How it works

Each stock's PE (price ÷ trailing earnings) set beside a benchmark PE: the combined PE of its peers. Next to that sits a checklist of 12 fundamental criteria and any red flags in the company's financials. The page compares numbers; it does not say what a stock is worth.

The benchmark

• A group's combined PE is its total market cap ÷ its total net profit, so large companies weigh more than small ones and one company's odd PE doesn't set the benchmark on its own.
• The benchmark is taken from the Industry first. When that group has too few peers (under 5) or a combined PE outside 5–100 (a sign that near-zero or negative earnings distort it), it falls back to the Broad Industry, then the Sector, then the Broad Sector. The level used and the number of peers show under each benchmark.
• A benchmark is marked unreliable when even the broadest level had too few peers or a PE outside 5–100; the broadest PE found is shown anyway. Treat that comparison with care.

PE vs benchmark

• PE gap % = (benchmark PE − stock PE) ÷ benchmark PE. Positive: the stock's PE is below the benchmark. Negative: above it.
• Within ±7% of the benchmark is Near benchmark PE; further away is Below or Above benchmark PE.
• No comparison: the stock's own PE is zero or negative, under 5, or over 200 (near-zero earnings territory), so it isn't compared at all.

Quality checklist

One point per criterion met, over the criteria that apply. The score is points ÷ applicable criteria, so a company with a shorter history isn't marked down for it. Financial Services companies (banks, NBFCs, brokers, insurers, AMCs) skip debt/equity and interest coverage and get a net worth growth check instead. Tiers: High ≥ 75%, Medium 50–74.9%, Low under 50%, Insufficient data when no criterion could be applied.

The Checklist column shows the 12 criteria as dots, in this order: green when met, red when not, grey when the data was missing. For Financial Services companies the 11th dot is net worth growth (NW) and the 12th is grey. Hover a dot for its criterion.

Red flags

Specific points in the financials that a tier alone can hide: high leverage (D/E above 1), weak interest coverage, EPS down year on year in recent quarters (quarterly figures can show this before the annual ones do), profit not turning into cash, reported profit distorted by exceptional items, losses with cash burn, a falling promoter holding, or a sharp drop in FII holding. The chip counts them; hover it for the list.

How to read it

A PE below the benchmark says the market prices this company's current earnings lower than its peers'; above says higher. Either can have good reasons: growth, cyclicality, one-off profits, debt or governance. The checklist and red flags describe the financials behind the earnings. Reliable comparisons only hides stocks with a flagged PE and comparisons against an unreliable benchmark.

Data

Company financials from Screener, as scraped 13 Feb 2026 – 25 Oct 2026; sector and industry come from Screener's classification. Comparison date: 2026-10-25.

These are comparisons that describe the data, not recommendations.