# Textiles - Socks — company-by-company sector analysis

> Textiles - Socks: Virat Industries Ltd owns the largest revenue base AND the fastest current growth.

Sector Alpha — machine-written from the numbers. Data as of 2026-08-18. Not investment advice.

## Bottom line

The 52-week sector comparison is unavailable. 0 of 1 covered companies currently have positive Mansfield relative strength versus NIFTY 500. Virat Industries Ltd leads with revenue of ₹28 crore, based on 1 of 1 comparable companies through Jun 2026. Virat Industries Ltd has the fastest current revenue growth at -19.3%, across 1 of 1 comparable companies.

## Sector relative strength

The 52-week comparison of Textiles - Socks against NIFTY 500 is not available from the current market series. 0 of 1 covered company currently beat NIFTY on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Virat Industries Ltd is the strongest against the sector itself at 0%.

13-week sector return versus NIFTY 500: —
52-week sector return versus NIFTY 500: —
Stocks leading NIFTY: 0/1
Stocks leading sector: 0/1

Central tension: The central tension: current leadership is concentrated, so durability matters more than rank.

Companies: 1
Combined market value: ₹498 Cr

## 4-Factor Sector Score

An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.

1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): 52/100 — Mixed-positive evidence; evidence 66%
   - Growth & earnings 25.5/35 | Capital efficiency 9.1/25 | Valuation 10.0/20 | Relative strength 7.5/20
   - Price stage: ASLEEP — Neither ahead of the benchmark nor yet turning up against it.
   - Led NIFTY 500 by 5%+ over the prior 13 weeks in 0 of the last 12 weeks
   - Exact sum: 25.5 + 9.1 + 10 + 7.5 = 52.1
   - Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

## Market action

Virat Industries Ltd has the strongest one-year price move in Textiles - Socks at -36.2%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against NIFTY at -23.5%. 0 of 1 covered company are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 2026-03-06.

### Strongest one-year price performers
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): -36%

### Strongest relative strength versus NIFTY 500
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): -23%

## Revenue Scale & Growth Durability

What the numbers say: Virat Industries Ltd is the scale leader at ₹28 crore, Virat Industries Ltd's growth is -19.3% from a ₹28 crore base, with 15 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.

Investor read: Virat Industries Ltd is the scale benchmark; Virat Industries Ltd is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.

This conclusion weakens if: Virat Industries Ltd's growth falls below Virat Industries Ltd's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Evidence: Virat Industries Ltd · ₹28 crore | Not enough peers | 4/8 recent comparable periods | 1/1 companies · 15 observations

Definition: Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.

### Revenue — largest
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): ₹28 Cr

### Revenue growth — fastest growers
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): -19%

### 20-quarter Revenue history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 — | Dec 2021 — | Mar 2022 — | Jun 2022 — | Sep 2022 — | Dec 2022 ₹14 Cr | Mar 2023 ₹10 Cr | Jun 2023 ₹10 Cr | Sep 2023 ₹8 Cr | Dec 2023 ₹8 Cr | Mar 2024 ₹6 Cr | Jun 2024 ₹6 Cr | Sep 2024 ₹12 Cr | Dec 2024 ₹6 Cr | Mar 2025 ₹8 Cr | Jun 2025 ₹9 Cr | Sep 2025 ₹7 Cr | Dec 2025 ₹6 Cr | Mar 2026 ₹5 Cr | Jun 2026 ₹9 Cr

### 20-quarter Revenue growth history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 — | Dec 2021 — | Mar 2022 — | Jun 2022 — | Sep 2022 — | Dec 2022 — | Mar 2023 — | Jun 2023 — | Sep 2023 — | Dec 2023 -40% | Mar 2024 -42% | Jun 2024 -39% | Sep 2024 38% | Dec 2024 -25% | Mar 2025 35% | Jun 2025 44% | Sep 2025 -38% | Dec 2025 -7.3% | Mar 2026 -34% | Jun 2026 9.9%

## Operating Economics & Margin Trend

What the numbers say: Virat Industries Ltd leads both opm at 16% and margin change at +12.5 percentage points.

Investor read: Virat Industries Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Evidence: Virat Industries Ltd · 16% | Not enough peers | 3/8 recent comparable periods | 1/1 companies · 20 observations

Definition: Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.

