GAIL India
NSE: GAILGas Transmission/Marketing
Share price
₹167.70
-1.76% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
How strong the business is, in one number. The parts behind it are in Pro.
59
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹1.10L Cr
P/E ratio
11.2
P/B ratio
1.2
ROCE
9.7%
ROE
8.7%
Dividend yield
3.2%
Price & valuation chart
How the share price and its valuation have moved. Hover over the chart to see any day. Prices as of the last close.
Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 3.5% over the past year, and 11.6% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales slipped from 15.5% to 9.8% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 11.6% a year against a sector median of 11.6% — 0 percentage points faster.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 11.2× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 7.9×, across 5 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 11.8×, the 39th percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 1.1 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 10%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAIL India — this one | 10%/yr | 11.2× | ₹1.1 |
| Reliance Industries | 5%/yr | 21.3× | ₹4.3 |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation | 1%/yr | 6.3× | ₹6.3 |
| Coal India | -1%/yr | 8.1× | — |
| Indian Oil Corporation | 62%/yr | 5.2× | ₹0.08 |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation | 107%/yr | 7.9× | — |
Compared with companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
How it compares with its peers
Against companies across the whole Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels sector, it ranks 34 of 46 on returns, 22 of 43 on growth, 35 of 47 on margin. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
What makes it hard to beat — and is that still true?
No durable advantage shows in the numbers: it earns 9.7% on capital, ahead of 26% of companies across its whole sector. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
Whether its growth pays for itself
Yes — Over the last five years it made ₹52187 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹44887 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹16093 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 121 arrived as cash (before interest, which is why it can exceed the profit). Its cash comes back faster than it used to: it went from being paid 6 days before it paid its own suppliers to paid 14 days before it paid its own suppliers.
Profit reality check
Is the profit real cash? Simple checks on the accounts. Facts only, not advice.
7 of 9 checks clear · 78%
Latest result · Q1 FY27
What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.
Profit nearly doubled from a year ago to Rs 4,671 Cr on 17% higher revenue
Announced 31 Jul 2026 · Consolidated
Revenue
₹41,350 Cr
Revenue vs last year
+17.1%
Revenue vs last quarter
+16.2%
Net profit
₹4,671 Cr
Profit vs last year
+96.1%
Profit vs last quarter
+215.4%
Net margin
11.3%
EPS
₹7.10
Earnings call transcript · 31 Jul 2026
Checklist before you investPRO
Points for and against, in one list.
Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹1.10L Cr
- Prev close
- ₹167.70
- 52w High
- ₹187
- 52w Low
- ₹134
- Enterprise value
- ₹1.33L Cr
- Beta
- 1.2
- Price CAGR 1y
- -4.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 12.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 10.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 8.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 5.4%
- PEG ratio
- 1.1
- P/E ratio
- 11.2
- P/B ratio
- 1.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.7
- Industry P/E
- 14.4
- ROCE
- 9.7%
- ROCE 5y average
- 14.4%
- ROE
- 8.7%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.3
- Interest coverage
- 11.1
- Dividend yield
- 3.2%
- ROE 3y average
- 11.0%
- ROE last year
- 9.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹1.42L Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹7,582 Cr
- Operating margin
- 8.0%
- Net profit margin
- 5.4%
- EBITDA margin
- 8.1%
- Sales growth 3y
