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Hindustan Copper

NSE: HINDCOPPERBSE: 513599
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₹ 408.25▲ 0.9 (+0.22%)28 Oct, 03:29 pm IST
Market cap
₹ 38,623 Cr.
P/E
32.8x
P/B
11.94x
52-week range
308.5 – 760.05
ROE
33%
ROCE
42%
Dividend yield
0.7%
Debt / equity
0.03
Sector
Non - Ferrous Metals
Industry
Copper
Listed on
NSE, BSE

About

Hindustan Copper Limited is an India-based company. The Company is engaged in copper ore mining. It focuses on exploration, mining, and beneficiation of copper ore to produce and sell copper concentrate. It operates facilities of a primary smelter and refinery at Ghatsila (Jharkhand), secondary smelter and refining facilities at Jhagadia (Gujarat), and a continuous cast copper wire rod plant at Taloja (Maharashtra). Its products include Continuous Cast Copper Rod, Copper Cathode, and Copper Concentrate. Its byproducts include Copper Sulphate, Sulphuric Acid, Reverts, Anode Slime, and Nickel Hydroxide. The Company offers Copper Sulphate for use in electro refining copper for electrolyte and pesticides (agriculture). It also offers Sulphuric Acid for the manufacture of fertilizer alum and drying of gases. Its plants include Indian Copper Complex, Khetri Copper Complex, Malanjkhand Copper Project, Taloja Copper Project, and Gujarat Copper Project.

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Compared with its industry

Copper: 5 companies →

Hindustan Copper 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)32.8 against a typical 36.2: cheaper than most peers (1st = cheapest).2nd of 5
  • Sales growth+81.4% against a typical +81.4% from a year earlier.2nd of 3
  • Profit growth+163.4% against a typical +181.7% from a year earlier.3rd of 4
  • Share price, 3 months−15.6% against a typical +21.8%.3rd of 3
  • Size₹ 38,622.9 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 726.5 Cr. (1st = largest).1st of 4

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 ICRA
AAA
DefaultRiskyModerateSafeVery safe
  • No warnings from the agency.
AgencyCurrent ratingOutlookAs of
ICRA[ICRA]AAAStable29 Sep 2026
Credit rating actions
RatingDetails
29 Sep 2026
▲ Upgrade1 notch
[ICRA]AA+ → [ICRA]AAA—ICRA₹ 1,800 Cr.
8 Oct 2025
Reaffirmed
[ICRA]AA+—ICRA₹ 2,200 Cr.

Board meetings

Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar

Details
10 Aug 2026Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026
15 May 2026Financial Results/Dividend/Fund RaisingTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026, dividend and Fund Raising
5 Feb 2026Financial Results/DividendTo consider and approve the Unaudited Financial Results of HCL (Standalone and Consolidated) for the quarter ended 31.12.2025 and to consider declaration of interim dividend for financial year 2025-26.
11 Nov 2025Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025
14 Aug 2025Financial ResultsHINDCOPPER : 14-Aug-2025 : The Company has informed the Exchange that a Board meeting to be held on August 13, 2025 has been re-scheduled. Further, the Company has informed the Exchange that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 14, 2025, To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025
13 Aug 2025Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025

Share price

1Y change +17.21%
Volume (shares)Price (₹)
Close price

Financials

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.

Quarterly results
₹ Cr.Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales3813995654945183287315167186871,156936
Expenses260293340305366220465304436347528429
Operating Profit121107226188152108267212282340628508
OPM %32%27%40%38%29%33%36%41%39%50%54%54%
Other Income11102073216471011−783317
Interest444311220213
Depreciation463059384838524144486750
Profit before tax838218315413584260179249213592472
Tax %27%23%32%26%25%26%27%25%25%26%25%25%
Net Profit616312411310263191134186156444353
EPS in Rs0.630.651.291.171.050.651.971.391.921.624.593.65

Growth and returns

Compounded yearly rates over each period.

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years
11%
5 Years
11%
3 Years
22%
TTM
67%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years
39%
5 Years
55%
3 Years
50%
TTM
147%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years
24%
5 Years
36%
3 Years
57%
TTM
—
Return on Equity
10 Years
12%
5 Years
22%
3 Years
23%
TTM
—

Shareholding

Latest: Jun 2026.

Promoters
66.14%
0 pts in a year
FIIs
5.96%
+2.25 pts in a year
DIIs
4.84%
−3.4 pts in a year
Public
23.05%
+1.15 pts in a year

P/E and EPS over time

Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.

P/E 32.8xEPS (12 months) ₹ 12.48Median P/E 52.1x
P/E (times)EPS (₹)

Peers

Listed companies in the same business.

Peer comparison
Hindustan Copper₹ 408.25₹ 38,623 Cr.32.8x11.9x33%—
Hindustan Zinc₹ 497.00₹ 2,09,998 Cr.15.9x9.7x76.9%33.9%
Hindalco Industries₹ 860.50₹ 1,93,374 Cr.11.6x1.6x10.3%4.9%
Vedanta₹ 226.00₹ 88,375 Cr.21.3x2x22.4%14.9%
NMDC₹ 66.30₹ 58,290 Cr.9.8x2.2x23.4%23.1%
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd₹ 186.90₹ 13,326 Cr.29.7x8x—26.5%

Management

Anupam Misra
Executive Chairman of the Board, Managing Director
R. V. N. Vishweshwar
Chief Financial Officer, Director - Finance, Executive Director
Mritunjay Kumar Dev
Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
Sanjiv Kumar Singh
Executive Director
Ghanshaym Das Gupta
Executive Director, Director - Mining
Sanjeev Kumar Sinha
Executive Director, Director- Operations

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