### OPM — highest
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): 16%

### Margin change — fastest expanders
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): +12.5 pp

### 20-quarter OPM history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 16% | Dec 2021 14% | Mar 2022 8.2% | Jun 2022 4.5% | Sep 2022 12% | Dec 2022 7.1% | Mar 2023 8.6% | Jun 2023 8.9% | Sep 2023 7.0% | Dec 2023 -2.5% | Mar 2024 5.2% | Jun 2024 7.5% | Sep 2024 2.1% | Dec 2024 5.2% | Mar 2025 2.7% | Jun 2025 3.5% | Sep 2025 10% | Dec 2025 4.8% | Mar 2026 -7.3% | Jun 2026 16%

### 20-quarter Margin change history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 −5.1 pp | Dec 2021 +0.6 pp | Mar 2022 +3.4 pp | Jun 2022 −1.5 pp | Sep 2022 −3.7 pp | Dec 2022 −6.6 pp | Mar 2023 +0.4 pp | Jun 2023 +4.4 pp | Sep 2023 −4.9 pp | Dec 2023 −9.6 pp | Mar 2024 −3.3 pp | Jun 2024 −1.4 pp | Sep 2024 −5.0 pp | Dec 2024 +7.7 pp | Mar 2025 −2.5 pp | Jun 2025 −4.0 pp | Sep 2025 +8.2 pp | Dec 2025 −0.4 pp | Mar 2026 −10.0 pp | Jun 2026 +12.5 pp

## Profit Scale & Acceleration

What the numbers say: Virat Industries Ltd leads with ₹6 crore of TTM profit, Virat Industries Ltd shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (293.6% uncapped) growth from a ₹6 crore profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.

Investor read: Virat Industries Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Evidence: Virat Industries Ltd · ₹6 crore | Not enough peers | 7/8 recent comparable periods | 1/1 companies · 15 observations

Definition: Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.

### Net profit — largest
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): ₹6 Cr

### Profit growth — fastest growers
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): 100%

### 20-quarter Net profit history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 — | Dec 2021 — | Mar 2022 — | Jun 2022 — | Sep 2022 — | Dec 2022 ₹1 Cr | Mar 2023 ₹1 Cr | Jun 2023 ₹1 Cr | Sep 2023 ₹0 Cr | Dec 2023 ₹-0 Cr | Mar 2024 ₹0 Cr | Jun 2024 ₹0 Cr | Sep 2024 ₹0 Cr | Dec 2024 ₹0 Cr | Mar 2025 ₹0 Cr | Jun 2025 ₹1 Cr | Sep 2025 ₹2 Cr | Dec 2025 ₹1 Cr | Mar 2026 ₹1 Cr | Jun 2026 ₹2 Cr

### 20-quarter Profit growth history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 — | Dec 2021 — | Mar 2022 — | Jun 2022 — | Sep 2022 — | Dec 2022 — | Mar 2023 — | Jun 2023 — | Sep 2023 — | Dec 2023 -143% | Mar 2024 -81% | Jun 2024 -58% | Sep 2024 8.3% | Dec 2024 — | Mar 2025 80% | Jun 2025 300% | Sep 2025 367% | Dec 2025 883% | Mar 2026 483% | Jun 2026 142%

## Return On Capital Employed

What the numbers say: Virat Industries Ltd leads ROCE at 7.5%. Virat Industries Ltd has the strongest latest improvement at +2.7 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.

Investor read: Virat Industries Ltd sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

Evidence: Virat Industries Ltd · 7.5% | Not enough peers | Not enough history | 1/1 companies · 0 observations

Definition: ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.

### ROCE — highest
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): 7.5%

### ROCE change — fastest improvers
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): +2.7 pp

### 20-quarter ROCE history

### 20-quarter ROCE change history

## Valuation Against Growth & Quality

What the numbers say: There is not enough comparable evidence to name a reliable peg leader.

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

Evidence: No comparable leader | Not enough peers | Not enough history | 0/1 companies · 0 observations

Definition: PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.

### PEG — lowest PEG

### P/E — lowest P/E
1. Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT): 80.6

### 20-quarter PEG history

### 20-quarter P/E history
- VIRAT: Sep 2021 27.8 | Dec 2021 39.3 | Mar 2022 84.7 | Jun 2022 73.3 | Sep 2022 78.2 | Dec 2022 83.1 | Mar 2023 73.6 | Jun 2023 66.3 | Sep 2023 53.6 | Dec 2023 48.1 | Mar 2024 59.9 | Jun 2024 110.5 | Sep 2024 336.1 | Dec 2024 432.5 | Mar 2025 181.1 | Jun 2025 269.4 | Sep 2025 313.2 | Dec 2025 203.2 | Mar 2026 106.6 | Jun 2026 117.9


## What can make this comparison misleading?
- A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
- A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
- The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
- An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
- Thin comparisons: Valuation have fewer than three usable current readings.