- -0.9%
- Sales growth 5y
- 19.8%
- Profit growth 3y
- 10.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 4.0%
- EPS
- ₹11.5
- Sales growth TTM
- 4.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 1.0%
- Dividend payout
- 48.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹41,198 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹4,671 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 16.7%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 96.1%
- OPM latest quarter
- 17.2%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹135
- Face Value
- ₹10.0
- Total debt
- ₹24,831 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹2,127 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹24,831 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 12.5
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹11,249 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹2,451 Cr
- FCF yield
- 1.3%
- Net cash flow
- -₹358 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 51.8%
- FII holding
- 15.0%
- DII holding
- 19.1%
- Public holding
- 6.5%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAIL (India) | 170.71 | 11.4 | 1,12,244 | 3.22 | 4,671.0 | 96.9 | 41,197.6 | 16.7 | 9.7 |
| Energy InfrTrust | 73.65 | 61.4 | 4,890 | 31.26 | -6.6 | -120.7 | 1,095.1 | 12.9 | 5.4 |
| Indifra Ltd | 11.10 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 157.7 | 14.8 | 582.5 | -0.7 | |
| Median | 122.18 | 36.4 | 58,567 | 17.24 | 2,332.2 | -11.9 | 21,146.4 | 14.8 | 7.5 |
Competes with: Gujarat State Petronet Limited
Quarterly results
Sales and profit for each of the last 13 quarters. Newest on the right. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 32,789 | 32,986 | 34,698 | 32,756 | 34,738 | 33,889 | 36,835 | 36,440 | 35,311 | 35,537 | 35,173 | 35,577 | 41,198 |
| Expenses | 30,128 | 29,405 | 30,490 | 28,908 | 29,948 | 29,952 | 33,665 | 32,914 | 31,642 | 32,077 | 32,246 | 34,123 | 34,100 |
| Material Cost | 1,754 | 2,152 | 2,153 | 1,974 | 1,406 | ||||||||
| Change in Inventories | 751 | -53 | 471 | 197 | -1,356 | ||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 26,521 | 26,861 | 26,772 | 27,833 | 31,408 | ||||||||
| Employee Cost | 534 | 625 | 448 | 471 | 553 | ||||||||
| Other Expenses | 2,200 | 2,612 | 2,532 | 3,777 | 2,241 | ||||||||
| Operating Profit | 2,660 | 3,580 | 4,208 | 3,849 | 4,790 | 3,937 | 3,169 | 3,526 | 3,669 | 3,460 | 2,927 | 1,453 | 7,098 |
| OPM % | 8.11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8.60 | 9.68 | 10 | 9.74 | 8.32 | 4.09 | 17 |
| Other Income | 529 | 595 | 915 | 651 | 685 | 643 | 3,211 | 674 | 566 | 516 | 683 | 1,250 | 475 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Interest | 185 | 200 | 176 | 159 | 209 | 188 | 169 | 174 | 213 | 234 | 254 | 263 | 319 |
| Depreciation | 722 | 837 | 872 | 1,241 | 1,152 | 922 | 939 | 786 | 993 | 1,177 | 1,192 | 474 | 987 |
| Profit before tax | 2,283 | 3,138 | 4,075 | 3,099 | 4,114 | 3,470 | 5,272 | 3,240 | 3,029 | 2,565 | 2,165 | 1,966 | 6,268 |
| Tax % | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
| Net Profit | 1,793 | 2,442 | 3,193 | 2,474 | 3,183 | 2,690 | 4,084 | 2,506 | 2,382 | 1,989 | 1,729 | 1,481 | 4,671 |
| EPS in Rs | 2.73 | 3.72 | 4.86 | 3.75 | 4.84 | 4.10 | 6.21 | 3.79 | 3.60 | 3 | 2.67 | 2.26 | 7.10 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 3.60 | 3 | 2.67 | 2.26 | 7.10 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 60,557 | 52,053 | 48,552 | 54,496 | 76,190 | 72,518 | 57,372 | 92,770 | 1,45,668 | 1,33,228 | 1,41,543 | 1,41,219 | 1,47,485 |
| Expenses | 54,926 | 47,517 | 42,531 | 46,695 | 66,252 | 63,495 | 50,127 | 77,608 | 1,38,168 | 1,18,914 | 1,26,489 | 1,30,096 | 1,32,546 |
| Material Cost | 8,044 | ||||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | 1,365 | ||||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 1,07,987 | ||||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 2,079 | ||||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 11,109 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 5,631 | 4,536 | 6,021 | 7,802 | 9,938 | 9,022 | 7,245 | 15,161 | 7,500 | 14,314 | 15,412 | 11,502 | 14,939 |
