About the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector
29 Jul 2026Solomo tracks 374 listed Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies on India's NSE and BSE, spread across 17 industries. Their combined market capitalisation was ₹27,68,186 crore (₹27.68 lakh crore) on 29 Jul 2026 — 5.7% of the ₹489.65 lakh crore across Solomo's 5,576-company Indian universe, making Fast Moving Consumer Goods the 7th largest of 23 sectors by market value. All 374 carry both an NSE symbol and a BSE scrip code.
The 5 largest by market capitalisation are Hindustan Unilever Ltd (₹5,04,998 crore), ITC Ltd (₹3,53,206 crore), Nestle India Ltd (₹2,80,888 crore), Varun Beverages Ltd (₹1,61,733 crore) and Britannia Industries Ltd (₹1,28,954 crore), together 51.7% of the sector's market value.
Median trailing P/E across the 355 Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies with a reported ratio is 17.8, and median return on capital employed (ROCE) across 372 companies is 9.2%. Medians rather than averages: the sector's long tail of micro-caps drags a mean far from anything typical.
5 of them rank among the 100 largest listed companies in India by market capitalisation on 29 Jul 2026 — ranked across Solomo's 5,576-company NSE and BSE universe: Hindustan Unilever Ltd (#10), ITC Ltd (#21), Nestle India Ltd (#32), Varun Beverages Ltd (#56) and Britannia Industries Ltd (#77).
| Company | Market cap | P/E | ROCE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Unilever Ltd | Diversified FMCG | ₹5,04,998 Cr | 33.2 | 26.2% |
| ITC Ltd | Diversified FMCG | ₹3,53,206 Cr | 16.9 | 37.3% |
| Nestle India Ltd | Packaged Foods | ₹2,80,888 Cr | 80.3 | 84.0% |
| Varun Beverages Ltd | Other Beverages | ₹1,61,733 Cr | 50.8 | 18.9% |
| Britannia Industries Ltd | Packaged Foods | ₹1,28,954 Cr | 50.9 | 51.9% |
| Godrej Consumer Products Ltd | Personal Care | ₹1,11,402 Cr | 54.9 | 17.1% |
| Marico Ltd | Edible Oil | ₹1,10,687 Cr | 62.8 | 40.6% |
| Tata Consumer Products Ltd | Tea & Coffee | ₹1,10,039 Cr | 71.3 | 8.9% |
| United Spirits Ltd | Breweries & Distilleries | ₹1,00,840 Cr | 54.9 | 26.8% |
| Dabur India Ltd | Personal Care | ₹78,666 Cr | 41.7 | 20.2% |
| Industry | Companies | Combined mcap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diversified FMCG | 10 | ₹8,68,336 Cr | 31.4% | Hindustan Unilever Ltd |
| Packaged Foods | 63 | ₹4,83,726 Cr | 17.5% | Nestle India Ltd |
| Personal Care | 19 | ₹3,78,000 Cr | 13.7% | Godrej Consumer Products Ltd |
| Breweries & Distilleries | 27 | ₹2,47,462 Cr | 8.9% | United Spirits Ltd |
| Edible Oil | 31 | ₹1,97,155 Cr | 7.1% | Marico Ltd |
| Other Beverages | 6 | ₹1,62,126 Cr | 5.9% | Varun Beverages Ltd |
| Tea & Coffee | 26 | ₹1,30,343 Cr | 4.7% | Tata Consumer Products Ltd |
| Other Agricultural Products | 65 | ₹52,312 Cr | 1.9% | L T Foods Ltd |
| Sugar | 34 | ₹47,911 Cr | 1.7% | Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd |
| Dairy Products | 16 | ₹47,430 Cr | 1.7% | Hatsun Agro Product Ltd |
| Cigarettes & Tobacco Products | 6 | ₹40,815 Cr | 1.5% | Godfrey Phillips India Ltd |
| Animal Feed | 7 | ₹37,576 Cr | 1.4% | Avanti Feeds Ltd |
Also in Fast Moving Consumer Goods: Other Food Products (31), Stationary (7), Household Products (12), Meat Products including Poultry (6) and Seafood (8).
Market capitalisation, P/E and ROCE are from Solomo's fundamentals snapshot dated 29 Jul 2026; the interactive table above re-prices market cap and P/E against live quotes during market hours, so intraday figures there will differ. Sector and industry labels follow the NSE and BSE classification. Reference data, not investment advice.