SYNOPSIS: Hindustan Copper reported Q2 FY26 revenue of Rs. 718 crore, up 39 percent QoQ and 38 percent YoY, with net profit rising 83 percent YoY to Rs. 186 crore. EBITDA surged 86 percent YoY, with margins expanding to 39.3 percent.
During Tuesday’s trading session, shares of a company primarily engaged in the business of mining and processing of copper ore surged nearly 8 percent on BSE, after reporting Q2 FY26 financial results with a rise in net profit by around 38 percent QoQ and 83 percent YoY.
With a market cap of Rs. 34,817.7 crores, shares of Hindustan Copper Limited closed in the green at Rs. 360.05 on BSE, up by around 6.5 percent, as against its previous closing price of Rs. 337.95.
The stock has delivered positive returns of more than 30 percent in one year, and has gained by nearly 5 percent in the last one month.
What’s the News:
Hindustan Copper Limited announced the financial results for the second quarter of FY26 on Tuesday during market hours, as per the latest regulatory filings with the stock exchanges.
For Q2 FY26, the company posted a consolidated revenue from operations of Rs. 718 crores, reflecting a sequential rise of around 39 percent QoQ compared to Rs. 516.4 crores in Q1 FY26, and a year-on-year increase of more than 38 percent from Rs. 518.2 crores recorded in Q2 FY25.
During the same period, Hindustan Copper’s net profit stood at Rs. 186 crores, representing an increase of nearly 38 percent QoQ from Rs. 134.3 crores, as well as a significant growth of around 83 percent YoY from Rs. 101.7 crores.
Further, operating income, or EBITDA, increased by 86.3 percent YoY to Rs. 282.12 crore, with EBITDA margins expanding to 39.3 percent from 29.2 percent reported in the quarter ended September 2024.
Hindustan Copper Limited, a Miniratna Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India (GoI) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Mines, is engaged in the business of exploration, exploitation, and mining of copper, along with minerals beneficiation, smelting and refining operations. Its primary business involves mining and processing copper ore into Metal-In-Concentrate (MIC).
HCL operates major copper mines and concentrator plants at the Malanjkhand Copper Project (MCP) in Madhya Pradesh, Khetri Copper Complex (KCC) in Rajasthan, and the Indian Copper Complex (ICC) in Ghatsila, Jharkhand. It also has smelting and refining facilities at ICC and the Gujarat Copper Project in Gujarat (GCP) for the production of copper cathode. These cathodes are further processed into copper wire rod at the Taloja Copper Project (TCP) in Maharashtra.
Written by Shivani Singh
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