| OPM % | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Other Income | 945 | 731 | 1,212 | 948 | 1,719 | 3,796 | 2,833 | 2,925 | 2,822 | 2,672 | 5,223 | 3,023 | 2,924 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Interest | 652 | 822 | 509 | 295 | 159 | 309 | 179 | 202 | 365 | 719 | 740 | 964 | 1,070 |
| Depreciation | 1,433 | 1,496 | 1,541 | 1,527 | 1,667 | 2,080 | 2,174 | 2,420 | 2,702 | 3,672 | 3,799 | 3,835 | 3,829 |
| Profit before tax | 4,492 | 2,949 | 5,183 | 6,928 | 9,831 | 10,429 | 7,725 | 15,464 | 7,256 | 12,595 | 16,096 | 9,725 | 12,964 |
| Tax % | 32 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | |
| Net Profit | 3,160 | 1,874 | 3,374 | 4,805 | 6,553 | 9,515 | 6,143 | 12,304 | 5,596 | 9,903 | 12,450 | 7,582 | 9,870 |
| EPS in Rs | 4.67 | 2.76 | 4.98 | 7.09 | 9.68 | 14 | 9.21 | 18 | 8.54 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 15 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 24 | 37 | 56 | 43 | 25 | 31 | 36 | 36 | 59 | 37 | 40 | 48 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 11%
- 5 years
- 20%
- 3 years
- -1%
- TTM
- 4%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 15%
- 5 years
- 4%
- 3 years
- 10%
- TTM
- 1%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 8%
- 5 years
- 10%
- 3 years
- 12%
- 1 year
- -4%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 13%
- 5 years
- 12%
- 3 years
- 11%
- Last year
- 9%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 1,268 | 1,268 | 1,691 | 2,255 | 2,255 | 4,510 | 4,440 | 4,440 | 6,575 | 6,575 | 6,575 | 6,575 |
| Reserves | 32,754 | 35,135 | 37,614 | 39,424 | 43,749 | 44,758 | 48,742 | 59,674 | 58,352 | 70,422 | 78,422 | 82,475 |
| Borrowings | 18,291 | 9,052 | 6,553 | 3,876 | 2,224 | 6,912 | 7,873 | 9,216 | 17,816 | 21,794 | 21,595 | 24,831 |
| Other Liabilities | 17,355 | 13,608 | 12,433 | 15,798 | 20,199 | 18,754 | 19,975 | 23,254 | 25,062 | 25,944 | 26,583 | 26,688 |
| Minority Interest | 242 | |||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 69,669 | 59,063 | 58,291 | 61,353 | 68,426 | 74,934 | 81,030 | 96,584 | 1,07,805 | 1,24,735 | 1,33,176 | 1,40,569 |
| Fixed Assets | 33,976 | 29,946 | 30,092 | 30,480 | 32,700 | 38,230 | 41,160 | 44,572 | 49,697 | 55,188 | 58,836 | 68,667 |
| CWIP | 13,806 | 3,688 | 4,126 | 5,938 | 9,738 | 11,666 | 13,400 | 15,490 | 16,646 | 23,627 | 27,421 | 24,072 |
| Investments | 1,272 | 9,844 | 10,125 | 10,452 | 10,722 | 9,893 | 13,058 | 16,408 | 17,248 | 21,910 | 22,765 | 26,233 |
| Other Assets | 20,615 | 15,584 | 13,948 | 14,482 | 15,267 | 15,145 | 13,413 | 20,114 | 24,214 | 24,010 | 24,155 | 21,597 |
| Total Assets | 69,669 | 59,063 | 58,291 | 61,353 | 68,426 | 74,934 | 81,030 | 96,584 | 1,07,805 | 1,24,735 | 1,33,149 | 1,40,537 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from Operating Activity | 4,214 | 3,960 | 6,024 | 8,769 | 7,984 | 8,345 | 8,993 | 9,420 | 3,205 | 12,586 | 15,727 | 11,249 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -2,809 | -904 | -334 | -2,660 | -5,701 | -8,299 | -4,640 | -5,490 | -7,453 | -8,226 | -6,615 | -8,856 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -3,058 | -3,028 | -5,275 | -5,252 | -3,364 | 281 | -3,471 | -3,917 | 2,972 | -3,457 | -8,941 | -2,750 |
| Net Cash Flow | -1,653 | 29 | 415 | 858 | -1,081 | 328 | 882 | 13 | -1,276 | 902 | 171 | -358 |
| Free Cash Flow | 1,498 | 2,500 | 4,029 | 5,370 | 443 | -890 | 3,309 | 2,481 | -5,548 | 98 | 7,818 | 2,451 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 22 |
| Inventory Days | 18 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| Days Payable | 26 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 37 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 19 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 |
| Working Capital Days | -12 | -17 | -10 | -24 | -5 | -10 | -24 | -6 | -6 | -8 | -7 | -14 |
| ROCE % | 10 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
Price trend
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Industry numbers
The numbers that matter most in this industry, from the company's own filings.
