12.0×0.0%+11.7%
Avic Heavy Machinery 600765.SSChina$2.84B-23%-13%4%23.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Schaeffler India's main competitors?
Named competitors: SKF India (SKFINDUS.NS), NRB Bearings (NRBBEARING.NS), Timken (TKR). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Jiujiang Defu Technology (301511.SZ), SFS (SFSN.SW), Himile Mechanical Science & Technology (Shandong) (002595.SZ), JL MAG Rare-Earth (6680.HK), Valmont Industries (VMI), POCO (300811.SZ).
Is Schaeffler India expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 40.4× against a peer median of 23.1×, 8th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 30% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is +9 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 Schaeffler India stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -17.1% against -14.7% for the median peer; over one year -10.4%.

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.