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Coal India share price

NSE: COALINDIABSE: 533278Consumable FuelsLarge Cap

Coal India Limited · Face value ₹10 · Listed Nov 2010
Last close ₹398.00down ₹7.00 (1.73%)BSE ₹398.70

Share price at the NSE close on 27 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹405.00.

27 Oct: open ₹402.45, high ₹404.75, low ₹398.00

52-week range of traded prices to 27 Oct 2026
₹369.60Low, 25 Nov 2025₹491.25High, 30 Apr 2026
Market cap
₹2,45,277 Cr30th largest listed
P/E
7.86
P/B
2.06
Dividend yield
6.66%
ROE
28.6%
ROCE
22.7%
Debt to equity
0.11
Volume, NSE
81,71,60464.6% delivered

Coal India share price chart

Daily closes since Nov 2010, adjusted for splits and bonuses

+0.3%over a year · Nifty Energy −1.4% · Nifty 500 −8.8%

ResultsDividend20-session average 61,26,146 shares a day, 58.1% delivered

About Coal India

Coal India Limited is a central public sector enterprise (owned mainly by the Government of India) that mines coal and supplies it to India's power, steel, cement and other industries.1 Its mines span the country's major coal-bearing regions, and it is expanding into renewable energy, power generation, coal gasification (turning coal into gas for chemicals and fuels), fertilisers and critical minerals.12

Its coal comes mainly from 7 producing subsidiaries: Eastern Coalfields, Bharat Coking Coal, Central Coalfields, Western Coalfields, South Eastern Coalfields, Northern Coalfields and Mahanadi Coalfields, based in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.34 Central Mine Planning and Design Institute provides exploration, mine planning and consultancy, and North Eastern Coalfields in Assam, run directly by the company, also mines coal.356 Other subsidiaries include CIL Navikarniya Urja, Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals, Coal Gas India and CIL Rajasthan Akshay Urja, and joint ventures include Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan and Talcher Fertilizers.5

It was incorporated in 1973 and has its registered office in Kolkata.7 Its shares have been listed on BSE and NSE since 4 Nov 2010.8 In the year to Mar 2026 it sold 10% of Bharat Coking Coal and 15% of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute through public offers, and their shares listed on BSE and NSE on 19 Jan and 30 Mar 2026.9

The Government of India controls the company: the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Coal, sold shares in an offer for sale from 27 to 29 May 2026, bringing the government's stake to 61.13%.10

Coal India key points

Results

  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, revenue from operations was ₹46,255 crore (₹42,919 crore a year earlier), profit after tax ₹8,850 crore (₹8,788 crore) and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) ₹14,349 crore (₹14,348 crore).11
  • In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated revenue from operations was ₹1,68,400.29 crore, profit after tax ₹31,071 crore against ₹35,450 crore, and EBITDA ₹53,276 crore against ₹57,139 crore.1213
  • The total dividend for the year to Mar 2026 is ₹26.50 a share, including ₹21.25 paid as interim dividends; the payout ratio (share of profit paid as dividend) was 53%, against 46%.14

Market position

  • The company says it is the world's largest coal producer: its 768.19 million tonnes in the year to Mar 2026, against 781.06 million tonnes a year earlier, was nearly 74% of India's output.1516

Mines and production

  • In the year to Mar 2026, Mahanadi Coalfields produced 218.31 million tonnes, the most of any subsidiary, followed by South Eastern Coalfields at 176.29 million tonnes and Northern Coalfields at 140.50 million tonnes.17
  • It has 295 mines: 163 opencast (surface) mines, 121 underground and 11 mixed. Opencast mines gave 96.67% of its coal in the year to Mar 2026.1819
  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, coal production was 169.63 million tonnes, against 183.32 million tonnes a year earlier, and offtake (coal dispatched to customers) was 197.86 million tonnes, against 190.96 million tonnes.20
  • As of 31 Mar 2026, 124 coal projects with a capacity of 1,044.79 million tonnes a year were under way, 33 of them delayed, mainly over forest clearance, land and resettlement.19