1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive
0.00flag
2026-03-31
the company's own unlisted debt securities in default at period end
0.00cr
2026-06-30
the company's own loans / revolving facilities in default at period end (standalone filing)
0.00cr
2026-06-30
total loans / revolving facilities outstanding at period end, the base of loan_default_cr
16,793cr
2026-06-30
guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)
0.00cr
2026-03-31
security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)
25,87,76,979inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about GAIL India. Open one to see why it matters.
No recent news for this company.
Supply chain
Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.
Competes with
- Gujarat State Petronet Limited
Uses as raw material
- LNG
- Naphtha
- Natural Gas
- Propane (Usar PDH feedstock)
Depends on the price of
- LNG
- Natural gas
- lpg_propane_butane
Buys from
- Aarvi Encon Limited · technical manpower outsourcing/staffing services
- Ace Integrated Solutions Limited · Recruitment/examination-conduction and BIM-CAD services
- Ador Welding Limited · welding electrodes/wires, consumables & equipment
- Alphageo (India) Limited · geophysical seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation services
- Asian Energy Services Limited · Seismic data acquisition services (Gujarat)
- Banka BioLoo Limited · Bio-toilets and sanitation solutions under CSR programs - FY25 Marquee Clients panel, Publ…
- Bigbloc Construction Limited · NXTBLOC AAC blocks for industrial/institutional buildings
- Deep Industries Limited · gas compression and processing services
- Engineers India Limited · EPCM for 500 KTPA PDH/PP petrochemical project + BoP for 10 MW green-hydrogen facility (Vi…
- Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited · mud logging services
- Jindal Saw Limited · line pipes; stainless/seamless and welded pipes/tubes
- KEI Industries Limited · oil and gas power/control cables
- Kalpataru Projects International Limited · Cross-country steel gas pipeline laying, terminals and associated facilities (EPC)
- Likhitha Infrastructure Limited · Cross-country gas pipeline laying & associated facilities construction
- Maharashtra Seamless Limited · ERW/seamless line pipe for gas transmission
- Man Industries (India) Limited · bare/coated large-diameter steel line pipes for gas transmission
- North Eastern Carrying Corporation Limited · ODC/bulk project logistics and road transportation services
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation · Natural gas
- Oil India · natural gas
- Petronet LNG · RLNG (regasified LNG) — 60% offtake of RasGas/QatarEnergy long-term LNG via Dahej terminal…
- Prabha Energy Limited · natural gas (CBM) offtake — North Karanpura consortium sale (~$5.56/MMBTU) + Jharia pipeli…
- Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Limited · carbon steel line pipes / HSAW pipes for gas pipeline projects
- Ritco Logistics Limited · Polymer/petrochem road logistics
- Sab Events & Governance Now Media Limited · event sponsorship, conference partnership and digital media advertising
- Solex Energy Limited · Solar PV modules / rooftop EPC
- Surya Roshni Limited · Bare and 3LPE coated API line pipes (gas pipelines)
- Suzlon Energy Limited · wind turbines (~100 MW, 6th repeat order)
- VA Tech Wabag Limited · 450 cum/hr UF/RO effluent recycle + evaporator ZLD + WWTP augmentation
- Welspun Corp Limited · LSAW/HSAW line pipes for natural gas pipeline projects
- Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services Limited · empanelled / cashless hospital services for employees
Sells to
- Adani Power · natural gas
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation · LPG
- Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited · natural gas
- City Gas Distribution networks · natural gas
- GUJARAT ENERGY LIMITED · natural gas
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited · Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG)
- Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited · natural gas
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited · LPG
- Hindustan Unilever · natural gas
- Indian Oil Corporation · LPG
- Indraprastha Gas Limited · natural gas
- JSW Energy · natural gas
- Mahanagar Gas Limited · natural gas
- NHPC Limited · natural gas
- NTPC Limited · natural gas
- National Fertilizers Limited · natural gas
- Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited · natural gas
- Tata Power Company · natural gas
- Torrent Power · natural gas
About
What the company is, from our own records: where it sits, where it makes things, and what it is made of.
