Hindustan Copper Ltd

₹ 570 -5.97%

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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 ₹ 55,145 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 570
High / Low ₹ 760 / 223
Stock P/E 55.7
Book Value ₹ 34.6
Dividend Yield 0.26 %
ROCE 42.4 %
ROE 32.9 %
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 delivered good profit growth of 55.2% CAGR over last 5 years
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 30.1%
Debtor days have improved from 25.0 to 15.8 days.

Cons

Stock is trading at 16.5 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

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	560	371	381	399	565	494	518	328	731	516	718	687	1,156
	374	278	260	293	340	305	366	220	465	304	436	347	528
Operating Profit	186	93	121	107	226	188	152	108	267	212	282	340	628
OPM %	33%	25%	32%	27%	40%	38%	29%	33%	36%	41%	39%	50%	54%
	52	14	11	10	20	7	32	16	47	10	11	-78	33
Interest	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	2	0	2	1
Depreciation	61	41	46	30	59	38	48	38	52	41	44	48	67
Profit before tax	174	62	83	82	183	154	135	84	260	179	249	213	592
Tax %	24%	24%	27%	23%	32%	26%	25%	26%	27%	25%	25%	26%	25%
	132	47	61	63	124	113	102	63	191	134	186	156	444
EPS in Rs	1.37	0.49	0.63	0.65	1.29	1.17	1.05	0.65	1.97	1.39	1.92	1.62	4.59
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	1,016	1,072	1,204	1,670	1,816	832	1,787	1,822	1,677	1,717	2,071	3,078
	888	962	981	1,399	1,310	1,074	1,376	1,310	1,185	1,170	1,332	1,616
Operating Profit	128	110	223	271	506	-242	411	512	492	547	738	1,462
OPM %	13%	10%	18%	16%	28%	-29%	23%	28%	29%	32%	36%	48%
	67	52	27	41	37	57	35	50	96	54	78	-24
Interest	1	3	14	26	60	62	64	30	17	17	8	5
Depreciation	113	119	142	165	253	291	295	150	175	175	176	200
Profit before tax	80	40	94	122	230	-538	87	382	396	410	634	1,233
Tax %	16%	5%	34%	35%	37%	6%	-26%	2%	25%	28%	26%	25%
	68	38	62	80	146	-569	110	374	295	295	469	921
EPS in Rs	0.73	0.41	0.67	0.86	1.57	-6.15	1.19	3.87	3.05	3.05	4.85	9.52
Dividend Payout %	21%	0%	30%	29%	33%	0%	29%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	11%
5 Years:	11%
3 Years:	22%
TTM:	49%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	39%
5 Years:	55%
3 Years:	50%
TTM:	114%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	27%
5 Years:	27%
3 Years:	77%
1 Year:	152%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	12%
5 Years:	22%
3 Years:	23%
Last Year:	33%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	463	463	463	463	463	463	463	484	484	484	484	484
Reserves	1,399	948	1,004	1,065	1,174	498	627	1,428	1,599	1,802	2,181	2,864
	0	207	472	657	1,070	1,564	1,137	409	156	223	167	111
	371	1,181	597	630	636	802	819	844	956	971	880	963
Total Liabilities	2,233	2,799	2,536	2,814	3,344	3,326	3,046	3,164	3,194	3,479	3,711	4,421
	202	178	354	332	316	337	322	282	1,326	1,430	1,731	1,922
CWIP	851	733	279	660	1,022	1,232	1,179	683	731	917	766	741
Investments	71	76	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	29	31	31
	1,108	1,812	1,903	1,822	2,005	1,757	1,544	2,199	1,127	1,102	1,183	1,727
Total Assets	2,233	2,799	2,536	2,814	3,344	3,326	3,046	3,164	3,194	3,479	3,711	4,421

Cash Flows

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	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	237	262	-260	372	252	86	832	1,052	674	341	544	1,474
	-209	-451	-258	-558	-587	-430	-364	-404	-337	-525	-402	-434
	-109	183	-8	-96	445	42	133	-251	-339	-39	-152	-299
Net Cash Flow	-80	-7	-526	-282	110	-302	601	397	-3	-222	-10	741
Free Cash Flow	82	-29	-352	-25	-147	-135	629	829	574	-193	132	1,348
CFO/OP	238%	253%	-109%	141%	61%	-54%	202%	225%	153%	82%	95%	118%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	31	20	50	18	73	36	34	16	14	29	30	16
Inventory Days				737	1,189		413
Days Payable				204	358		147
Cash Conversion Cycle	31	20	50	550	903	36	301	16	14	29	30	16
Working Capital Days	178	137	162	23	69	-96	18	-19	-29	35	56	-28
ROCE %	4%	2%	6%	7%	12%	-18%	6%	18%	18%	18%	24%	42%

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Copper Ore Production
Lakh Tonnes

Metal in Concentrate (MIC) Production
Tonnes

Refined Copper (Cathode) Production
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Copper Wire Rod Production (via Tolling)
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Planned Total Mine Capacity (Expansion Target)
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%	66.14%
	1.80%	2.18%	2.05%	3.13%	3.22%	3.30%	3.41%	3.27%	3.71%	5.05%	6.56%	6.34%
	15.89%	13.29%	13.70%	12.28%	9.34%	9.24%	9.06%	8.57%	8.24%	6.00%	5.57%	5.39%
	16.18%	18.39%	18.11%	18.45%	21.30%	21.32%	21.38%	22.00%	21.90%	22.79%	21.72%	22.14%
No. of Shareholders	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	13,39,149

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	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%	6.34%
	13.41%	14.53%	14.48%	13.65%	12.66%	16.44%	16.44%	12.28%	8.57%	5.39%
	3.70%	9.36%	9.34%	10.11%	10.58%	17.10%	15.90%	18.45%	22.00%	22.14%
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	13,39,149

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