Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
NSE: HINDPETRORefineries & Marketing
Share price
₹326.60
-4.82% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
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54
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹69,500 Cr
P/E ratio
41.6
P/B ratio
1.1
ROCE
22.2%
ROE
30.9%
Dividend yield
7.1%
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 9.4% over the past year, and 8.8% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales improved from -0.7% to 2.4% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 8.8% a year against a sector median of 11.6% — 2.8 percentage points slower.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 41.6× earnings it costs 1.7× the market, which 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 4.9×, the 100th percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 0.6 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 66%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited — this one | 66%/yr | 41.6× | ₹0.63 |
| Reliance Industries | 5%/yr | 21.3× | ₹4.3 |
| Indian Oil Corporation | 62%/yr | 5.2× | ₹0.08 |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation | 107%/yr | 7.9× | — |
| Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited | -10%/yr | 11.0× | — |
| Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited | -5%/yr | 5.5× | — |
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 the exchange files under the same label (Refineries & Marketing), it ranks 3 of 7 on returns, 4 of 7 on growth, 7 of 7 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?
A narrow advantage: it earns 22.2% on capital, ahead of 57% of companies filed under the same label. 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 ₹86538 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹48784 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹29105 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 200 arrived as cash — well above the profit, more than depreciation and interest account for, so do not count on it repeating.
Profit reality check
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9 of 9 checks clear · 100%
Latest result
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Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹69,500 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹326.60
- 52w High
- ₹508
- 52w Low
- ₹316
- Enterprise value
- ₹1.22L Cr
- Beta
- 1.4
- Price CAGR 1y
- -25.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 27.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 10.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 6.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 8.9%
- PEG ratio
- 0.6
- P/E ratio
- 41.6
- P/B ratio
- 1.1
- EV / EBITDA
- 17.6
- Industry P/E
- 10.9
- ROCE
- 22.2%
- ROCE 5y average
- 11.6%
- ROE
- 30.9%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.9
- Interest coverage
- 8.0
- Dividend yield
- 7.1%
- ROE 3y average
- 28.0%
- ROE last year
- 31.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹4.42L Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹18,047 Cr
- Operating margin
- 7.0%
- Net profit margin
- 4.1%
- EBITDA margin
- 6.9%
- Sales growth 3y
- 0.1%
- Sales growth 5y
- 13.6%
- Profit growth 3y
- 66.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 11.0%
- EPS
- ₹84.8
- Sales growth TTM
- 9.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- -84.0%
- Dividend payout
- 29.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹1.41L Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- -₹12,265 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 26.9%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- -398.3%
- OPM latest quarter
- -11.5%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹308
- Face Value
- ₹10.0
- Total debt
- ₹55,964 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹171 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹55,964 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 29.8
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹36,111 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹27,898 Cr