- Sector
- Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
- Industry
- Gas Transmission/Marketing
- Classification
- Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels › Gas Transmission/Marketing
- ISIN
- INE129A01019
Business segments
- Natural Gas Transmission/Marketing · 88%
- Petrochemicals · 4%
- City Gas · 4%
- LPG and Liquid Hydrocarbons · 2%
- Other Segment · 1%
- LPG Transmission · 1%
Plants
- Auraiya GPU · Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh
- Gandhar GPU · Bharuch, Gujarat
- Lakwa GPU · Lakwa, Assam
- Pata Petrochemical Complex · Pata, Uttar Pradesh
- Usar Petrochemical Complex (PDH-PP)
- Vaghodia GPU · Vadodara, Gujarat
- Vijaipur Plant · Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh
News impact
Big market events that reach GAIL India, and how the effect spreads.
1 Oct, 21:36 IST · Market event · medium impact
Russia-NATO tensions rise over nuclear warning
Russia's nuclear warning rattled markets without changing any Indian order or fuel flow, lifting hope-buying in defence names like Paras while crude softness trims oil producers like Oil India.
Who it hits first
- Russia issued a nuclear warning toward NATO, lifting war-risk fears across world markets.
- For India the hit is mood, not mechanics: no trade route, order book or fuel flow changes on a warning alone.
- Defence suppliers may catch hopeful buying on faster-order talk, while richly priced stocks face fear-led selling.
Who may gain
- Paras Defence — defence-electronics supplier; war risk revives faster-order hopes
- Coal India — domestic coal looks safer when imported-energy risk rises (steady, not a buy)
Along the supply chain
Downstream
No downstream disruption either: Indian factories, pipelines and banks run exactly as before until rhetoric becomes action.
Upstream
No direct supply-chain link — purely a sentiment event; no supplier or customer volumes change on this headline.
Where demand moves
Business
No business demand moves: no new defence order, oil cargo or loan follows from a warning — only the hope of future defence orders flickers.
Capital
Capital turns defensive: fear-led selling can hit richly priced capital-goods names first, while cash-rich energy producers and banks sit steadier.
How it spreads across sectors
Capital Goods
Sentiment drag on rich valuations; defence-linked names see hopeful but order-less buying.
Financial Services
Banks face only market-mood risk; Indian Bank itself has no link to this story.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Softer Brent trims producer realisations slightly; no physical supply change follows a warning.
When it plays out
Immediate
In the first week, fear-led swings hit richly priced stocks while defence names see hopeful buying.
Medium term
Over six months, only real order or crude-price changes matter; today's warning alone leaves none.
Short term
Over the next month, the mood fades unless warnings turn into sanctions or supply cuts.
