REDTAPE
Redtape share price & financials
- Price
- ₹134.13
- Market cap
- ₹6.7k Cr
- Sector
- Consumer Durables
- Calls analysed
- 3
Redtape Limited Q1 FY27
What went well
- PAT grew 19.4% year-on-year to INR47 crores, marking RedTape's highest ever Q1 profit in absolute terms.
- Standalone revenue increased by 3.7% YoY to INR480 crores, demonstrating resilience despite a mixed demand environment.
- EBITDA margin was strong at 20.4%, reflecting execution-led efficiencies and disciplined channel management.
What to watch
- E-commerce channel experienced degrowth as the company consciously avoided excessive marketplace-led discounting to protect brand integrity.
- Q1 FY27 was a mixed quarter for discretionary consumption, with initial softness reflecting broader macro headwinds and cautious consumer spending.
What Redtape Limited does
RedTape designs, sources and retails footwear, apparel and accessories under four brands — RedTape, Mode, Bond Street and Ozark — aimed at India's aspirational, mid-premium consumer across men, women and kids. It earns by selling through a mix of owned and franchise-managed (FOFO) retail stores, shop-in-shop counters and e-commerce marketplaces and its own website, with footwear and apparel sourced primarily through third-party vendor partners rather than in-house manufacturing. The business was carved out of Mirza International's leather-export operations in a demerger and has operated as an independently listed entity on the BSE and NSE since August 2023.
Segments
- Footwear
- Apparel
- Accessories
- Total stores (India)
- 669
- Cities covered (India)
- 300
- States & union territories covered
- 20+
- Retail footprint
- ~16 lakh sq. ft.
- Owned brands
- 4 (RedTape, Mode, Bond Street, Ozark)
- International markets
- 10+ countries (incl. UK, UAE, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Singapore, Australia, Seychelles, Turkiye)
Guidance record · Q1 FY27
what the last two calls moved 14 tracked 2 delivered 3 missed 9 open- Inventory levels delivered said Q2 FY26 Promised: go down in the next quarter and subsequent quarters Q1 FY27: This was a short-term promise for Q3/Q4 FY26 and was successfully achieved. No new update as the promise is complete.
- Website sales as % of online business went quiet said Q2 FY26 Promised: 20% by the end of next year Q1 FY27: No specific update was provided on the share of website sales within the e-commerce business, which as a whole saw its revenue share decline.
- Year-on-year revenue growth at risk said Q2 FY26 Promised: 20% year-on-year Q1 FY27: Q1 FY27 standalone revenue grew only 3.7% YoY to ₹480 crores, significantly lagging the 20% annual growth target.
All 14 tracked — every revision, and every one management stopped mentioning.
Open the guidance ledgerQuarterly results
Q1 FY27: revenue up 3.7%, net profit up 12.8% 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 | 416 | 661 | 506 | 464 | 492 +18% | 787 +19% | 676 +34% | 481 +4% |
| EBITDA | 64 | 125 | 45 | 77 | 73 +14% | 147 +18% | 111 +147% | 84 +9% |
| Net profit | 25 | 73 | 41 | 39 | 28 +12% | 105 +44% | 70 +71% | 44 +13% |
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 −16.7% 1Y
1Y: ₹139.4 on 10 Sept 2025 → ₹116.1. High ₹161.12 (19 Sept 2025), low ₹109.76 (27 Jan 2026).
How the price took the results
close before → close after
- Q1 FY27
- −5.1%
- 11 Aug
- Q4 FY26
- +11.5%
- 26 May
- Q2 FY26
- −3.3%
- 17 Nov
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 18.1% a year over 3 years, FY23 to FY26. Operating margin held at 16.9%.
