HINDCOPPER

Hindustan Copper Limited

State-owned copper miner and processor — concentrate, cathode and wire rods

Commodities›Metals & Mining›Non - Ferrous Metals›Copper

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Key metrics

Price as of 2026-10-16

Stock price
₹458.45
Market cap
44,380 Cr
Stock P/E
39.0
P/B
13.28
Dividend yield
0.5%
ROE (FY26)
27.5%
ROCE (FY26)
35.8%
Operating margin (FY26)
41.0%
Debt / equity (FY26)
0.03
OCF / EBITDA (FY26)
100.8%
OCF / EBITDA (3Y)
84.1%

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What you need to know

Hindustan Copper is India's government-owned copper miner: it digs copper ore from its own mines, turns it into copper concentrate for sale, and also makes copper cathode (refined metal) and wire rods.

Company snapshot

1stBy market cap

Ranked among 2 companies in Copper.

What we see

Positives
  • ✓Net margin of 29.8% — the business keeps a healthy share of every rupee it earns.
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Statement tables · Consolidated

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Amounts in ₹ Cr · tap + to expand rows

Quarterly results

Quarterly · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricSept 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sept 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sept 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales381 Cr399 Cr565 Cr494 Cr518 Cr328 Cr731 Cr516 Cr718 Cr687 Cr1,156 Cr937 Cr
Operating expenses (approx.)260 Cr293 Cr339 Cr305 Cr366 Cr220 Cr465 Cr304 Cr436 Cr443 Cr528 Cr429 Cr
EBITDA121 Cr107 Cr226 Cr188 Cr152 Cr108 Cr267 Cr212 Cr282 Cr245 Cr628 Cr508 Cr
OPM %31.8%26.7%40.0%38.2%29.3%32.8%36.5%41.1%39.3%35.6%54.3%54.2%
Other income11 Cr10 Cr20 Cr7 Cr32 Cr16 Cr46 Cr10 Cr11 Cr18 Cr33 Cr17 Cr
Interest4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr3 Cr0.76 Cr1 Cr2 Cr2 Cr0.44 Cr2 Cr0.80 Cr3 Cr
Depreciation46 Cr30 Cr59 Cr38 Cr48 Cr38 Cr52 Cr41 Cr44 Cr48 Cr67 Cr50 Cr
Profit before tax83 Cr82 Cr183 Cr154 Cr135 Cr84 Cr256 Cr179 Cr246 Cr212 Cr592 Cr472 Cr
Tax %26.5%23.3%32.2%26.4%24.9%25.5%26.9%25.1%25.4%26.5%25.0%25.3%
Net profit61 Cr63 Cr124 Cr113 Cr102 Cr63 Cr187 Cr134 Cr184 Cr156 Cr444 Cr352 Cr
EPS (₹)₹0.63₹0.65₹1.29₹1.17₹1.05₹0.65₹1.94₹1.39₹1.89₹1.62₹4.59₹3.64

Profit & loss (annual)

Annual · last column is TTM · ₹ Cr · tap + to expand

MetricMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales1,816 Cr832 Cr1,787 Cr1,822 Cr1,677 Cr1,717 Cr2,071 Cr3,078 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Operating expenses (approx.)1,314 Cr1,077 Cr1,377 Cr1,311 Cr1,187 Cr1,170 Cr1,333 Cr1,616 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EBITDA502 Cr-245 Cr410 Cr511 Cr491 Cr547 Cr738 Cr1,462 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
OPM %27.6%-29.5%22.9%28.0%29.3%31.9%35.6%47.5%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Other income37 Cr57 Cr35 Cr50 Cr96 Cr55 Cr77 Cr72 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Interest55 Cr60 Cr63 Cr29 Cr16 Cr16 Cr7 Cr5 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Depreciation253 Cr289 Cr295 Cr150 Cr175 Cr175 Cr176 Cr200 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Profit before tax230 Cr-538 Cr87 Cr382 Cr396 Cr410 Cr630 Cr1,231 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Tax %36.8%-5.8%-26.5%2.1%25.4%28.0%26.2%25.4%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Net profit145 Cr-569 Cr110 Cr374 Cr295 Cr295 Cr465 Cr919 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EPS (₹)₹1.57₹-6.16₹1.19₹3.87₹3.06₹3.05₹4.81₹9.50Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Dividend payout %——0.0%9.1%38.0%30.1%19.1%25.9%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
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Balance sheet

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity capital463 Cr463 Cr463 Cr484 Cr484 Cr484 Cr484 Cr484 Cr
Reserves1,168 Cr497 Cr627 Cr1,428 Cr1,599 Cr1,802 Cr2,177 Cr2,859 Cr
Borrowings1,070 Cr1,564 Cr1,137 Cr408 Cr156 Cr222 Cr166 Cr110 Cr
Other liabilities609 Cr594 Cr611 Cr678 Cr747 Cr763 Cr673 Cr964 Cr
Total liabilities3,310 Cr3,118 Cr2,838 Cr2,998 Cr2,985 Cr3,270 Cr3,501 Cr4,416 Cr
Fixed assets (net)317 Cr294 Cr296 Cr256 Cr270 Cr1,391 Cr1,699 Cr1,889 Cr
CWIP1,022 Cr1,232 Cr1,179 Cr683 Cr731 Cr917 Cr766 Cr741 Cr
Investments0.09 Cr0.12 Cr0.57 Cr0.55 Cr10 Cr29 Cr27 Cr25 Cr
Inventories644 Cr520 Cr176 Cr113 Cr117 Cr228 Cr321 Cr387 Cr
Trade receivables362 Cr83 Cr168 Cr80 Cr66 Cr137 Cr171 Cr133 Cr
Cash & bank7 Cr11 Cr9 Cr259 Cr16 Cr72 Cr18 Cr396 Cr
Other assets960 Cr978 Cr1,010 Cr1,606 Cr1,776 Cr496 Cr499 Cr844 Cr
Total assets3,310 Cr3,118 Cr2,838 Cr2,998 Cr2,985 Cr3,270 Cr3,501 Cr4,416 Cr

Cash flows

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand · last column includes FCF

MetricMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from operating activity252 Cr86 Cr832 Cr1,052 Cr674 Cr292 Cr544 Cr1,474 Cr
Cash from investing-587 Cr-430 Cr-364 Cr-404 Cr-337 Cr-476 Cr-402 Cr-434 Cr
Cash from financing445 Cr42 Cr133 Cr-251 Cr-382 Cr-39 Cr-152 Cr-299 Cr
Net cash flow110 Cr-302 Cr601 Cr397 Cr-46 Cr-222 Cr-10 Cr741 Cr
Free cash flow (OCF − Capex)-146 Cr-135 Cr465 Cr827 Cr326 Cr85 Cr124 Cr1,017 Cr

Ratios

MetricMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
ROCE %10.6%-18.9%6.7%17.7%18.4%17.0%22.5%35.8%
ROE %8.9%-59.3%10.2%19.6%13.7%12.9%17.5%27.5%
Debtor days7236341614293016
Inventory days360830213176003022787169510221884
Days payable113413585136485425046709369948
Cash conversion cycle2547166643986-224-22451016683952
OCF / EBITDA %50.2%—202.8%206.0%137.3%53.4%73.8%100.8%
OCF / EBITDA % (3 years)——175.5%291.7%181.2%130.3%85.0%84.1%
Debt / equity0.661.631.040.210.080.100.060.03
Current ratio1.310.720.881.130.841.051.371.68
Net debt / EBITDA2.12—2.750.290.290.280.20-0.20