1 Oct, 21:34 IST · Market event · medium impact
PNGRB, Oil Ministry launches drive targeting 50 lakh DPNG connections by March 2027
India will add 5 million home piped-gas connections by March 2027, helping city-gas sellers like Indraprastha and Mahanagar Gas plus supplier GAIL, while LPG cylinder makers like Confidence Petroleum lose customers.
Who it hits first
- India's gas regulator PNGRB and the Oil Ministry launched National PNG Drive 3.0 to add 50 lakh (5 million) home piped-gas connections by March 31, 2027.
- The drive pushes households to switch from LPG cylinders to piped natural gas for cooking.
- City-gas sellers such as Indraprastha Gas in Delhi-NCR and Mahanagar Gas in Mumbai stand to gain connection fees plus years of gas sales.
Who may gain
- Indraprastha Gas — Delhi-NCR home piped-gas seller; gains connection fees and long-term gas volumes
- Mahanagar Gas — Mumbai home piped-gas seller; same connection-led growth
- GAIL India — gas pipeline owner and supplier to IGL and MGL; gains throughput
- Petronet LNG — gas importer feeding city-gas networks; gains regas volumes
- Adani Total Gas and Gujarat Energy — other city-gas sellers riding the same wave
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, the newly connected homes burn piped gas for cooking instead of LPG refills, so cylinder makers like Confidence Petroleum and LPG dealers lose business one kitchen at a time.
Upstream
Upstream, the extra gas comes from producers and importer Petronet LNG, moves through GAIL's pipelines to city sellers, and needs more pipes and laying work from suppliers such as Maharashtra Seamless and Likhitha as networks grow.
Where demand moves
Business
Households signing up for piped gas create fresh demand that flows first to city-gas sellers (IGL, MGL and peers), then back to GAIL's pipelines and Petronet's import terminals — while LPG cylinder makers and dealers slowly lose refill demand.
Capital
Investors are likely to favour city-gas distributors and gas infrastructure names on the multi-year volume outlook, while LPG-linked names such as Confidence Petroleum face selling pressure as cooking demand shifts to pipes.
How it spreads across sectors
Chemicals
Fertiliser makers that burn pooled gas (Chambal, RCF, NFL) face slightly stronger overall gas demand but no direct price hit from this drive.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
City-gas distributors and gas infrastructure gain connection-led volumes; LPG-linked names soften as cooking demand shifts from cylinders to pipes.
Power
Gas-fired power sellers such as Torrent Power see no direct change — a neutral read-through from a busier gas system.
Commodity angle
Commodity
Natural gas
Move series
Natural gas
Note
Natural gas is in a demand shock (price 2.963 USD/MMBtu, pack move -6.911%), but every dependent row carries a null cost weight, so no margin bps existed to copy and all signals carry commodity_impact_bps null.
Shock
demand
Unit
USD/MMBtu
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- 50 lakh new PNG homes → city-gas sales volumes up
- City-gas demand up → GAIL pipeline throughput and Petronet regas volumes up
- LPG-to-PNG switching → LPG cylinder and refill demand down
Pattern name
Crude Oil Cascade
Patterns
- Crude Oil Cascade
Sectors queried
- Cement
- Chemicals
- FMCG
- Power
When it plays out
Immediate
In the first week, city-gas shares react to the headline while distributors line up connection camps and marketing.
Medium term
Over six months, new connections convert into billed gas volumes and extra revenue for distributors, GAIL and Petronet.
Short term
Over the next month, connection bookings and pipeline-laying orders show whether the drive is really biting.
25 Sept, 23:37 IST · Market event · medium impact
India’s net FDI rises to five-year high of $7.3 billion in July 2026
India’s net foreign investment hit a five-year high of $7.3 billion in July, modestly helping insurers, exchanges and tech suppliers, with no clear losers.
Who it hits first
- India pulled in $7.3 billion in net foreign direct investment in July 2026, the highest monthly figure in five years, signalling stronger foreign confidence.
- Money flowed mainly into phone networks (communication), banks and insurers (financial services) and software and computer services, lifting the outlook for those industries.
