Hindustan Copper Ltd

₹ 563 0.02%

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hindustancopper.com BSE: 513599 NSE: HINDCOPPER

About

Incorporated in the year 1967, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) was formed to take over from National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. It is the first Indian PSU and only vertically integrated copper producing company. HCL is engaged in various processes right from copper mining to the final stage of converting copper into saleable products. ^[1]

Key Points

Only Indian Company mining Copper^[1]
HCL is the Sole vertically integrated producer of refined copper in India having facilities of mining, ore beneficiation, smelting, refining and extruding of copper rods. It owns all the operating mining leases of copper ore in India. It has access to about 45% of India’s copper ore reserves and resources as of FY25.
Resources & Reserves: 755.32 Million tonnes (estimated balance as on 01.04.2024)

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Market Cap ₹ 54,482 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 563
High / Low ₹ 760 / 184
Stock P/E 81.7
Book Value ₹ 30.9
Dividend Yield 0.26 %
ROCE 23.8 %
ROE 18.7 %
Face Value ₹ 5.00

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.
Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 30.1%

Cons

Stock is trading at 18.2 times its book value

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

Peer comparison

Commodities Metals & Mining Non - Ferrous Metals Copper

Part of BSE 500 BSE PSU Nifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 100 Nifty Metal BSE CPSE BSE Allcap BSE Commodities BSE SmallCap Select Index BSE 250 SmallCap Index BSE 400 MidSmallCap Index Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 Nifty Smallcap 250 Nifty MidSmallcap 400 Nifty Total Market Nifty500 Multicap India Manufacturing 50:30:20 Nifty Smallcap250 Momentum Quality 100 Nifty500 Equal Weight Nifty500 LargeMidSmall Equal-Cap Weighted

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	557	560	371	381	399	565	494	518	328	731	516	718	687
	443	374	278	260	293	340	305	366	220	465	304	436	443
Operating Profit	114	186	93	121	107	226	188	152	108	267	212	282	245
OPM %	20%	33%	25%	32%	27%	40%	38%	29%	33%	36%	41%	39%	36%
	12	52	14	11	10	20	7	32	16	47	10	11	18
Interest	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	2	0	2
Depreciation	9	61	41	46	30	59	38	48	38	52	41	44	48
Profit before tax	111	174	62	83	82	183	154	135	84	260	179	249	213
Tax %	28%	24%	24%	27%	23%	32%	26%	25%	26%	27%	25%	25%	26%
	80	132	47	61	63	124	113	102	63	191	134	186	156
EPS in Rs	0.83	1.37	0.49	0.63	0.65	1.29	1.17	1.05	0.65	1.97	1.39	1.92	1.62
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	1,489	1,016	1,072	1,204	1,670	1,816	832	1,787	1,822	1,677	1,717	2,071	2,653
	984	888	962	981	1,399	1,310	1,074	1,376	1,310	1,185	1,170	1,332	1,648
Operating Profit	505	128	110	223	271	506	-242	411	512	492	547	738	1,005
OPM %	34%	13%	10%	18%	16%	28%	-29%	23%	28%	29%	32%	36%	38%
	102	67	52	27	41	37	57	35	50	96	54	78	86
Interest	2	1	3	14	26	60	62	64	30	17	17	8	6
Depreciation	174	113	119	142	165	253	291	295	150	175	175	176	185
Profit before tax	431	80	40	94	122	230	-538	87	382	396	410	634	900
Tax %	33%	16%	5%	34%	35%	37%	6%	-26%	2%	25%	28%	26%
	286	68	38	62	80	146	-569	110	374	295	295	469	667
EPS in Rs	3.10	0.73	0.41	0.67	0.86	1.57	-6.15	1.19	3.87	3.05	3.05	4.85	6.90
Dividend Payout %	32%	21%	0%	30%	29%	33%	0%	29%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	20%
3 Years:	4%
TTM:	39%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	22%
5 Years:	23%
3 Years:	8%
TTM:	66%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	29%
5 Years:	32%
3 Years:	78%
1 Year:	157%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	16%
Last Year:	19%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	463	463	463	463	463	463	463	463	484	484	484	484	484
Reserves	1,367	1,399	948	1,004	1,065	1,174	498	627	1,428	1,599	1,802	2,181	2,504
	0	0	207	472	657	1,070	1,564	1,137	409	156	223	167	142
	434	371	1,181	597	630	636	802	819	844	956	971	880	733
Total Liabilities	2,263	2,233	2,799	2,536	2,814	3,344	3,326	3,046	3,164	3,194	3,479	3,711	3,863
	212	202	178	354	332	316	337	322	282	1,326	1,430	1,731	1,837
CWIP	691	851	733	279	660	1,022	1,232	1,179	683	731	917	766	740
Investments	29	71	76	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	29	31	31
	1,331	1,108	1,812	1,903	1,822	2,005	1,757	1,544	2,199	1,127	1,102	1,183	1,255
Total Assets	2,263	2,233	2,799	2,536	2,814	3,344	3,326	3,046	3,164	3,194	3,479	3,711	3,863

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	331	237	262	-260	372	252	86	832	1,052	674	341	544
	-259	-209	-451	-258	-558	-587	-430	-364	-404	-337	-525	-402
	-111	-109	183	-8	-96	445	42	133	-251	-339	-39	-152
Net Cash Flow	-38	-80	-7	-526	-282	110	-302	601	397	-3	-222	-10

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	49	31	20	50	18	73	36	34	16	14	29	30
Inventory Days					737	1,189		413
Days Payable					204	358		147
Cash Conversion Cycle	49	31	20	50	550	903	36	301	16	14	29	30
Working Capital Days	95	178	137	162	23	69	-96	18	-19	-29	35	56
ROCE %	24%	4%	2%	6%	7%	12%	-18%	6%	18%	18%	18%	24%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

24 Recently

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%
	1.51%	1.80%	2.18%	2.05%	3.13%	3.22%	3.30%	3.41%	3.27%	3.71%	5.05%	6.56%
	16.44%	15.89%	13.29%	13.70%	12.28%	9.34%	9.24%	9.06%	8.57%	8.24%	6.00%	5.57%
	15.90%	16.18%	18.39%	18.11%	18.45%	21.30%	21.32%	21.38%	22.00%	21.90%	22.79%	21.72%
No. of Shareholders	3,25,454	3,20,901	3,16,684	3,64,291	4,28,801	5,92,285	6,07,887	6,28,085	6,35,955	6,60,201	6,45,660	8,51,683

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	82.88%	76.05%	76.05%	76.05%	76.05%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%
	0.00%	0.07%	0.14%	0.19%	0.71%	0.31%	1.51%	3.13%	3.27%	6.56%
	13.41%	14.53%	14.48%	13.65%	12.66%	16.44%	16.44%	12.28%	8.57%	5.57%
	3.70%	9.36%	9.34%	10.11%	10.58%	17.10%	15.90%	18.45%	22.00%	21.72%
No. of Shareholders	69,321	1,29,089	1,32,408	1,36,167	1,63,636	3,25,776	3,25,454	4,28,801	6,35,955	8,51,683

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