- FCF yield
- 35.3%
- Net cash flow
- ₹1,936 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 54.9%
- FII holding
- 13.6%
- DII holding
- 22.9%
- Public holding
- 8.7%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliance Industries | 1,207.70 | 21.9 | 16,34,324 | 0.50 | 23,196.0 | 2.0 | 3,09,468.0 | 27.0 | 10.3 |
| I O C L | 130.00 | 5.5 | 1,83,576 | 6.35 | -1,141.1 | -123.9 | 2,66,407.3 | 38.5 | 18.7 |
| B P C L | 296.35 | 8.3 | 1,28,572 | 5.91 | -1,872.7 | -154.5 | 1,51,277.0 | 34.4 | 25.6 |
| H P C L | 343.15 | 43.7 | 73,016 | 7.07 | -12,264.7 | -398.3 | 1,40,584.3 | 26.9 | 22.2 |
| M R P L | 182.86 | 11.5 | 32,048 | 2.19 | 945.7 | 317.1 | 38,254.2 | 120.4 | 18.0 |
| C P C L | 1,612.30 | 5.8 | 24,009 | 3.85 | 1,031.4 | 2671.9 | 27,369.3 | 84.8 | 34.9 |
| Rajasthan Securities | 59.30 | 6.8 | 456 | 0.00 | -4.9 | -150.7 | 5.0 | 78.6 | |
| Median | 239.61 | 9.9 | 52,532 | 3.02 | -0.2 | -61.0 | 89,419.2 | 34.4 | 20.4 |
Competes with: Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, Kotyark Industries Limited, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Reliance Industries
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 | 1,12,079 | 95,752 | 1,11,348 | 1,14,678 | 1,13,888 | 99,957 | 1,10,608 | 1,09,633 | 1,10,825 | 1,00,856 | 1,15,153 | 1,14,937 | 1,40,584 |
| Expenses | 1,02,434 | 87,512 | 1,09,187 | 1,09,796 | 1,11,800 | 97,661 | 1,05,113 | 1,03,845 | 1,03,365 | 94,003 | 1,08,155 | 1,05,726 | 1,56,707 |
| Material Cost | 36,533 | 36,662 | 35,529 | 37,869 | 63,532 | ||||||||
| Change in Inventories | 1,670 | -3,357 | 1,107 | -2,590 | -4,305 | ||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 59,419 | 54,568 | 65,261 | 62,727 | 91,959 | ||||||||
| Employee Cost | 909 | 827 | 864 | 772 | 722 | ||||||||
| Other Expenses | 14,091 | 14,846 | 14,824 | 15,704 | 9,440 | ||||||||
| Operating Profit | 9,646 | 8,240 | 2,160 | 4,882 | 2,089 | 2,296 | 5,495 | 5,788 | 7,461 | 6,852 | 6,998 | 9,211 | -16,122 |
| OPM % | 8.61 | 8.61 | 1.94 | 4.26 | 1.83 | 2.30 | 4.97 | 5.28 | 6.73 | 6.79 | 6.08 | 8.01 | -11 |
| Other Income | 1,299 | 1,040 | 791 | 594 | 933 | 526 | 462 | 930 | 507 | 715 | 727 | 1,910 | 648 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Interest | 627 | 590 | 620 | 720 | 733 | 944 | 931 | 757 | 817 | 824 | 734 | 1,020 | 818 |
| Depreciation | 1,371 | 1,247 | 1,345 | 1,632 | 1,484 | 1,530 | 1,518 | 1,623 | 1,604 | 1,612 | 1,674 | 2,457 | 1,878 |
| Profit before tax | 8,947 | 7,443 | 986 | 3,124 | 805 | 348 | 3,509 | 4,338 | 5,547 | 5,131 | 5,317 | 7,644 | -18,170 |
| Tax % | 24 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 21 | -32 |
| Net Profit | 6,766 | 5,827 | 713 | 2,709 | 634 | 143 | 2,544 | 3,415 | 4,111 | 3,859 | 4,011 | 6,065 | -12,265 |
| EPS in Rs | 32 | 27 | 3.35 | 13 | 2.98 | 0.67 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 29 | -58 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 19 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 0 |
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 | 2,16,648 | 1,77,910 | 1,87,493 | 2,19,510 | 2,75,491 | 2,69,092 | 2,33,248 | 3,49,913 | 4,40,709 | 4,33,857 | 4,34,106 | 4,41,771 | 4,71,530 |
| Expenses | 2,11,916 | 1,69,575 | 1,76,607 | 2,08,732 | 2,63,963 | 2,63,887 | 2,17,194 | 3,39,669 | 4,47,901 | 4,08,929 | 4,17,658 | 4,11,126 | 4,64,592 |
| Material Cost | 1,46,593 | ||||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | -3,170 | ||||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 2,41,975 | ||||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 3,372 | ||||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 59,464 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 4,733 | 8,335 | 10,886 | 10,778 | 11,527 | 5,204 | 16,055 | 10,244 | -7,192 | 24,928 | 16,448 | 30,645 | 6,938 |
| OPM % | 2.20 | 4.70 | 6 | 4.90 | 4.20 | 1.90 | 7 | 2.90 | -1.60 | 6 | 3.80 | 7 | 1.50 |
| Other Income | 1,836 | 1,970 | 3,697 | 2,785 | 2,383 | 679 | 2,731 | 3,897 | 3,942 | 3,725 | 2,072 | 3,736 | 4,001 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Interest | 1,841 | 723 | 609 | 618 | 786 | 1,139 | 963 | 997 | 2,174 | 2,556 | 3,365 | 3,396 | 3,397 |
