Employees: 10,473
Size Westlife Foodworld (WESTLIFE.NS) is an India Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $1.08B, the 570th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹655.55 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.9%, against +12.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.0%); the operating margin is 4.8% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 343.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.4× (most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 49% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is +27 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 7.0 points below its cost of capital (11.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹28.1B | ₹26.1B | ₹24.8B | ₹23.8B | ₹22.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +4% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹12.5B | ₹8.41B | ₹8.07B | ₹8.45B | ₹8.22B |
| EBITDA | ₹3.70B | ₹3.46B | ₹3.30B | ₹3.77B | ₹3.88B |
| Net income | ₹19.4M | ₹323M | ₹121M | ₹692M | ₹1.12B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹968M | ₹1.15B | ₹1.10B | ₹716M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹2.36B | ₹2.18B | ₹2.17B | ₹2.70B |
| Total debt | ₹19.2B | ₹18.0B | ₹16.2B | ₹13.6B | ₹12.0B |
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| Measure | WESTLIFE.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.8% | +3.0% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +30.9% | +12.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -1.5% | -12.2% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.9% | +6.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 343.5× | 19.4× | most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 49.0% | 6.7% | most demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +21.7% | +10.5% | 3rd highest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +27.3 pp | -4.3 pp | most demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.0 pp | +1.1 pp | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 32.7× | 10.8× | most expensive of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.1× | 2.5× | 4th most indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NS | India | $1.08B | +31% | +10% | 5% | 343.5× | 49.0% | +21.7% |
| Ohsho Food Service 9936.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | 0% | 7% | 27.5× | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| Ichibanya 7630.T | Japan | $1.06B | +21% | +8% | 6% | 57.3× | 12.2% | +8.2% |
| Doutor Nichires 3087.T | Japan | $1.03B | +33% | +8% | 7% | 16.3× | -4.7% | +10.6% |
| Biglari BH | United States | $1.01B | +5% | +8% | 5% | n/a | 22.1% | -1.8% |
| Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HK | Hong Kong | $1.17B | +16% | +3% | 15% | 13.1× | -9.6% | +15.8% |
| BJ's Restaurants BJRI | United States | $1.18B | +30% | +4% | 3% | 22.5× | 26.8% | +12.4% |
| Domino's Pizza DOM.L | United Kingdom | $1.19B | +24% | +6% | 15% | 13.1× | 9.5% | +6.3% |
| Guangzhou Restaurant 603043.SS | China | $1.31B | 0% | +9% | 11% | 17.3× | -3.5% | +10.4% |
| Royal 8179.T | Japan | $887M | +5% | +7% | 5% | 24.6× | 5.7% | +14.4% |
| J D Wetherspoon JDW.L | United Kingdom | $1.33B | +69% | +5% | 5% | 19.6× | 7.7% | +23.7% |
| KOMEDA 3543.T | Japan | $859M | -4% | +13% | 17% | 19.2× | -0.7% | +14.7% |
| Kura Sushi 2695.T | Japan | $848M | -2% | +4% | 1% | 48.1× | 21.5% | +12.5% |
| Mos Food Services 8153.T | Japan | $845M | +10% | +6% | 5% | 30.3× | 2.2% | +7.4% |
| Bloomin' Brands BLMN | United States | $835M | +23% | -2% | 3% | 10.5× | 10.6% | +4.5% |
| Sweetgreen SG | United States | $1.43B | +72% | -1% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRL | United States | $1.45B | +106% | -5% | 0% | 30.3× | 14.0% | +3.3% |
| Arcos Dorados ARCO | United States | $1.45B | -23% | +11% | 6% | 9.1× | -3.5% | +18.7% |
| First Watch Restaurant FWRG | United States | $794M | +6% | +16% | 3% | 53.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Domino's Pizza Enterprises DMP.AX | Australia | $1.48B | +48% | -11% | 5% | 16.9× | 17.9% | -1.4% |
| Auntea Jenny (Shanghai) Industrial 2589.HK | Hong Kong | $784M | -61% | +36% | 15% | 8.5× | -7.1% | +23.7% |