Hindustan Copper Ltd.

NSE: HINDCOPPER · Metals & Mining

₹421.15-1.45%06 Nov 2026

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Market cap₹40,696 cr

Current price₹421.15

High / Low₹760 / ₹313

P/E35.8

P/B12.18

Book value₹34.6

ROE34.0%

ROCE44.4%

Debt / equity0.03

Dividend yield0.58%

EPS (TTM)₹11.76

Face value₹5

Price & valuation

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Annual performance

annual · ₹ crore · line = operating margin

showing latest 6 of 7 periods

	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Revenue	832	1,787	1,822	1,677	1,717	2,071	3,078
EBITDA	-245	410	511	491	547	738	1,462
Operating margin	-29.5%	22.9%	28.0%	29.3%	31.9%	35.6%	47.5%
Interest	60	63	29	16	16	7	5
Depreciation	289	295	150	175	175	176	200
Profit before tax	-538	87	382	396	411	632	1,233
Tax	31	-23	8	100	115	165	312
Net profit	-569	111	352	286	295	465	919
EPS ₹	-6.16	1.19	3.87	3.06	3.05	4.81	9.50
Operating cash flow	—	—	1,052	674	292	544	1,474
Capex	—	—	225	102	207	178	456
Dividend paid	—	—	34	112	89	89	238
Total assets	—	—	—	2,985	3,270	3,501	4,416
Equity	—	—	—	2,082	2,285	2,661	3,342

Quarterly performance

last 28 quarters · ₹ crore

showing latest 8 of 28 periods

	SEP '19	DEC '19	MAR '20	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	JUN '22	SEP '22	DEC '22	MAR '23	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	MAR '25	JUN '25	SEP '25	DEC '25	MAR '26	JUN '26
Revenue	288	93	147	431	295	538	522	268	464	544	545	348	212	557	560	371	381	399	565	494	518	328	731	516	718	687	1,156	936
Operating profit	115	-41	-413	86	75	217	31	120	107	132	152	127	64	114	186	93	121	107	226	188	152	108	267	212	282	245	628	508
Operating margin	40.0%	-44.0%	-281.1%	20.0%	25.3%	40.3%	5.9%	44.9%	22.9%	24.2%	27.9%	36.4%	30.2%	20.5%	33.2%	25.1%	31.8%	26.7%	40.0%	38.2%	29.3%	32.8%	36.5%	41.1%	39.3%	35.6%	54.3%	54.2%
Other income	8	13	20	10	7	8	9	11	12	11	16	11	22	12	52	14	11	10	20	7	32	16	46	10	11	18	33	17
Interest	18	14	17	17	18	16	12	11	8	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	3
Depreciation	72	79	71	54	67	80	92	59	19	17	55	55	50	9	61	41	46	30	59	38	48	38	52	41	44	48	67	50
Profit before tax	33	-121	-481	25	-3	129	-63	61	92	120	109	78	32	111	174	62	83	82	184	154	135	84	259	179	249	213	592	472
Tax	13	-26	33	-5	-12	21	-26	16	25	-52	20	21	6	31	42	15	22	19	59	41	34	22	69	45	63	56	148	119
Net profit	19	-96	-515	30	9	108	-25	46	68	172	66	57	0	80	140	47	58	61	124	112	100	63	187	134	184	156	444	352
EPS ₹	0.21	-1.03	-5.56	0.32	0.10	1.17	-0.40	0.47	0.70	1.78	0.92	0.59	0.54	0.83	1.37	0.49	0.63	0.65	1.29	1.17	1.05	0.65	1.94	1.39	1.89	1.62	4.59	3.64
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	2.4%	477.1%	255.7%	-38.0%	57.6%	1.1%	4.4%	30.2%	-54.3%	2.3%	2.6%	6.5%	79.8%	-28.3%	1.0%	33.1%	35.9%	-17.9%	29.4%	4.6%	38.6%	109.7%	58.1%	81.4%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	-53.0%	—	—	53.7%	640.1%	58.7%	—	25.1%	-100.0%	-53.3%	110.8%	-17.2%	—	-24.4%	-10.9%	136.0%	71.2%	3.7%	50.6%	20.3%	84.1%	148.5%	137.3%	162.5%

Earlier results (standalone, Sep '07 – Jun '19)

₹ crore · from BSE, before the NSE XBRL filings begin

Hindustan Copper Ltd. reports consolidated figures above. Quarterly consolidated results only became mandatory in India in 2019, so the earlier history available is the standalone company only (excluding subsidiaries). It is shown separately so the two bases are never mixed.

