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Ircon International share price

NSE: IRCONBSE: 541956ConstructionSmall Cap

Ircon International Limited · Face value ₹2 · Listed Sep 2018 · Issue price ₹475
Last close ₹100.49up ₹1.88 (1.91%)BSE ₹100.55

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹98.61.

28 Oct: open ₹98.10, high ₹102.25, low ₹97.76

52-week range of traded prices to 28 Oct 2026
₹95.76Low, 26 Oct 2026₹186.44High, 26 Dec 2025
Market cap
₹9,451 Cr462nd largest listed
P/E
18.05
P/B
1.42
Dividend yield
1.89%
ROE
8.1%
ROCE
4.9%
Debt to equity
0.85
Volume, NSE
24,96,82024.7% delivered

Ircon International share price chart

Daily closes since Sep 2018, adjusted for splits and bonuses

−40.4%over a year · Nifty 500 −8.8%

Results20-session average 80,99,817 shares a day, 25.5% delivered

About Ircon International

Ircon International is a state-owned engineering and construction company under India's Ministry of Railways that builds railway lines, highways, bridges, tunnels, metro systems and railway electrification.12 It works as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, as a project management consultant and through public private partnerships, for clients in India and abroad.13

It also builds rail lines that carry coal from mines in Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh through joint ventures with other state-owned companies, and runs highway projects on build, operate and transfer (BOT) terms, collecting tolls, and on hybrid annuity (HAM) terms, where the government pays in instalments.1 The group has 11 subsidiaries and 7 joint ventures; its solar subsidiary, Ircon Renewable Power, is owned 76:24 by Ircon and Ayana Renewable Power.45 It has completed 408 projects in India and 131 abroad, in 25 countries.6 International projects brought in ₹296.24 crore, 3.49% of its operating turnover, in the year to Mar 2026.7 In Engineering News-Record's 2025 survey it ranked 239th among the top 250 international contractors.8

It was incorporated in 1976.9 Its section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link has been fully operational since 7 Jun 2025.10 The President of India, its promoter, held 65.17% of the company on 31 Mar 2026, after the government sold 8.01% to the public through an offer for sale in December 2023.1112 The Government of India appoints its directors through the Ministry of Railways.13

Ircon International key points

Results

  • In the quarter to Jun 2026, consolidated operating revenue was ₹1,956 crore against ₹1,786 crore a year earlier, EBITDA (profit before tax, finance cost and depreciation) ₹279 crore against ₹324 crore, and profit after tax ₹92 crore against ₹164 crore.14
  • In the year to Mar 2026, consolidated revenue from operations was ₹9,071.05 crore against ₹10,759.58 crore a year earlier, and profit after tax was ₹591.92 crore against ₹727.83 crore.15
  • Consolidated EBITDA for the year to Mar 2026 was ₹1,279.3 crore, against ₹1,276.0 crore a year earlier.16

Business segments

  • In the year to Mar 2026, railway projects brought in ₹6,994.74 crore of the group's revenue from operations and highway projects ₹1,616.56 crore; electrical, building and other work made up the rest.17

Plants and capacity

  • Ircon Renewable Power is building a 500 MW solar plant at Pavagada, Karnataka, at a total project cost of ₹2,801.10 crore, to sell power to South Western Railway.185
  • In the year to Mar 2026, 250 MW of the Pavagada plant was commissioned, taking it to 400 MW; at full capacity it is to supply about 1,076 million units (kilowatt-hours) a year.19

Order book

  • The order book (work won but not yet carried out) was ₹23,366 crore at the end of June 2026; about 55% of it was won through competitive bidding and the rest by nomination, awarded directly without a tender.20
  • At the end of March 2026, railway work made up ₹19,459.35 crore of the order book and highway work ₹3,918.97 crore.6

Customers and partners

  • Most of Ircon's projects in India are for government agencies, among them the Ministry of Railways, the National Highways Authority of India, National High-Speed Rail Corporation, Chennai Metro Rail, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.21
  • Sales to the Ministry of Railways and the Rail Land Development Authority made up 47.04% of Ircon's standalone sales in the year to Mar 2026, against 49.92% a year earlier.22

