Sector analysis · India

Metals & Mining sector earnings growth, Q4 FY25

The 20 largest Metals & Mining companies by market cap at the end of Q4 FY25 (31 Mar 2025), compared with Q4 FY24.

The top 20 at Q4 FY25

Q4 FY25 vs Q4 FY24: combined net profit ₹20,497 cr (+52%), median EPS +16% (15 of 19 up), market-cap-weighted price +9%. 20 of 20 reported.

Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS ₹, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1Adani Enterprises LimitedADANIENT15.7%3.53 → 29.74+742% one-off+23.1 pp−28%
2JSW SteelJSWSTEEL15.3%5.31 → 6.15+16% +1.4 pp+28%
3Hindustan ZincHINDZINC11.5%4.83 → 7.04+46% +6.4 pp+58%
4Tata SteelTATASTEEL11.3%0.49 → 1.04+112% +4.7 pp−1%
5VedantaVEDL10.6%— → 8.91sources disagree —+71%
6Hindalco Industries LimitedHINDALCO9.0%14.12 → 23.51+67% +14.3 pp+22%
7Jindal Steel LimitedJINDALSTEL5.5%9.17 → −3.33to loss one-off−8.7 pp+7%
8Lloyds Metals And Energy LimitedLLOYDSME4.0%5.48 → 3.86−30% −0.5 pp+114%
9NMDC LimitedNMDC3.6%1.66 → 1.70+2% +0.2 pp+2%
10Jindal Stainless LimitedJSL2.8%6.08 → 7.17+18% +0.6 pp−16%
11S A I LSAIL2.8%2.73 → 3.03+11% +0.9 pp−14%
12National Aluminium Company LimitedNATIONALUM1.9%5.43 → 11.26+107% +7.3 pp+15%
13Hindustan Copper LimitedHINDCOPPER1.3%1.29 → 1.94+50% +0.4 pp−21%
14Sarda Energy & Minerals LimitedSARDAEN1.1%2.68 → 3.07+15% +0.1 pp+153%
15KIOCL LimitedKIOCL0.8%−0.71 → −0.61loss, smaller 0.0 pp−39%
16Gravita India LimitedGRAVITA0.8%9.99 → 12.89+29% +0.2 pp+83%
17Jai Balaji Industries LimitedJAIBALAJI0.7%3.34 → 0.83−75% −1.3 pp−24%
18NMDC SteelNSLNISP0.6%−2.94 → −1.62loss, smaller +2.6 pp−39%
19G M D CGMDCLTD0.5%6.51 → 7.11+9% +0.1 pp−23%
20Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores LimitedSANDUMA0.4%3.34 → 2.87−14% −0.2 pp+22%
Sector earnings growth100%+51.6 pp

Who joined and who left

1 joined and 1 left the top 20 since Q3 FY25, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q3 FY25 1

Left the top 20 since Q3 FY25 1

  • was #20 MOIL Limited MOIL

EPS growth by company, Q2 FY24 to Q1 FY27

Each company's EPS growth year on year, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • sources disagree our two sources disagree, so the figure is left out of the sector totals
  • — no data
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ2 FY24Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
ADANIENT−51%+130%−38%+116%+666%−97%+742%−50%+81%+9,573%to lossto loss
JSWSTEELturned profitable+387%−65%−64%−84%−70%+16%+158%+269%+199%+988%+113%
HINDZINC−35%−5%−21%+20%+32%+30%+46%−6%+15%+47%+68%+146%
TATASTEELto lossturned profitable−65%+48%turned profitable−38%+112%+116%+270%+727%+125%+12%
VEDLto loss−18%−27%sources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagree+72%
HINDALCO0%+71%+32%+25%+78%+60%+67%+30%+21%−45%−51%+75%
JINDALSTEL+594%+272%+102%−21%−38%−51%to loss+11%−26%−80%turned profitable−43%
LLOYDSMEsources disagreesources disagreesources disagree+38%+26%+14%−30%+11%+89%+158%+553%+150%
NMDC+16%+68%−36%+20%+23%+30%+2%−1%+34%−10%+35%+2%
JSL+210%+41%−35%−12%−21%−5%+18%+10%+32%+26%+43%+8%
SAILturned profitable−22%−3%−61%−31%−67%+11%+800%−53%+168%+47%+121%
NATIONALUM+50%+83%+101%+76%+459%+233%+107%+78%+37%+2%−17%+91%
HINDCOPPERsources disagreesources disagreesources disagree+139%+67%0%+50%+19%+81%+149%+137%+162%
SARDAEN−22%−10%−22%outside+39%+69%+15%+119%+65%−4%+46%+5%
KIOCLloss, smallerturned profitableto lossloss, smallerloss, biggerto lossloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerturned profitableturned profitableloss, smaller
GRAVITA+30%+20%+8%+29%+24%+21%+29%+30%+25%+25%−3%+14%
JAIBALAJI+661%+668%turned profitable+7%−33%−55%−75%−67%−83%outsideoutsideoutside
NSLNISP————loss, biggerloss, biggerloss, smallerturned profitableloss, smallerloss, smallerturned profitable+89%
GMDCLTD−51%−56%−54%−16%+71%+26%+9%−11%+264%−10%−14%0%
SANDUMA+20%−76%−7%+267%outsideoutside−14%outside+244%−15%+41%outside