Friday 16 February 2024

Stocks and Peer Comparison by Industry - vrk100 - 16Feb2024

Stocks and Peer Comparison by Industry

 

(This is for information purposes only. This should not be construed as a recommendation or investment advice even though the author is a CFA Charterholder. Please consult your financial adviser before taking any investment decision. Safe to assume the author has a vested interest in stocks / investments discussed if any.)
 
 
There are several data aggregators that provide information on Indian stocks. While these are very good sources of data and information, they often tend to provide inadequate information on 'peer comparison.' 
 
Quite often, market observers and financial market participants (FMPs) are unable to get a real picture of competition of the companies they are researching. Hence, there is a need to have a list of comparable peers that are worth comparing. 
 
Following are some of the comparable companies in several sectors or industries. They are only a list of companies that belong to a broad category of sector / industry. They may not be homogeneous sometimes.

One caveat here is companies in a sector or industry are not strictly comparable because they may be having exposure to different sectors, their business models are different and they may be providing services or manufacturing goods in other industries also.

Globally, data aggregators, like, Morningstar, follow GICS or Global Industry Classification Standard, which consists of 11 sectors and 25 industry groups.
 
This is only a representative list of stocks in a particular industry and/or sector. Wherever possible, some unlisted peer companies are also provided.


1. Cash management services, ATM, digital support to banks

CMS Info Systems Limited
AGS Transact Technologies
Radiant Cash Management Services
 

2. Business Correspondence services of banks

Vakrangee
BLS E-Services  


3. Credit cards

SBI Cards and Payment Services


4. Credit rating companies

Crisil Limited
ICRA 
Care Ratings 
 

5. Wealth management

360 One WAM
(formerly IIFL Wealth Management Ltd)
Anand Rathi Wealth
Nuvama Wealth Management
(formerly Edelweiss Wealth Management)


6. Stock broking and other services

Angel One
Motilal Oswal Financial Services
ICICI Securities
MCX Ltd
Share India Securities
Choice International
5Paisa Capital (discount brokerage)

Zerodha (unlisted)
Groww (unlisted)
Upstox (unlisted)

 
7. Asset management companies (AMCs) or mutual funds

HDFC AMC
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
UTI AMC
Nippon Life India Asset Management
Shriram AMC

SBI AMC (unlisted)
Axis AMC (
unlisted)
ICICI AMC (
unlisted)


8. Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) - contract based manufacturing of electronic goods

Kaynes Technology India
Syrma SGS Tech
DCX systems
Amber Enterprises India
Dixon Technologies (India)
Cyient DLM
Avalon Technologies
Elin Electronics

Bharat FIH Ltd (Foxconn Technology Group company - unlisted)


9. Travel platforms

IRCTC (rail travel)
Easy Trip Planners (Ease My Trip)
Yatra Online
Thomas Cook (India)
Rategain Travel Technologies (strictly speaking, a SaaS company)

 
10. Digital signature certificates issuance

eMudhra

 
11. Digital insurance

PB Fintech (policybazaar) -- they provide access to other financial products also

 
12. Visa processing and visa application outsourcing

BLS International Services


13. Innerwear garments

Page Industries
Lux Industries
Dollar Industries
Rupa & Company
VIP Clothing
 
TTK Tantex (unlisted)


14. ER&D - engineering research & development services

Tata Technologies
L&T Technology Services
KPIT Technologies
Tata Elxsi
Persistent Systems
Sasken Technologies Ltd


15. Airport lounge services

Dreamfolks Services
 
 
16. Stock exchanges
 
BSE Limited
 
NSE (National Stock Exchange of India Ltd - unlisted


17. Depository services

Central Depository Services (India) or CDSL

National Securities Depository Ltd or NSDL (unlisted)
 
 
18. Mutual Fund distribution
 
Prudent Corporate Advisory Services  


19. E-governance

Protean e-Gov Technologies (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure)
 
 
20. Mutual Fund (AMC) services
 
Computer Age Management Services (CAMS)
KFIN Technologies  


21. Automotive retailers / dealers (auto dealers)
 
Landmark Cars (mostly in West India)
Popular Vehicles & Services (South India)
Competent Automobiles Company Ltd (North India)
 

Sai Service Pvt Ltd (West & South India) (unlisted)
Kataria Automobiles Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Bhandari Automobiles Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Indus Motor Company Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
VST Motors Ltd - VST Group (South India) (unlisted)
 

22. Digital auto dealers / retailers (online market place / online auto platform)
 
CarTrade Tech Ltd (CarWale / BikeWale)
 