| Depreciation | 2,497 | 2,846 | 2,776 | 2,834 | 3,085 | 3,370 | 3,625 | 4,000 | 4,560 | 5,596 | 6,154 | 7,347 | 7,621 |
| Profit before tax | 2,231 | 6,735 | 11,197 | 10,110 | 10,039 | 1,374 | 14,197 | 9,144 | -9,984 | 20,500 | 9,000 | 23,638 | -79 |
| Tax % | 33 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 33 | -92 | 25 | 20 | -30 | 22 | 25 | 24 | |
| Net Profit | 1,489 | 4,675 | 8,236 | 7,218 | 6,691 | 2,639 | 10,663 | 7,294 | -6,980 | 16,015 | 6,736 | 18,047 | 1,671 |
| EPS in Rs | 6.56 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 49 | 34 | -33 | 75 | 32 | 85 | 7.85 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 55 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 56 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 29 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 10%
- 5 years
- 14%
- 3 years
- 0%
- TTM
- 9%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 14%
- 5 years
- 11%
- 3 years
- 66%
- TTM
- -84%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 6%
- 5 years
- 10%
- 3 years
- 27%
- 1 year
- -25%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 22%
- 5 years
- 18%
- 3 years
- 28%
- Last year
- 31%
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 | 339 | 339 | 1,016 | 1,524 | 1,524 | 1,524 | 1,452 | 1,419 | 1,419 | 1,419 | 2,128 | 2,128 |
| Reserves | 13,585 | 16,325 | 20,055 | 24,008 | 28,876 | 29,456 | 36,628 | 39,985 | 30,844 | 45,502 | 49,016 | 63,428 |
| Borrowings | 36,916 | 22,160 | 22,130 | 21,952 | 28,192 | 44,001 | 43,709 | 48,498 | 70,671 | 66,684 | 70,558 | 55,964 |
| Other Liabilities | 34,905 | 30,729 | 37,127 | 42,197 | 48,762 | 41,935 | 52,438 | 64,774 | 58,452 | 69,188 | 73,067 | 81,544 |
| Total Liabilities | 85,745 | 69,553 | 80,329 | 89,681 | 1,07,354 | 1,16,918 | 1,34,228 | 1,54,676 | 1,61,387 | 1,82,794 | 1,94,770 | 2,03,064 |
| Fixed Assets | 45,425 | 34,086 | 36,876 | 38,695 | 41,642 | 48,952 | 50,912 | 58,126 | 68,387 | 79,763 | 86,179 | 1,00,430 |
| CWIP | 3,950 | 1,914 | 1,867 | 4,011 | 9,519 | 17,170 | 25,336 | 28,907 | 25,607 | 20,078 | 17,967 | 8,033 |
| Investments | 6,113 | 9,185 | 11,773 | 12,882 | 14,297 | 14,396 | 15,093 | 18,867 | 23,689 | 29,540 | 27,046 | 28,012 |
| Other Assets | 30,257 | 24,368 | 29,811 | 34,094 | 41,896 | 36,400 | 42,887 | 48,775 | 43,703 | 53,413 | 63,577 | 66,590 |
| Total Assets | 85,745 | 69,553 | 80,329 | 89,681 | 1,07,354 | 1,16,918 | 1,34,228 | 1,54,676 | 1,61,387 | 1,82,794 | 1,94,745 | 2,03,039 |
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 | 19,410 | 6,651 | 10,254 | 11,037 | 8,554 | 5,469 | 17,829 | 15,810 | -3,466 | 23,852 | 14,231 | 36,111 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -5,667 | -4,272 | -5,304 | -7,398 | -11,382 | -14,168 | -12,279 | -13,745 | -11,384 | -13,019 | -10,559 | -11,404 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -14,699 | -3,674 | -4,239 | -4,423 | 2,598 | 8,452 | -4,709 | -2,066 | 16,025 | -16,155 | -4,139 | -22,770 |
| Net Cash Flow | -956 | -1,295 | 712 | -784 | -230 | -247 | 841 | -1 | 1,175 | -5,322 | -467 | 1,936 |
| Free Cash Flow | 13,097 | 1,827 | 4,400 | 4,334 | -2,713 | -8,325 | 6,222 | 3,782 | -12,646 | 13,906 | 4,814 | 27,898 |
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 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Inventory Days | 29 | 31 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 53 | 40 | 25 | 32 | 35 | 38 |
| Days Payable | 23 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 13 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| Working Capital Days | -8 | -9 | -35 | -29 | -25 | -34 | -38 | -29 | -30 | -33 | -35 | -29 |
| ROCE % | 7 | 17 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 12 | -8 | 21 | 11 | 22 |
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
41,449cr
2026-06-30
net debt from the filed balance sheet at the newest year end: Borrowings − Cash Equivalents − Investments (Current); negative = net cash
52,686inr_cr
2026-03-31
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
News
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Supply chain
Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.
