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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

NSE: HINDPETRORefineries & Marketing

Share price

₹326.60

-4.82% close of 8 Oct 2026

Market cap ₹69,500 CrP/E 41.6

Business score

How strong the business is, in one number. The parts behind it are in Pro.

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.

Prices as of 8 Oct 2026 close52-week high ₹499.0552-week low ₹319.15

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 growthPrice per ₹1 profitPer 1% growth
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited — this one66%/yr41.6×₹0.63
Reliance Industries5%/yr21.3×₹4.3
Indian Oil Corporation62%/yr5.2×₹0.08
Bharat Petroleum Corporation107%/yr7.9×—
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited-10%/yr11.0×—
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited-5%/yr5.5×—

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

Is the profit real cash? Simple checks on the accounts. Facts only, not advice.

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Latest result

What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.

Results are expected soon.

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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

CompanyPrice ₹P/EMkt cap ₹ CrDiv yield %Profit qtr ₹ CrProfit var %Sales qtr ₹ CrSales var %ROCE %
Reliance Industries1,207.7021.916,34,3240.5023,196.02.03,09,468.027.010.3
I O C L130.005.51,83,5766.35-1,141.1-123.92,66,407.338.518.7
B P C L296.358.31,28,5725.91-1,872.7-154.51,51,277.034.425.6
H P C L343.1543.773,0167.07-12,264.7-398.31,40,584.326.922.2
M R P L182.8611.532,0482.19945.7317.138,254.2120.418.0
C P C L1,612.305.824,0093.851,031.42671.927,369.384.834.9
Rajasthan Securities59.306.84560.00-4.9-150.75.078.6
Median239.619.952,5323.02-0.2-61.089,419.234.420.4

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.

Consolidated · to 30 Jun 2026
Line itemJun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales1,12,07995,7521,11,3481,14,6781,13,88899,9571,10,6081,09,6331,10,8251,00,8561,15,1531,14,9371,40,584
Expenses1,02,43487,5121,09,1871,09,7961,11,80097,6611,05,1131,03,8451,03,36594,0031,08,1551,05,7261,56,707
Material Cost36,53336,66235,52937,86963,532
Change in Inventories1,670-3,3571,107-2,590-4,305
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade59,41954,56865,26162,72791,959
Employee Cost909827864772722
Other Expenses14,09114,84614,82415,7049,440
Operating Profit9,6468,2402,1604,8822,0892,2965,4955,7887,4616,8526,9989,211-16,122
OPM %8.618.611.944.261.832.304.975.286.736.796.088.01-11
Other Income1,2991,0407915949335264629305077157271,910648
Exceptional items (within Other Income)00000
Interest6275906207207339449317578178247341,020818
Depreciation1,3711,2471,3451,6321,4841,5301,5181,6231,6041,6121,6742,4571,878
Profit before tax8,9477,4439863,1248053483,5094,3385,5475,1315,3177,644-18,170
Tax %242228132159282126252521-32
Net Profit6,7665,8277132,7096341432,5443,4154,1113,8594,0116,065-12,265
EPS in Rs32273.35132.980.67121619181929-58
Diluted EPS in Rs191819290

Profit & loss

Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.

Consolidated · to 31 Mar 2026
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales2,16,6481,77,9101,87,4932,19,5102,75,4912,69,0922,33,2483,49,9134,40,7094,33,8574,34,1064,41,7714,71,530
Expenses2,11,9161,69,5751,76,6072,08,7322,63,9632,63,8872,17,1943,39,6694,47,9014,08,9294,17,6584,11,1264,64,592
Material Cost1,46,593
Change in Inventories-3,170
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade2,41,975
Employee Cost3,372
Other Expenses59,464
Operating Profit4,7338,33510,88610,77811,5275,20416,05510,244-7,19224,92816,44830,6456,938
OPM %2.204.7064.904.201.9072.90-1.6063.8071.50
Other Income1,8361,9703,6972,7852,3836792,7313,8973,9423,7252,0723,7364,001
Exceptional items (within Other Income)0
Interest1,8417236096187861,1399639972,1742,5563,3653,3963,397
Depreciation2,4972,8462,7762,8343,0853,3703,6254,0004,5605,5966,1547,3477,621
Profit before tax2,2316,73511,19710,11010,0391,37414,1979,144-9,98420,5009,00023,638-79
Tax %3331262933-922520-30222524
Net Profit1,4894,6758,2367,2186,6912,63910,6637,294-6,98016,0156,73618,0471,671
EPS in Rs6.5620363229124934-337532857.85
Diluted EPS in Rs85
Dividend Payout %55253736365631270283329