CarDekho / BikeDekho (Girnar Software Pvt Ltd) (unlisted)
Cars24 Services Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Mahindra First Choice Ltd (unlisted)
Droom Technology Pvt Ltd (unlisted)

 
23. Waste management services

Antony Waste Handling Cell

 
24. Food delivery digital platform

Zomato
 
Swiggy (unlisted)
 

25. Beauty and personal care digital platform

FSN e-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa)
Honasa Consumer (Mamaearth)

(companies, like, HUL, Colgate, P&G Hygiene & Healthcare, Dabur India and Marico are listed competitors in the above segment)


26. B2B Digital Marketplace

Indiamart Intermesh
Just Dial (via its JD Mart)
 
TradeIndia (unlisted)
ExportersIndia (unlisted)
Alibaba India (unlisted)
 
 
28. Energy exchanges
 
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) 

Power Exchange India (PXIL) (unlisted) - promoted by NSE & NCDEX 
Hindustan Power Exchange (unlisted) - promoted by PTC India, BSE & ICICI Bank


29. Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

Embassy Office Parks REIT
Mindspace Business Parks REIT
Brookfield India Real Estate Trust
 
 
30. SaaS Platform / Fintech / prepaid cards
 
Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services 
 
 
31. QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) / Fast Food
 
Jubilant Foodworks (Domino's Pizza & Dunkin' Donuts)
Devyani International (KFC, Pizza Hut * & Costa Coffee)
Westlife Foodworld (McDonald's - West & South India)
Sapphire Foods India (KFC, Pizza Hut & Taco Bell *)
Restaurant Brands Asia (Burger King)
Barbeque-Nation Hospitality 

(* KFC, Pizza Hut & Taco Bell belong to Yum! Brands)

Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt Ltd (unlisted) (McDonald's - North & East India)

32. Agrochemicals / crop protection

PI Industries
UPL Ltd
Bayer CropScience
Sumitomo Chemical India
Rallis India
Dhanuka Agritech
Bharat Rasayan
Sharda Cropchem (asset light business model)
India Pesticides
Astec Lifesciences 
Meghmani Organics
Insecticides India
Atul Ltd (crop protection is part of business)
Jubilant Ingrevia (crop protection is part of business)


Gharda Chemicals Ltd (unlisted)
Indofil Industries Ltd (unlisted)
Tagros Chemicals India Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
 

(crop protection chemicals include herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides - crops need protection from herbs, insects, and fungus)


(global giants include, Bayer AG, ChemChina (Syngenta), BASF SE, Corteva Inc, FMC Corp, Sumitomo Chemical and UPL Ltd) (Monsanto was acquired by Bayer AG in 2018 and Corteva Inc was formerly known as DowDuPont) 
 
 
33. Agri inputs / Seeds Manufacturers

Kaveri Seed Company
Bombay Super Hybrid Seeds
Nath Bio-Genes (India) Ltd
Shreeoswal Seeds & Chemicals
Mangalam Seeds
JK Agri Genetics (JK Seeds)
Nirman Agri Genetics 
Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture
Continental Seeds & Chemicals
Rallis India (seeds is part of business)

Pioneer seeds (part of Corteva Agriscience) (unlisted)
Mahyco Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Monsanto India (unlisted)
ProAro (unlisted)
Syngenta (unlisted)
Nuziveedu Seeds (unlisted)
Rasi Seeds (unlisted)
Monsanto India (acquired by Bayer AG and Bayer CropScience in 2019) (unlisted)
 
 
34. Marketing services industry (integrated marketing communications, customer data analytics, marketing technology or MarTech and market research)
 
 
Affle (India) Ltd
Latent View Analytics Ltd
R K Swamy Ltd (probable listing on 12Mar2024)
Vertoz Advertising Ltd
 
 
Lintas India Pvt Ltd (India-based) (unlisted)
Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd (India) (unlisted)
Group M Media India Pvt Ltd (foreign-based) (unlisted)
Ogilvy and Mather Pvt Ltd (O&M) (foreign) (unlisted) 
Omnicom Media Group India Pvt Ltd (foreign) (unlisted) 
Mccann-Erickson India Pvt Ltd (foreign) (unlisted)
 
 
35. PSU demerger / spinoff entities with land and other assets (the spinoffs are majority owned by Govt of India):
 
Hemisphere Properties India Ltd (land assets demerged from erstwhile VSNL)
NMDC Steel Ltd (steel assets demerged from NMDC)
BEML Land Assets Ltd (land assets demerged from BEML)
Shipping Corporation of India Land and Assets Ltd (land assets demerged from SCI)
 
 
36. Retail Pharmacies  / Pharmaceutical retailers (offline stores, omni-channel, e-commerce as well as online pharmacy platforms)
 
