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HINDCOPPER · NSE · Copper

Hindustan Copper Ltd

What the numbers mean, from its filings and the exchange. Data as of 12 Oct 2026.
Mid Cap · AMFI list Jan-Jun 2026 · Vendor sector: Basic Materials
dear low confidence No valuation within 120 days; P/E 39.9 vs peers 16.6 (10th of 12); P/B 13.1 vs peers 2.7 (12th of 12).
Statements through FY2026Prices adjusted for corporate actionsNot yet reviewed by the adversarial model

What is Hindustan Copper's share price today?

Hindustan Copper last traded at ₹469.95 on the NSE, as of 12 Oct 2026, 11:00 pm IST, up 0.2% on the day, up 37.6% over a year. Its 52-week range is ₹308 to ₹760. The live price is in the app.

₹469.95 +0.2% today
+37.6% over 1 year · NSE, as of 12 Oct 2026, 11:00 pm IST
60 month-end closes, 31 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2026, adjusted for splits and bonuses
52-week range36% of the way up
Low ₹308High ₹760

What is Hindustan Copper's market cap?

Hindustan Copper's market capitalisation is about ₹45,339 crore: what it would cost to buy every share at today's price. That makes it the 109th largest mid cap company we cover.

₹45,339 Cr Mid Cap109th largest mid cap company
Mid Cap means the companies ranked 101 to 250 by size, under SEBI's rules. Shares in issue are worked out from the market cap and the price. What market cap tells you →

Key facts

From the exchange
Symbol
NSE: HINDCOPPER
ISIN
INE531E01026
Cap bucket
Mid Cap, 109th largest by market cap
Industry (NSE)
Commodities › Metals & Mining › Non - Ferrous Metals › Copper
Listed since
2010
Futures and options
Not traded

Is Hindustan Copper overvalued?

Dear, with low confidence: no valuation within 120 days; P/E 39.9 vs peers 16.6 (10th of 12); P/B 13.1 vs peers 2.7 (12th of 12).

Valuation

Latest price and trailing 12 months
P/E 39.94
vs peers 16.6 · 10th of 12
Price divided by last year's earnings per share: how many years of today's profit you pay for. Learn more →
P/B 13.13
vs peers 2.7 · 12th of 12
Price divided by book value per share: what you pay for each rupee of net assets on the balance sheet. Learn more →
Market cap ₹45,339 Cr
Total market value of all shares, in ₹ crore. Learn more →
Dividend yield 0.6%
vs peers 1.6% · 5th of 8
Last year's dividends as a share of today's price. Learn more →
PEG (vendor) 5.95
vs peers 2.2 · 8th of 10
P/E divided by the vendor's earnings growth figure, which it does not disclose; a P/E adjusted for how fast profits grow. Learn more →
PEG on our 3-year EPS growth 0.87
P/E divided by the 3-year EPS growth rate from the stored accounts. Learn more →
3 models could be judged
Skipped — Fair value, EPV, Graham number, Graham value, Lynch, Owner earnings: no valuation stored

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Is Hindustan Copper a quality business?

Quality score 72.3, 2nd of 13 in its peer set; CLEAN on 28 of 30 flags judged.

Quality and risk

Data as of 12 Oct 2026
Business quality Not available
The kind of business, which sets the yardstick it is judged by. Learn more →
Quality score 72.3
vs peers 45.7 · 2nd of 13
Returns, margins, leverage and consistency against its peers, out of 100. Learn more →
Risk level CLEAN
28 of 30 flags judged
From flags on debt, earnings quality, dilution and price swings. Learn more →

Profitability

ROE 30.6%
vs peers 15.7% · 3rd of 13
Return on equity: profit as a share of shareholders' money. Learn more →
ROCE 36.9%
vs peers 14.0% · 3rd of 13
Return on capital employed: operating profit as a share of all the capital in the business, debt and equity. Learn more →
Profit margin 31.8%
vs peers 18.7% · 2nd of 12
Profit after everything, as a share of revenue. Learn more →
EPS ₹9.52
Trailing 12 months
Profit for each share over the last 12 months.

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Has Hindustan Copper made money for shareholders?

Yes: +37.6% over one year and +33.9% a year over five years.