Competes with
Depends on the price of
- Crude Oil Brent
- Natural gas
- lpg_propane_butane
leases asset from
logistics for
Buys from
- Aarvi Encon Limited · technical manpower outsourcing/staffing services
- Action Construction Equipment Limited · cranes and material-handling equipment
- Aegis Logistics Limited · LPG sourcing / terminalling & throughput services
- Aegis Vopak Terminals Limited · LPG/liquid terminalling & storage — long-term exclusive terminaling agreement (East Coast/…
- Afcons Infrastructure Limited · HRRL crude oil terminal project, Mundra
- Agarwal Industrial Corporation Limited · Bulk bitumen & LPG road-transport logistics — specialized tanker fleet under contract
- Associated Alcohols & Breweries Ltd. · Grain-based ethanol (EBP programme)
- Atam Valves Limited · industrial valves, fittings, steam traps, strainers for refineries (Marquee Clients wall '…
- Avadh Sugar & Energy Limited · Fuel-grade ethanol for EBP petrol blending
- Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Limited · ethanol (EBP blending, long-term OMC contract)
- Balrampur Chini Mills Limited · ethanol for petrol blending (EBP programme)
- Bannari Amman Sugars Limited · fuel-grade ethanol under EBP
- Bcl Industries Limited · Grain-based ethanol (Ethanol Blending Programme) + biodiesel
- Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances Limited · LPG stoves (OMC new-connection / dealer channel; legacy relationship)
- Chembond Chemicals Limited · water treatment chemicals for refinery cooling and boiler circuits
- Coastal Corporation Limited · Fuel-grade ethanol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme (ESY 2025-26), supplied by w…
- Confidence Petroleum India Limited · LPG cylinders; LPG bottling assistance
- Cords Cable Industries Limited · LV power, control and instrumentation cables
- DCM Shriram Industries Limited · ethanol / anhydrous alcohol under the Ethanol Blending Programme
- Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Limited · Ethanol under the Ethanol Blending Programme
- Dhampur Bio Organics Limited · Fuel ethanol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme
- Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited · Ethanol (Ethanol Blended Petrol programme)
- Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited · ethanol (EBP programme, OMC tenders)
- EID Parry India Limited · Ethanol supplied to OMCs under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme
- Engineers India Limited · PMC for 80,000 MT LPG underground cavern at Mangalore & refinery projects
- Everest Kanto Cylinder Limited · CNG storage cascades and high-pressure cylinders for CNG stations
- GAIL India · LPG
- GP Petroleums Limited · Paving grade bulk bitumen VG30 — supply agreement for up to 50,000 MT; FY26 offtake 42,200…
- Globus Spirits Limited · Ethanol for EBP fuel blending (OMC offtake)
- Godavari Biorefineries Limited · Ethanol for EBP program via OMC tender allocations
Sells to
- InterGlobe Aviation · Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF)
Goods carried by
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
- Refineries & Marketing
- Classification
- Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels › Refineries & Marketing
- ISIN
- INE094A01015
Business segments
- Downstream Petroleum · 100%
- Others · 0%
Plants
- Guru Gobind Singh Refinery Bathinda (HMEL JV)
- HPCL Rajasthan Refinery (HRRL) Barmer
- Mumbai Lube Refinery
- Mumbai Refinery · Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Visakhapatnam Refinery
News impact
Big market events that reach Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, and how the effect spreads.
