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NHPC financials: balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow

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NHPC Limited · Face value ₹10 · Listed Sep 2009
Last close ₹74.44up ₹1.24 (1.69%)BSE ₹74.25

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹73.20.

28 Oct: open ₹72.44, high ₹74.44, low ₹72.12

52-week range of traded prices to 28 Oct 2026
₹68.79Low, 26 Oct 2026₹87.23High, 30 Oct 2025
Market cap
₹74,775 Cr137th largest listed
P/E
19.70
P/B
1.80
Dividend yield
2.16%
ROE
9.4%
ROCE
3.6%
Debt to equity
1.08
Volume, NSE
87,63,44654.1% delivered

NHPC's financial statements for the 10 years to Mar 2026, consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together, with the twelve months to Jun 2026 after them.

10 years at a glance

₹ crore, years to March.NHPC annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
8,6233,480Mar 177,7512,775Mar 188,9832,83617,461Mar 1910,0083,32521,606Mar 209,6483,58221,969Mar 219,1893,77426,075Mar 2210,6074,23529,488Mar 239,6324,02832,493Mar 2410,3803,41239,434Mar 2511,6154,22052,134Mar 26

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
59.1%31.6%54.2%55.7%54.9%55.4%56.5%59.1%50.5%53.2%45.1%40.4%35.8%31.6%33.2%37.1%41.1%39.9%41.8%32.9%36.3%Mar 17Mar 19Mar 21Mar 23Mar 25Mar 26

From Apr 2019 leases sit on the balance sheet: rent is charged as depreciation and interest instead, so operating profit and total assets step up with nothing about the business having changed. Borrowings here leave lease liabilities out. Lease payments were 0.1% of operating profit in the first full year.

The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2023, the company's revenue for that year, ₹10,607 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹10,763 Cr.

Results for the year to Mar 2026

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue11,615
  2. Employee costs−1,498
  3. Other expenses−4,881
  4. Operating profit5,236
  5. Depreciation−1,976
  6. Other income+1,071
  7. One-off items0.0
  8. Finance costs−1,423
  9. Profit before tax2,908
  10. Joint ventures+2.5
  11. Net profit4,220

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹1,13,426 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹3,651 Cr
  • Receivables₹2,629 Cr
  • Inventory₹294 Cr
  • Current investments₹11 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Borrowings₹52,134 Cr
  • Net worth₹48,405 Cr
  • Other liabilities₹19,085 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹387 Cr

Profit and loss

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March. The last column is the twelve months to Jun 2026, the latest four quarters added.NHPC quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Filed 20 MayMar 2026Jun 2026Twelve monthsFiled 4 Aug
Revenue from operations8,6237,7518,98310,0089,6489,18910,6079,63210,38011,61512,210
–3,5493,9834,5144,3014,0014,3394,7644,8606,3796,423
Materials and goods bought––000000000
Employee costs––1,8501,6761,5401,5551,4351,4181,8241,4981,476
Other expenses––2,1332,8382,7602,4472,9043,3463,0364,8814,947
Operating profit before depreciation–4,2025,0005,4945,3475,1876,2684,8685,5205,2365,787
Operating margin–54.2%55.7%54.9%55.4%56.5%59.1%50.5%53.2%45.1%47.4%
Materials, % of revenue––0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Employee costs, % of revenue––20.6%16.7%16.0%16.9%13.5%14.7%17.6%12.9%12.1%
Other expenses, % of revenue––23.7%28.4%28.6%26.6%27.4%34.7%29.3%42.0%40.5%
Depreciation and amortisation–1,4791,6581,6141,2981,1901,2151,1841,1931,9762,140
Operating profit after depreciation–2,7233,3423,8804,0493,9975,0533,6844,3273,2603,647
Other income1,5041,1018647691,0579646781,3621,3491,071993
Finance costs1,0739238957966505324744021,1891,4231,768
Profit before one-off items and tax3,8122,9013,3113,8534,4564,4295,2574,6444,4872,9082,872
One-off items0000−185000000
Profit before tax3,8122,9013,3113,8534,2714,4295,2574,6444,4872,9082,872
1,053863––––976––––
Share of profit of joint ventures and associates3053−5−1−54223
3,4802,7752,8363,3253,5823,7744,2354,0283,4124,2204,267
Other comprehensive income––−13−3811−5−26−106−77−55
Total comprehensive income––2,8233,3223,5903,7854,2304,0023,3064,1434,213
Net margin40.4%35.8%31.6%33.2%37.1%41.1%39.9%41.8%32.9%36.3%35.0%
Net margin without joint ventures and associates40.3%35.8%31.5%33.2%37.2%41.1%40.0%41.8%32.8%36.3%–
Materials, employee costs and other expenses are shown for the years they add up to operating expenses; for the year to Mar 2018 they do not, so they are left blank. Operating expenses, operating profit before depreciation and operating profit after depreciation are left blank for the year to Mar 2017: the statement does not state its depreciation, which operating profit is worked out from, so operating profit is not given. Belonging to the company's shareholders is left blank for the year to Mar 2018: the filing's earnings per share does not match the profit it states, and cannot be multiplied back into the owners' profit because the share it leaves the other owners is more than 10 points from the share the company's other periods state. Tax is left blank for the years to Mar 2019, Mar 2020, Mar 2021, Mar 2022, Mar 2024, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: profit before tax less the tax charge stated does not come to the profit after tax the same statement states, so the tax charge is not shown.