## Every company
- Virat Industries Ltd (VIRAT) — market value ₹498 Cr; latest fundamentals Jun 2026

## Source standing of each company

Cross-checked: 0. Unverified: 1. Withheld: 0. Graded companies: 1.

Every company's second-feed figures reconcile against the primary source on overlapping reported periods, so nothing here is unverified or withheld.

## Methodology and freshness

Fundamentals through Jun 2026; prices through 2026-08-14.
Up to 20 quarters per company. Reported history is normalized to Indian rupees crore. Missing values are not interpolated. Derived metrics are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Textiles - Socks sector outperforming NIFTY 500?

The 52-week sector comparison is unavailable. 0 of 1 covered companies currently have positive Mansfield relative strength versus NIFTY 500.

### Which Textiles - Socks company is largest by revenue?

Virat Industries Ltd leads with revenue of ₹28 crore, based on 1 of 1 comparable companies through Jun 2026.

### Which Textiles - Socks company is growing fastest?

Virat Industries Ltd has the fastest current revenue growth at -19.3%, across 1 of 1 comparable companies.

### Which Textiles - Socks company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?

Virat Industries Ltd ranks first at 52.1/100 with 66.3% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.

### How much history does this Textiles - Socks comparison include?

The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, returns and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.

### How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?

The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.

### Is there a Nifty Textiles - Socks index?

NSE India maintains Nifty indices for several broad sector categories — Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty Pharma and others — but not for every sub-sector grouping on this site. Whether or not an official Nifty index covers Textiles - Socks, this page builds its own equal-weight basket of 1 listed Textiles - Socks companies — one company, one vote, regardless of market value — so no single large company dominates the reading. Figures are as of Jun 2026.

### Which are the best Textiles - Socks stocks in India?

Ranked by this page's four-factor score, Virat Industries Ltd places first among 1 listed Textiles - Socks companies. That is a ranking of published data — earnings, quality, valuation and market behaviour as of Jun 2026 — and not a recommendation; Sector Alpha is not registered with SEBI as an investment adviser.

### How many Textiles - Socks stocks are listed in India?

This comparison covers 1 listed Textiles - Socks companies in India, each above the size floor the site applies, with 20 quarters of reported figures per company where the filings exist. The full ranked list is on this page, as of Jun 2026.

### Which Textiles - Socks company is the biggest?

Virat Industries Ltd is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of ₹28 crore. That covers 1 of 1 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.

### Which Textiles - Socks company has the best profit margins?

Virat Industries Ltd has the highest operating margin at 16%, from 1 of 1 comparable companies. Virat Industries Ltd shows the biggest recent improvement, at +12.5 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.

### Which Textiles - Socks company makes the most profit?

Virat Industries Ltd earns the most, at ₹6 crore of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 1 of 1 comparable companies. Virat Industries Ltd has the fastest profit growth at the ≥100% scoring cap, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.

### Which Textiles - Socks company earns the highest return on capital?

Virat Industries Ltd leads on return on capital employed at 7.5%, across 1 of 1 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.

### Which Textiles - Socks stock has the strongest price momentum?

Virat Industries Ltd has the strongest relative strength against NIFTY 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.

### Which Textiles - Socks company scores highest for research priority?

Virat Industries Ltd scores 52.1 out of 100 with 66.3% evidence confidence, from 25.5 points on growth and earnings, 9.1 on capital efficiency, 10 on valuation and 7.5 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.

### How many Textiles - Socks companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?

It compares 1 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

### What is the total market cap of the Textiles - Socks sector?

The 1 Textiles - Socks companies on this page carry ₹498 crore of combined market value. Virat Industries Ltd is the largest at ₹498 crore, about 100% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-08-18.

### How is the Textiles - Socks sector performing?

0 of the 1 covered Textiles - Socks companies are beating NIFTY 500 on Mansfield relative strength. A 52-week sector-versus-index comparison is not available from the current market series for this sector, so it is not quoted. Readings are as of 2026-08-18.

### Why are some values on this page blank?

A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.

### Is this investment advice?

No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.