| Year ending | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹1.8k Cr | ₹2.0k Cr | ₹2.4k Cr |
| Operating profit | ₹245 Cr | ₹320 Cr | ₹303 Cr | ₹408 Cr |
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 17.3% | 15.0% | 16.9% |
| Interest | ₹18 Cr | ₹35 Cr | ₹51 Cr | ₹68 Cr |
| Depreciation | ₹44 Cr | ₹58 Cr | ₹84 Cr | ₹88 Cr |
| Net profit | ₹142 Cr | ₹177 Cr | ₹170 Cr | ₹242 Cr |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 10.0% |
| Cash from operations | ₹127 Cr | ₹84 Cr | ₹4 Cr | ₹174 Cr |
| Free cash flow | ₹-6 Cr | ₹-32 Cr | ₹-104 Cr | ₹89 Cr |
| ROCE | 37.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% |
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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity capital | ₹0 Cr | ₹28 Cr | ₹28 Cr | ₹111 Cr | ₹111 Cr |
| Reserves | ₹336 Cr | ₹449 Cr | ₹621 Cr | ₹747 Cr | ₹911 Cr |
| Borrowings | ₹28 Cr | ₹260 Cr | ₹480 Cr | ₹930 Cr | ₹720 Cr |
| Other liabilities | ₹461 Cr | ₹502 Cr | ₹460 Cr | ₹504 Cr | ₹564 Cr |
| Total liabilities | ₹826 Cr | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr |
| Fixed assets | ₹304 Cr | ₹368 Cr | ₹646 Cr | ₹749 Cr | ₹750 Cr |
| Capital work in progress | ₹17 Cr | ₹71 Cr | ₹17 Cr | ₹9 Cr | ₹25 Cr |
| Investments | ₹1 Cr | ₹1 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr | ₹0 Cr |
| Other assets | ₹504 Cr | ₹799 Cr | ₹925 Cr | ₹1.5k Cr | ₹1.5k Cr |
| Total assets | ₹826 Cr | ₹1.2k Cr | ₹1.6k Cr | ₹2.3k Cr | ₹2.3k 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, DIIs added +1.47 pp while the public trimmed −1.08 pp. The shareholder count shrank 4% to 75,576.
- Promoters
- 71.8%
- FIIs
- 3.2%
- DIIs
- 11.7%
- Public
- 13.2%
Since Jun 2025
- DIIs +1.47 pp
- Public −1.08 pp
- FIIs −0.43 pp
How it drifted, 12 quarters
Over this window the public fell from 19.6% to 13.2% — −6.4 pp.
Ownership split by quarter, oldest first. Sep '23: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 2.2%, DIIs 6.4%, Public 19.6%.Dec '23: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 2.7%, DIIs 7.3%, Public 18.2%.Mar '24: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.1%, DIIs 7.9%, Public 17.3%.Jun '24: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.2%, DIIs 8.9%, Public 16.2%.Sep '24: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.3%, DIIs 10.2%, Public 14.7%.Dec '24: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.5%, DIIs 10.2%, Public 14.5%.Mar '25: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.5%, DIIs 10.3%, Public 14.4%.Jun '25: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.6%, DIIs 10.3%, Public 14.3%.Sep '25: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.8%, DIIs 10.8%, Public 13.6%.Dec '25: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.9%, DIIs 10.9%, Public 13.4%.Mar '26: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.8%, DIIs 11.0%, Public 13.4%.Jun '26: Promoters 71.8%, FIIs 3.2%, DIIs 11.7%, Public 13.2%.
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.
- ICICI Prudential ELSS Tax Saver Fund Mutual fund +0.74 pp 7.47% held
- Ramsha Rahman newly disclosed 0.00% 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 Redtape Limited above SEBI's 1% disclosure line, and what changed since Mar 2026.
| Holder | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rashid Ahmed Mirza | 35.81% | unchanged |
| Shuja Mirza | 35.79% | unchanged |
| ICICI Prudential ELSS Tax Saver Fund Mutual fund | 7.47% | +0.74 pp |
| HDFC Small Cap Fund Mutual fund | 4.05% | unchanged |
| Eastspring Investments India Fund Global fund house | 1.70% | unchanged |
| Tauseef Ahmad Mirza | 0.06% | unchanged |
| Fauzia Mirza | 0.05% | unchanged |
| Firdaus Amin | 0.04% | unchanged |
| Haya Mirza | 0.04% | unchanged |
| Shahid Ahmad Mirza | 0.02% | unchanged |
| Iram Mirza | 0.02% | unchanged |
| Amaan Mirza | 0.00% | 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 REDTAPE
Filings to Jul 2026
0 new, 0 added, 0 trimmed, 0 sold out — net +0.00 L shares (+0.0%).
- Held by funds
- ₹297 Cr
- 1 schemes
- Biggest holder
- HDFC Small Cap Fund
- ₹297 Cr · 0.7% of that fund
| Scheme | Holding | Last month | Held since |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Small Cap Fund HDFC Mutual Fund | ₹297 Cr | held | Nov '23 |
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
- +10%
- vs est. average cost
- Held by funds
- ₹297 Cr
- 1 schemes · ≈ 4.5% of the company
Shares held by these funds −0%
Nov '23 2.24 cr shares Jul '26
What the price assumes
Growth trapTo justify its price of ₹116, this stock must grow earnings at 23% every year for 7 years. Our analysis caps realistic growth at ~5%. At that growth it is worth ₹45 — downside of 61%.
- Growth the price implies
- 23.2% a year
- for 7 years, fading to 4%
- It has actually compounded at
- 11.5% a year
- net profit, FY23–FY26 · EPS 5.3%
- The gap
- 0.2 pp
- -61% downside if it only repeats history
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