METROBRAND
Metro Brands share price & financials
- Price
- ₹1,037.6
- Market cap
- ₹25.9k Cr
- Sector
- Consumer Durables
- Calls analysed
- 8
Metro Brands Limited Q1 FY27
What went well
- Strong Q1 FY27 performance with 14% standalone business growth, 9% EBITDA growth, and 13% PAT growth.
- Gross margins remained robust at almost 60%, matching the highest of the past five quarters, attributed to quick action on input costs and inventory control.
- EBITDA margins were maintained at 30%, consistent with guidance.
What to watch
- PAT margins were impacted by increased investment in brand-building marketing, modest increase in occupancy costs, lower treasury income, and investment in talent and technology.
- Soft sales in April and May were observed due to the overhang of the U.S.-Iran conflict and a shift in marriage dates.
What Metro Brands Limited does
Metro Brands Limited retails footwear and accessories for the whole family across price points, operating an asset-light, primarily Company-Owned-Company-Operated (COCO) network of stores under its own brands (Metro, Mochi, Walkway, Proline) and licensed/exclusive third-party brands (Crocs, Fitflop, Fila, Foot Locker, New Era, Clarks). It also runs MetroActiv, a multi-brand sports-performance retail format carrying Nike, adidas, Puma, ASICS, Skechers, New Balance, FILA and New Era. The company sells through its physical store network as well as an omni-channel digital layer of owned and exclusive-brand websites, marketplaces and social commerce, and operates its own e-commerce-specific warehousing and distribution infrastructure.
Segments
- Metro
- Mochi
- Walkway
- Crocs
- Fitflop
- Fila
- Foot Locker
- New Era
- MetroActiv
- Stores
- 1,032
- Store formats/brands
- 9
- Cities present in
- 221
- States & Union Territories covered
- 31
- Loyalty programme members
- 19+ million
- Footwear vendor/manufacturing partners
- 250+
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 24 tracked 3 delivered 3 missed 18 open- EBITDA Margin delivered said Q2 FY25 Promised: ~30% Q1 FY27: Achieved 30% EBITDA margin in Q1. Management reiterated guidance for a '30-ish range' for the full year.
- FY25 Revenue Growth missed said Q2 FY25 Promised: 12% to 15% Q1 FY27: Final verdict from FY25 stands. Promise period has ended.
- Fila EBO Openings delayed said Q3 FY25 Promised: 5 to 6 stores at least by August of 2025 Q1 FY27: Opened 3 new FILA EBOs. Management now expects acceleration 'towards the end of FY '27', further pushing out the timeline for significant progress.
All 24 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 14.6%, net profit down 4.0% against the same quarter last year.
| Line item | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 585 | 703 | 643 | 628 | 651 +11% | 811 +15% | 773 +20% | 720 +15% |
| EBITDA | 155 | 225 | 197 | 194 | 171 +10% | 265 +18% | 238 +21% | 215 +11% |
| Net profit | 72 | 95 | 95 | 99 | 69 −4% | 130 +37% | 118 +24% | 95 −4% |
How to read this
₹ crore, as filed. The percentage beside a figure is the change against the same quarter a year earlier — never the quarter before, which would make every seasonal business look like it collapses and booms each year.
Performance −25.0% 1Y
1Y: ₹1,254.4 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹940.2. High ₹1,321.2 (17 Sept 2025), low ₹896.1 (30 Mar 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- −3.8%
- 5 Aug
- Q4 FY26
- +6.3%
- 21 May
- Q3 FY26
- −3.4%
- 28 Jan
- Q2 FY26
- −0.5%
- 17 Oct
The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.
Financials, as filed
Revenue grew 10.4% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin narrowed to 30.3%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹2.1k Cr | ₹2.4k Cr | ₹2.5k Cr | ₹2.9k Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹679 Cr | ₹700 Cr | ₹757 Cr | ₹868 Cr |
| Operating margin | 31.9% | 29.7% | 30.2% | 30.3% |
| Interest | ₹63 Cr | ₹78 Cr | ₹90 Cr | ₹111 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹180 Cr | ₹229 Cr | ₹258 Cr | ₹311 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹366 Cr | ₹417 Cr | ₹354 Cr | ₹416 Cr |
| Net margin | 17.2% | 17.7% | 14.1% | 14.5% |
| Cash from operations | ₹381 Cr | ₹590 Cr | ₹698 Cr | ₹474 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹289 Cr | ₹479 Cr | ₹611 Cr | ₹335 Cr |
| ROCE | 24.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
How to read this
From the company's own filings. Margins are computed from the filed sums; a year with an incomplete quarter is left blank rather than estimated.