Balance sheet

Consolidated, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2019Mar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Filed 20 MayMar 2026
33,66634,13435,91937,78441,71443,89245,16348,405
30,79831,37133,09034,92136,89938,70239,66841,437
Share capital10,04510,04510,04510,04510,04510,04510,04510,045
Reserves20,75321,32623,04524,87626,85428,65729,62331,392
Belonging to outside owners of subsidiaries2,8682,7642,8282,8634,8155,1905,4956,968
17,46121,60621,96926,07529,48832,49339,43452,134
6,2016,3006,2036,6067,9429,61210,17614,106
26,85830,43630,27730,87834,94738,44346,12456,058
66,72571,34573,15777,28586,08793,2951,02,6781,20,011
51,76154,55956,42361,19068,64075,33184,21196,924
7,9859,5729,3708,84610,76510,90211,26114,667
Net debt15,21519,91319,71224,11726,64328,85836,68348,472
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Cash flow

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Filed 20 MayMar 2026
5,0736,4724,6926,9385,0263,294
6,6117,3085,6697,8085,9034,190
4551,756−9322,152−432−1,813
Receivables962−42−1,5272,236−328−65
Inventories−7−7−21−29−67−37
Other working capital−4991,805616−55−37−1,711
Tax paid−725−837−977−870−877−896
Capital spending1,9825,0144,9606,9978,85111,572
Free cash flow3,0911,457−268−60−3,825−8,279
−1,530−4,966−4,246−5,968−7,550−11,139
−3,138−638−741−5811,9048,928
Dividends paid1,8491,9482,2632,3262,3102,355
Shares bought back000000
Shares issued002003823091,453
Net change in cash405867−295388−6201,082
Capital spending is part of cash from investing, and dividends paid, shares bought back and shares issued are part of cash from financing. Each is shown as an amount on a line of its own, and the section's other items are in its total only. No cash flow statement is on record for the years to Mar 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2019 and Mar 2020.

Per share

Consolidated, ₹ per share, years to March.NHPC dividend history

₹ per shareMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Filed 20 MayMar 2026
Earnings per share₹2.74₹1.72₹2.54₹2.86₹3.24₹3.51₹3.87₹3.61₹2.99₹3.75
Diluted earnings per share₹2.74₹1.72₹2.54₹2.86₹3.24₹3.51₹3.87₹3.61₹2.99₹3.75
Dividend per share₹1.80₹1.40₹1.46₹1.50₹1.60₹1.81₹1.85₹1.90₹1.91₹1.61
Book value per share––₹30.66₹31.23₹32.94₹34.76₹36.73₹38.53₹39.49₹41.25
Dividend payout65.7%–56.5%52.4%49.3%51.6%47.8%52.7%63.8%42.9%
Shareholder yield––––7.5%7.0%5.1%2.2%2.4%1.2%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)35,64828,41825,34120,04024,56027,92540,38190,10482,57074,052