Coal sales and customers

  • In the year to Mar 2026, offtake was 744.83 million tonnes, against 762.98 million tonnes a year earlier, and the power sector, its largest customer group, took 588.01 million tonnes.21
  • Coal allocated through e-auctions (online sales outside long-term contracts) was 101.72 million tonnes in the year to Mar 2026, against 89.38 million tonnes, at an average premium of 46% over the floor price (the minimum bid), against 48%.21
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it targets coal supply of 850.24 million tonnes in the year to Mar 2027, more than 14% above the year before, about 79% of it to the power sector.22

Renewable energy

  • Installed renewable capacity was 357 megawatts (MW) at the end of Mar 2026, with projects of about 523 MW under development.23
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it targets 9.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable capacity by the year to Mar 2030.23
  • On 1 Jul 2026, it said it had won a letter of award (a formal offer of the contract) for a 600 MW solar plant at Jalaun Solar Park, Uttar Pradesh, at an estimated cost of ₹2,831.11 crore.24

Expansion and capital spending

  • Capital expenditure was ₹19,607.24 crore in the year to Mar 2026.25
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it plans ₹16,500 crore of capital investment for volume growth from the year to Mar 2027, plus investment in railways, solar, thermal power, coal bed methane and fertiliser plants.26
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it targets about 1 billion tonnes of coal production by the year to Mar 2030.27
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it plans coal gasification plants costing about ₹50,000 crore and a 1,600 MW thermal plant in Jharkhand with Damodar Valley Corporation, estimated at ₹21,000 crore.2829

Recent events

  • On 2 Sep 2026, it said Mahanadi Coalfields, its wholly owned subsidiary, had filed draft offer papers for a proposed initial public offering in which the company would sell up to 661,836,300 shares, subject to approvals and market conditions.30
  • On 6 Aug 2026, it said it was the preferred bidder for the Gadadharpur iron ore block in Kendujhar, Odisha, an exploration-stage block (still being surveyed) with total resources of 288 million tonnes.31
  • On 20 Jun 2026, the foundation stone was laid for a ₹25,000 crore coal gasification plant making 6.6 lakh tonnes of ammonium nitrate a year, by Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals, its joint venture with BHEL.32

Litigation and regulatory matters

  • As of its annual report of 7 Aug 2026, its appeal against a ₹591 crore Competition Commission of India penalty for abuse of dominance (unfair use of market power) in coal supply terms was before the appellate tribunal, with the order stayed.33
  • In the Competition Commission appeal, the latest dated step: written submissions in January 2026, no outcome stated; other competition cases are pending, some at the Supreme Court.34

Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore.Coal India quarterly results

Revenue growth, 12 months
+12.7%
Net profit growth, 12 months
−5.9%

Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter before

Revenue
₹46,255 Crdown 0.51%
Net profit
₹8,850 Crdown 18.87%
Net margin
19.1%

Revenue by quarter

₹30,673 CrSep 24₹35,780 CrDec 24₹37,825 CrMar 25₹35,842 CrJun 25₹30,187 CrSep 25₹34,924 CrDec 25₹46,490 CrMar 26₹46,255 CrJun 26

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

₹6,275 CrSep 24₹8,491 CrDec 24₹9,593 CrMar 25₹8,734 CrJun 25₹4,263 CrSep 25₹7,166 CrDec 25₹10,908 CrMar 26₹8,850 CrJun 26

The quarters either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the quarter to Mar 2025, the company's revenue for the year to Mar 2025, ₹1,43,369 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹1,40,742 Cr. From the quarter to Mar 2026, the company's revenue for the year to Mar 2026, ₹1,68,400 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹1,47,443 Cr.

₹ croreSep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue30,67335,78037,82535,84230,18734,92446,49046,255
Net profit6,2758,4919,5938,7344,2637,16610,9088,850
Net margin20.5%23.7%25.4%24.4%14.1%20.5%23.5%19.1%
Consolidated. The last eight quarters. The latest is shaded. Net profit is the whole group's, the other owners of its subsidiaries included; P/E and ROE use the company's own share.