1 Oct, 00:07 IST · Market event · high impact
India reduces windfall taxes on diesel and jet fuel exports
India cut export taxes on diesel and jet fuel, helping refiners like Reliance and Chennai Petroleum keep more profit, with little hurt beyond the government's tax income.
Who it hits first
- India cut the extra export tax (called a windfall tax) on diesel and jet fuel, so refiners pay less tax when they ship these fuels abroad.
- Reliance Industries, which runs India's largest refinery that exports fuel, keeps more profit on every diesel and jet fuel cargo it exports.
- State refiners such as Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, which refine crude oil into fuels, also keep more on their diesel and jet fuel exports.
- Chennai Petroleum and Mangalore Refinery, smaller refiners focused on turning crude into fuels, see the most direct profit lift per barrel.
Who may gain
- Reliance Industries (runs a giant export refinery) — higher profit on diesel and jet fuel exports
- Chennai Petroleum (refines crude into fuels) — direct margin gain on diesel exports
- Mangalore Refinery (refines crude into fuels) — direct margin gain on diesel and jet fuel exports
- Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum (national refiners and fuel sellers) — lower export tax bill
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (drills crude oil) — small indirect gain if refiners run harder and buy more crude
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, overseas fuel buyers and airlines may find Indian diesel and jet fuel slightly cheaper or more available as export supply improves, while Indian drivers see no change since the cut applies only to exports, not local pump prices.
Upstream
Upstream, crude oil drillers such as Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India, which supply crude to refiners, see no direct tax saving but could sell slightly more crude if refiners raise output to chase higher export profits.
Where demand moves
Business
Foreign buyers keep ordering diesel and jet fuel, and Indian refiners now earn more on each order because less tax is taken off, so export sales become more profitable without needing new customers.
Capital
Investors are likely to buy shares of export refiners such as Reliance, Chennai Petroleum and Mangalore Refinery as their profit outlook improves, while gas, lubricant and coal shares see little new money from this news.
How it spreads across sectors
Airlines
Airlines see no direct jet fuel price cut at home; any benefit comes only if global jet supply eases later.
Chemicals
Steady to slightly easier fuel and feedstock costs, but no direct demand change from an export-tax cut.
Logistics
Truckers and shippers that burn diesel at home get no fuel-price relief since only export taxes were cut.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Refiners gain export margins; gas distributors, lubricant makers and coal miners are largely unaffected.
Power
No direct link; diesel genset fuel costs unchanged at home, so power producers see no earnings shift.
Commodity angle
Commodity
diesel
Move series
diesel
Note
Diesel was 4.725 USD/gallon, up 11.85% over one month, but the margin model returned null bps for all nine shown dependents, so every signal carries null commodity_impact_bps.
Shock
price
Unit
USD/gallon
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- Windfall tax cut → refiner export margins up
- Diesel/jet export supply up → global fuel tightness eases at the margin
- Airlines/logistics fuel costs steady-to-lower → margins supported
- Chemicals/paints/tyres feedstock pressure eases slightly
- Longer term: cheaper fossil exports slow EV/renewable switch at the margin
Pattern name
Crude Oil Cascade
Patterns
- Crude Oil Cascade
- Energy Transition Cascade
Sectors queried
- Auto
- Cement
- Chemicals
- FMCG
- Oil & Gas
- Power
When it plays out
Immediate
Refiner shares such as Reliance, Chennai Petroleum and Mangalore Refinery rise on the margin news while gas and lube shares stay flat.
Medium term
Gains settle into quarterly profits unless crude spikes or the tax returns; longer term, cheaper fossil exports slightly slow the shift to electric cars and renewable power, but the broader move toward cleaner energy continues.
Short term
Export shipments pick up and refiners report stronger export profits; drillers see only a mild sympathy lift.
30 Sept, 14:07 IST · Market event · high impact
Explosion reported at MRPL in Mangaluru
An explosion hit MRPL's Mangaluru refinery, likely hurting MRPL and wobbling parent ONGC and buyer Hindustan Petroleum, while rival Chennai Petroleum may gain slightly and big refiners stay flat.