Ratios

Consolidated, years to March.NHPC PE ratio and valuation

RatioMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Filed 20 MayMar 2026
Revenue growth−0.1%−10.1%15.9%11.4%−3.6%−4.8%–−9.2%7.8%11.9%
Operating profit growth––19.0%9.9%−2.7%−3.0%–−22.3%13.4%−5.1%
Net profit growth29.5%−20.3%2.2%17.2%7.7%5.4%12.2%−4.9%−15.3%23.7%
Earnings per share growth–−37.2%47.7%12.6%13.3%8.3%10.3%−6.7%−17.2%25.4%
––8.4%9.2%10.1%10.4%10.8%9.6%7.7%9.3%
–––0.8 pts0.9 pts0.3 pts0.5 pts−1.2 pts−1.9 pts1.6 pts
From the net margin–––−0.1 pts1.6 pts1.4 pts−0.5 pts0.3 pts−2.2 pts0.9 pts
From asset turnover–––0.6 pts−0.9 pts−1.0 pts0.6 pts−1.9 pts−0.1 pts−0.1 pts
From borrowing–––0.2 pts0.1 pts−0.1 pts0.3 pts0.4 pts0.4 pts0.8 pts
Return on capital employed––6.5%7.0%7.0%6.3%7.1%4.8%5.1%3.2%
Cash conversion––––141.6%171.5%110.8%172.2%147.3%78.0%
Interest cover–3.03.74.96.27.510.79.23.62.3
Debt to equity––0.520.630.610.690.710.740.871.08
Receivable days––11513912920621216716983
Working capital days––−2846212499297390
Asset turnover––0.130.150.130.120.130.110.110.10
Assets per rupee of net worth––2.172.222.242.212.272.372.502.75
Sales per rupee of plant––0.390.460.500.480.480.450.470.23
Capital spending to depreciation––––1.534.214.085.917.425.86
Plant being built, % of plant in use––65.0%79.4%98.7%117.4%141.7%184.7%227.5%69.1%
Revenue growth and operating profit growth are left blank for the year to Mar 2023: between the two periods the company restated its earlier figures, so the two are on different bases and the change is not worked out. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2026.

Return on assets, latest year
3.4%
Cash from operations against operating profit
62.9%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Revenue growth, yearly rate––3.1%
Profit growth, yearly rate3.4%2.9%−1.1%
Return on equity, average–9.5%8.8%
Return on capital employed, average–5.3%4.4%
Operating margin, average53.8%52.9%49.6%
Net margin, average37.0%38.4%37.0%
Asset turnover, average–0.110.11
Interest cover, average5.76.75.0
Debt to equity, average–0.820.90

Where the cash came from and went

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2026.

₹ crore5 years3 yearsLatest year
Cash from operations26,42115,2573,294
Cash from investing−33,869−24,657−11,139
Cash from financing8,87010,2508,928
Capital spending37,39527,42111,572
Dividends paid11,2016,9902,355
Shares bought back000
Shares issued for cash2,3432,1431,453
Borrowings raised41,80032,75016,122
Borrowings repaid12,7049,4073,403

Accounting checks

Consolidated, years to March. Published tests of whether reported profit is backed by cash and the balance sheet.

CheckMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Piotroski score, out of 9Published threshold 3 points out of 9––––657445
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.1––2.682.682.782.682.672.392.211.84
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78––––−2.62−2.14−2.33−2.93−2.48−2.97
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets––––0.053.024.643.416.0610.84
Cash from operations to profit, 3 yearsPublished threshold 0.7 times––––––1.401.501.431.31
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–––23.06−7.0556.553.59−19.060.68−57.04
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–––11.56−3.82−21.830.2610.907.1636.75
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions–––134.09–21.377.5576.0826.751.15
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent27.6329.7439.987.5421.09−12.5818.5721.8730.21−11.24
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points–––––−31.47−0.023.1310.66−42.07
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.

Credit ratings

An agency's view of the chance the company repays a borrowing on time, from AAA, the highest, down to D, in default.

DateAgencyBorrowing ratedRatingOutlookAmount, ₹ Cr
14 Jul 2026India Ratings and Research Private LimitedBondWDReview, Other300
14 Jul 2026India Ratings and Research Private LimitedBank loan facilitiesIND AAA; IND A1+Review, Re-affirmStable22,811
14 Jul 2026India Ratings and Research Private LimitedBondIND AAAReview, Re-affirmStable200
14 Jul 2026India Ratings and Research Private LimitedBondNew, New3,700
14 Jul 2026India Ratings and Research Private LimitedIssuer RatingIND AAAReview, Re-affirmStable
1 Jul 2026ICRA LimitedNon Convertible Debentures[ICRA]AAAReview, Re-affirmStable89.20
22 May 2026CARE Ratings LimitedBonds-Tax Free BondsCARE AAAReview, Re-affirmStable213.12
22 May 2026CARE Ratings LimitedBondsCARE AAAReview, Re-affirmStable105.50
22 May 2026CARE Ratings LimitedBonds-GOI Fully Serviced bondsCARE AAAReview, Re-affirmStable2,017.20
20 Feb 2026CARE Ratings LimitedDebentures-Non Convertible DebenturesCARE AAANew, NewStable2,000
The latest rating on each borrowing. The agency's name opens its reasoning for the rating.