Chennai Petroleum Corporation
- Market cap
- ₹ 21,950 Cr.
- P/E
- 4x
- P/B
- 1.95x
- 52-week range
- 765.5 – 1,677.5
- ROE
- 32%
- ROCE
- 35%
- Dividend yield
- 4.3%
- Debt / equity
- 0.18
- Sector
- Petroleum Products
- Industry
- Refineries & Marketing
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited is an India-based refining company, which is engaged in the processing of crude oil into refined petroleum products and other products. Its refineries include the Manali Refinery and Cauvery Basin Refinery. The Manali Refinery located at North Chennai has a capacity of 10.5 MMTPA. The main products of the refinery are liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Motor Spirit, Superior Kerosene, Aviation Turbine Fuel, High Speed Diesel, Naphtha, Bitumen, Lube Base Stocks, Paraffin Wax, Fuel Oil, Hexane and Petrochemical feed stocks. Its second refinery is located at Cauvery Basin at Nagapattinam, which is set up with a capacity of approximately 1.0 MMTPA. Its specialty products include Hexane (Food Grade), Paraffin Wax, Micro Crystalline Wax, Sulphur, Pet coke (Fuel Grade), Mineral Turpentine Oil, Propylene, Poly Butene Feed Stock, Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) Feed Stock, and others. Its fuel products include light diesel oil (LDO), Motor Gasoline, and others.
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Compared with its industry
Refineries & Marketing: 13 companies →Chennai Petroleum Corporation against the typical company in its industry. The rank is out of the companies that report each figure; green means the better quarter of the pack, red the worse quarter.
- Valuation (P/E)4 against a typical 20.9: cheaper than most peers (1st = cheapest).1st of 13
- Sales growth+25.9% against a typical +33.3% from a year earlier.7th of 9
- Profit growth+212.5% against a typical −13.8% from a year earlier.1st of 10
- Share price, 3 months+22.4% against a typical −6.8%.2nd of 13
- Size₹ 21,950 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 368.6 Cr. (1st = largest).4th of 11
Latest announcements
Exchange filings and their impact on the company.
- CPCL reported Q2/H1 FY27 audited results with clean opinion and declared Rs25 interim dividend.
Chennai Petroleum's board on 22 Oct 2026 approved audited standalone and consolidated results for the quarter and half-year ended 30 Sep 2026 with unmodified audit opinion and confirmed no loan defaults. It declared an interim dividend of Rs25 per Rs10 share for FY27, with 30 Oct 2026 as record date, payable by 21 Nov 2026. The payout totals about Rs372.5 crore, a modest cash return with no change to operations indicated.
Credit ratings
Every rating action on file, newest first, including reaffirmations. Open a row for the agency's reasoning. All credit rating updates
Highest safety
Rated AAA by CRISIL- No warnings from the agency.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICRA | — | — | 14 Sep 2026 |
| CRISIL | Crisil AAA | Stable | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2026 | Reaffirmed | — | — | ICRA | ₹ 7,500 Cr. | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Reaffirmed | Crisil AAA | — | CRISIL | ₹ 15,484.9 Cr. | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Reaffirmed | Crisil AAA | — | CRISIL | ₹ 15,484.9 Cr. | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Withdrawn | was Crisil AAA | — | CRISIL | ₹ 16,294.9 Cr. | |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Reaffirmed | [ICRA]AAA | — | ICRA | ₹ 8,310 Cr. |
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and dividend |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Dividend | To consider Interim Dividend, if any, for the FY 2025-26 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 |
| 27 Oct 2025 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025 |
Financials
Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.
| ₹ Cr. | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 17,376 | 17,720 | 17,095 | 12,086 | 12,925 | 17,249 | 14,812 | 16,327 | 15,683 | 16,817 | 27,369 | 20,558 |
| Expenses | 16,696 | 16,678 | 16,432 | 12,761 | 12,683 | 16,464 | 14,714 | 15,183 | 14,205 | 14,781 | 25,814 | 17,356 |
| Operating Profit | 680 | 1,042 | 663 | −675 | 242 | 785 | 99 | 1,144 | 1,478 | 2,036 | 1,555 | 3,201 |
| OPM % | 3.9% | 6% | 3.9% | −6% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 7% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 16% |
| Other Income | 8 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 43 | 43 | 32 | 30 |
| Interest | 50 | 51 | 48 | 52 | 79 | 66 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 52 | 62 |
| Depreciation | 151 | 151 | 150 | 153 | 153 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 157 | 150 | 155 | 161 |
| Profit before tax | 486 | 859 | 484 | −862 | 24 | 602 | −64 | 982 | 1,331 | 1,913 | 1,380 | 3,007 |
| Tax % | 25% | 27% | 26% | −26% | 15% | 22% | −37% | 27% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| Net Profit | 365 | 628 | 357 | −634 | 21 | 470 | −40 | 719 | 1,002 | 1,422 | 1,031 | 2,247 |
| EPS in Rs | 24.53 | 42.17 | 23.98 | −42.55 | 1.4 | 31.56 | −2.69 | 48.3 | 67.26 | 95.48 | 69.26 | 150.9 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 9%
- 5 Years
- 23%
- 3 Years
- −6%
- TTM
- 31%
- 10 Years
- 15%
- 5 Years
- 64%
- 3 Years
- −5%
- TTM
- 387%
- 10 Years
- 18%
- 5 Years
- 62%
- 3 Years
- 40%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 23%
- 5 Years
- 33%
- 3 Years
- 23%
- TTM
- —
P/E and EPS over time
Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.
Peers
Listed companies in the same business.
| Chennai Petroleum Corporation | ₹ 1,516.00 | ₹ 21,950 Cr. | 4x | 2x | 32% | — |
| Reliance Industries | ₹ 1,190.00 | ₹ 16,10,372 Cr. | 22.2x | 2x | — | 7.7% |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | ₹ 226.00 | ₹ 2,84,314 Cr. | 7.5x | 0.8x | 11.6% | 7.5% |
| Oil India | ₹ 446.10 | ₹ 72,563 Cr. | 10.7x | 1.2x | 12.3% | 20.4% |
| Petronet LNG | ₹ 285.95 | ₹ 44,250 Cr. | 10.5x | 1.8x | 18.6% | 9% |
| Castrol India | ₹ 194.80 | ₹ 19,268 Cr. | 18.9x | 9.6x | — | 16.4% |
Management
- Rohit Kumar Agrawala
- Director - Finance, Executive Director
- Lalit Kumar Mohanty
- Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
- H. Shankar
- Managing Director, Executive Director, Director - Technical
- P. Kannan
- Director - Operations, Whole Time Director
- S. G. Venkatesh
- Director - Technical
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