Who it hits first
- Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL), which runs a refinery that turns crude oil into fuels, reported an explosion at its Mangaluru plant.
- The blast risks a partial or full shutdown of fuel output until safety checks finish, though injuries and damage are not yet disclosed.
- Parent Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and buyer Hindustan Petroleum face knock-on wobbles, while rival refiners watch for diverted orders.
Who may gain
- Chennai Petroleum, a standalone refiner, may pick up small extra orders or slightly firmer fuel margins if MRPL volumes pause.
- Repair, inspection and safety contractors could see short repair work, though no contractor is named in the pack.
- Large fuel makers like Reliance and Bharat Petroleum gain no meaningful volume, as MRPL is far smaller than them.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, buyers Hindustan Petroleum and ONGC, which take fuel from MRPL, must fill the gap from other refiners or draw stocks until the plant restarts.
Upstream
Upstream, crude supplier ONGC, which feeds oil to MRPL, and shippers like Shipping Corporation face paused deliveries, while service firms such as Engineers India wait for repair calls.
Where demand moves
Business
Refined fuel volumes from MRPL may pause, pushing its buyers Hindustan Petroleum and ONGC to seek fuel from other refiners like Chennai Petroleum; crude going into MRPL also pauses, leaving suppliers with unsold barrels for days.
Capital
Investors may sell MRPL on shutdown and repair fears and trim parent ONGC slightly, while parking tiny sympathy bids in Chennai Petroleum and holding large refiners flat until damage is known.
How it spreads across sectors
Chemicals
Watch only — if fuel and feedstock pause lingers, chemical makers using refinery outputs see small cost pressure.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Direct hit — MRPL outage and safety review; peers see tiny product tightness but no crude shock.
Power
Muted — power plants burning refinery fuels watch supply, but no outage is signalled.
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- MRPL refinery pause → regional diesel/petrol supply tightens
- Tighter fuel → transport and chemical feedstock costs edge up
- Higher costs → power and fuel buyers see small pass-through
Pattern name
Crude Oil Cascade
Patterns
- Crude Oil Cascade
Sectors queried
- Cement
- Chemicals
- FMCG
- Power
When it plays out
Immediate
1–7 days: MRPL assesses damage and likely curbs output; fuel buyers tap stocks and alternate refiners.
Medium term
1–6 months: plant restarts in stages; insurance and liability outcome decides the lasting cost.
Short term
1–4 weeks: repair scope and restart date emerge; parent ONGC quantifies the hit and safety review widens.
30 Sept, 02:40 IST · Market event · medium impact
Reliance goes ahead with ₹12,000 cr bond issue
Reliance will borrow ₹12,000 crore by selling bonds to fund its growth plans, which avoids diluting shareholders but adds debt, with little direct effect on rivals or suppliers.
Who it hits first
- Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, is going ahead with raising ₹12,000 crore by selling bonds (borrowing from investors).
- The money will fund its growth plans across energy, telecom and retail, without issuing new shares.
- Existing shareholders face no dilution (their slice stays the same), but the company takes on more debt and interest costs.
- Rival refiners and telecom operators see no direct change to their own sales or costs from this borrowing.
Who may gain
- Reliance Industries — growth funding without shareholder dilution
- Bond investors — fresh highly-rated paper to buy
- Future project contractors and equipment vendors — possible orders if the money funds new building
Along the supply chain
Downstream
No direct downstream link — this bond sale puts cash on Reliance's balance sheet rather than changing what its refineries, Jio network or retail stores sell.
Upstream
Equipment, tower, cable and service vendors to Reliance (such as Indus Towers for telecom sites and Dixon for electronics) could gain future orders if bond money funds expansion, but no new orders are announced yet.
Where demand moves
Business
No immediate change in what customers buy: this is a financing step, not a new product or price cut; only later, if the money builds towers, stores or plants, do suppliers see fresh orders.
Capital
Capital flows toward Reliance debt as bond buyers absorb the ₹12,000 crore issue; equity investors read it as mildly positive since growth is funded without diluting their shares.