Shareholder returns

1-year return +37.6%
Price only
What the share price did over the last 12 months. Learn more →
5-year return +33.9% a year
Price only
Yearly average price return over five years, bonuses and splits adjusted. Learn more →
Wealth destroyer No
Five-year total return — price CAGR on bonus- and split-adjusted closes plus the dividend yield — below the 7% a bank fixed deposit paid. Learn more →

Returns

3Y and 5Y are yearly averages
1W
−2.0%
1M
−4.7%
3M
−5.8%
6M
−11.0%
1Y
+37.6%
3Y
+48.9%
5Y
+33.9%

Does Hindustan Copper pay a dividend?

Yes. Hindustan Copper's dividend yield is 0.63% at the latest price; the last payout was ₹1.86 a share, ex-dividend 16 Sep 2026.

Dividends

Per share, by ex-dividend date
Dividend yield0.63%
The past 12 months' dividends as a share of today's price.
16 Sep 2026 · Final₹1.86
13 Feb 2026 · Interim₹1.00
18 Sep 2025 · Final₹1.46
19 Sep 2024 · Final₹0.92
22 Sep 2023 · Final₹0.92
Payout ratio🔒 In the app
The share of profit paid out as dividends; a very high share leaves little to reinvest.
Dividend growth, 5 years🔒 In the app
How fast the dividend per share has grown a year.
Years without a miss🔒 In the app
How many years in a row a dividend has been paid.

Is Hindustan Copper growing?

Revenue 3 years 21.1% a year; profit 3 years 46.0% a year; revenue 5 years 13.8% a year.

Growth

Statements through FY2026 (Mar-26)
Revenue 3 years 21.1% a year
vs peers 6.5% · 3rd of 12
Compound annual growth of revenue over three years. Learn more →
Profit 3 years 46.0% a year
vs peers 15.7% · 3rd of 10
Compound annual growth of net profit over three years. Learn more →
Revenue 5 years 13.8% a year
Compound annual growth of revenue over five years. Learn more →
Profit 5 years 24.9% a year
Compound annual growth of net profit over five years. Learn more →
EPS 3 years 46.0% a year
Growth in earnings per share, so dilution counts against the company. Learn more →
EPS 5 years 51.5% a year
Growth in earnings per share over five years, so dilution counts against the company. Learn more →
P/E vs own history -11.3%
vs peers -5.8% · 4th of 9
Today's P/E against its own 5-year median; negative is cheaper than its history. Learn more →

How did Hindustan Copper do last quarter?

Hindustan Copper reported revenue of ₹936 Cr, up 48.6% on a year earlier and a net profit of ₹353 Cr, up 97.0% in the Jun 2026 quarter.

Latest quarter

Jun 2026
Revenue, latest quarter₹936 Cr
+48.6% on a year earlier
What the company took in over the quarter.
Net profit, latest quarter₹353 Cr
+97.0% on a year earlier
What was left for shareholders after every cost and tax.

How does Hindustan Copper compare with its peers?

Compared with 14 Metals & Mining (the sector, as the industry was too small); 10th of 12 on P/E; 2nd of 13 on quality score.

Compared with 14 Metals & Mining (the sector, as the industry was too small)

14 companies

Hindustan Copper against its peers

Largest 10 of 14 peers, by market cap
CompanyMarket capP/EP/BROEROCE1YQuality 🔒Rank 🔒
Hindustan Copper Ltd₹45,339 Cr39.913.130.6%36.9%+37.6%
Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd₹1.5 L Cr————−25.1%
Jindal Steel Ltd₹1.0 L Cr38.02.18.1%10.7%+0.9%
Vedanta Ltd₹1.0 L Cr9.63.317.3%2.0%−44.9%
Lloyds Metals & Energy Ltd₹1.0 L Cr20.66.135.1%35.8%+37.8%
Steel Authority of India Ltd₹70,859 Cr16.61.16.6%7.3%+29.5%
NMDC Ltd₹63,125 Cr8.52.023.4%26.4%−6.9%
Jindal Stainless Ltd₹58,455 Cr18.03.116.2%18.3%−8.4%
National Aluminium Company Ltd₹58,019 Cr8.63.229.1%37.6%+40.2%
KIOCL Ltd₹21,803 Cr551.911.11.0%1.3%−25.7%
Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd₹16,955 Cr15.02.715.1%17.4%−13.7%
Peer median—16.62.715.7%14.0%−7.7%
Market cap in rupees crore; P/E and P/B on the latest price; 1Y is the price return over a year. A dash is a figure that does not apply or is not reported.

