Coal India Share Price Advances As Q4 Profit Rises 12%

Shares of Coal India Ltd. rose over 3% on Monday after it reported its fourth quarter results.

The state run coal supplier reported a 12% jump in profit at Rs 9,604.02 crore for the January-March quarter, compared to Rs 8,572.14 crore in the same period last year, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday. This is higher as compared to the Rs 8,414-crore consensus estimate of analysts tracked by Bloomberg.

The company's revenue declined marginally to Rs 37,824.54 crore for the quarter ended March. However, this was still above Bloomberg's estimate of Rs 36,638 crore.

The operating profit—earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation—rose 3.5% to Rs 11,790.45 crore in comparison to Rs 11,332 crore posted in the same quarter last year. Margin for the quarter expanded to 31.2% from 29.8% in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal.

The company also declared a final dividend of Rs 5.15 per share for fiscal 2025, which would be paid within 30 days from the date of declaration at the ensuing annual general meeting.

"The record date for final dividend would be fixed and intimated in due course," the exchange filing stated.

The government, which owns 63.13% equity, will be paid Rs 2,003 crore in dividends.

Coal India has Rs 11,160.68 crore in cash and cash equivalents as of March 2025 on a consolidated basis.

Shares of Coal India rose as much as 3.04% to Rs 394.95 apiece. They pared gains to trade 2.91% higher at Rs 394.45 apiece, as of 9:47 a.m. This compares to a 0.10% decline in the NSE Nifty 50.

The stock has fallen 16.44% in the last 12 months and risen 1.03% year-to-date. Total traded volume so far in the day stood at 1.57 times its 30-day average. Relative strength index was at 37.08.