- SBI Life Insurance, which sells life cover, and Multi Commodity Exchange, which runs commodity trading, get a mild sentiment boost as foreign interest in finance revives.
- Netweb Technologies, which builds servers for data centers, could see longer-term demand if computer-services investment turns into new data capacity.
- Sterlite Technologies, which makes fibre-optic cables, would normally cheer communication inflows, but strict exchange trading curbs (ASM stage 4) overshadow the news.
Who may gain
- SBI Life Insurance — life insurer, gains from brighter financial-services sentiment
- Multi Commodity Exchange — commodity exchange, gains if foreign flows lift trading volumes
- Netweb Technologies — server maker, gains if tech FDI spurs data-center orders
- Large banks and insurers broadly — benefit from stronger capital inflows and firmer valuations
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, foreign capital into phone, finance and software firms may later flow to network builders, server makers and service vendors, but today brings sentiment only, not confirmed purchases.
Upstream
No direct supply-chain link — this is a capital-flow event, not a factory order; upstream suppliers of coal, gas or consumer goods see no change.
Where demand moves
Business
Foreign firms putting money into Indian finance, software and phone networks can, over time, mean more software contracts, more insurance and banking business, and more network gear orders — for example, data-center servers from Netweb Technologies and fibre from Sterlite Technologies — though no new orders are announced today.
Capital
The $7.3 billion inflow supports the rupee, adds liquidity to equity markets and can lift trading activity on venues like Multi Commodity Exchange, while insurers such as SBI Life Insurance benefit from richer financial-sector valuations.
How it spreads across sectors
Financial Services
Foreign money favours banks, insurers and market venues; sentiment improves and trading and deal activity may pick up.
Information Technology
Computer-services inflows support hopes for tech spending and data-center demand, aiding server and software firms.
Telecommunication
Communication inflows help carrier investment mood, supporting fibre and equipment makers, though trading curbs mute Sterlite Technologies.
When it plays out
Immediate
Mild positive mood for financial, IT and telecom shares; market-infra names like exchanges may see busier trading.
Medium term
If strong inflows persist, tech and finance firms could see real business gains such as mandates and network orders; otherwise the lift fades.
Short term
Follow-through depends on August FDI and foreign-investor flows; insurers and lenders drift with rate expectations.
24 Sept, 23:47 IST · Market event · high impact
India-US trade deal ‘done and dusted’, execution awaits competitive advantage: Goyal
India and the US have finalised a trade deal, which should help Indian textiles, drug and software exporters win more US orders, while domestic-focused firms see little change.
Who it hits first
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says the India-US trade deal is done and dusted, with only execution and final competitive-advantage details left.
- Lower US duties would directly cut costs for Indian exporters of clothes, bedsheets, generic drugs and software services.
- The five map seeds (Coal India, Oil India, GAIL, ABB India and Dabur) are domestic businesses with no US sales channel, so the deal barely touches them.
- Textiles exporters such as Welspun Living and Jindal Worldwide, which sell 41% and 90% of revenue abroad, stand first in line for new orders.
Who may gain
- US-facing textiles makers (bedsheets, garments, fabrics) through lower American tariffs.
- Generic-drug and drug-ingredient exporters through smoother US market access.
- Software and IT hardware firms through friendlier US tech ties and sentiment.
- Cotton, yarn and fabric suppliers at home as exporter order books refill.
- Domestic giants like Coal India, GAIL, Oil India, ABB India and Dabur see no direct gain.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
US retail chains, apparel brands, hospitals and technology buyers receive cheaper Indian goods and services, while Indian exporters expand shipping, warehousing and compliance work.
Upstream
Cotton growers, spinners, weavers and dyeing units, plus drug-ingredient and packaging suppliers, get second-order demand as exporters such as Welspun Living and Jindal Worldwide run fuller order books.
Where demand moves
Business
American retailers and importers place bigger clothing and home-textile orders as duties fall; US drug distributors pull more Indian generics; US firms keep outsourcing software and hardware work — business demand moves from US buyers to Indian exporters.
