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Toh bhaiyo, Motilal Oswal ka kehna hai ki Metro Brands mein aage chal kar revenue badhega 15-18% CAGR se. Unke hisaab se, puraane stocks ki demand, kiraye kam hone se naye stores jaldi khuleinge, aur Clarks & FILA jaise partner brands ka bhi accha performance chal raha hai. Company apna 'Walkway' value format bhi badha rahi hai. Brokerage ko umeed hai ki same-store sales mid-single digit mein badhega aur footprint mein 10% annual expansion hoga. Isse overall growth pakki hai.
Isi bharose par Motilal Oswal ne 'BUY' rating de rakhi hai aur target price set kiya hai ₹1,215 ka. Yeh target FY28 ke 65x EV/EBITDA multiple par based hai. Matlab, agar stock consistent double-digit growth dikhata hai, toh upside mil sakta hai. Haal hi mein Q3 FY26 results mein revenue 15% badha aur EBITDA margins bhi sudhre hain.
Par scene yahan khatam nahi hota! Aasmaan choo raha valuation sabse badi problem hai. Metro Brands ka TTM P/E ratio 63.85x se 70.14x ke beech mein hai, jo ki Bata India (approx. 45x-72x P/E) aur Relaxo Footwears (approx. 35x-62x P/E) se kaafi upar hai. Matlab, market expecting hai ki MBL, competitors se zyada tez bhagega. Stock September 2025 se ab tak 25% se zyada gir bhi chuka hai, lekin HDFC Securities jaise kuch analysts ne ise 'improved risk-reward' keh kar rating upgrade ki hai. Pichle saal stock -11.89% negative return de chuka hai.
Waise, India ka footwear market kaafi tagda hai, lagbhag USD 18 billion ka aur 9.54% CAGR se badhne ka expectation hai 2032 tak. Badhti incomes, urbanization, fashion awareness, aur e-commerce ka scene sab support kar raha hai. Aur sarkari tax cuts ne toh ₹2,500 se kam wale footwear ko aur accessible bana diya hai.
Lekin bhai, MarketsMOJO ne toh 31st March 2026 ko seedha 'SELL' rating de di! Unka kehna hai ki valuation 'bahut zyada mehenga' hai. Company ka EV/CE ratio 10.2 hai, jo ki high mana jaata hai. Profitability mein bhi mixed signals hain. FY25 mein net profit 14.7% gira tha, aur pichle saal profits 5.3% kam hue the. Competition aur operating costs badhne se margins sustain karna mushkil ho sakta hai, aur agar economy slow hui toh premium products wale zyada risk mein aa sakte hain.
Overall analyst sentiment positive hai, average target price ₹1,239 ke aas paas hai, aur EPS growth 17.6% aur revenue growth 14.3% annually expect kar rahe hain. Metro Brands khud bhi 15-18% revenue CAGR expect kar raha hai. Par MarketsMOJO ka 'SELL' call aur premium valuation dekh kar, investors ke liye thoda complex scenario ban gaya hai.