How it spreads across sectors
Consumer Services
Neutral near term; a positive only if retail expansion orders follow later.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Neutral for rival refiners; Reliance's borrowing does not change fuel prices or refining volumes.
Telecommunication
Mildly positive only if proceeds fund Jio network spending, which would help tower and gear vendors.
When it plays out
Immediate
In the first week, the bond sale goes through and Reliance's shares react mildly to the funded-growth signal.
Medium term
Over the coming months, funded projects start spending, which is when suppliers could feel the benefit.
Short term
Over the next few weeks, watch where the money goes — telecom, retail or energy projects — and any vendor order news.
24 Sept, 11:23 IST · Market event · high impact
Jaishankar raises India’s concerns over US Russia sanctions law with Rubio at UNGA
US law threatens 100% tariffs on buyers of Russian oil and India is seeking relief; home-grown oil producers may gain while refiners losing cheap Russian crude face higher costs.
Who it hits first
- The US signed the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which lets Washington place tariffs of up to 100% on countries that keep buying Russian oil and gas, including India.
- At the UN General Assembly, India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the law worries India, which buys a lot of discounted Russian crude.
- Reliance Industries, India's largest private refiner, and Indian Oil Corporation, the biggest state refiner and fuel seller, face higher crude bills if those discounted barrels must be replaced.
- Brent crude sits at 96.14 dollars a barrel, up 31.52% in three months, so any scramble for non-Russian oil lands on an already tight market.
Who may gain
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, India's largest oil and gas producer, could sell its home-grown crude at firmer prices.
- Oil India, the state explorer and producer, could also gain from stronger crude realizations, as it did after past Russia supply scares.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, Indian Oil sells fuel onward to car makers Maruti and Tata Motors and to the airline Indigo, so costlier crude can push up petrol, diesel and jet fuel (ATF) and squeeze transport margins if pump prices lag.
Upstream
Upstream, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation supplies crude to Hindustan Petroleum, GAIL, Bharat Petroleum, Mangalore Refinery and Indian Oil, and Oil India supplies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and GAIL; service firms such as Deep Industries, Dolphin Offshore, Jindal Drilling and Asian Energy Services support their drilling, so steadier domestic output helps the whole chain.
Where demand moves
Business
Business demand shifts from cheap Russian crude toward costlier non-Russian barrels: refiners such as Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum, Mangalore Refinery and Chennai Petroleum must bid for replacement oil, while domestic producers Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India can sell more of their own crude at Brent-linked prices.
Capital
Capital is likely to be careful around refiners and fuel sellers on margin-squeeze fear, and to lean toward upstream producers with stronger cash from firmer crude, until the UNGA talks show whether India wins relief or must cut Russian buys.
How it spreads across sectors
Chemicals
Costlier oil lifts feedstock for petrochemical, fertilizer and paint makers, squeezing makers that cannot raise prices quickly.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Refiners and fuel sellers face margin squeeze replacing Russian crude; domestic crude producers may gain from firmer Brent.
Power
Gas and oil-fired power costs rise with fuel, pressuring generators without fuel pass-through.
Textiles
No direct oil link, but broad US tariff fears from the China Cascade spill over to export sentiment.
Commodity angle
Commodity
Crude Oil Brent
Move series
Crude Oil Brent
Note
Brent crude at 96.14 dollars, up 3.121% in a month and 31.52% in three months, with a -10.16% recent move used for margins; the -486 bps for Indian Oil, -965.8 bps for Chennai Petroleum and -877.4 bps for Savita Oil were copied into those signals.
Shock
price
Unit
USD/barrel
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- US 100% tariff threat on Russian-oil buyers -> India refiners lose discount
- Replacement crude near Brent 96.14 -> refining margins -486 to -965.8 bps
- Costlier fuel -> airlines, logistics and chemicals face higher bills
- China tariff spillover -> textile and chemical export sentiment softens
Pattern name
Crude Oil Cascade
Patterns
- Crude Oil Cascade
- China Cascade
Sectors queried
- Cement
- Chemicals
- FMCG
- Pharma
- Power
- Textiles
When it plays out
Immediate
Refiner shares wobble on tariff headlines and UNGA readouts; Brent swings around 96.14 as traders weigh Indian buying.
