Oil India
NSE: OILOil Exploration & Production
Share price
₹447.00
-1.49% close of 8 Oct 2026
Business score
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64
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹72,727 Cr
P/E ratio
8.7
P/B ratio
1.3
ROCE
11.5%
ROE
12.2%
Dividend yield
2.5%
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 19.2% over the past year, and 10.9% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales slipped from 37.2% to 34.1% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 10.9% a year against a sector median of 11.6% — 0.7 percentage points slower.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 8.7× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 29.3×, across 3 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 8.3×, the 52nd percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Its earnings are falling, so growth cannot justify the price.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil India — this one | -9%/yr | 8.7× | — |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation | 1%/yr | 6.3× | ₹6.3 |
| Vedanta Oil and Gas Limited | — | — | — |
| Antelopus Selan Energy Limited | 43%/yr | 29.3× | ₹0.68 |
| Prabha Energy Limited | -39%/yr | — | — |
| Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited | -48%/yr | 89.0× | — |
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 (Oil Exploration & Production), it ranks 3 of 6 on returns, 3 of 6 on growth, 4 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?
No durable advantage shows in the numbers: it earns 11.5% on capital, ahead of 50% 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 ₹53669 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹49309 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹3607 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 139 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 waiting 21 days for its cash to paid 45 days before it paid its own suppliers.
Profit reality check
Is the profit real cash? Simple checks on the accounts. Facts only, not advice.
6 of 9 checks clear · 67%
Latest result · Q1 FY27
What the last results showed. Whether management kept its word is in Pro.
Highest-ever quarterly revenue and profit on a $98 crude price, with 100 wells targeted this year
Announced 7 Aug 2026 · Consolidated · Unaudited
Revenue
₹12,886 Cr
Net profit
₹4,027 Cr
EPS
₹22.32
Earnings call transcript · 10 Aug 2026
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Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹72,727 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹447.00
- 52w High
- ₹531
- 52w Low
- ₹396
- Enterprise value
- ₹1.04L Cr
- Beta
- 0.5
- Price CAGR 1y
- 9.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 30.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 23.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 13.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 6.1%
- PEG ratio
- -1.0
- P/E ratio
- 8.7
- P/B ratio
- 1.3
- EV / EBITDA
- 7.6
- Industry P/E
- 54.3
- ROCE
- 11.5%
- ROCE 5y average
- 17.8%
- ROE
- 12.2%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.6
- Interest coverage
- 9.0
- Dividend yield
- 2.5%
- ROE 3y average
- 14.0%
- ROE last year
- 12.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹33,081 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹7,551 Cr
- Operating margin
- 32.0%
- Net profit margin
- 22.8%
- EBITDA margin
- 31.6%
- Sales growth 3y
- -2.9%
- Sales growth 5y
- 13.4%
- Profit growth 3y
- -9.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 12.0%
- EPS
- ₹40.7
- Sales growth TTM
- 19.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 27.0%
- Dividend payout
- 28.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹12,503 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹4,027 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 57.7%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 96.7%
- OPM latest quarter
- 46.3%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹356
- Face Value
- ₹10.0
- Total debt
- ₹37,478 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹5,609 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹37,478 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 34.6
