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C P C L share price & results

C P C L· Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels· Energy

Results to
Sept 2026
Latest analysed call
Q4 FY26
Ownership as of
Sept 2026

Chennai-based IOCL group refiner running the 10.5 MMTPA Manali refinery, India's few lube-oil-integrated fuel refineries.

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Reported

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MetricValueChangeBasisPeriodNote
Revenue20,558 ₹ crore+25.9% YoYQuarterly, as filedQuarter to Sept 2026Revenue from operations as filed.
Operating margin16.0 %+9.0 pts YoYOperating profit / revenueQuarter to Sept 2026For the quarter; a change is in percentage points.
Net profit2,247 ₹ crore+212.5% YoYQuarterly, as filedQuarter to Sept 2026Profit after tax as filed.
Return on equity41.95 %+29.2 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Trailing twelve monthsTTM to Sept 2026Adjusted profit attributable to owners ÷ average owners’ equity.
Free cash flow margin3.24 %+2.1 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Fiscal yearFY ending Mar 2026(Operating cash flow − fixed-asset purchases + disposals) ÷ revenue.
Revenue growth (YoY)31.17 %+17.7 ptsFY Mar 2026 vs FY Mar 2025Trailing twelve monthsTTM to Sept 2026Revenue change against the same period one year earlier.

Source: Inve data from filed results; ratios from the Screener-verified panel · to Sept 2026

Guidance

What management said, and what became of it

5 of 8 judged targets kept · 6 open · verdicts reflect calls analysed to Q4 FY26.

C P C L management guidance track record on Inve: 14 targets tracked across analysed earnings calls (5 achieved, 3 missed, 6 open).

TargetOriginal wordingSaidLatest callVerdict
Upgrade to Schedule-A PSEAchieve Schedule-A Central Public Sector Enterprise status
Call transcript, Q4 FY25 · 2 May 2025		Q4 FY25Q4 FY26:This status remains achieved and is a historical fact.
Call transcript, Q4 FY26 · 24 Apr 2026		Achieved
Navaratna StatusObtain Navaratna status going forward
Call transcript, Q4 FY25 · 2 May 2025		Q4 FY25Q4 FY26:No update provided on progress towards obtaining Navaratna status during the Q4 FY26 earnings call.
Call transcript, Q4 FY26 · 24 Apr 2026		Ghosted
LOBS Project CostINR 1,600 crores over 2-3 years
Call transcript, Q4 FY26 · 24 Apr 2026		Q4 FY26Q4 FY26:LOBS project, Group 2, Group 3 LOBS project is INR1,600 crores. This INR2,000 crores (including retail) will happen over 2 to 3 years.
Call transcript, Q4 FY26 · 24 Apr 2026		New

Source: Inve Guidance Tracker for C P C L · to Q4 FY26

A verdict describes what became of management’s own words in later analysed calls. “Delayed” is a change of date, “went quiet” a target the calls stopped mentioning. None of it is a judgement on the investment. The methodology sets out how verdicts are recorded.

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Price

₹1,573.8 +3.44% · +₹52.4

Last close 27 Oct 2026 · NSE · INR · Source: Inve

Performance +103.8% 1Y

₹0.8k₹1.0k₹1.2k₹1.4k₹1.6kOct 25Dec 25Jan 26Mar 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26Sept 26Oct 26Q4 FY26 — 24 Apr 2026

1Y: ₹772.35 on 24 Oct 2025 → ₹1,573.8. High ₹1,626.4 (10 Sept 2026), low ₹769.85 (27 Oct 2025).

Previous close
₹1,521.4
Market cap
₹22.7k Cr
52-week range
₹769.85 – ₹1,626.4
One year
+104.43%
Price to earnings (TTM to Sept 2026)
3.97×
Return on equity (TTM to Sept 2026)
41.95%

Overview

Symbol
NSE:CHENNPETRO
Industry
Energy
Exchange
NSE
Currency
INR

What C P C L does

Based on the company's own presentations, annual report and earnings calls.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is a public-sector refiner and a group company of Indian Oil Corporation, operating a fully integrated fuel, lube-base-oil, wax and petrochemical-feedstock refinery complex at Manali, Chennai, plus a smaller refinery at Nagapattinam. It processes a diversified crude basket (term Middle East, spot Russian/West African, and indigenous crude) into fuels such as LPG, motor spirit, ATF, diesel and speciality products including paraffin wax, mineral turpentine oil, food/pharma-grade hexane and petrochemical feedstocks, marketed largely through IOCL. It also supplies defence and space-grade fuels (Navy NATO diesel, JP-5, missile fuel 'Vajravega' and rocket propellant 'Isrosene') and acts as a 'mother industry' feeding petrochemical feedstock to downstream units (TPL, CETEX, MPL, Kothari Petrochem, Lube Oil Base Stock unit) clustered around its Manali site.

Segments

  • Refining (Fuels)
  • Lube Base Oil & Wax
  • Petrochemicals / Feedstock
  • Speciality & Defence/Space Fuels
Installed refining capacity
10.5 MMTPA (~235,000 barrels/day)
Number of refineries
2 (Manali, Chennai; Cauvery Basin Refinery, Nagapattinam)
Crude Distillation Units
3 (CDU-I 2.8 MMT, CDU-II 3.7 MMT, CDU-III 4.0 MMT)
Nelson Complexity Index
10.03
Crude basket diversity
156 crude grades sourced across regions (term Middle East ~55%, spot Russia/West Africa ~30%, indigenous ~15%)
Total employees
1,413 (including 83 women)
Founded 1965Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaEmployees 1,413 (FY 2024-25) Company website

How the price took the results

close before → close after

Q4 FY26
−3.2%
24 Apr

The move from the last close before each results date to the first close after it — the market's first read on the quarter, not the quarter itself.

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