Medium term
Either a waiver or phased shift steadies flows, or sustained high-cost crude forces lasting margin reset for refiners and fuel-price action.
Short term
If India trims Russian buys, replacement crude lifts refinery costs and marketing margins tighten; upstream realizations firm.
22 Sept, 16:56 IST · Market event · high impact
India places SpiceJet under scrutiny amid cash flow troubles - Investing.com
India's flight regulator is watching cash-strapped SpiceJet as flight cuts hurt it and slightly its fuel and airport suppliers, while bigger rival IndiGo may gain passengers for now.
Who it hits first
- India's flight regulator (DGCA) and the Civil Aviation Ministry are closely watching SpiceJet, a low-cost airline, as money troubles leave it with about 11 working planes.
- SpiceJet flew 45.2% less capacity in September with only 41.7% of flights on time, causing delays and Gulf-route cancellations, while it seeks government-backed ECLGS emergency loans amid unpaid salaries and money owed to plane lessors and vendors.
- No order to ground the whole fleet has been reported, but DGCA audits also flagged serious findings at IndiGo, Air India and Akasa, so checks may tighten for all airlines.
- SpiceJet itself has no stock signal here because it is not in the knowledge graph and has no fundamentals row, so the listed impact falls on rivals and suppliers.
Who may gain
- InterGlobe Aviation, which runs IndiGo (India's largest airline), may gain passengers from SpiceJet delays, with 11.3 million seats and 94.7% on-time flights ready to absorb them.
- Akasa Air, a privately held airline with no stock listing, already grew capacity 5% with 100% on-time flights and can take more spill passengers.
- Air India, also privately held, runs at 90.4% on-time and may pick up some domestic and Gulf-route spill from SpiceJet.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, there is no direct company customer — airlines sell seats to everyday flyers — so the effect is passengers shifting from SpiceJet to IndiGo, Akasa and Air India, with rebookings spilling to travel sellers generally.
Upstream
Upstream, fuel sellers Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum pump less jet fuel (ATF) for SpiceJet's smaller schedule, and GMR Airports, which runs airports, collects fewer landing and shop fees from fewer SpiceJet flights; unpaid vendor and engineering bills also signal slower payments for maintenance suppliers.
Where demand moves
Business
Passengers rebook away from delayed SpiceJet flights toward IndiGo and Akasa, lifting rival ticket sales; jet-fuel (ATF) orders shift the same way, with less fuel for SpiceJet and slightly more for rivals, leaving fuel sellers with a small net loss.
Capital
Investors rotate away from stressed SpiceJet toward the stronger rival IndiGo, but DGCA findings at IndiGo too and stretched airline balance sheets keep the move cautious rather than a broad airline rally.
How it spreads across sectors
Consumer Services
Neutral to slightly soft: flight delays disrupt trips, but rebookings and rival capacity limit the hit to hotels and holiday sellers.
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
Slightly negative: less jet-fuel sales for SpiceJet flying, mostly offset as IndiGo and Akasa fly more.
Services
Small negative to mixed: IndiGo gains flyers but faces DGCA checks, while airports and engineering firms see slightly less SpiceJet work, partly backfilled by rivals.
When it plays out
Immediate
SpiceJet delays and cancellations continue; IndiGo and Akasa pick up rebooked passengers day by day.
Medium term
If SpiceJet's 20 leased planes arrive by mid-November and fly reliably, rival gains fade; if not, IndiGo and Akasa keep the extra share through winter.
Short term
DGCA monitoring and possible extra checks shape schedules; ECLGS loan talks and salary and lessor payments decide if SpiceJet stabilises.
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 14 Aug 2026 | unspecified | ₹19.25 |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2025 | interim | ₹5 |
| 14 Aug 2025 | unspecified | ₹10.5 |
| 9 Aug 2024 | unspecified | ₹11 |
| 21 Jun 2024 | bonus | ₹0 |
| 7 Feb 2024 | interim | ₹15 |
| 22 Aug 2022 | unspecified | ₹14 |
| 8 Jul 2021 | unspecified | ₹22.75 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
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