Full years

showing latest 8 of 11 periods

	FY09†	FY10†	FY11†	FY12†	FY13†	FY14†	FY15†	FY16†	FY17†	FY18†	FY19†
Revenue	1,253	1,337	1,147	1,472	1,323	1,489	1,016	969	1,207	1,799	1,820
Operating profit	-38	202	283	424	309	512	127	118	128	249	506
Operating margin	-3.0%	15.1%	24.7%	28.8%	23.4%	34.4%	12.5%	12.2%	10.6%	13.9%	27.8%
Other income	71	39	75	101	250	95	67	49	118	59	33
Interest	9	4	3	—	4	2	1	1	9	21	55
Depreciation	20	17	21	50	151	174	113	120	142	165	253
Profit before tax	6	220	335	473	404	431	80	45	95	122	230
Tax	43	63	111	149	48	144	13	2	33	42	85
Net profit	-38	157	224	323	356	286	68	44	61	80	146

Quarters

showing latest 8 of 48 periods

	SEP '07†	DEC '07†	MAR '08†	JUN '08†	SEP '08†	DEC '08†	MAR '09†	JUN '09†	SEP '09†	DEC '09†	MAR '10†	JUN '10†	SEP '10†	DEC '10†	MAR '11†	JUN '11†	SEP '11†	DEC '11†	MAR '12†	JUN '12†	SEP '12†	DEC '12†	MAR '13†	JUN '13†	SEP '13†	DEC '13†	MAR '14†	JUN '14†	SEP '14†	DEC '14†	MAR '15†	JUN '15†	SEP '15†	DEC '15†	MAR '16†	JUN '16†	SEP '16†	DEC '16†	MAR '17†	JUN '17†	SEP '17†	DEC '17†	MAR '18†	JUN '18†	SEP '18†	DEC '18†	MAR '19†	JUN '19†
Revenue	390	494	520	389	335	169	360	358	240	325	415	227	326	308	286	270	270	347	586	314	283	311	415	226	335	427	501	297	221	241	257	236	203	204	326	206	181	249	572	406	519	491	383	422	469	474	455	304
Operating profit	52	59	90	47	19	-128	24	-4	18	70	118	36	76	115	56	67	57	93	207	74	68	83	84	42	106	123	241	25	33	18	51	35	18	25	40	8	9	48	63	33	65	71	81	109	133	120	144	93
Operating margin	13.3%	12.0%	17.2%	12.1%	5.7%	-75.5%	6.6%	-1.1%	7.5%	21.4%	28.4%	16.0%	23.2%	37.4%	19.6%	25.0%	21.0%	26.8%	35.4%	23.5%	23.9%	26.8%	20.3%	18.8%	31.7%	28.7%	48.1%	8.5%	14.9%	7.4%	20.0%	14.9%	9.1%	12.1%	12.3%	3.8%	4.8%	19.4%	11.0%	8.1%	12.5%	14.4%	21.1%	25.9%	28.3%	25.2%	31.8%	30.7%
Other income	15	11	16	15	16	11	30	11	9	15	5	12	13	16	35	23	15	24	37	23	22	70	135	20	21	17	37	18	17	16	16	10	13	12	13	15	33	21	49	21	20	7	11	5	2	5	20	16
Interest	8	5	4	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	—	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2	3	5	7	7	20	11	7	17	11
Depreciation	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	37	35	35	41	40	43	41	48	41	27	33	21	31	27	28	32	34	25	31	37	48	34	37	43	51	43	71	65	73	66
Profit before tax	54	60	96	55	28	-125	48	2	22	78	118	44	84	124	83	87	68	113	206	61	54	111	178	19	85	92	236	16	16	12	36	19	3	4	19	-3	9	26	62	16	44	28	34	51	53	51	75	32
Tax	2	7	11	18	10	-28	44	2	7	27	26	18	28	44	22	26	21	34	69	13	11	35	-10	0	23	23	99	3	-1	2	9	4	-4	-1	3	0	2	9	21	6	15	9	12	16	18	17	34	11
Net profit	52	53	85	37	18	-97	4	0	14	51	92	26	56	81	61	60	46	79	137	48	44	76	188	19	62	69	137	13	17	11	27	15	7	5	16	-3	7	17	41	10	29	19	22	35	35	35	40	21
EPS ₹	0.68	0.69	1.11	0.48	0.24	-1.04	0.04	0.00	0.16	0.55	0.99	0.28	0.61	0.87	0.66	0.65	0.50	0.86	1.49	0.52	0.47	0.82	2.03	0.20	0.67	0.75	1.48	0.14	0.19	0.11	0.29	0.16	0.08	0.06	0.18	-0.03	0.07	0.18	0.44	0.11	0.31	0.20	0.24	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.44	0.23
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	-14.0%	-65.8%	-30.9%	-8.1%	-28.4%	92.1%	15.2%	-36.5%	35.9%	-5.4%	-31.1%	18.8%	-17.2%	12.6%	104.9%	16.3%	5.0%	-10.3%	-29.1%	-28.1%	18.2%	37.4%	20.7%	31.5%	-34.1%	-43.5%	-48.8%	-20.4%	-8.0%	-15.6%	26.9%	-12.8%	-11.0%	22.0%	75.6%	96.9%	187.3%	97.5%	-33.1%	3.8%	-9.6%	-3.4%	18.8%	-27.9%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	-64.6%	-282.5%	-95.6%	-99.4%	-21.4%	—	2333.4%	11809.1%	288.7%	59.1%	-33.5%	130.6%	-17.3%	-2.0%	125.4%	-20.5%	-5.9%	-4.2%	36.9%	-61.3%	41.9%	-9.1%	-27.2%	-28.9%	-72.2%	-84.6%	-80.6%	10.4%	-56.9%	-50.0%	-38.8%	-119.8%	-8.6%	218.9%	149.9%	—	321.7%	12.2%	-46.2%	245.3%	23.4%	82.7%	84.6%	-39.9%