Balance sheet
| Year ending | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹133 Cr | ₹136 Cr | ₹136 Cr | ₹136 Cr | ₹136 Cr | ₹136 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹695 Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹1.9k Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹567 Cr | ₹692 Cr | ₹943 Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.4k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹265 Cr | ₹348 Cr | ₹416 Cr | ₹391 Cr | ₹528 Cr | ₹452 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹2.9k Cr | ₹3.4k Cr | ₹3.8k Cr | ₹4.0k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹724 Cr | ₹848 Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹1.8k Cr | ₹2.0k Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹5 Cr | ₹6 Cr | ₹18 Cr | ₹9 Cr | ₹18 Cr | ₹18 Cr |
| Investments | ₹400 Cr | ₹401 Cr | ₹478 Cr | ₹750 Cr | ₹649 Cr | ₹673 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹532 Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.1k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr | ₹1.3k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹1.7k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹2.9k Cr | ₹3.4k Cr | ₹3.8k Cr | ₹4.0k Cr |
How to read this
As filed each year. A line the company does not report — deposits for a non-lender, for instance — is left out rather than shown as a row of dashes.
Who owns it
As disclosed at Jun 2026
Since Jun 2025, the public trimmed −0.31 pp while DIIs added +0.29 pp. The shareholder count shrank 11% to 57,942.
- Promoters
- 71.8%
- FIIs
- 3.7%
- DIIs
- 7.7%
- Public
- 16.8%
Since Jun 2025
- Public −0.31 pp
- DIIs +0.29 pp
- FIIs +0.08 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window promoters fell from 74.2% to 71.8% — −2.4 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 74.2%, FIIs 2.3%, DIIs 6.1%, Public 17.4%.Dec '23: Promoters 74.2%, FIIs 2.7%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 17.2%.Mar '24: Promoters 74.2%, FIIs 2.7%, DIIs 6.0%, Public 17.1%.Jun '24: Promoters 74.2%, FIIs 3.0%, DIIs 5.6%, Public 17.2%.Sep '24: Promoters 72.0%, FIIs 3.4%, DIIs 7.0%, Public 17.6%.Dec '24: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 3.4%, DIIs 7.2%, Public 17.5%.Mar '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 3.5%, DIIs 7.4%, Public 17.3%.Jun '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 3.6%, DIIs 7.4%, Public 17.1%.Sep '25: Promoters 71.9%, FIIs 3.9%, DIIs 7.4%, Public 16.9%.Dec '25: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.8%, DIIs 7.5%, Public 16.8%.Mar '26: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.8%, DIIs 7.6%, Public 16.9%.Jun '26: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.7%, DIIs 7.7%, Public 16.8%.
Who bought this quarter
since Mar 2026
Disclosed holders that added to a position or appeared on the register for the first time, biggest addition first.
- Kotak Midcap Fund Mutual fund +0.08 pp 2.82% held
The same filing shows 0 holders trimming and 0 off the list — both are in the register beside this.
Who is on the register
Named in the Jun 2026 filing
Every holder of Metro Brands Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aziza Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Farah Malik Bhanji) | 28.05% | unchanged |
| Rafique Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Farah Malik Bhanji) | 27.65% | unchanged |
| Aryaman Jhunjhunwala Discretionary Trust (Trustee - Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala) | 4.79% | unchanged |
| Nishtha Jhunjhunwala Discretionary Trust (Trustee - Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala) | 4.79% | unchanged |
| Aryavir Jhunjhunwala Discretionary Trust (Trustee - Rekha Rakesh Jhunjhunwala) | 4.79% | unchanged |
| Alisha Rafique Malik | 2.90% | unchanged |
| Kotak Midcap Fund Mutual fund | 2.82% | +0.08 pp |
| Farah Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Rafique Abdul Malik) | 1.46% | unchanged |
| Zia Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Rafique Abdul Malik) | 1.46% | unchanged |
| Zarah Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Rafique Abdul Malik) | 1.46% | unchanged |
| Sabina Malik Family Trust (Trustee - Rafique Abdul Malik) | 1.46% | unchanged |
| Zia Malik Lalji | 1.45% | unchanged |
A holder disappearing from this list has fallen below the 1% line — it is not necessarily a sale. Percentages are of total shares, as disclosed in the company's own filing. Who was buying across the market this quarter.
Mutual funds in METROBRAND
Filings to Jul 2026
0 new, 0 added, 0 trimmed, 0 sold out — net +0.00 L shares (+0.0%).
- Held by funds
- ₹95 Cr
- 1 schemes
- Biggest holder
- HDFC Multi Cap Fund
- ₹95 Cr · 0.5% of that fund
| Scheme | Holding | Last month | Held since |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Multi Cap Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | ₹95 Cr | held | Dec '22 |
HDFC, Nippon India and SBI schemes, from their monthly disclosures. Changes are counted in shares, so a price move never looks like buying or selling.
Mutual funds Jul 2026
0 added, 0 trimmed — net 0 shares (+0.0%)
- Funds are sitting on
- +1%
- vs est. average cost
- Held by funds
- ₹95 Cr
- 1 schemes · ≈ 0.37% of the company
Shares held by these funds +97%
Aug '23 9.15 L shares Jul '26
What the price assumes
Growth trapTo justify its price of ₹940, this stock must grow earnings at 37% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~4%. At that growth it is worth ₹175 — downside of 81%.
- Growth the price implies
- 37.2% a year
- for 7 years, fading to 4%
- It has actually compounded at
- 4.4% a year
- net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS 4.3%
- The gap
- 0.3 pp
- -81% downside if it only repeats history
All earnings calls (7)
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