Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd
- P/E
- 13.2x
- 52-week range
- 73.14 – 137.17
- ROE
- 13%
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Financial Institution
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in mobilizing funds from domestic and international markets for supporting infrastructure development of Indian Railways. The Company's main business is to provide leasing and financing to railway sector in India. Its business is leasing of rolling stock assets, railway infrastructure assets and lending to other entities under the Ministry of Railways (MoR). The normal rolling stock asset lease term is 30 years, with a primary component of 15 years and a secondary component of 15 years. During the primary lease period, the principal component and interest are recovered as part of the lease. During the secondary lease period of 15 years, it receives a nominal rent. Its lending operations include providing loans to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited and IRCON. Its borrowing operations include taxable and tax-free bonds issuances, term loans from banks and financial institutions, commercial papers, and others.
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Compared with its industry
Financial Institution: 9 companies →Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd 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)13.2 against a typical 13.8: cheaper than most peers (1st = cheapest).4th of 8
- Sales growth+23.4% against a typical +14% from a year earlier.3rd of 7
- Profit growth+10.2% against a typical +0.9% from a year earlier.3rd of 7
- Share price, 3 months−16.3% against a typical −19.9%.2nd of 8
Latest announcements
Exchange filings and their impact on the company.
- 22 Oct 2026Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call UpdatesMedium impactPositivePrice −3.3% on 23 OctIRFC guides to beat last year's Rs 35,000 cr disbursements and hit ~Rs 5 lakh cr AUM with ~10% profit growth on higher-margin diversification.
IRFC held its Q2 and H1 FY27 earnings call on 16 Oct 2026, reporting H1 revenue up over 20% and profit up over 10%, with Q2 profit of Rs 1,958 cr. Management said FY27 disbursements will surpass last year's Rs 35,000 cr in metros, ports, renewable and thermal power, taking loan assets to near Rs 5 lakh crore by March 2027. It said non-railway loans earn 2-3.5 times the 35 bps railway margin at a 6.55% funding cost, supporting near 10% annual profit growth, with a larger Rs 20 lakh crore railway pipeline from FY28 onwards.
- Record H1 with 21% revenue and 10% profit growth plus record Rs 1.15 dividend signals sustained double-digit growth.
IRFC reported its highest-ever H1 results for the half year ended September 2026, with total income of Rs 16,315.80 crore, up 22.77%, and PAT of Rs 3,885.69 crore, up 10.31%. Q2 PAT was Rs 1,958.48 crore, up 10.21%. Net worth hit a record Rs 60,573.35 crore, the company maintained zero NPAs, and the board declared a record interim dividend of Rs 1.15 per share with record date 23 October 2026.
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- No warnings from the agency.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARE | Withdrawn | Stable | 9 Jul 2026 |
| CRISIL | Withdrawn | Stable | 1 Apr 2026 |
| ICRA | [ICRA]AAA | Stable | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2026 | Withdrawn | was CARE AAA | — | CARE | ₹ 8,46,391.31 Cr. | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Reaffirmed | CARE AAA | — | CARE | ₹ 8,64,826.54 Cr. | |
| 1 Apr 2026 | Withdrawn | was Crisil AAA | — | CRISIL | ₹ 6,81,262.68 Cr. | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Reaffirmed | [ICRA]AAA | — | ICRA | ₹ 5,79,325.8 Cr. |
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026 and dividend |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 and other business matters |
| 14 May 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and other business matters |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Dividend/Other business matters | To consider dividend and other business matters |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 and other business matters |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Financial Results/Dividend/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025, dividend and other business matters |
Financials
Standalone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6,737 | 6,475 | 6,766 | 6,900 | 6,763 | 6,723 | 6,915 | 6,372 | 6,661 | 7,336 | 8,261 | 7,866 |
| Interest | 5,104 | 4,725 | 5,155 | 5,249 | 5,095 | 4,996 | 5,124 | 4,544 | 4,812 | 5,524 | 6,421 | 5,917 |
| Expenses | 35 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 104 | 118 | 42 | 47 |
| Financing Profit | 1,597 | 1,716 | 1,578 | 1,613 | 1,629 | 1,683 | 1,744 | 1,778 | 1,746 | 1,694 | 1,798 | 1,902 |
| Financing Margin % | 24% | 26% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 23% | 22% | 24% |
| Other Income | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 58 | −7 | 130 | 58 |
| Depreciation | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Profit before tax | 1,599 | 1,717 | 1,577 | 1,613 | 1,631 | 1,682 | 1,746 | 1,777 | 1,802 | 1,684 | 1,927 | 1,958 |
| Tax % | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Net Profit | 1,599 | 1,717 | 1,577 | 1,613 | 1,631 | 1,682 | 1,746 | 1,777 | 1,802 | 1,684 | 1,927 | 1,958 |
| EPS in Rs | 1.22 | 1.31 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.34 | 1.36 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.47 | 1.5 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 14%
- 5 Years
- 12%
- 3 Years
- 5%
- TTM
- 13%
- 10 Years
- 24%
- 5 Years
- 10%
- 3 Years
- 3%
- TTM
- 8%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- 28%
- 3 Years
- 1%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 13%
- 5 Years
- 14%
- 3 Years
- 13%
- 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.
| Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd | ₹ 74.63 | — | 13.2x | — | 13% | — |
| Bajaj Finance | ₹ 927.00 | ₹ 5,77,146 Cr. | 24.5x | 5.6x | 0% | 0% |
| Shriram Finance | ₹ 867.00 | ₹ 2,04,004 Cr. | 13.8x | 2.9x | 0% | 0% |
| Tata Capital | ₹ 307.05 | ₹ 1,30,358 Cr. | 30.6x | 3.3x | 0% | 0% |
| Jio Financial Services | ₹ 205.00 | ₹ 1,35,364 Cr. | 90x | 1.1x | 0% | 0% |
| Power Finance Corporation | ₹ 316.00 | ₹ 1,04,283 Cr. | 4.7x | 0.9x | 0% | 0% |
Management
- Manoj Kumar Dubey
- Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
- Randhir Sahay
- Chief Financial Officer, Director - Finance, Executive Director
- Vijay Babulal Shirode
- Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
- Ranjay Choudhary
- Executive Director-Finance
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