Capital
Investors rotate toward export-led textiles, pharma and IT shares on better earnings hopes, funding capacity additions; domestic defensives see no such inflow.
How it spreads across sectors
Capital Goods
Neutral — factory equipment demand follows domestic capex, not export duties.
Fast Moving Consumer Goods
Neutral — household brands live on Indian demand, not US trade.
Healthcare
Mildly positive — smoother US access helps drug exporters; hospitals and domestic diagnostics feel nothing.
Information Technology
Mildly positive on sentiment and services continuity; hardware makers gain if tech trade eases.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Neutral — refiners and gas utilities sell at home and face no tariff channel.
Textiles
Positive first-order lift — lower US tariffs directly raise exporter volumes and margins.
When it plays out
Immediate
Export shares gap up on headlines; textiles names with confirmed US exposure lead while domestic seeds drift flat.
Medium term
Real order flows and margins decide — exporters with strong balance sheets convert the deal into earnings; pledged or leveraged names lag.
23 Sept, 12:19 IST · Market event · medium impact
India’s private sector growth accelerates in September flash PMI
India's private businesses grew faster in September, helping equipment makers, fuel suppliers, lenders and transporters sell more, with no clear losers.
Who it hits first
- India's September flash PMI showed private businesses growing faster than the month before, across both factories and services.
- When business speeds up, factories order more machines and materials, transport firms move more goods, and banks lend more.
- The boost is spread across the whole economy rather than one company, so individual stock gains should be small.
Who may gain
- Factory-equipment makers such as ABB India and Hitachi Energy India, as faster manufacturing pulls through orders
- Fuel suppliers such as Coal India, GAIL and Oil India, as busier plants burn more energy
- Lenders such as Indian Bank, as stronger activity supports borrowing and repayment
- Movers of goods such as Delhivery and Shreeji Shipping, as rising output fills trucks and ships
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Big buyers of fuel and equipment — power plants such as NTPC and steel makers such as Tata Steel and JSW Steel — run their plants harder and benefit from fuller capacity.
Upstream
Makers of parts and inputs feeding industrial giants — such as ABB's component suppliers and Coal India's mining contractors — enjoy steadier volumes as factories run harder.
Where demand moves
Business
Factories with fuller order books buy more equipment, power and fuel, while service firms see more customers; transport and shipping volumes rise with output.
Capital
Investors bid up economy-sensitive stocks such as industrials, energy suppliers and lenders on the stronger growth signal; no deals or fundraising stem from this data.
How it spreads across sectors
Capital Goods
Positive — faster factory growth pulls through equipment orders within weeks.
Financial Services
Positive — stronger business activity supports loan growth and repayments.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Positive — higher industrial activity raises fuel and gas demand.
Services
Positive — busier trade lifts logistics, transport and port volumes.
When it plays out
Immediate
Economy-sensitive stocks edge up over 1-7 days as traders price the stronger growth signal.
Medium term
Over 1-6 months, sustained expansion would lift earnings of equipment makers, fuel suppliers and lenders.
Short term
Over 1-4 weeks, order books and freight volumes confirm or deny the flash reading when final PMI lands.
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 2 Sep 2026 | unspecified | ₹0.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 2026 | interim | ₹5 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | unspecified | ₹1 |
| 7 Feb 2025 | interim | ₹6.5 |
| 6 Feb 2024 | interim | ₹5.5 |
| 21 Mar 2023 | interim | ₹4 |
| 6 Sep 2022 | bonus | ₹0 |
| 1 Aug 2022 | unspecified | ₹1 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 9 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 1, insert 7), 2016-10-30..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 30 Oct 2016
Documents
Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.
- Annual report · 2025-265 Aug 2026
- Earnings call · Q1FY2731 Jul 2026
- Results presentation30 Jun 2026
- Earnings call · Q3FY262 Feb 2026
- Earnings call · Q2FY2631 Oct 2025
- Earnings call · Q1FY2629 Jul 2025
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