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Coal India Ltd rose for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 399.4, up 3.4% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.01% on the day, quoting at 26175.65. The Sensex is at 85535.57, down 0.04%. Coal India Ltd has added around 7.21% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty Energy index of which Coal India Ltd is a constituent, has added around 0.5% in last one month and is currently quoting at 35025.45, up 0.64% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 132.39 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 37.22 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark December futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 400.7, up 3.5% on the day. Coal India Ltd is up 3.88% in last one year as compared to a 10.32% spurt in NIFTY and a 0.47% spurt in the Nifty Energy index.
The PE of the stock is 11.21 based on TTM earnings ending September 25.
B Sairam took over as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India (CIL) effective 15 December 2025. He succeeds Sanoj Kumar Jha, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, who held the interim charge as Chairman, from 1 November 2025, after the superannuation of Mr. P M Prasad on 31 October.
Sairam headed Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) as its CMD, a coal producing subsidiary of CIL, prior to assuming the top chair of the public sector Maharatna coal mining behemoth.
Coal offtake was lower by 5.9% to 58.3 MT during the month.
Further, P. M. Prasad on attaining the age of superannuation has relinquished the charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited with effect from 1 November' 2025 (F/N).
Profit before tax tanked 25% to Rs 6,114.58 crore in Q2 FY26, as against Rs 8,153.37 crore in Q2 FY25.
During the quarter, total expenses stood at 2,642.46 crore in Q2 FY26, up 7.09% from Rs 24,670.70 crore posted in Q2 FY25. The cost of material consumed was at Rs 2,289.02 crore in Q2 FY26, down 0.24% from Rs 2,294.54 crore posted in Q2 FY25. While employee benefits expenses stood at Rs 10,730.25 crore (down 3.39% YoY), finance cost stood at Rs 286.87 crore (up 37.82% YoY) during the quarter.
On a half year basis, the company’s consolidated net profit tanked 24.06% to Rs 13,097.66 crore on 3.17% decline in total income to Rs 69,785.21 crore in H1 FY26 over H1 FY25.
Meanwhile, the board of directors of Coal India (CIL), at its meeting held today, declared a second interim dividend of Rs 10.25 per equity share on a face value of Rs 10 each for the financial year 2025-26, as recommended by the audit committee.
The company has fixed Tuesday, 4 November 2025, as the record date to determine the eligibility of shareholders for the said dividend. The payment of the second interim dividend will be made by 28 November 2025.
Coal India is mainly engaged in mining and production of Coal and also operates Coal washeries. The major consumers of the company are power and steel sectors. Consumers from other sectors include cement, fertilizers, brick kilns.