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Shipping Corporation of IndiaSCI.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Transport & Logistics›Air Freight/Couriers

India's state-owned shipping company operating bulk carriers, oil tankers, container ships and offshore support vessels.

Momentum weak 21
Mkt cap
$1.29B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
36%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.10M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-4.2 pp
WACC 16.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · INR₹261.07
1D-0.9%
1W+6.8%
1M-8.5%
3M-15.4%
6M-18.3%
YTD+12.7%
1Y-0.9%
ATR %4.5%
Beta1.24
52w lowhigh29.2% off high

What Shipping Corporation of India does

India's state-owned shipping company operating bulk carriers, oil tankers, container ships and offshore support vessels.

Earns freight on cargo it carries and hire when it charters vessels out, some on long contracts and some at spot rates that follow global markets. The Government of India owns most of the shares, and rules reserving some government cargo for Indian-flag ships support its volumes.

Products and services

  • Crude/product tankers
  • Bulk carriers
  • Container shipping
  • Offshore support vessels

Customers

  • Indian oil companies (crude/product transport)
  • Bulk commodity shippers
  • Offshore E&P operators (ONGC)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Shipping/maritime transport
  • Bulk, tanker and container shipping
  • Offshore support vessel services

What could go right

  • India crude/LNG import growth
  • Government cargo-reservation policy support

What could go wrong

  • Global freight rate cyclicality
  • Fleet aging/capex needs

Moat: narrow (scale, regulatory licence). State backing and India's cargo-support policies help, but shipping rates are globally competitive and cyclical.

Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 1961 · Employees: 2,962

Named competitors

Shipping Corporation of India at a glance

Size Shipping Corporation of India (SCI.NS) is an India Industrials company (Air Freight/Couriers) with a market value of $1.29B, the 522nd largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹261.07 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.3%, against -8.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 16.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.3%); the operating margin is 23.5% (peer median 5.6%).

Valuation It trades at 1.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.2× (7th most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.2 points below its cost of capital (16.4% WACC).

Relative performance

70809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 90SCI.NS 77
Six months, rebased to 100: Shipping Corporation of India against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shipping Corporation of India financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹63.1B₹57.4B₹55.8B₹50.1B₹57.7B
Revenue growth—+3%+11%-13%—
Gross profit₹17.6B₹13.1B₹9.49B₹6.54B₹10.5B
EBITDA₹25.8B₹23.3B₹17.9B₹14.3B₹17.2B
Net income₹16.2B₹13.5B₹8.44B₹6.79B₹8.70B
Free cash flown/a-₹328M₹5.26B₹4.58B₹9.53B
Capital expendituren/a₹15.5B₹2.92B₹5.12B₹4.76B
Total debtn/a₹26.8B₹22.3B₹29.1B₹26.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shipping Corporation of India 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

-20%0%-10%0%+10%06360517BONHRBLUEDART002183HUBG6007879075CJT90259699600755600278SLP-B6032230028899037FERGRSCI.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shipping Corporation of India is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%0×5×10×15×063605170021836007879075CJT9699600278SLP-B603223002889002210600739SCI.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shipping Corporation of India is the large dot.

Shipping Corporation of India competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SCI.NS vs GESHIP.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Shipping Corporation of India SCI.NS$1.29B-18%+17%24%1.9×n/a
Great Eastern Shipping GESHIP.NS$2.16B-8%+24%42%3.3×8.2%

How Shipping Corporation of 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.

Shipping Corporation of India against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSCI.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.5%-0.5%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return-18.3%-8.8%6th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-29.2%-23.9%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+16.7%+3.3%6th highest of 20
Operating margin23.5%5.6%3rd highest of 20
EV / Sales1.9×1.2×7th most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.2 pp-1.1 pp3rd lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA4.7×7.5×3rd cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-0.0×0.2×5th least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Shipping Corporation of India SCI.NSIndia$1.29B-18%+17%24%1.9×n/an/a
KLN Logistics 0636.HKHong Kong$1.30B-15%-2%4%0.3×-10.4%+2.6%
COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) 0517.HKHong Kong$1.32B+8%+1%5%1.2×2.3%+1.5%
Bonheur BONHR.OLNorway$1.20B+1%+4%7%1.4×3.1%+20.6%
Blue Dart Express BLUEDART.NSIndia$1.14B-20%+9%7%1.7×22.4%+13.3%
Eternal Asia Supply Chain Management 002183.SZChina$1.48B-32%-25%0%0.6×29.9%0.0%
Hub HUBGUnited States$1.48B-44%n/an/an/an/an/a
CMST Development 600787.SSChina$1.49B-12%+23%0%0.1×n/an/a
Fukuyama Transporting 9075.TJapan$1.51B+18%+6%4%1.0×12.0%+2.2%
Cargojet CJT.TOCanada$1.00B+15%+1%10%2.2×12.4%+8.2%
Konoike Transport 9025.TJapan$973M+2%+1%6%0.4×-12.5%+4.0%
Hangzhou SF Intra-city Industrial 9699.HKHong Kong$941M-24%+32%1%0.2×5.9%+35.5%
Xiamen International Trade 600755.SSChina$1.77B-10%+28%0%0.2×n/an/a
Orient International Enterprise 600278.SSChina$919M+1%-12%1%0.1×n/an/a
Swedish Logistic Property SLP-B.STSweden$876M-9%+27%86%15.9×11.6%+60.3%
Hengtong Logistic 603223.SSChina$870M-9%+2%30%3.9×-9.5%-24.6%
Shenzhen Easttop Supply Chain Management 002889.SZChina$845M+14%-35%6%2.4×12.0%+6.7%
Hamakyorex 9037.TJapan$808M-2%+9%10%0.9×-9.0%+5.5%
Ferrari FERGR.ASNetherlands$780M-4%+3%17%1.7×-2.7%+5.0%
Shenzhen Feima International Supply Chain 002210.SZChina$768M-36%+116%11%12.9×34.5%+1.5%
Liaoning Cheng Da 600739.SSChina$2.29B-16%-27%-17%3.1×4.4%-10.1%

Questions

Who are Shipping Corporation of India's main competitors?
Named competitors: Great Eastern Shipping (GESHIP.NS), Essar Shipping (private or unlisted), Maersk (container) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes KLN Logistics (0636.HK), COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) (0517.HK), Bonheur (BONHR.OL), Blue Dart Express (BLUEDART.NS), Eternal Asia Supply Chain Management (002183.SZ), Hub (HUBG).
Is Shipping Corporation of India expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 1.9× against a peer median of 1.2×, 7th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Shipping Corporation of India stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.3% against -8.8% for the median peer; over one year -0.9%.

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.