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Who owns Hindustan Copper?

Hindustan Copper is held by promoters 66.1%, foreign institutions 6.0%, domestic institutions 4.8%.

Shareholding pattern

Latest filing, percent of shares
Promoters66.1%
The founders and controlling group.
Foreign institutions6.0%
Overseas funds investing through the FPI route.
Domestic institutions4.8%
Indian insurers, banks, pension and mutual funds together.
Mutual funds1.0%
Indian mutual fund schemes; part of domestic institutions.
Retail and others17.8%
Individual investors and everyone else.
Promoter shares pledged🔒 In the app
Promoter shares given as collateral for loans; a high share is a risk to watch.
Holding trend🔒 In the app
Whether promoters, foreign funds and mutual funds have been adding or selling over recent quarters.

What do analysts say about Hindustan Copper?

1 analyst cover Hindustan Copper, and the consensus is buy. A consensus is a count of opinions, not a forecast; read it beside the numbers.

Analyst consensus

1 analysts
ConsensusBuy
The rating most covering analysts give the share.
Average target price🔒 In the app
The mean of the analysts' 12-month price targets.
Upside to target🔒 In the app
How far the target sits above or below today's price.
Share rating it a buy🔒 In the app
The share of covering analysts with a buy rating.

What does Hindustan Copper do and what is it sensitive to?

The filing describes HCL as a Government owned Company (chunk 12) that mines copper ore in India, with 2024-25 sales of ₹2048.11 crore (chunk 5). Sensitive to: LME copper price.

Business-model card

FY2025 · 26 verified
3Revenue
3Channels
0Regulators
2Reg. dependencies
3Sensitivities
2Costs
2Geographies

The filing describes HCL as a Government owned Company (chunk 12) that mines copper ore in India, with 2024-25 sales of ₹2048.11 crore (chunk 5). Revenue comes from copper concentrate, copper reverts and anode slime sales, tolling and job-work conversion, mostly settled against advances or letters of credit (chunks 14, 20).

Revenue engine

3 verified
Copper concentrate, copper reverts and anode slime sales
Sales are recorded at period end on a provisional basis, and differential sales value is booked only on receipt of actual specifications. Interpretation: final realisation can differ from the provisional value booked earlier.
Tolling of copper concentrate of Khetri and Malanjkhand origin
Tolling income is recorded provisionally at period end on the same basis as product sales, with differences booked on receipt of actuals.
Job work conversion income
Income from conversion of job work is recognised on the basis of actual quantity dispatched.

Customers & channels

3 verified
Customers paying against advances or letters of credit
The company sells majority of its products against advance from customers or letters of credit, which limits credit exposure on trade receivables.
Major customer shipments covered by letters of credit or credit insurance
Shipments to major customers are generally covered by letters of credit or other forms of credit insurance.
Credit sales with interest on outstanding bills
Interest is accrued on outstanding bills for credit sales up to the balance sheet date, so credit terms add to income.

Regulatory dependencies

2 verified
Taxes and royalties paid to the exchequer
The company paid ₹620.74 crore to the exchequer in 2024-25, including Royalty and Cess of 199.48. Interpretation: a higher royalty, cess or tax burden would raise cost and reduce profit after tax.
Mining lease over copper reserves
The company's ore access rests on holding this lease. Interpretation: changes in lease terms or access would move the mining base and volume.

Sensitivities

3 verified
LME copper price
Volatility in the LME copper price affects turnover and profitability. The company hedges all its imports through Future contracts at LME, so import-side price exposure is hedged.
Foreign exchange rate
Foreign currency risk arises from imports, exports and foreign currency borrowing. Interpretation: a stronger or weaker INR changes the INR value of export and import flows.
Input cost inflation
Increasing cost of inputs is listed as a threat. Interpretation: rising input costs compress margins when copper prices do not move with them.

Cost inputs

2 verified
Underground metal mining contractors and outsourcing agencies
Supply of competent underground metal mining contractors is limited in India. Interpretation: scarce contractors can raise mining cost or slow output.
Skilled manpower
Attrition of skilled manpower is listed as a threat. Interpretation: losing trained staff raises cost of replacement and can affect operations.

