Employees: 5,854
Size Sheela Foam (SFL.NS) is an India Materials company (Industrial Specialties) with a market value of $614M, the 770th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹530.60 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.5%, against -4.3% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 19.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.7%); the operating margin is 6.5% (peer median 3.4%).
Valuation It trades at 24.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.9× (7th most expensive of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, 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 7.3 points below its cost of capital (12.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹42.0B | ₹38.2B | ₹34.3B | ₹29.8B | ₹28.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | +15% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹9.22B | ₹8.45B | ₹6.61B | ₹6.64B | ₹6.48B |
| EBITDA | ₹4.23B | ₹4.14B | ₹2.52B | ₹3.09B | ₹3.20B |
| Net income | ₹2.51B | ₹1.60B | ₹894M | ₹1.82B | ₹1.99B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹2.48B | ₹996M | -₹3.18B | ₹365M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹1.39B | ₹1.46B | ₹23.5B | ₹2.17B |
| Total debt | ₹8.53B | ₹9.08B | ₹14.6B | ₹14.9B | ₹5.71B |
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| Measure | SFL.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.4% | -6.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -7.5% | -4.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -36.3% | -27.4% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +19.6% | +2.7% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 3.4% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 24.3× | 18.9× | 7th most expensive of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 23.3% | 4.3% | 3rd most demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.4% | +5.4% | 5th highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +13.9 pp | -4.0 pp | 3rd most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.3 pp | -3.9 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.4× | 7.2× | 4th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6× | -0.0× | 5th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheela Foam SFL.NS | India | $614M | -7% | +20% | 6% | 24.3× | 23.3% | +9.4% |
| Wuxi Holyview Microelectronics 603375.SS | China | $618M | -10% | -17% | -9% | n/a | 53.9% | +17.3% |
| Tianjin Jiuri New Materials 688199.SS | China | $628M | -3% | +15% | 3% | 64.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Borosil Renewables BORORENEW.NS | India | $628M | -29% | +11% | 26% | n/a | 12.7% | +25.4% |
| KeePer Technical Laboratory 6036.T | Japan | $631M | +24% | +12% | 27% | 15.6× | -2.6% | +17.1% |
| ZACROS 7917.T | Japan | $596M | -11% | +6% | 7% | 12.5× | n/a | n/a |
| New East New Materials 603110.SS | China | $633M | -5% | -5% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fineotex Chemical FCL.NS | India | $635M | +86% | +91% | 15% | 34.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Hubei Sanxia New Building Materials 600293.SS | China | $640M | +15% | -34% | -21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass 600819.SS | China | $643M | -24% | 0% | 2% | 30.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Konishi 4956.T | Japan | $643M | +9% | +7% | 9% | 12.3× | -10.1% | +4.9% |
| Rain Industries RAIN.NS | India | $645M | +35% | +17% | 10% | 12.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Mativ MATV | United States | $646M | +27% | +1% | 4% | 11.0× | 6.2% | +13.0% |
| Central Glass 4044.T | Japan | $648M | 0% | +4% | 8% | 10.6× | -6.5% | -5.4% |
| Tianyang New Materials (Shanghai) Technology 603330.SS | China | $579M | +21% | -35% | -29% | n/a | 10.6% | +4.2% |
| Shenzhen Xinhao Photoelectricity Technology 301051.SZ | China | $577M | -19% | -23% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Keshun Waterproof Technologies 300737.SZ | China | $656M | -41% | -12% | -8% | 34.2× | -15.7% | -0.6% |
| Lucky Film 600135.SS | China | $568M | -40% | +14% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Silver Age Sci & Tech 300221.SZ | China | $667M | -16% | +7% | 7% | 26.3× | 27.7% | +6.0% |
| SGL Carbon SGL.DE | Germany | $668M | +2% | -16% | 8% | 18.9× | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| Changzhou Almaden Stock 002623.SZ | China | $558M | -11% | -22% | -11% | 56.7× | n/a | n/a |