HDFCAMC vs NAM-INDIA
Side-by-side comparison of HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.
Banking
Quality Score: 76/100
Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.
Banking
Quality Score: 75/100
At a glance
| Metric | HDFCAMC | NAM-INDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 76/100 | 75/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 36.7 | 46.4 |
| Forward P/E | 28.6 | 35.1 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +61.6% | +52.5% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.36 | 1.62 |
| Dividend yield | +2.11% | +1.83% |
| 1Y price return | -7.9% | +47.5% |
| From 52w high | -11.8% | -4.8% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 1.41 | 1.79 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
HDFC AMC trades at ₹2,560, 36.66x trailing PE and 28.6x forward PE, down 7.9% over the past 12 months and 11.84% below its 52-week high, currently below both its 50-DMA (₹2,610.8) and 200-DMA (₹2,587.6). Q1 FY27 net profit rose 12% YoY to ₹838 crore on ~14% revenue growth, and the mean analyst rating stands at 1.41 across 27 analysts (1–5 scale, lower = more constructive). Profit margin is 61.63%, with ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 years and positive free cash flow in 4 of 5 years per the persistence dataset.
NAM-INDIA (Nippon Life India Asset Management) trades at ₹1,174, up 47.5% over the past year and 8.65% over the past three months, sitting 4.8% below its 52-week high with RSI at a neutral 51.3. Trailing PE is 46.4x against a forward PE of 35.1x, alongside a profit margin of 52.5% and consolidated Q1 FY27 (June 2026 quarter) net profit growth of 27.16% YoY to ₹503.7 crore on AUM of ₹8.62 trillion. Mean analyst rating stands at 1.79 across 24 analysts (1–5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Pros
- ✓Profit margin of 61.63% and ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 fiscal years, with a consistency score of 88.
- ✓Positive free cash flow in 4 of the last 5 years per the persistence dataset.
- ✓Q1 FY27 net profit rose 12% YoY to ₹838 crore on roughly 14% revenue growth.
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 1.41 across 27 analysts (1–5 scale, lower = more constructive), with 6 of 8 tracked headlines carrying positive sentiment and none negative.
- ✓Profit margin of 52.51%, alongside 5-year revenue growth of 24.5% and 5-year earnings growth of 26.4%.
- ✓ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 years and positive free cash flow in 4 of the last 5 years, with a persistence consistency score of 83.
- ✓Price trades above both the 50-day (₹1,152.93) and 200-day (₹969.11) moving averages, up 47.5% over 12 months and 8.65% over 3 months.
- ✓Q1 FY27 (June 2026 quarter) consolidated net profit rose 27.16% YoY to ₹503.7 crore with closing AUM climbing to ₹8.62 trillion; 5 of 8 recent tracked news items carried positive sentiment with none negative.
Cons
- ✗Price trades below both the 50-DMA (₹2,610.8) and 200-DMA (₹2,587.6), down 7.9% over the trailing 12 months and 2.81% over 3 months, sitting 11.84% below its 52-week high.
- ✗Trailing PE of 36.66x ranks 5th of 6 against a tracked peer set of banks and an insurer (Axis Bank 13.85x, HDFC Bank 15.93x, Bajaj Finserv 32.12x, Bajaj Finance 33.63x, HDFC Life 58.71x), though the comparison set contains no other asset managers.
- ✗keyMetrics ROE is reported as null in the latest snapshot while the persistence dataset separately shows ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 years — an inconsistency between the two fundamental sub-datasets.
- ✗Quality score of 53 ranks 3rd of 6 in the tracked peer set, mid-pack rather than top-tier.
- ✗Classified under 'Banking' in the sector comparison and benchmarked against AXISBANK, HDFCBANK, BAJFINANCE, BAJAJFINSV and HDFCLIFE — a set of banks, an NBFC and an insurer rather than asset managers — limiting the interpretive value of its PE rank (5 of 6) and quality-score rank (3 of 6).
- ✗Current-period ROE is reported as null in the fundamentals snapshot, despite the 5-year persistence series showing ROE above 15% in 4 of 5 years — a data-completeness gap in the latest metric.
- ✗Trailing PE of 46.4x sits roughly 24% above the forward PE of 35.1x, pricing in continued earnings growth over the next year.
- ✗Persistence data flags the debt-to-equity trend as 'rising'; the absolute level remains low (approximately 0.016x, since the raw metric is percent-scaled), but the directional shift is a data point to track in coming quarters.
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