MedPlus Health Services Ltd (offline retails stores and online platform -- diagnostics also)
 

Apollo Pharmacies Ltd (unlisted)
Tata 1mg Healthcare Solutions Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Wellness Forever Medicare Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Netmeds Marketplace Ltd (unlisted)
Emami Frank Ross Ltd (unlisted)
Axelia Solutions Pvt Ltd / Pharmeasy (unlisted)
 
(Pharmeasy and Tata 1mg don't have any physical stores -- both are pure online digital platforms)
 
 
37. Pharmaceutical distributors (including healthcare products -- both offline and online)
 
Entero Healthcare Solutions Ltd
 

Keimed Pvt Ltd (it's a preferred supplier for Apollo Hospitals' chain (unlisted)
Akna Medical Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Hiveloop Technology Pvt Ltd / (Udaan) (unlisted)
Ascent Wellness and Pharma Solutions Pvt Ltd (unlisted) 


38. Themes / Urban Consumption / Luxury goods

(this is a narrative that is a market flavour in 2023 and early part of 2024 -- this may not always work)

Metro Brands (footwear)
Vedant Fashions (readymade garments)
Radico Khaitan (alcohol firms with premium brands)
Sula Vineyards
Interglobe Aviation (air travel)
Titan Company
Trent
Shoppers Stop
PVR Inox
The Phoenix Mills (shopping malls)
Varun Beverages
Avenue Supermarts
Ethos Ltd (luxury watches)
Zomato Ltd
Westlife Foodworld
Campus Activewear
Jubilant Foodworks
Zydus Wellness
Cera Sanitaryware
Go Fashion India
Landmark Cars (Mercedes-Benz)


39. Small Finance Banks or SFBs #SFB 

Au Small Finance Bank Limited
Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Ltd  
Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd
ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd
Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd
Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd


North East Small Finance Bank Ltd (unlisted)
Shivalik Small Finance Bank Ltd
(unlisted)
Unity Small Finance Bank Ltd (unlisted)
 
 
40. Microfinance lenders (NBFC - MFIs)

CreditAccess Grameen Ltd
Spandana Sphoorty Financial
Fusion Micro Finance
Arman Financial Services
Equitas SFB (they do other lending also, in addition to MFI)
Ujjivan SFB (they do other lending also, in addition to MFI)
 

 
41. Sanitaryware and Ceramic products
 
Karajia Ceramics
Cera Sanitaryware
Somany Ceramics
Hindware Home Innovation Ltd (HHIL) *
 
Jaquar & Company Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Kohler India Corporation Pvt Ltd (unlisted)
Parryware (Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd, taken over in 2005 by Roca group of Italy) (unlisted)
 
 
* Brief history of HHIL: 

> HHIL gets more than 55% of sales during FY 2023-24 from its Sanitaryware & Faucets (Bathware) segment; hence, HHIL should be compared with the likes of Cera Sanitaryware
 
> HHIL main segments in FY 2023-24 are: 1) Sanitaryware & Faucets (Bathware) > 55% sales; 2) plastic pipes & fittings (TruFlo) 25% sales; and 3) consumer appliances nearly 15% sales
 
> Hindware Ltd is an unlisted 98.2% subsidiary of HHIL


- in 2019, erstwhile HSIL Limited was demerged into three companies, namely, HSIL Limited, Somany Home Innovation Ltd (SHIL) and Brilloca Ltd

- SHIL was listed on NSE and BSE on 26Dec2019
 
- on 23May2022, SHIL was renamed as Hindware Home Innovation Ltd (HHIL)
 
- on BSE and NSE, you now find Hindware Home Innovation Ltd as a listed stock
 
- on 13Apr2022, Brilloca Ltd was renamed as Hindware Ltd (now an unlisted subsidiary of HHIL)

- effective 20Apr2022, HSIL Limited was renamed as AGI Greenpac Ltd (AGI Greenpac continues to be listed on NSE and BSE)


42. Internet companies  (companies that operate online using internet, like, e-commerce platforms, streaming services, FinTech firms, online travel service providers, online marketplaces, Edtech platforms, gaming companies, job portals, online advertising companies and others)

Zomato
Info-Edge (India)
PB Fintech (PolicyBazaar)
FSN E-commerce Ventures (Nykaa)
One 97 Communications (Paytm)
Delhivery
Affle India
Indiamart Intermesh
Just Dial
Rategain Travel Tech
Nazara Technologies
Cartrade Tech

MakeMyTrip (Nasdaq-listed)
 
Freshworks (unlisted)
 
 
 

(The blog will be continually updated with new companies getting listed and whenever one finds interesting comparable companies)



 
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