Pidilite Industries Limited vs SRF Limited
An objective side-by-side of PIDILITIND and SRF, both in Chemicals: valuation, profitability, growth, balance sheet, ownership and share-price performance. Where one number is clearly better on its own terms (lower P/E, higher ROE), it is shaded. That is a description, not a recommendation.
Prices as of 2026-09-21 close
Latest results: PIDILITIND Jun 2026 · SRF Jun 2026
At a glance
- Pidilite Industries Limited is the larger company by market value, about 2.1 times the size of SRF Limited.
- On trailing earnings, SRF Limited trades at the lower P/E (34.8 against 60.4).
- Pidilite Industries Limited earns the higher return on equity (24.5% against 15.4%).
- Over three years Pidilite Industries Limited has grown profits faster (25% a year against -4%).
- Over the past year the share prices returned +2.3% (PIDILITIND) and -13.9% (SRF).
| Metric | Pidilite Industries PIDILITIND |
SRF SRF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | ₹160,133 Cr | ₹75,287 Cr |
| Share price | ₹1,573 | ₹2,540 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 60.35 | 34.82 |
| P/B | 14.78 | 5.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.21 | 21.06 |
| PEG | 2.41 | — |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| ROE | 24.5% | 15.4% |
| ROCE | 31.0% | 15.0% |
| Operating margin | 24.6% | 22.5% |
| Sales (TTM) | ₹15,125 Cr | ₹17,001 Cr |
| Net profit (TTM) | ₹2,653 Cr | ₹2,162 Cr |
| Growth | ||
| Latest quarter sales YoY | +21.3% | +31.8% |
| Latest quarter profit YoY | +30.3% | +75.5% |
| Sales CAGR 3Y | +7.0% | +2.0% |
| Profit CAGR 3Y | +25.0% | -4.0% |
| Sales CAGR 5Y | +15.0% | +13.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5Y | +17.0% | +10.0% |
| Financial strength | ||
| Debt/Equity | 0.04 | 0.36 |
| Interest cover | 59.67 | 9.18 |
| Ownership | ||
| Promoter holding | 69.2% | 50.3% |
| Promoter change (4 qtrs) | -0.11 pp | +0.00 pp |
| Price performance | ||
| Return 1M | -5.23% | -1.34% |
| Return 3M | +0.06% | -6.64% |
| Return 1Y | +2.35% | -13.86% |
| Return YTD | +6.13% | -17.40% |
| Technical condition | ||
| Technical score | 45 | 27 |
| RS rating (1-99) | 60.00 | 38.00 |
| % vs 200-DMA | +5.05% | -6.28% |
| RSI (14) | 43.78 | 46.98 |
| % from 52-week high | -7.87% | -20.87% |
