ADANIENT vs ADANIPORTS
Side-by-side comparison of Adani Enterprises Ltd. and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Adani Enterprises Ltd.
Metals
Quality Score: 31/100
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.
Services
Quality Score: 65/100
At a glance
| Metric | ADANIENT | ADANIPORTS |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 31/100 | 65/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 41.2 | 31.3 |
| Forward P/E | 53.5 | 23.5 |
| ROE | +13.7% | +15.6% |
| Profit margin | +9.3% | +33.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 119.56 | 64.05 |
| Dividend yield | +0.04% | +0.41% |
| 1Y price return | +22.1% | +28.0% |
| From 52w high | -0.7% | -1.0% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | — | 1.20 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
Adani Enterprises (₹3,038.40) is the listed flagship of the Adani conglomerate, operating across airports, green energy, data centres, mining, and digital infrastructure. The stock trades 29.2% above its 200-DMA (₹2,351.33) with a trailing PE of 41.21 and a D/E ratio of 119.56 against a sector median below 2.0. Over 3 months the price has risen 56.95%, recovering to within 0.65% of the 52-week high, while quality metrics — ROE 13.66%, FCF positive in 1 of the tracked years, consistency score 10 — rank last among 6 Metals peers.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone trades at ₹1,824 — 11.2% above its 50-DMA of ₹1,641 and 22.1% above its 200-DMA of ₹1,494 — with the stock within 1.1% of its 52-week high after a 28% gain over 12 months. The business carries a debt-to-equity of 64.05 with a rising debt trend, a 5-year revenue CAGR of 26.5%, and a PE of 31.3 against a forward PE of 23.5, reflecting an expectation of near-term earnings expansion. Quality score of 49 ranks first among the 6 Services-sector peers captured in this dataset.
Pros
- ✓5-year revenue CAGR of 20.3% demonstrates sustained top-line expansion across the conglomerate portfolio.
- ✓Price is 29.2% above the 200-DMA (₹2,351.33) and 15.1% above the 50-DMA (₹2,640.29), reflecting positive price momentum over both medium and long-term windows.
- ✓12-month price change of +22.15% outperforms the absolute price level versus recent 52-week low.
- ✓Recent news flow includes an airport-city acquisition (Portus Ventures), a record ₹16bn capex deployment in FY26, and an AI infrastructure alliance with Jabil, indicating active capital deployment across diversified verticals.
- ✓Ranks 1st of 6 on quality score (49) and 1st on ROE (15.59%) among Services-sector peers with available data, ahead of CONCOR (ROE 9.76%, quality 23) and BLUEDART (ROE 14.83%, quality 36).
- ✓Price is above both the 50-DMA (₹1,641) and 200-DMA (₹1,494), with RSI at 63.45 — within neutral territory — and a 3-month gain of 21.7%, placing the stock near its 52-week high of approximately ₹1,843.
- ✓Profit margin of 33.1% and a 5-year revenue CAGR of 26.5% indicate the business has compounded revenue at scale; FCF was positive in 4 of the tracked years, suggesting operating cash generation has been broadly maintained.
- ✓Forward PE of 23.5 represents a compression of approximately 7.8 PE points from the trailing PE of 31.3, implying consensus projects a step-up in earnings in the near term; mean analyst rating of 1.2 across 25 analysts (1–5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Cons
- ✗D/E of 119.56 is extreme for a non-financial conglomerate; debt trend is classified as rising, and FCF was positive in only 1 of the tracked years — materially increasing refinancing and liquidity risk.
- ✗Quality score of 19 ranks ADANIENT 6th (last) of 6 Metals sector peers; HINDZINC scores 72, TATASTEEL 47, JSWSTEEL 45, JINDALSTEL 34, HINDALCO 31.
- ✗ROE of 13.66% has never exceeded 15% in any tracked year, and the persistence consistency score of 10 is the lowest on the scale, indicating no sustained period of above-threshold profitability.
- ✗Forward PE of 53.55 is 30% above trailing PE of 41.21, embedding steep forward growth assumptions into a stock that already carries the highest PE of the 6-peer Metals group.
- ✗Debt-to-equity of 64.05 is extremely elevated for a non-financial infrastructure company, with a rising debt trend over the measurement period — the company carries material refinancing risk and heightened sensitivity to interest-rate movements.
- ✗5-year earnings CAGR of 3.6% lags the 5-year revenue CAGR of 26.5% by over 22 percentage points, indicating that cost growth, depreciation, or interest expense has absorbed the majority of top-line expansion at the net income level.
- ✗ROE has exceeded 15% in only 2 of the tracked historical years, with the current reading of 15.59% sitting at the lower boundary of that threshold — capital efficiency has been inconsistent over the full measurement window.
- ✗Dividend yield of 0.41% is low relative to the leverage the business carries; combined with earnings growth well below revenue growth, the capital return profile to equity holders has been limited despite significant balance-sheet expansion.
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