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.

Consolidated
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity Capital3393391,0161,5241,5241,5241,4521,4191,4191,4192,1282,128
Reserves13,58516,32520,05524,00828,87629,45636,62839,98530,84445,50249,01663,428
Borrowings36,91622,16022,13021,95228,19244,00143,70948,49870,67166,68470,55855,964
Other Liabilities34,90530,72937,12742,19748,76241,93552,43864,77458,45269,18873,06781,544
Total Liabilities85,74569,55380,32989,6811,07,3541,16,9181,34,2281,54,6761,61,3871,82,7941,94,7702,03,064
Fixed Assets45,42534,08636,87638,69541,64248,95250,91258,12668,38779,76386,1791,00,430
CWIP3,9501,9141,8674,0119,51917,17025,33628,90725,60720,07817,9678,033
Investments6,1139,18511,77312,88214,29714,39615,09318,86723,68929,54027,04628,012
Other Assets30,25724,36829,81134,09441,89636,40042,88748,77543,70353,41363,57766,590
Total Assets85,74569,55380,32989,6811,07,3541,16,9181,34,2281,54,6761,61,3871,82,7941,94,7452,03,039

Cash flows

Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.

Consolidated
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from Operating Activity19,4106,65110,25411,0378,5545,46917,82915,810-3,46623,85214,23136,111
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-14,699-3,674-4,239-4,4232,5988,452-4,709-2,06616,025-16,155-4,139-22,770
Net Cash Flow-956-1,295712-784-230-247841-11,175-5,322-4671,936
Free Cash Flow13,0971,8274,4004,334-2,713-8,3256,2223,782-12,64613,9064,81427,898

Ratios

How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.

Consolidated
Line itemMar 2015Mar 2016Mar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Debtor Days78898511768106
Inventory Days293142353029534025323538
Days Payable232228302517303020262830
Cash Conversion Cycle131721151217331711141814
Working Capital Days-8-9-35-29-25-34-38-29-30-33-35-29
ROCE %71729242051912-8211122

Shareholding pattern

Who owns the company — founders (promoters), foreign funds, Indian funds and the public. In %.

Consolidated · to 30 Jun 2026
Line itemSep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Promoters555555555555555555555555
FIIs131414131414131414161714
DIIs232122212222242322212023
Government00.010.010.010.010.010.0100000
Public9.239.569.10109.318.828.988.388.378.098.248.65
No. of Shareholders3,69,8163,48,8054,03,6585,43,3445,23,8825,08,4935,26,7544,95,6294,79,9054,62,6405,00,3435,18,531

Price trend

The price as a Renko brick chart: small moves drop out so the bigger path stands out.

Change over 1 year -28.7% (₹458.00 → ₹326.60)Brick size ₹9.27 (fixed)Bricks 60
₹350₹400₹450₹500₹327Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Sep '26
Price moved up one brickPrice moved down one brickLast close ₹326.60 on 8 Oct 2026

Every brick is the same size, about one typical day's move. A new brick needs a full brick's move; turning the other way needs two. Bricks show where the price went, not where it will go.

Open interestPRO

Where option traders are positioned on this stock.

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

News and filings about Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. 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.

Depends on the price of

  • Crude Oil Brent
  • Natural gas
  • lpg_propane_butane

Buys from

Sells to

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.

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

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.

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

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.

Oil, Gas & Consumable FuelsTelecommunicationConsumer Services

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.

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.

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.

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