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Vardhman TextilesVTL.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Chemicals›Textiles

India's largest integrated textile manufacturer, producing yarn, fabric and garments mainly for export and domestic markets.

≈ A large, vertically integrated Indian textile millMomentum weak 26
Mkt cap
$1.56B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
35%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.49M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-6.6 pp
WACC 13.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · INR₹508.80
1D-4.9%
1W+4.7%
1M-5.2%
3M-15.5%
6M-14.7%
YTD+16.3%
1Y+15.9%
ATR %4.0%
Beta0.48
52w lowhigh26.1% off high

What Vardhman Textiles does

India's largest integrated textile manufacturer, producing yarn, fabric and garments mainly for export and domestic markets.

Spins cotton and synthetic fibre into yarn that is sold on to weavers and knitters in India and abroad, with yarn the largest part of sales and fabric and garments added to capture more of the chain. Earnings swing with cotton prices and yarn demand. The Oswal family promoters control it.

In one line: A large, vertically integrated Indian textile mill.

Products and services

  • Cotton yarn
  • Fabric
  • Garments/acrylic fiber

Customers

  • Global apparel brands/exporters
  • Domestic textile buyers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Cotton/fiber sourcing
  • Yarn & fabric manufacturing
  • Garment/export distribution

What could go right

  • Textile export demand growth
  • Cotton price cost advantage in upcycles

What could go wrong

  • Cotton price volatility
  • Global textile demand cyclicality

Moat: narrow (scale). Large-scale vertical integration from fiber to fabric gives cost advantages versus smaller mills.

Headquarters: Ludhiana, India · Founded: 1965 · Employees: 24,097

Named competitors

Vardhman Textiles at a glance

Size Vardhman Textiles (VTL.NS) is an India Materials company (Textiles) with a market value of $1.56B, the 453rd largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹508.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.7%, against +10.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 12 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.7%); the operating margin is 8.9% (peer median 5.6%).

Valuation It trades at 12.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.9× (3rd cheapest of 9).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.6 points below its cost of capital (13.0% WACC).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 114VTL.NS 88
Six months, rebased to 100: Vardhman Textiles against the median of its 12 peers (local-currency closes).

Vardhman Textiles financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹102B₹97.2B₹96.3B₹93.4B₹99.5B
Revenue growth—+1%+3%-6%—
Gross profit₹32.2B₹12.1B₹12.3B₹8.49B₹12.7B
EBITDA₹13.9B₹11.9B₹11.4B₹8.64B₹12.3B
Net income₹8.48B₹7.45B₹8.83B₹6.32B₹7.95B
Free cash flown/a-₹6.39B₹5.88B-₹13.7B₹11.7B
Capital expendituren/a₹17.4B₹10.3B₹2.84B₹6.22B
Total debtn/a₹18.5B₹12.4B₹17.9B₹16.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Vardhman Textiles 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%+100%-20%0%ARVINDTRIDENTABRELICIL120110RAYMONDSANATHANALOKINDSFILATEXGHCLJINDWORLDVTL.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Vardhman Textiles is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%+80%0×25×50×75×ARVINDTRIDENTICIL120110RAYMONDSANATHANGHCLVTL.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Vardhman Textiles is the large dot.

Vardhman Textiles competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (VTL.NS vs ARVIND.NS vs TRIDENT.NS vs WELSPUNLIV.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Vardhman Textiles VTL.NS$1.56B-15%+3%9%12.0×n/a
Arvind ARVIND.NS$1.43B+10%+19%8%26.6×21.1%
Trident TRIDENT.NS$1.29B-11%-4%11%17.1×18.5%
Welspun Living WELSPUNLIV.NS$2.41B+82%+5%8%35.5×32.4%

How Vardhman Textiles 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.

Vardhman Textiles against its 12 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureVTL.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.2%-2.5%7th highest of 13
6-month return-14.7%+10.5%5th lowest of 12
Distance from 52-week high-26.1%-21.8%6th lowest of 13
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.3%+1.7%5th highest of 12
Operating margin8.9%5.6%3rd highest of 12
Forward P/E12.0×24.9×3rd cheapest of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.6 pp-3.1 pp5th lowest of 12
EV / EBITDA10.6×14.2×3rd cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.6×1.5×3rd least indebted of 11

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
Vardhman Textiles VTL.NSIndia$1.56B-15%+3%9%12.0×n/an/a
Arvind ARVIND.NSIndia$1.43B+10%+19%8%26.6×21.1%+12.8%
Trident TRIDENT.NSIndia$1.29B-11%-4%11%17.1×18.5%+7.9%
Aditya Birla Real Estate ABREL.NSIndia$1.26B-33%-26%-19%n/a39.6%-30.9%
Indo Count Industries ICIL.NSIndia$1.03B+68%+19%8%29.7×31.4%+10.5%
Kolon Ind 120110.KSSouth Korea$858M-61%+2%4%4.9×4.2%+4.2%
Raymond RAYMOND.NSIndia$761M+111%-6%6%79.4×n/an/a
Kusumgar KUSUMGAR.NSIndia$612Mn/an/an/a34.7×n/an/a
Sanathan Textiles SANATHAN.NSIndia$500M+21%+77%5%23.2×n/an/a
Alok Industries ALOKINDS.NSIndia$442M-41%+6%-4%n/an/an/a
Filatex India FILATEX.NSIndia$427M+100%0%6%n/a20.8%+13.3%
GHCL GHCL.NSIndia$406M-21%+2%20%7.7×-2.5%+4.2%
Jindal Worldwide JINDWORLD.NSIndia$399M+39%-2%5%n/a21.9%+6.0%

Questions

Who are Vardhman Textiles's main competitors?
Named competitors: Arvind Limited (ARVIND.NS), Trident Limited (TRIDENT.NS), Welspun Living (WELSPUNLIV.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Arvind (ARVIND.NS), Trident (TRIDENT.NS), Aditya Birla Real Estate (ABREL.NS), Indo Count Industries (ICIL.NS), Kolon Ind (120110.KS), Raymond (RAYMOND.NS).
Is Vardhman Textiles expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.0× against a peer median of 24.9×, 3rd cheapest of 9 in its peer set.
How has Vardhman Textiles stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.7% against +10.5% for the median peer; over one year +15.9%.

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.