Business segments

In the year to Mar 2026 the company reports one business segment, MINING, which carries all its revenue. From the quarter to Jun 2026 it reports 2 businesses, by share of revenue: Coal, 100.0% and Solar, 0.0%.

Valuation

Today, against the company's own history. Its history crosses a change of basis in the accounts in the years to Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: days before it are of the company before the change.Coal India PE ratio and valuation

Price to earnings

At or below today's level on 56% of 2,355 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median7.44Industry median12.60
Price to book

At or below today's level on 0.4% of 1,972 trading days since Nov 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median2.55Industry median1.62
Dividend yield

At or below today's level on 38% of 2,478 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median7.19%Industry median2.16%

Where the return came from

Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.

OverReturn a yearEarnings growthChange in P/EDividend yield
1 year+19.0%−12.0%+28.6%5.9%
3 years+34.4%+3.4%+24.1%6.1%
5 years+36.0%+19.6%+7.1%7.8%
Return is price growth plus the average dividend yield. Change in P/E is (1 + price growth) / (1 + earnings growth) - 1, so the parts compound rather than add.

Shareholding

Per cent of the company's shares, from the filing for Sep 2026.Coal India shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters61.13%
  • Foreign institutions9.59%
  • Indian institutions23.45%
  • Governments0.10%
  • Individuals and others5.73%
Holder
PRESIDENT OF INDIAPromoter61.13%
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIAInsurance companies9.63%
Holders are named in the company's own words: an insurer's holding can carry one of its funds' names. Mutual funds are left out here and listed fund by fund below.

Since Jun 2026: promoters unchanged, foreign institutions −0.78 pts, Indian institutions +1.24 pts, mutual funds +1.84 pts.

Mutual fund holdings

346 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 192 of the 240 funds that added or cut are index funds, ETFs or arbitrage funds: an index fund or ETF holds what its index holds, and an arbitrage fund holds the share against a sale of its future. 2 more funds filed their first portfolio on record, holding it.All 346 funds holding Coal India

Bought for the first time
8
Bought again
8
Added
147
Cut
93
Held unchanged
88
Sold out
4
Fund
PPFAS Mutual Fund logoParag Parikh Flexi Cap FundPPFAS Mutual Fund18,40,59,4555.39%₹7,822.5 Cr
Nippon India Mutual Fund logoCPSE ETFNippon India Mutual Fund6,75,07,63215.39%₹2,869.1 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Nifty 50 ETFSBI Mutual Fund4,64,63,3560.97%₹1,974.7 Cr
HDFC Mutual Fund logoHDFC Balanced Advantage FundHDFC Mutual Fund4,28,00,0001.77%₹1,819.0 Cr
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund logoKotak Arbitrage FundKotak Mahindra Mutual Fund2,09,12,8501.18%₹888.8 Cr
SBI Mutual Fund logoSBI Aggressive Hybrid FundSBI Mutual Fund1,90,00,0000.94%₹807.5 Cr
UTI Mutual Fund logoUTI Nifty 50 ETFUTI Mutual Fund1,59,34,3970.97%₹677.2 Cr
Nippon India Mutual Fund logoNippon India ETF Nifty 50 BeESNippon India Mutual Fund1,49,16,1190.97%₹633.9 Cr
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund logoICICI Prudential Arbitrage FundICICI Prudential Mutual Fund1,38,07,8001.65%₹586.8 Cr
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund logoBharat 22 ETFICICI Prudential Mutual Fund1,30,59,0865.81%₹554.2 Cr
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

Promoter and insider buying and selling

Trades made since 28 Oct 2025.Coal India insider trading

Bought on the market Sold on the market
  • Promoters and promoter group0 purchases, 1 saleNo purchase₹5,549 CrNet−₹5,549 Cr
  • Others: no market trade · 1 pledge filing of unclear kind
Bought and sold count trades on the market only. A pledge is shares given to a lender as security for a loan; a lender invokes it by selling them.

