Life Insurance Corporation of India

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Life Insurance Corporation of India

₹ 841 -0.07%
16 Apr 3:01 p.m.
licindia.in BSE: 543526 NSE: LICI
About

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is the largest insurance provider company in India. It has a market share of above 66.2% in new business premium. The company offers participating insurance products and non-participating products like unit-linked insurance products, saving insurance products, term insurance products, health insurance, and annuity & pension products.[1]

Key Points

Largest Insurance Company
The company is India’s largest life insurer and world’s 3rd strongest Insurance brand as per Brand Finance Global 500 2025 report.[1]

Website BSE NSE
  • Market Cap ₹ 5,32,185 Cr.
  • Current Price ₹ 841
  • High / Low ₹ 980 / 722
  • Stock P/E 10.0
  • Book Value ₹ 223
  • Dividend Yield 1.40 %
  • ROCE 53.4 %
  • ROE 46.0 %
  • Face Value ₹ 10.0
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Pros

  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has delivered good profit growth of 77.5% CAGR over last 5 years
  • Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 63.7%

Cons

  • The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 7.56% over past five years.
  • Tax rate seems low

* 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.

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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
196,958 200,382 189,300 202,221 213,345 238,092 211,129 230,331 202,823 242,479 223,917 240,690 235,467
193,351 186,584 178,435 193,379 202,681 236,544 200,036 222,354 190,839 220,987 212,060 230,144 221,386
Operating Profit 3,607 13,797 10,866 8,842 10,664 1,548 11,093 7,977 11,985 21,492 11,857 10,546 14,080
OPM % 2% 7% 6% 4% 5% 1% 5% 3% 6% 9% 5% 4% 6%
234 578 77 248 163 14,205 957 746 766 907 733 987 762
Interest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Depreciation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profit before tax 3,841 14,375 10,943 9,090 10,827 15,753 12,050 8,723 12,751 22,399 12,590 11,534 14,843
Tax % -65% 7% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 15% 13% 13% 13%
6,334 13,428 9,544 7,925 9,444 13,763 10,461 7,621 11,056 19,013 10,987 10,053 12,958
EPS in Rs 10.01 21.23 15.09 12.53 14.93 21.76 16.54 12.05 17.48 30.06 17.37 15.89 20.49
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 TTM
492,068 522,848 559,986 615,920 681,605 720,515 781,543 842,708 886,763 942,553
483,728 513,419 550,030 608,641 670,921 708,925 747,039 810,293 833,640 884,577
Operating Profit 8,339 9,429 9,957 7,280 10,684 11,590 34,504 32,416 53,123 57,976
OPM % 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 4% 4% 6% 6%
607 801 841 2,698 623 789 7,661 14,661 3,305 3,389
Interest 47 46 39 58 0 0 0 0 0 0
Depreciation 326 302 333 375 413 433 465 465 504 0
Profit before tax 8,573 9,882 10,425 9,545 10,895 11,945 41,700 46,612 55,924 61,365
Tax % 74% 75% 74% 72% 73% 66% 13% 13% 14%
2,232 2,446 2,688 2,713 2,901 4,043 36,397 40,676 48,151 53,011
EPS in Rs 6.39 57.55 64.31 76.13 83.81
Dividend Payout % 0% 0% 2% 2% 0% 23% 5% 16% 16%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: %
5 Years: 8%
3 Years: 7%
TTM: 7%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: %
5 Years: 78%
3 Years: 128%
TTM: 24%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: %
5 Years: %
3 Years: 16%
1 Year: 6%
Return on Equity
10 Years: %
5 Years: 63%
3 Years: 64%
Last Year: 46%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 Sep 2025
Equity Capital 100 100 100 100 100 6,325 6,325 6,325 6,325 6,325
Reserves 506 550 579 640 6,261 4,084 39,344 75,613 119,863 134,480
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,571,339 2,844,339 3,111,132 3,202,760 3,805,395 4,220,181 4,504,843 5,203,595 5,497,657 5,728,782
Total Liabilities 2,571,946 2,844,989 3,111,811 3,203,500 3,811,756 4,230,590 4,550,512 5,285,533 5,623,844 5,869,587
2,403 2,574 2,643 17,138 17,693 17,744 20,446 20,635 21,291 4,508
CWIP 182 175 241 246 148 198 331 402 326 0
Investments 2,335,631 2,604,269 2,829,867 2,906,128 3,506,930 3,911,654 4,227,894 4,958,534 5,271,461 5,540,189
233,729 237,972 279,059 279,988 286,984 300,993 301,842 305,962 330,766 324,890
Total Assets 2,571,946 2,844,989 3,111,811 3,203,500 3,811,756 4,230,590 4,550,512 5,285,533 5,623,844 5,869,587

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
70,555 67,931 19,849 74,769 55,723 -3,135 59,718 28,911 -6,180
-78,249 -75,610 1,895 -85,722 -54,013 10,377 -57,899 -28,217 37,586
-2,497 -2,370 -2,252 -2,608 0 0 -949 -4,427 -3,794
Net Cash Flow -10,191 -10,049 19,492 -13,562 1,710 7,241 870 -3,734 27,612
Free Cash Flow 70,888 67,627 19,474 74,313 54,934 -3,593 59,174 28,396 -6,887
CFO/OP 846% 720% 199% 1,133% 610% 36% 156% 71% -13%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Debtor Days 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Working Capital Days 41 41 50 38 35 42 41 38 38
ROCE % 1,580% 1,574% 1,354% 307% 142% 148% 73% 53%

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Market Share - Total Policies sold
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Number of Individual Policies Sold
absolute (in '000)
Persistency Ratio - 13th Month (Premium Basis)
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Persistency Ratio - 61st Month (Premium Basis)
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Solvency Ratio
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Total Number of Agents
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Net VNB Margin
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Operating Expense Ratio
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Product Portfolio Size
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025
96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50% 96.50%
0.08% 0.08% 0.10% 0.06% 0.14% 0.19% 0.16% 0.07% 0.10% 0.11% 0.13% 0.20%
0.90% 0.83% 0.84% 1.00% 0.85% 0.94% 1.16% 1.26% 1.27% 1.37% 1.35% 1.33%
2.52% 2.58% 2.55% 2.43% 2.49% 2.37% 2.17% 2.15% 2.13% 2.02% 2.03% 1.96%
No. of Shareholders 33,78,79932,81,54431,34,54129,36,74027,16,18125,63,69323,98,13023,75,39623,71,84122,77,18022,27,96621,55,417

* The classifications might have changed from Sep'2022 onwards. The new XBRL format added more details from Sep'22 onwards.

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