profit from every ₹100 of sales.
₹0₹100
Hindustan Petroleum
₹383.00-1.92% today
-14.9% in 1 year
1-year low ₹319.251-year high ₹499.00
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay ₹4.52 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Hindustan Petroleum sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹4.33 trillion in 2023 to ₹4.40 trillion in 2026, with ₹180 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Hindustan Petroleum handed back 12% of the cash it generated last year.
₹33.0B
Free cash flow 2026₹277.8B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends₹33.0B
Cash vs. debt₹1.2B vs. ₹559.6B
Hindustan Petroleum vs. similar companies
Hindustan Petroleum grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Petroleum | 4.5× · Cheap | ||
 Reliance Industries | 22.4× · Fair price | ||
 Marathon Petroleum | 27.9× · Fair price | ||
 Valero Energy | 45.1× · Expensive | ||
 Phillips 66 | 23.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Hindustan Petroleum's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,334,983 | 4,319,944 | 4,320,087 | 4,396,335 | |
| 13,132 | 380,310 | 309,558 | 468,887 | |
| -106,908 | 189,182 | 103,971 | 232,852 | |
| -34,119 | 285,057 | 185,195 | 343,814 | |
| -69,802 | 160,146 | 67,357 | 180,469 | |
| -32.81 | 75.26 | 31.66 | 84.81 | |
| 0.3% | 8.8% | 7.2% | 10.7% | |
| -2.5% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 5.3% | |
| -1.6% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 4.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,619,211 | 1,827,847 | 1,947,446 | 2,030,392 |
| Cash | 5,185 | 2,799 | 1,662 | 1,243 |
| Total debt | 706,710 | 666,838 | 705,582 | 559,644 |
| Total liabilities | 1,296,578 | 1,358,633 | 1,436,004 | 1,374,831 |
| 322,633 | 469,214 | 511,443 | 655,561 | |
| 2,128 | 2,128 | 2,128 | 2,128 | |
| -6.1% | 15.9% | 8.0% | 17.6% | |
| -21.6% | 34.1% | 13.2% | 27.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -34,663 | 238,519 | 142,309 | 361,107 | |
| 94,467 | 100,712 | 95,774 | 83,315 | |
| -129,130 | 137,806 | 46,535 | 277,792 | |
| Dividends paid | 19,857 | 21,305 | 23,363 | 32,984 |
| 0 | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 4.5×
- –
- –
- 1.2×
- 0.2×
- 2.9×
- 4.0×
- 34.1%
- 22.1%
- 4.0%
Profitability
- 10.7%
- 5.3%
- 4.1%
- –
- 16.7%
- 8.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +0.5%
- –
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.85
- –
- 8.0×
- 0.64
- –
- –
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 11%of 467
Bottom 27%of 466
Top 3%of 387
Bottom 49%of 461
Top 3%of 460
4.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$40a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
18.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.9%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
62Pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
34No pass
Joel Greenblatt
72Pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about Hindustan Petroleum
Is Hindustan Petroleum a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Hindustan Petroleum AI analysis
What does Hindustan Petroleum do?
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the refining and marketing of petroleum products in India and internationally. It operates through Downstream Petroleum and All Other segments. It is in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, based in Mumbai, India, with 8,049 employees.
Does Hindustan Petroleum pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.0% a year, about 18% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹33.0 billion in dividends.
Is Hindustan Petroleum stock halal?
No. Hindustan Petroleum does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 69% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Hindustan Petroleum stock done over the past year?
Down 14.9% over the past twelve months, to ₹383.00. It traded between ₹319.25 and ₹499.00 and is 23.2% below its high.
Who are Hindustan Petroleum's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Reliance Industries, Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy and Phillips 66. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Hindustan Petroleum's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.