Geographies

2 verified
Domestic India market for copper concentrate
Ready market for copper concentrate in India due to large smelting and refining capacity.
Export markets
Export sales earned ₹148.29 crore of foreign exchange in 2024-25, against ₹308.65 crore in FY 2023-24.
Each statement is checked word for word against the FY2025 annual report; the passages are in the app.

What changed recently?

Dividend - Rs 1.86 Per Share (16 Sep 2026).

Change log

8 entries · newest first
  1. Corporate actionDividend - Rs 1.86 Per Share.
  2. Results filedQ1 FY2027 results filed.
  3. Results filedQ4 FY2026 results filed.
  4. Corporate actionInterim Dividend - Re 1 Per Share.
  5. Results filedQ3 FY2026 results filed.
  6. Results filedQ2 FY2026 results filed.
  7. Corporate actionDividend - Rs 1.46 Per Share.
  8. Results filedQ1 FY2026 results filed.
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What this page does not tell you

What could not be judged, and why. Never empty.
  • Models not runFair value, EPV, Graham number, Graham value, Lynch, Owner earnings: no valuation stored.
  • FlagsCLEAN on 28 of 30 flags judged; no red flag; 2 could not be judged.
  • Data gapsBusiness quality: not available yet.

What this page rests on

✓8 years of annual statements, through FY2026 (Mar-26)✓10 quarters of results✓201 months of month-end prices, adjusted for bonuses and splits○no valuation of ours yet✓business-model card FY2025 · 26 verified

Questions people ask

What is Hindustan Copper's share price today?

Hindustan Copper last traded at ₹469.95 on the NSE, as of 12 Oct 2026, 11:00 pm IST, up 0.2% on the day, up 37.6% over a year. Its 52-week range is ₹308 to ₹760. The live price is in the app.

What is Hindustan Copper's market cap?

Hindustan Copper's market capitalisation is about ₹45,339 crore: what it would cost to buy every share at today's price. That makes it the 109th largest mid cap company we cover.

Is Hindustan Copper Ltd a large cap, mid cap or small cap?

Hindustan Copper Ltd (HINDCOPPER) is a mid cap company in AMFI's classification for Jan-Jun 2026. SEBI's buckets go by rank on six-month average market capitalisation: the top 100 are large caps, 101 to 250 mid caps, the rest small caps.

What is Hindustan Copper Ltd's P/E ratio?

39.94, vs peers 16.6 · 10th of 12. Price divided by last year's earnings per share: how many years of today's profit you pay for.

Is Hindustan Copper Ltd overvalued?

Dear, with low confidence: no valuation within 120 days; P/E 39.9 vs peers 16.6 (10th of 12); P/B 13.1 vs peers 2.7 (12th of 12).

How does Hindustan Copper Ltd make money?

The filing describes HCL as a Government owned Company (chunk 12) that mines copper ore in India, with 2024-25 sales of ₹2048.11 crore (chunk 5). Revenue comes from copper concentrate, copper reverts and anode slime sales, tolling and job-work conversion, mostly settled against advances or letters of credit (chunks 14, 20).

Who are Hindustan Copper Ltd's peers?

Compared with 14 Metals & Mining (the sector, as the industry was too small): Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd, Jindal Steel Ltd, Vedanta Ltd, Lloyds Metals & Energy Ltd, Steel Authority of India Ltd and 9 more. The app shows how they compare on every figure.

Is this investment advice?

No. Valarth is a research and learning tool and is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst. The figures come from the company's filings and the exchanges; what to do with them is your call.

How did Hindustan Copper do last quarter?

Hindustan Copper reported revenue of ₹936 Cr, up 48.6% on a year earlier and a net profit of ₹353 Cr, up 97.0% in the Jun 2026 quarter.

Who owns Hindustan Copper?

Hindustan Copper is held by promoters 66.1%, foreign institutions 6.0%, domestic institutions 4.8%.

Does Hindustan Copper pay a dividend?

Yes. Hindustan Copper's dividend yield is 0.63% at the latest price; the last payout was ₹1.86 a share, ex-dividend 16 Sep 2026.

What do analysts say about Hindustan Copper?

1 analyst cover Hindustan Copper, and the consensus is buy. A consensus is a count of opinions, not a forecast; read it beside the numbers.

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