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹10,684 Cr
- Free cash flow
- -₹2,487 Cr
- FCF yield
- -5.1%
- Net cash flow
- ₹711 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 56.7%
- FII holding
- 7.3%
- DII holding
- 20.1%
- Public holding
- 6.1%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O N G C | 220.40 | 6.3 | 2,77,269 | 6.04 | 6,554.4 | 20.8 | 2,04,987.4 | 25.7 | 14.2 |
| Oil India | 448.10 | 8.7 | 72,888 | 2.52 | 4,026.8 | 91.4 | 12,503.3 | 57.7 | 11.5 |
| Vedanta Oil and Gas | 30.15 | 54.9 | 11,790 | 0.00 | 945.0 | 2691.6 | 2,507.0 | 8.5 | |
| Antelopus Selan | 1,113.05 | 28.0 | 3,928 | 0.00 | 54.3 | 450.7 | 131.0 | 158.8 | 19.9 |
| Prabha Energy | 220.25 | 3125.3 | 3,438 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 226.1 | 1.7 | 49.6 | -0.1 |
| Hind.Oil Explor. | 169.15 | 89.0 | 2,237 | 0.00 | 6.2 | -47.9 | 114.2 | 45.2 | 3.5 |
| Guj.Nat.Resour. | 96.50 | 76.7 | 1,480 | 0.00 | 11.4 | 488.1 | 5.7 | 70.8 | 7.3 |
| Median | 220.25 | 54.9 | 3,928 | 0.00 | 54.3 | 226.1 | 131.0 | 49.6 | 9.4 |
Competes with: Antelopus Selan Energy Limited, Gujarat Natural Resources Limited, Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Prabha Energy Limited, Vedanta Oil and Gas 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 | 6,208 | 7,497 | 9,614 | 9,147 | 8,120 | 7,247 | 8,337 | 8,808 | 7,929 | 8,394 | 8,330 | 9,293 | 12,503 |
| Expenses | 3,932 | 4,027 | 6,171 | 5,886 | 4,978 | 4,711 | 5,795 | 6,220 | 5,578 | 6,091 | 6,043 | 6,012 | 6,711 |
| Material Cost | 1,802 | 1,539 | 1,365 | 1,512 | 1,964 | 2,269 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | 66 | 123 | 136 | 217 | -719 | -63 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 256 | 184 | 103 | 69 | 153 | 72 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 564 | 566 | 643 | 564 | 606 | 556 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 4,039 | 3,987 | 4,625 | 4,240 | 4,727 | 4,259 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 2,277 | 3,469 | 3,443 | 3,261 | 3,142 | 2,536 | 2,542 | 2,588 | 2,351 | 2,303 | 2,287 | 3,281 | 5,793 |
| OPM % | 37 | 46 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 46 |
| Other Income | 259 | -1,983 | 635 | 578 | 355 | 977 | 302 | 382 | 980 | 721 | 657 | 919 | 530 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Interest | 214 | 279 | 236 | 234 | 242 | 280 | 304 | 244 | 199 | 305 | 319 | 381 | 302 |
| Depreciation | 478 | 499 | 576 | 576 | 553 | 608 | 624 | 533 | 627 | 671 | 715 | 699 | 698 |
| Profit before tax | 1,843 | 708 | 3,266 | 3,028 | 2,701 | 2,626 | 1,917 | 2,193 | 2,505 | 2,048 | 1,910 | 3,119 | 5,322 |
| Tax % | 24 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 24 |
| Net Profit | 1,399 | 640 | 2,608 | 2,333 | 2,016 | 2,069 | 1,457 | 1,497 | 2,047 | 1,644 | 1,436 | 2,424 | 4,027 |
| EPS in Rs | 8.77 | 2.59 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8.23 | 8.05 | 12 | 8.78 | 7.35 | 13 | 22 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 8.05 | 12 | 8.78 | 7.35 | 13 | 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 | 9,978 | 9,821 | 9,566 | 10,698 | 13,780 | 18,612 | 17,616 | 25,906 | 36,084 | 31,749 | 31,703 | 33,081 | 38,521 |
| Expenses | 6,346 | 6,235 | 6,446 | 6,770 | 8,190 | 13,297 | 11,928 | 15,405 | 20,829 | 19,245 | 20,546 | 22,636 | 24,857 |
| Material Cost | 6,905 | 6,381 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | -286 | -243 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 878 | 509 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 2,233 | 2,379 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 15,216 | 17,579 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 3,633 | 3,586 | 3,120 | 3,928 | 5,591 | 5,315 | 5,689 | 10,500 | 15,255 | 12,504 | 11,158 | 10,446 | 13,664 |
| OPM % | 36 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 41 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 32 | 35 |
| Other Income | 1,258 | 1,198 | 793 | 1,812 | 1,251 | 2,147 | 1,185 | 1,254 | 737 | -566 | 1,666 | 3,053 | 2,826 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 349 | 389 | 441 | 554 | 624 | 647 | 660 | 940 | 901 | 964 | 1,069 | 1,204 | 1,307 |
