HINDALCO vs VEDL
Side-by-side comparison of Hindalco Industries Ltd. and Vedanta Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Hindalco Industries Ltd.
Metals
Quality Score: 64/100
Vedanta Ltd.
Metals
Quality Score: 63/100
At a glance
| Metric | HINDALCO | VEDL |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 64/100 | 63/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 14.2 | 12.2 |
| Forward P/E | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +5.5% | +23.2% |
| Debt-to-equity | 72.60 | 48.04 |
| Dividend yield | +0.47% | +12.19% |
| 1Y price return | +54.7% | -33.0% |
| From 52w high | -10.3% | -64.9% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 2.28 | 1.86 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
HINDALCO trades at ₹1,049.1, above both its 50-DMA (₹990.88) and 200-DMA (₹942.58), up 54.67% over the trailing 12 months but roughly flat over the last 3 months (-1.21%) and 10.33% below its 52-week high. The stock carries a trailing PE of 14.24x (forward 9.45x) and a mean analyst rating of 2.28 across 29 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive), following a Q1 FY27 net profit that rose 75% YoY to ₹7,013 crore on 32% revenue growth.
Vedanta trades at Rs 278.85, down 32.96% over the past year and 64.92% below its 52-week high, sitting below both its 50-day (283.68) and 200-day (504.94) moving averages. Q1 FY27 net profit rose 72% YoY to Rs 5,473 crore on higher metal prices, and its PE of 12.24 ranks lowest among 6 tracked Metals-sector peers, alongside a dividend yield of 12.19%. Five-year revenue contracted 37.3% even as five-year earnings grew 72.2%, a divergence between top-line and bottom-line trends over the period.
Pros
- ✓Q1 FY27 net profit rose 75% YoY to ₹7,013 crore on 32% revenue growth, reported August 7, 2026.
- ✓Trades at a trailing PE of 14.24x (forward 9.45x), ranking 2nd of 6 tracked Metals peers on both PE and quality score (61/100).
- ✓Stock trades above both its 50-DMA and 200-DMA, up 54.67% over the trailing 12 months.
- ✓News sentiment tilts positive: 7 of 8 tracked recent headlines classified positive and none negative.
- ✓PE of 12.24 (forward 8.67) ranks 1st of 6 tracked Metals-sector peers, the lowest in the group.
- ✓Free cash flow was positive in 4 of the last 5 tracked years, with debt-to-equity at approximately 0.48x on a multi-year trend tagged 'falling'.
- ✓Q1 FY27 net profit rose 72% YoY to Rs 5,473 crore, attributed in coverage to higher metal prices and a weaker rupee; Crisil separately upgraded long-term ratings on Vedanta group companies.
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 1.857 across 9 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Cons
- ✗ROE has not exceeded 15% in any of the tracked years, and the persistence consistency score is 26 out of 100.
- ✗Free cash flow was positive in only 3 of the tracked years despite strong reported revenue and earnings growth.
- ✗Debt-to-equity of 0.73x is on a rising trend, and a newly announced $10 billion multi-year organic growth capex program adds further capital intensity on top of that trajectory.
- ✗ROE and 1-year price-change data are unavailable for all 5 tracked Metals peers, limiting how directly HINDALCO's return profile can be benchmarked against sector peers.
- ✗Stock trades 64.92% below its 52-week high, down 32.96% over the trailing 1 year and 13.76% over the trailing 3 months, and sits below both the 50-DMA (283.68) and 200-DMA (504.94).
- ✗Five-year revenue contracted 37.3% even as five-year earnings grew 72.2%, a divergence that raises a question about how representative the current 23.21% profit margin is of a normalized run rate for this cyclical commodity business.
- ✗Dividend yield of 12.19% is well above typical market levels; combined with a 37.3% five-year revenue contraction, this raises a question about payout durability.
- ✗Current-year ROE is not available in this data set, and most of the 5 tracked Metals-sector peers are missing 1-year price-change and ROE figures, limiting how far the peer comparison can be extended.
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