Coal India competitors and peers

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels, 64 listed companies, priced on 27 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Coal India in market cap. 1 company in its own group left out: one owns more than half of the other, directly or through a company it controls, or one owner more than half of both.Oil and gas companies

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
Reliance Industries logoReliance IndustriesRELIANCE16,18,76221.661.79+14.7%−8.3%8.6%8.5%0.50%
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation logoOil & Natural Gas CorporationONGC2,89,1586.640.78+7.0%+20.8%12.2%10.0%5.76%
Indian Oil Corporation logoIndian Oil CorporationIOC1,86,0475.530.85+11.6%+99.3%16.6%13.8%6.26%
Bharat Petroleum Corporation logoBharat Petroleum CorporationBPCL1,28,2468.121.26+16.5%−25.6%16.2%12.1%5.92%
GAIL (India) logoGAIL (India)GAIL1,08,93611.031.22+3.6%−15.1%11.4%10.2%3.32%
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation logoHindustan Petroleum CorporationHINDPETRO75,32552.411.43+13.8%−89.7%2.6%1.0%6.85%
Oil India logoOil IndiaOIL74,3938.911.28+15.8%+27.3%15.5%11.1%2.51%
Adani Total Gas logoAdani Total GasATGL59,14292.1211.42+24.0%+2.6%13.3%12.5%0.05%
Market cap in ₹ crore. Growth is the last twelve months against the twelve before. A figure is left empty where it would rest on a loss or the company has under a year of results on record. ROE is the shareholders' profit over their net worth. ROCE is profit before interest and tax over the whole group's net worth plus borrowings, as in the figures at the top of the page.

Dividends

Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Coal India dividend history

Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses

17Mar 1813Mar 1912Mar 2016Mar 2117Mar 2224Mar 2326Mar 2427Mar 2527Mar 265.5Mar 27so far
Highest ₹26.50 a share, years to Mar 2025 and Mar 2026.
Ex-dateTypePer share
4 Sep 2026Final₹5.25
31 Jul 2026Interim₹5.50
18 Feb 2026Interim₹5.50
4 Nov 2025Interim₹10.25
21 Aug 2025Final₹5.15
6 Aug 2025Interim₹5.50
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.Coal India announcements

Coal India share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.Coal India share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
2025399.00+3.9%408.10354.20
2024384.15+2.2%540.40375.30
2023376.00+67.1%380.95208.40
2022225.05+54.1%255.80150.00
2021146.05+7.8%197.95124.50
2020135.45−35.9%212.95110.55
2019211.35−12.2%269.15180.85
2018240.75−8.4%314.05236.75
2017262.95−12.4%329.95235.90
2016300.00−9.0%347.80274.40
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before.

Recent sessions

The 9 trading days to 26 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolumeDelivery
26 Oct 2026397.45405.00394.30405.00400.9644,09,75856.7%
23 Oct 2026403.00403.35390.65397.45395.4346,27,91652.0%
22 Oct 2026404.70404.70395.65402.55399.5067,54,88447.8%
21 Oct 2026411.70415.70402.50407.50407.0147,72,71660.3%
19 Oct 2026417.20419.80411.70411.70414.6530,94,40550.6%
16 Oct 2026418.00418.40413.00417.20416.6844,31,03663.2%
15 Oct 2026418.20420.30415.05418.00418.0274,17,71571.8%
14 Oct 2026410.70418.65410.00417.00416.4670,73,15257.9%
13 Oct 2026405.00410.15402.80408.50407.4245,30,50559.5%
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.

Company details

Chairperson and managing director and CEO
SAIRAM BHAGAVATULA
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026
NSE symbol
COALINDIA
BSE code
533278
ISIN
INE522F01014
Industry
Consumable Fuels
CIN
L23109WB1973GOI028844
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1973
Registered office
Coal Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Core-2, Premises No-4 MAR, Plot No-AF-III, Action Area-1A, New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata 700156, West Bengal
Share registrar
Alankit Assignments Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments
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