| Depreciation | 865 | 1,070 | 1,180 | 1,327 | 1,541 | 1,786 | 1,844 | 1,824 | 1,947 | 2,129 | 2,318 | 2,712 | 2,783 |
| Profit before tax | 3,677 | 3,324 | 2,292 | 3,859 | 4,677 | 5,030 | 4,369 | 8,990 | 13,144 | 8,846 | 9,436 | 9,582 | 12,399 |
| Tax % | 32 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 21 | |
| Net Profit | 2,608 | 2,080 | 1,597 | 2,735 | 3,238 | 5,005 | 4,146 | 6,719 | 9,854 | 6,980 | 7,040 | 7,551 | 9,531 |
| EPS in Rs | 14 | 12 | 8.85 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 54 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 51 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 40 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 46 | 46 | 72 | 42 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 28 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 13%
- 5 years
- 13%
- 3 years
- -3%
- TTM
- 19%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 11%
- 5 years
- 12%
- 3 years
- -9%
- TTM
- 27%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 13%
- 5 years
- 23%
- 3 years
- 30%
- 1 year
- 9%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 15%
- 5 years
- 17%
- 3 years
- 14%
- Last year
- 12%
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 | 601 | 601 | 802 | 757 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 1,627 | 1,627 |
| Reserves | 20,900 | 24,577 | 28,718 | 28,273 | 27,890 | 22,126 | 22,582 | 29,478 | 37,397 | 47,255 | 48,141 | 56,372 |
| Borrowings | 9,070 | 9,722 | 14,184 | 12,329 | 15,114 | 12,743 | 19,718 | 16,721 | 18,832 | 24,040 | 30,645 | 37,478 |
| Other Liabilities | 6,549 | 5,344 | 7,600 | 7,353 | 8,430 | 20,981 | 12,151 | 13,846 | 16,866 | 20,114 | 24,410 | 28,768 |
| Minority Interest | 4,938 | 5,804 | ||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 37,120 | 40,244 | 51,303 | 48,712 | 52,518 | 56,936 | 55,535 | 61,129 | 74,179 | 92,494 | 1,04,823 | 1,24,245 |
| Fixed Assets | 12,676 | 8,678 | 10,550 | 12,320 | 12,471 | 15,955 | 15,969 | 16,805 | 18,098 | 20,520 | 23,649 | 28,271 |
| CWIP | 3,755 | 1,812 | 1,894 | 988 | 1,267 | 2,368 | 3,171 | 5,900 | 11,953 | 20,028 | 29,527 | 37,644 |
| Investments | 5,573 | 15,052 | 27,461 | 26,657 | 26,451 | 25,718 | 24,010 | 27,099 | 27,924 | 34,450 | 31,613 | 36,782 |
| Other Assets | 15,116 | 14,701 | 11,398 | 8,747 | 12,329 | 12,894 | 12,385 | 11,325 | 16,204 | 17,496 | 20,034 | 21,548 |
| Total Assets | 37,120 | 40,244 | 51,303 | 48,712 | 52,518 | 56,936 | 55,535 | 61,129 | 74,179 | 92,494 | 1,04,445 | 1,23,848 |
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 | 1,754 | 3,597 | 3,114 | 3,933 | 5,023 | 6,493 | 5,235 | 9,310 | 11,410 | 10,933 | 11,332 | 10,684 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -1,992 | -2,677 | -5,865 | 1,778 | -578 | -2,207 | -8,517 | -4,192 | -9,130 | -12,601 | -13,514 | -10,381 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -2,603 | -871 | 2,758 | -5,698 | -940 | -7,331 | 3,702 | -5,615 | -2,521 | 1,637 | 2,483 | 409 |
| Net Cash Flow | -2,841 | 49 | 7 | 12 | 3,504 | -3,045 | 420 | -498 | -241 | -30 | 301 | 711 |
| Free Cash Flow | -1,245 | 986 | 248 | 1,267 | 2,523 | 3,187 | 2,108 | 3,342 | 2,886 | -1,130 | 1,749 | -2,487 |
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 | 87 | 49 | 39 | 48 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 38 | 38 | 50 |
| Inventory Days | 333 | 350 | 286 | 244 | 238 | 264 | 323 | |||||
| Days Payable | 105 | 140 | 115 | 83 | 84 | 112 | 184 | |||||
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 87 | 49 | 39 | 48 | 35 | 257 | 249 | 196 | 185 | 192 | 190 | 188 |
| Working Capital Days | 31 | 45 | -168 | 10 | -77 | -141 | -45 | 21 | 24 | -48 | -46 | -45 |
| ROCE % | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
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
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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
net debt from the filed balance sheet at the newest year end: Borrowings − Cash Equivalents − Investments (Current); negative = net cash
31,432inr_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
FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)
3,23,76,172inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Oil 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
Depends on the price of
- Crude Oil Brent
- Natural gas
- lpg_propane_butane
Buys from
- Aakash Exploration Services Limited · workover rig and oilfield production services
- Alphageo (India) Limited · onshore 2D/3D seismic data acquisition services
- Asian Energy Services Limited · 2D seismic data acquisition (Rajasthan basin, Arunachal PEL, Tripura 3D)
- Crown Lifters Limited · Crane rental for oil and gas field projects
- Deep Industries Limited · gas compression, dehydration, drilling & workover services
- Dolphin Offshore Enterprises (India) Limited · Offshore oil & gas & marine support services
- Engineers India Limited · hydrocarbon engineering & consultancy (also co-investor in Numaligarh Refinery)
- Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited · natural gas (Dirok) offtake/marketing
- Jindal Drilling And Industries Limited · drilling-related / mud logging services
- Kellton Tech Solutions Limited · Optima real-time IoT wellhead-monitoring platform (77 wellheads, Duliajan Assam; $2.5M, De…
- Likhitha Infrastructure Limited · Pipeline laying & associated civil construction
- Maharashtra Seamless Limited · seamless/ERW line pipe for oil & gas
- NBCC (India) Limited · PMC / civil construction services
- Oil Country Tubular Limited · Drill Pipes, Heavy Weight Drill Pipes, Drill Collars and related OCTG products won on tend…
- Sab Events & Governance Now Media Limited · event sponsorship, conference partnership and digital media advertising
- South West Pinnacle Exploration Limited · Exploration drilling; empanelled in Q1 FY27 for 2D and 3D seismic data acquisition across…
- Ujaas Energy Limited · grid-connected solar EPC (9 MW plant)
- United Drilling Tools Limited · oil drilling tools and equipment
- Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services Limited · empanelled / cashless hospital services for employees
Sells to
- Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) · natural gas
- Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) · natural gas
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation · crude oil
- Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) · natural gas
- Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) · natural gas
- GAIL India · natural gas
- Indian Oil Corporation · crude oil
- North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) · natural gas
- Numaligarh Refinery Limited · crude oil
- Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam · 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
- Oil Exploration & Production
- Classification
- Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels › Oil Exploration & Production
- ISIN
- INE274J01014
Business segments
- REFINERY PRODUCTS · 55%
- CRUDE OIL (Including Condensate) · 30%
- NATURAL GAS · 12%
- PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION · 2%
- LPG · 0%
- RENEWABLE ENERGY · 0%
Plants
- Duliajan HQ producing fields / CTF
- Duliajan-Digboi-Bongaigaon-Barauni crude oil pipeline
- Naharkatiya-Moran oil & gas fields
- Numaligarh-Siliguri product pipeline (NSPL)
- Paradip-Numaligarh crude oil import pipeline
- Rajasthan block (Jaisalmer/Barmer area)
News impact
Big market events that reach Oil 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.
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.
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.
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
| 4 Sep 2026 | unspecified | ₹1 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2026 | interim | ₹7 |
| 21 Nov 2025 | interim | ₹3.5 |
| 4 Sep 2025 | unspecified | ₹1.5 |
| 17 Feb 2025 | interim | ₹7 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | interim | ₹3 |
| 30 Aug 2024 | unspecified | ₹2.5 |
| 2 Jul 2024 | bonus | ₹0 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
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- Annual report · 2024-2526 Aug 2025
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