Returns & margins

trailing-twelve-month, per quarter

showing latest 8 of 25 periods

	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	JUN '22	SEP '22	DEC '22	MAR '23	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	MAR '25	JUN '25	SEP '25	DEC '25	MAR '26	JUN '26
ROE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.9%	10.3%	13.3%	12.8%	14.9%	14.0%	12.7%	15.5%	16.5%	16.6%	17.3%	18.2%	19.1%	22.2%	27.5%	34.0%
ROCE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	14.0%	18.4%	17.7%	18.0%	16.8%	17.0%	20.7%	22.7%	22.7%	22.6%	23.5%	24.8%	29.0%	35.9%	44.4%
Net margin	-58.5%	-59.1%	-26.0%	6.9%	8.5%	11.0%	14.5%	19.3%	19.1%	17.9%	12.2%	16.5%	15.7%	17.4%	17.9%	16.9%	19.3%	20.1%	20.9%	22.3%	23.1%	24.8%	24.9%	29.8%	32.5%
EBITDA margin	-26.3%	-30.3%	-2.5%	22.9%	27.3%	26.5%	21.6%	28.0%	27.2%	28.8%	27.5%	29.3%	26.9%	27.5%	29.6%	31.9%	34.9%	34.0%	35.4%	34.5%	35.3%	37.9%	37.9%	44.4%	47.5%
Debt / equity	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.26	0.26	0.08	0.08	0.13	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.03
Interest coverage	-7.17	-7.74	-3.88	2.40	3.21	5.79	6.90	14.20	19.06	19.94	19.72	25.84	24.93	27.26	26.54	26.48	33.94	47.51	64.44	92.26	121.45	150.99	154.42	252.06	236.72
Asset turnover	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.51	0.52	0.56	0.57	0.57	0.52	0.53	0.56	0.58	0.56	0.59	0.60	0.59	0.69	0.70	0.79

Balance sheet

equity vs borrowings over time · ₹ crore

showing latest 6 of 8 periods

	SEP '22	MAR '23	SEP '23	MAR '24	SEP '24	MAR '25	SEP '25	MAR '26
Share capital	484	484	484	484	484	484	484	484
Other equity / reserves	1,491	1,599	1,705	1,802	1,924	2,177	2,498	2,859
Total equity	1,974	2,082	2,188	2,285	2,408	2,661	2,982	3,342
Borrowings	518	156	291	222	92	166	142	110
Current liabilities	1,100	838	758	559	663	494	698	843
Non-current liabilities	144	65	318	426	315	346	177	230
Total assets	3,218	2,985	3,264	3,270	3,386	3,501	3,857	4,416
Property, plant & equipment	258	270	1,318	1,391	1,445	1,699	1,807	1,889
Capital work-in-progress	698	731	820	917	973	766	740	741
Investments	10	10	30	29	29	27	25	25
Inventories	261	117	196	228	268	321	369	387
Receivables	37	66	32	137	19	171	167	133
Cash & equivalents	126	16	48	72	49	18	105	396