What the company expects

  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects its Algeria railway project to be completed by December 2026; 217 of 219 km of track is laid, the last 2 km awaiting hindrances the client is to clear.23
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects the ₹1,780 crore Kaladan road in Myanmar, about 25% complete, to be done by December 2028, though it has no permission from Myanmar's government to work on the route.2425
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it expects Jharkhand Central Railway, its 26% joint venture, to start commercial operation of its rail line between Kathautia and Shivpur in Jharkhand by June 2027.26

Recent events

  • On 12 Oct 2026, East Central Railway awarded Ircon a ₹8,62,45,93,012.51 EPC contract for track work on the Gomoh-Koderma and Gaya-Son Nagar sections, to be done in 365 days.27
  • On 30 Jun 2026, Ircon completed remaining works on its US$ 91.27 million upgrade of the Maho to Omanthai railway line in Sri Lanka, financed by an Indian line of credit, and the defect liability period (when it must fix defects) began.28
  • On 22 Jun 2026, Tripura State Electricity Corporation awarded a 26:74 joint venture of Ircon and Badri Rai & Company a ₹7,63,10,28,794 Agartala underground cable and smart grid contract including GST; Ircon's share is ₹1,98,40,67,486.40.2930
  • On 14 May 2026, the Ircon-Soma Tollway joint venture, 50% owned by Ircon, handed its toll road back to the National Highways Authority of India when its concession period (the fixed term to run the road and collect tolls) ended.3132

Litigation and regulatory matters

  • On 26 Oct 2026, the Uttarakhand High Court told tax officials not to pass an order, before the next hearing, on Ircon's challenge to a GST notice over ₹72.41 crore of input tax credit (tax paid on purchases, set off against tax due).33
  • AFCON raised a ₹359.72 crore dispute with Ircon over work package T-74R-A; the arbitral tribunal's majority made an award in June 2026, and on 23 Sep 2026 the company said it would challenge the award in the Delhi High Court.34
  • The Patna High Court on 25 Feb 2026 upheld VAT demands of about ₹78.64 crore over 3 years on Ircon's Ganga Bridge project; on 16 Mar 2026 the Supreme Court stayed that judgment pending Ircon's appeals, and the company's documents give no later outcome.3536
  • As of its annual report for the year to Mar 2026, Ircon's audit and nomination committees had not been properly constituted through the year because the board lacked enough independent directors (outside directors with no ties to the company).37

Last updated

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Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore.Ircon International quarterly results

Revenue growth, 12 months
−9.9%
Net profit growth, 12 months
−21.6%

Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter before

Revenue
₹1,956 Crdown 38.67%
Net profit
₹92 Crdown 51.93%
Net margin
4.7%

Revenue by quarter

₹2,448 CrSep 24₹2,613 CrDec 24₹3,412 CrMar 25₹1,786 CrJun 25₹1,977 CrSep 25₹2,119 CrDec 25₹3,189 CrMar 26₹1,956 CrJun 26
Peak revenue ₹3,412 Cr, quarter to Mar 2025; lowest ₹1,786 Cr, quarter to Jun 2025

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

₹206 CrSep 24₹86 CrDec 24₹212 CrMar 25₹164 CrJun 25₹137 CrSep 25₹100 CrDec 25₹191 CrMar 26₹92 CrJun 26
₹ croreSep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue2,4482,6133,4121,7861,9772,1193,1891,956
Net profit2068621216413710019192
Net margin8.4%3.3%6.2%9.2%6.9%4.7%6.0%4.7%
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

Share of revenue, year to Mar 2026, consolidated.Segment revenue and profit

  • Domestic₹9,084 Crdown 15.48%95.6%
  • International₹418 Crup 9.07%4.4%
The pill is the change in revenue on the year before; the share is of all the businesses together.

Valuation

Today, against the company's own history.Ircon International PE ratio and valuation

Price to earnings

At or below today's level on 32% of 1,019 trading days over the last 5 years.

LowestHighest
Its median20.87Industry median13.39
Price to book

At or below today's level on 56% of 1,941 trading days since Nov 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median1.09Industry median1.34
Dividend yield

At or below today's level on 39% of 1,992 trading days since Oct 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median2.65%Industry median0.67%

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−24.6%−18.1%−10.0%1.6%
3 years+28.8%−8.0%+38.4%1.6%
5 years+24.5%+8.8%+11.4%3.3%
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.Ircon International shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters65.17%
  • Foreign institutions4.62%
  • Indian institutions1.81%
  • Governments0.28%
  • Individuals and others28.12%
Holder
THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA(THROUGH CHAIRMAN RAILWAY BOARD)Promoter65.17%
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 +0.02 pts, Indian institutions +0.02 pts, mutual funds +0.02 pts.

