Patanjali Foods Limited DCF Valuation
PATANJALI · Fast Moving Consumer Goods · Current price ₹367.3
Patanjali Foods Limited cash-flow valuation
Our engine did not use a discounted-cash-flow model for Patanjali Foods Limited. It routes each business to the methods that suit it, and a DCF is a poor lens where cash-flow forecasts are fragile or the business is capital-structure driven. The methods it did use, and why, are set out below. Our published estimate is ₹613.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Patanjali Foods Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
Workable, with real gaps. Weigh it alongside your own view rather than on its own.
Estimate range ₹489 – ₹674
Why this method for this business
Patanjali Foods is an asset-light compounder in the FMCG sector, where earnings power and a durable moat are key. Relative P/E and PEG are the most appropriate models for valuing such a business, as they reflect normalized earnings and growth-adjusted multiples.
The models behind the number
Each method is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company.
- dcf: DCF is not suitable for an asset-light, high-growth FMCG business where cash flows are volatile and not easily predictable.
- peg: PEG is used to capture the growth-adjusted P/E, which is critical for a business with strong earnings growth and a wide moat.
What was missing
- Lack of detailed peer comparisons for the P/E multiple
- Limited analyst coverage and dispersion in estimates
- No detailed capital allocation or ROCE data for DCF analysis
What drives it
17 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- Sector-median P/E
- 22.88×
- Peers used
- 3
- EPS (TTM)
- 18.12 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 134.86×
- Earnings growth
- 27% CAGR
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
computed
- Term: quality
- -4.1%
- Term: growth
- +12.7%
- Term: capital_allocation
- +9.6%
- Term: financial_strength
- +5.8%
- Term: history
- +25.0%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
quality 47/100 (weak/erratic returns) → discount
durable ~21% CAGR (ROCE 12% < 12% hurdle (growth not value-accretive)) → premium
capital allocation: rising ROCE funded by strong FCF → premium
financial strength: low leverage (D/E 0.2) → mild premium
history: market paid +489% vs sector, dampened ×0.3 (one feature, not the anchor)
sector re-rating: no sector-norm history → not used
rates: risk-free 6.9% below ~7.1% normal → higher multiple
risk: no analyst-dispersion signal available → neutral (lowers confidence, not PE)
- Premium vs sector
- +58.4%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 76%
- Fair P/E
- 36.25×
- Growth-implied P/E
- 27×
fundamentals + macro (not capped at own history)
data completeness + term agreement
sector median × ∏(1+term) — Dynamic Fair Multiple
min(growth, 30)
Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for Patanjali Foods Limited: which models suit the business, the moat, the growth and margin assumptions. It does not produce the number. The fair value itself is computed in Python by a deterministic engine (version 2026.08.1) from those inputs, so the same inputs always give the same result and every figure above can be traced to a source.
Estimated 14 Sept 2026. Re-run as new financials and news arrive.
How we value stocks
We estimate what a business is worth from its own economics: cash flows, returns on capital, and a multiple justified by its quality, rather than from where the share price has been. A fair value estimate is a view, not a verdict, and it is only as good as the inputs listed above.
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