Coal India (COALINDIA) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What COALINDIA does

Coal India (COALINDIA) is a large-cap stock listed on the National Stock Exchange of India and a member of the Nifty 50. Together with its subsidiaries, it produces and sells coal and coal products across India. The company supplies coking coal for steelmaking and metallurgical industries, as well as for hard coke manufacturing; semi-coking coal for blendable coal in steelmaking, merchant coke manufacturing, and other metallurgical uses; and non-coking coal for cement, fertilizer, glass, ceramic, paper, chemical, and brick manufacturing, as well as power generation and other heating purposes. It also provides washed and beneficiated coal for hard coke manufacturing and power generation, middling products for power generation and industrial plants, and reject products for fluidized bed combustion boilers, road repairs, briquette making, and landfill.

Key numbers explained

• Price: 426,1 INR — the most recent trading price of one share on the National Stock Exchange of India.
• Market cap: 2.63T INR — the total market value of all outstanding shares, placing Coal India among the largest companies by this measure.
• Trailing P/E ratio: 8.4 — the current share price divided by the last 12 months of earnings per share (50.54 INR); a lower figure can suggest the stock is priced modestly relative to recent earnings.
• Forward P/E ratio: 7.5 — the current price divided by expected future earnings; it uses analyst estimates rather than past results.
• Dividend yield: 4.93% — the annual dividend payment expressed as a percentage of the current share price, indicating the cash return shareholders receive.
• Ex-dividend date: 4 Sept. 2026 — the date after which a buyer is no longer entitled to the upcoming dividend.
• Share of earnings paid out as dividends: 52% — roughly half of the company's earnings are returned to shareholders as dividends.
• Beta: -0.05 — a measure of the stock's sensitivity to overall market moves; a negative beta suggests it tends to move in the opposite direction of the broader market.
• Price-to-book: 2.2 — the share price compared to the company's book value per share, showing how the market values the firm relative to its net assets.
• Debt-to-equity ratio: 11.6% — a measure of financial leverage, indicating the proportion of debt relative to shareholders' equity.

What to watch

Coal India's performance is shaped by coal demand from power generation, steelmaking, and cement industries, as well as by domestic production volumes and government policy. Commodity price swings, freight and mining costs, and regulatory changes in the energy sector can affect both revenue and margins. Because it is part of the Nifty 50, its movements often reflect broader Indian equity market sentiment. Investors tracking the energy space may also compare it with peers such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), CNOOC Limited (0883), and Chevron Corporation (CVX). The next earnings report is scheduled for 29 Oct. 2026.