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REC Limited · Formerly Rural Electrification Corporation · Face value ₹10 · Listed Mar 2008
Last close ₹290.00up ₹3.50 (1.22%)BSE ₹290.20

Share price at the NSE close on 28 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹286.50.

28 Oct: open ₹286.00, high ₹293.30, low ₹284.00

52-week range of traded prices to 28 Oct 2026
₹283.65Low, 27 Oct 2026₹388.30High, 29 Oct 2025
Market cap
₹76,363 Cr117th largest listed
P/E
5.06
P/B
0.80
Dividend yield
4.69%
ROE
16.9%
NIM
3.74%
Cost of funds
7.17%
Credit cost
0.04%
ROA
2.60%
Leverage
7.68times net worth
Volume, NSE
41,93,71645.1% delivered

REC share price chart

Daily closes since Mar 2008, adjusted for splits and bonuses

−21.4%over a year

ResultsDividend20-session average 82,66,117 shares a day, 54.2% delivered

About REC

REC Limited is a Government of India enterprise and a non-banking finance company (a lender that does not take deposits) that funds the power sector across India, from generation to transmission and distribution, as well as roads, metro rail, airports and other infrastructure.12 Its main borrowers are state governments and central and state power utilities, along with private companies building power and infrastructure projects.3

It offers long-term project loans, loans of 1 to 3 years for power utilities' working capital, and loans to makers of power equipment.4 Its wholly owned subsidiary, REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited, carries out power projects, offers consultancy and runs the bidding that selects developers for new transmission lines.5 It has offices mainly in state capitals and a training centre in Hyderabad.1

It began in 1969 to build power infrastructure in rural areas, registered with the Reserve Bank of India as a non-banking finance company in 1998, and listed on NSE and BSE in 2008.6 In 2022 it received Maharatna status, the highest the government grants a central public sector company, and began lending to infrastructure and logistics.7

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), its holding company, owns 52.63% of its shares.38

REC key points

Results

  • On a standalone basis, operating income (income from its main business) was ₹59,139.96 crore in the year to Mar 2026, up 5.77%, and net profit was ₹16,282.26 crore, up 3.62% from ₹15,713.21 crore.9
  • Consolidated turnover was ₹59,584 crore in the year to Mar 2026, and consolidated net worth (shareholders' funds) ₹85,054 crore.10
  • On the same standalone basis, net interest income (interest earned on loans less interest paid on borrowings) was ₹20,750 crore in the year to Mar 2026, and return on net worth (profit as a share of average net worth) 20.11%.11
  • Standalone net credit-impaired assets (loans in default, after provisions set aside for them) fell to 0.12% at the end of March 2026 from 0.38% a year earlier.12

Loan book and deposits

  • The standalone gross loan book was ₹5.83 lakh crore at the end of March 2026, against ₹5.67 lakh crore a year earlier.13
  • Share of the loan book by sector1415
    ItemMar 2026
    Distribution38%
    Conventional generation25%
    Renewable energy13%
    Infrastructure and logistics10%
    Transmission8%
    Revolving bill payment facility3%
    Others3%
    The revolving bill payment facility lends to power distribution companies to pay generators and transmission companies for power bought.
  • Loans sanctioned (approved) reached a record ₹4.09 lakh crore in the year to Mar 2026, about 21% more than ₹3.37 lakh crore a year earlier. Disbursements (money paid out) were ₹2.11 lakh crore, its highest ever, up 10% from ₹1.91 lakh crore.13
  • Renewable energy loans grew 30% to ₹75,347 crore in the year to Mar 2026. In the same year it sanctioned ₹41,784 crore for 7 infrastructure and logistics projects.1617

Customers and partners

  • No single borrower accounted for 10% or more of consolidated revenue in the year to Mar 2026 or the year before.18

Borrowing and credit ratings

  • Borrowings rose to ₹5.05 lakh crore at the end of March 2026 from ₹4.88 lakh crore, and it raised ₹83,558 crore from the market during the year.19
  • It raised ₹30,882 crore through listed bonds in the year to Mar 2026 at a cost of 6.80% a year, which it says is 29 basis points (hundredths of a percentage point) below similarly rated bonds of other central public sector companies and entities.20
  • Throughout the year to Mar 2026 its domestic debt was rated AAA, the highest grade, by CRISIL, CARE, India Ratings & Research and ICRA. As of its annual report for that year, Moody's rated it Baa3 and Fitch BBB-, at par with India's sovereign rating.2122

Government scheme roles

  • It is the nodal agency (the body that runs the scheme for the government) of the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, which funds power distribution upgrades, in 19 States, where projects worth ₹1,60,369 crore were sanctioned by the end of March 2026.23
  • It is the national implementing agency for the PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar scheme, which had 33.64 lakh installations with 9.92 GW of capacity by the end of March 2026.2425
  • Its subsidiary REC Power Development and Consultancy earned income of ₹501 crore in the year to Mar 2026 and a profit after tax of ₹78.95 crore, against ₹261.65 crore a year earlier. It handed 9 transmission project companies to winning bidders during the year.2627

What the company expects

  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it targets raising its clean energy portfolio to about 30% of its loan book by March 2030.2829
  • The company stated in its annual report for the year to Mar 2026 that it is focused on scaling its green investments, with emphasis on distributed solar energy, green hydrogen and energy storage.30

Recent events

  • The company received a no-objection certificate for the PFC merger from the Reserve Bank of India on 15 Oct 2026 and letters from BSE and NSE on 19 Oct 2026. As of 19 Oct 2026 the scheme still needs other approvals, including shareholders' and creditors'.3132
  • In an exchange filing of 7 Sep 2026, the company said Japan Credit Rating Agency had revised its long-term issuer rating of the company to A- from BBB+, with a stable outlook.33
  • On 28 Jun 2026 the boards of REC and PFC approved a scheme to merge REC into PFC, following a restructuring proposal in the Union Budget of 1 Feb 2026. The merged company would remain a government company.34
  • On 10 Jun 2026 the Ministry of Power conveyed the President's approval of the proposed merger of REC into PFC.35

Results

Consolidated; ₹ crore. Income from operations is what the business earns: interest on loans, fees, dividends and the rest.REC quarterly results

Income from operations growth, 12 months
−0.8%
Net profit growth, 12 months
−12.6%

Quarter to Sep 2026, against the quarter before

Income from operations
₹15,000 Crup 3.92%
Net profit
₹3,478 Crdown 17.05%

Income from operations by quarter

₹14,272 CrDec 24₹15,334 CrMar 25₹14,737 CrJun 25₹15,153 CrSep 25₹15,018 CrDec 25₹14,564 CrMar 26₹14,435 CrJun 26₹15,000 CrSep 26
Peak income from operations ₹15,334 Cr, quarter to Mar 2025; lowest ₹14,272 Cr, quarter to Dec 2024

Net profit by quarter, a loss in red

₹4,076 CrDec 24₹4,310 CrMar 25₹4,466 CrJun 25₹4,415 CrSep 25₹4,052 CrDec 25₹3,375 CrMar 26₹4,193 CrJun 26₹3,478 CrSep 26
₹ croreDec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 2026
Income from operations14,27215,33414,73715,15315,01814,56414,43515,000
Net profit4,0764,3104,4664,4154,0523,3754,1933,478
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, NBFC-IFC, which carries all its revenue.

Valuation

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

Price to earnings

At or below today's level on 54% of 2,452 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median4.94Industry median14.36
Price to book

At or below today's level on 52% of 1,944 trading days since Dec 2018.

LowestHighest
Its median0.77Industry median1.78
Dividend yield

At or below today's level on 18% of 2,478 trading days over the last 10 years.

LowestHighest
Its median7.34%

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−22.8%+2.7%−30.8%6.1%
3 years+42.9%+13.5%+21.8%4.6%
5 years+32.8%+14.2%+9.8%7.4%
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.REC shareholding pattern

Shareholding by group

  • Promoters52.63%
  • Foreign institutions16.78%
  • Indian institutions16.55%
  • Governments0.05%
  • Individuals and others13.98%
Holder
POWER FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITEDPromoter52.63%
LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIAInsurance companies5.66%
NPS TRUST-A/C LIC PENSION FUND SCHEME - STATE GOVTProvident and pension funds1.36%
TATA AIG GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITEDInsurance companies1.19%
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 +1.02 pts, Indian institutions −0.43 pts, mutual funds −2.33 pts.

The filing reports 734 of its 2,63,32,24,000 shares locked in.

Mutual fund holdings

164 funds disclosed a holding for Sep 2026. What they did in Sep 2026, against each fund's month before. 68 of the 87 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. 1 more fund filed its first portfolio on record, holding it.All 164 funds holding REC

Bought for the first time
17
Bought again
18
Added
52
Cut
35
Held unchanged
41
Sold out
55
Portfolios disclosed for Sep 2026. Weight is the holding as a share of the fund's assets.

REC competitors and peers

Financial Institution, 7 listed companies, priced on 28 Oct 2026. The table lists the 6 companies closest to REC 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.Finance companies

Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size

Return on equity across, P/E up, size is market cap
Company
Indian Railway Finance Corporation logoIndian Railway Finance CorporationIRFC97,53013.231.61+12.5%+7.9%12.6%–1.39%−4.92%2.95%
Housing & Urban Development Corporation logoHousing & Urban Development CorporationHUDCO29,3926.911.34+25.9%+53.0%21.3%–2.73%2.89%4.19%
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency logoIndian Renewable Energy Development AgencyIREDA28,25814.361.97––14.4%–2.16%3.92%1.34%
IFCI logoIFCIIFCI15,88691.061.78+4.8%–2.0%4.6%––0.00%
Tourism Finance Corporation of India logoTourism Finance Corporation of IndiaTFCILTD7,26647.155.52+14.8%+41.4%12.2%–5.47%6.89%0.38%
Gujarat State Financial corporation logoGujarat State Financial corporationGUJSTATFIN73––+7.8%–––−56.12%−65.65%0.00%
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; for ROCE and EV/EBITDA, where the company is a lender or an insurer; for NIM and ROA, where the company has no recent year with a balance sheet at its start and its end. 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. ROA is the year's profit over average total assets. NIM is net interest income over average loans and investments. Income growth is the growth of everything the company earns: interest, fees, premiums and the rest.

Dividends

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

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

6.9Mar 188.3Mar 198.3Mar 209.5Mar 2111Mar 2213Mar 2316Mar 2418Mar 2519Mar 264.3Mar 27so far
Highest ₹18.55 a share, year to Mar 2026.
Ex-dateTypePer share
30 Oct 2026Interim₹3.50
14 Aug 2026Final₹1.55
31 Jul 2026Interim₹4.25
20 Mar 2026Interim₹3.20
6 Feb 2026Interim₹4.60
27 Oct 2025Interim₹4.60
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.

Latest announcements

Routine notices left out.REC announcements

REC share price by year

Each calendar year to 2025.REC share price history

YearClose at year endChangeHighest closeLowest close
2025356.80−28.7%538.05333.95
2024500.70+21.3%645.80419.70
2023412.85+254.4%444.80111.90
2022116.50+16.1%116.5083.40
2021100.35−0.1%123.8393.79
2020100.43−6.4%116.2960.86
2019107.33+17.2%125.6387.60
201891.61−21.6%122.9668.29
2017116.81+24.7%165.4593.41
201693.64+10.2%104.4457.47
₹ 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 27 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE; the latest is at the top of the page.

DateOpenHighLowCloseAverage priceVolumeDelivery
27 Oct 2026295.30296.80283.65286.50286.951,39,57,27537.1%
26 Oct 2026291.55298.20289.40298.20294.5933,04,92837.5%
23 Oct 2026301.00302.00290.65293.95293.6531,59,28440.0%
22 Oct 2026301.00302.80295.50301.10300.0140,80,50246.0%
21 Oct 2026303.65305.35299.05302.50300.8064,41,68558.8%
19 Oct 2026307.00309.75302.00302.35306.6635,58,06246.8%
16 Oct 2026311.00312.20306.45307.80308.4253,37,74458.4%
15 Oct 2026311.50313.10308.65309.75310.9452,09,72855.0%
14 Oct 2026307.00314.95304.30311.80310.2193,70,92462.0%
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 share history

Ex-dateEventPrice factorWhat happened
4 Jun 2024Price move–Between two trading sessions the price moved by a fifth or more. The Nifty 500 moved 5% or more the same way over the same sessions. Not adjusted for.
17 Aug 2022Bonus0.7500Holders received 1 bonus share for every 3 held.
28 Sep 2016Bonus0.5000Holders received 1 bonus share for every 1 held.
Earlier prices are multiplied by the factor, so the chart reads as one share held throughout. Any other event is noted and not adjusted for.

Company details

Chairperson
Jitendra Srivastava
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026
NSE symbol
RECLTD
BSE code
532955
ISIN
INE020B01018
Industry
Finance
CIN
L40101DL1969GOI005095
Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it
Incorporated
1969
Registered office
Core- 4, SCOPE Complex, 7, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003, Delhi
Share registrar
Alankit Assignments Ltd
Keeps the register of shareholders and handles transfers and dividend payments