'Buy' GAIL India Shares Maintains Motilal Oswal On Compelling Valuations — Check Target Price

Government initiatives to further rationalize natural gas taxation can be a significant long-term positive for GAIL India, adds the brokerage.

On November 27, 2025, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board issued a tariff order for GAIL’s integrated natural gas pipeline network. (Photo source: company website)

GAIL’s valuations have corrected sharply from their Sep’24 highs, and the stock now trades close to its historical average at ~1.1x one-year forward core P/B, offering limited downside, considering an attractive dividend yield and a robust free-cash-flow outlook.

NDTV Profit’s special research section collates quality and in-depth equity and economy research reports from across India’s top brokerages, asset managers and research agencies. These reports offer NDTV Profit’s subscribers an opportunity to expand their understanding of companies, sectors and the economy.

Motilal Oswal Report

We reiterate Buy on GAIL India Ltd. with our SoTP-based target price of Rs 220. Over FY26-28, we estimate an 11% CAGR in PAT, driven by:

  1. an increase in natural gas transmission volumes to 132 million metric standard cubic metre per day in FY28 from 123mmscmd in FY26;

  2. substantial improvement in the petchem segment’s performance over FY27-28, as new petchem capacity becomes operational and spreads bottom out;

  3. healthy profitability in the trading segment, with guided Ebit of at least Rs 40 billion in FY26/FY27.

We expect RoE to stabilize at ~13% in FY27/28, with a healthy free-cash-flow generation of Rs 171.4 billion over FY26-28 (vs -Rs 45.3 billion in FY23), which we believe can support its valuations.

Click on the attachment to read the full report:

Motilal Oswal GAIL Company Update.pdf
Read Document

Also Read: 'Hold' GAIL Shares Maintains Systematix Despite Upward EPS Revision — Check Revised Target Price

DISCLAIMER

This report is authored by an external party. NDTV Profit does not vouch for the accuracy of its contents nor is responsible for them in any way. The contents of this section do not constitute investment advice. For that you must always consult an expert based on your individual needs. The views expressed in the report are that of the author entity and do not represent the views of NDTV Profit.

Users have no license to copy, modify, or distribute the content without permission of the Original Owner.

lock-gif
To continue reading this story You must be an existing Premium User
Watch LIVE TV, Get Stock Market Updates, Top Business, IPO and Latest News on NDTV Profit. Feel free to Add NDTV Profit as trusted source on Google.
GET REGULAR UPDATES
Add us to your Preferences
Set as your preferred source on Google