Cash flow

annual · ₹ crore · line = free cash flow

showing latest 5 of 10 periods

	FY17‡	FY18‡	FY19‡	FY20‡	FY21‡	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash from operations	-260	372	252	86	832	1,052	674	292	544	1,474
Cash from investing	-258	-558	-587	-430	-364	-404	-337	-476	-402	-434
Cash from financing	-8	-96	445	42	133	-251	-382	-39	-152	-299
Capex	92	396	400	221	203	225	102	207	178	456
Free cash flow	-352	-25	-148	-135	628	827	572	85	366	1,017
Dividends paid	0	37	23	48	0	34	112	89	89	238

Where the assets sit

Mar '26 · ₹ crore

Fixed assets (PPE)

₹1,889 cr43%

CWIP

₹741 cr17%

Investments

₹25 cr1%

Inventories

₹387 cr9%

Receivables

₹133 cr3%

Cash & equivalents

₹396 cr9%

Other assets

₹844 cr19%

Peer comparison

largest in Metals & Mining · this company in bold

Company	Market cap ₹cr	Price	P/E	P/B	ROE
Adani Enterprises Ltd.	3,71,671	2,745.80	64.8	3.79	5.9%
JSW Steel Ltd.	3,31,132	1,357.10	11.6	2.92	25.1%
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.	2,40,022	568.10	—	8.01	0.0%
Tata Steel Ltd.	2,32,398	186.30	21.1	2.27	10.8%
Hindalco Industries Ltd.	2,12,765	958.40	11.1	1.33	12.0%
Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd.	1,47,058	376.05	—	6.38	—
Jindal Steel Ltd.	1,18,597	1,165.00	41.5	2.26	5.5%
Vedanta Ltd.	1,02,344	261.75	4.8	8.02	168.7%
Lloyds Metals And Energy Ltd.	1,00,524	1,785.50	19.2	6.20	32.3%
Steel Authority of India Ltd.	70,880	171.60	12.6	1.13	9.0%
Hindustan Copper Ltd.	40,696	421.15	35.8	12.18	34.0%

StoxGud checklist: Neutral setup · 5/10

Price above 50-day average
Price above 200-day average
50-day average above 200-day (uptrend)
RSI in healthy 40–70 zone
Positive 1-year return
Return on equity above 15%
Debt to equity below 1
Revenue growing year on year
Net profit margin above 10%
P/E below industry median

A rules-based screen of trend, momentum, quality and valuation. Educational only — not a buy or sell recommendation.

Returns & technicals

1 month-12.3%

6 months-25.9%

1 year+19.8%

3Y CAGR+41.7%

5Y CAGR+26.4%

10Y CAGR+21.7%

50-day avg₹474.14

200-day avg₹521.32

RSI (14)37

Long-term financials (FY12–FY15)

from published annual reports

Year	Revenue	Profit before tax	Net profit
FY15	₹1,016 Cr	₹80 Cr	₹68 Cr
FY14	₹1,489 Cr	₹431 Cr	₹286 Cr
FY13	₹1,323 Cr	₹404 Cr	₹356 Cr
FY12	₹1,484 Cr	₹473 Cr	₹323 Cr

Years before FY17 follow the older Indian GAAP standard, so they are not exactly comparable with recent years.

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FAQs

What is the share price of Hindustan Copper Ltd.?

Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HINDCOPPER) closed at ₹421.15 on NSE on 06 Nov 2026.

What is the market cap of Hindustan Copper Ltd.?

₹40,696 crore at the latest close.

What is the P/E ratio of Hindustan Copper Ltd.?

35.8, on trailing-twelve-month earnings from its filings.

How fast is Hindustan Copper Ltd. growing?

Hindustan Copper Ltd.: revenue has compounded at 22.4% a year over three years; net profit at 47.6% a year. Latest-quarter revenue is up 81.4% year on year, profit up 162.5%.

How profitable is Hindustan Copper Ltd.?

On a trailing-twelve-month basis return on equity is 34.0%, return on capital employed 44.4%, operating margin 47.5%, net margin 32.5%.

How much debt does Hindustan Copper Ltd. have?

Hindustan Copper Ltd. is debt-free: debt to equity is 0.03 with borrowings of ₹110 cr against cash of ₹396 cr (balance sheet of 2026-03-31). Operating profit covers interest 236.7 times.

Financials parsed from Hindustan Copper Ltd.'s own XBRL filings to NSE (consolidated), ₹ crore unless marked. Quarterly from SEP '19, annual from FY20, balance sheet from Sep '22. * = derived (full year or half year minus earlier quarters). ‡ = balance sheet / cash flow read from the company's published annual report (same basis), for years before the NSE filings carry them; each one checked to add up. Information only, not investment advice.