Mutual fund holdings

46 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 46 of the 46 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.All 46 funds holding Ircon International

Added
15
Cut
31
Sold out
3
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

Ircon International competitors and peers

Civil Construction, 169 listed companies, priced on 28 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Ircon International in market cap.Construction companies

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
IRB Infrastructure Developers logoIRB Infrastructure DevelopersIRB19,40920.34–−2.2%−85.4%4.7%7.3%1.06%
NBCC (India) logoNBCC (India)NBCC18,85725.396.25+3.5%+30.6%27.0%20.0%1.35%
Engineers India logoEngineers IndiaENGINERSIN14,40818.374.58+16.3%+41.6%27.0%22.5%1.95%
Techno Electric & Engineering Company logoTechno Electric & Engineering CompanyTECHNOE9,88922.942.38+38.7%−6.5%10.9%10.6%0.82%
RITES logoRITESRITES9,44722.633.52+10.6%+7.9%15.7%17.4%4.10%
KEC International logoKEC InternationalKEC9,00216.261.46+5.1%−8.9%9.6%12.4%1.63%
Welspun Enterprises logoWelspun EnterprisesWELENT8,93529.232.94+0.6%−3.1%10.9%12.7%0.46%
Afcons Infrastructure logoAfcons InfrastructureAFCONS7,67353.421.41−11.9%−73.0%2.7%7.1%0.96%
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.Ircon International dividend history

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

2.2Mar 192.4Mar 202.4Mar 212.5Mar 223Mar 233.1Mar 242.7Mar 251.9Mar 26
Highest ₹3.10 a share, year to Mar 2024.
Ex-dateTypePer share
17 Sep 2026Final₹0.70
17 Feb 2026Interim₹1.20
11 Sep 2025Final₹1.00
17 Feb 2025Interim₹1.65
5 Sep 2024Final₹1.30
16 Feb 2024Interim₹1.80
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.Ircon International announcements

Ircon International share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.Ircon International share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
2025177.65−17.4%221.43138.17
2024215.01+25.4%336.80174.30
2023171.40+186.9%177.9551.70
202259.75+32.3%65.1535.35
202145.15+3.2%53.2040.23
202043.75+8.8%58.9430.11
201940.20−9.8%44.7233.64
201844.56–46.3534.27
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before. 2018 is from its first session, 28 Sep 2018.

Recent sessions

The 9 trading days to 27 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolumeDelivery
27 Oct 202697.6099.9997.1098.6198.8716,76,89732.9%
26 Oct 202697.0099.4895.7697.5897.6819,75,38533.8%
23 Oct 2026100.30100.3095.9597.6297.3824,95,51836.3%
22 Oct 2026101.39101.3999.63100.32100.3317,56,72529.2%
21 Oct 2026104.88104.88101.00101.57102.4821,58,52031.3%
19 Oct 2026107.00107.49103.80104.14105.2216,40,22931.0%
16 Oct 2026106.33108.16105.31106.62106.7526,96,02520.8%
15 Oct 2026106.77107.50105.88106.33106.5621,97,11825.2%
14 Oct 2026106.10108.99105.23106.77107.4241,38,47820.2%
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.

Price adjustments

What the price chart is corrected for, so it reads as one share held throughout.Bonus shares and stock split history

Ex-dateEventPrice factorWhat happened
20 May 2021Bonus0.5000Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held.
3 Apr 2020Split0.2000Each share became 5.
Earlier prices are multiplied by the factor, so the chart reads as one share held throughout.

Company details

Chairperson and managing director and CEO
Saleem Ahmad
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026
NSE symbol
IRCON
BSE code
541956
ISIN
INE962Y01021
Industry
Construction
CIN
L45203DL1976GOI008171
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1976
Registered office
Plot no. C - 4, District Centre, Sake, New Delhi 110017, Delhi
Share registrar
Alankit Assignments Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments