GAIL (India) Ltd.
NSE: GAILGAIL (India) Ltd.: A 30-second snapshot
GAIL trades at ₹173.63, up 4.5% over the past year and 6.32% over three months, sitting above both its 50-day (₹172.52) and 200-day (₹165.30) moving averages and 4.8% below its 52-week high. Trailing PE of 11.54x sits above four of five tracked Energy-sector peers, behind only Reliance Industries at 24.15x. Recent tracked news skews positive (7 of 8 items) around a reported near-doubling of quarterly net profit, alongside a mean analyst rating of 1.94 across 31 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
P/E
11.5
Forward P/E
9.5
ROE
—
Debt / Equity
27.81
Profit Margin
+6.7%
Div. Yield
+3.2%
5Y ROE > 15%
0/5
5Y FCF > 0
3/5
Quality
64/100
News
8 headlines · 7 positive · 0 negative
GAIL (India) Limited Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions - simplywall.st
simplywall.st
GAIL Falls 5% Despite Strong Q1 Earnings; Here's What Brokerages Say - NDTV Profit
NDTV Profit
GAIL India's quarterly profit more than doubles on growth in natgas marketing business - Reuters
Reuters
GAIL Awards Key Contract to Magellanic Cloud Subsidiary, Expands into Oil & Gas Vertical - energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com
GAIL (India) enters FTSE4Good Index Series - Indian Chemical News
Indian Chemical News
Recent context
- ·Quarterly net profit was reported to have more than doubled on growth in the natural gas marketing business (Reuters, 2026-07-31).
- ·The stock fell roughly 5% on the day of the Q1 print even though results beat analyst forecasts, per brokerage commentary reported by NDTV Profit (2026-08-03).
- ·GAIL was added to the FTSE4Good Index Series and was reported to have awarded a contract expanding into the oil & gas vertical during the tracked news window (early August 2026).
Strengths
- +Trades above both 50-day (₹172.52) and 200-day (₹165.30) SMAs, up 4.5% over 1 year and 6.32% over 3 months, and only 4.8% below the 52-week high.
- +Quality score of 64 ranks 2nd of 6 tracked Energy-sector peers, with a mean analyst rating of 1.94 across 31 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
- +5-year earnings growth of 97.2% and dividend yield of 3.17%, alongside a low absolute debt-to-equity of 0.28x.
- +7 of 8 tracked news items carry a positive tag, including a reported near-doubling of quarterly net profit and inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series.
Weaknesses
- −Return on equity has not exceeded 15% in any tracked year, and the underlying persistence data shows a consistency score of just 8, with free cash flow positive in only 3 of the tracked years.
- −Debt-to-equity is flagged as rising in the underlying trend data even though the absolute level (0.28x) remains low.
- −Trailing PE of 11.54x ranks 5th of 6 tracked Energy-sector peers, above Coal India (8.22x), BPCL (8.01x), ONGC (6.90x) and Indian Oil (5.86x), and behind only Reliance Industries (24.15x).
- −Current-year ROE is not available in the underlying data, limiting a full read on profitability trend alongside the thin 6.7% trailing profit margin.
Open questions
- ?Does the rising debt-to-equity trend reflect capex tied to the natural gas marketing and oil & gas vertical expansion, or a broader shift in capital structure?
- ?What explains the roughly 5% single-day price decline on an earnings print that beat forecasts and nearly doubled net profit?
- ?Why has return on equity not crossed 15% in any tracked year despite a quality score that ranks 2nd among Energy-sector peers?
- ?How does GAIL's PE of 11.54x, the second-highest among tracked Energy peers, compare with its own longer-term valuation history rather than just the current peer set?
Peer comparison: Energy
Ranks 2 of 6 on qualityTechnical state
Current price
₹173.63
SMA 50
₹172.52
SMA 200
₹165.30
RSI (14)
49.6 (neutral)
From 52w high
-4.8%
1Y return
+4.5%
3M return
+6.3%
50-DMA
Above
200-DMA
Above
Algorithmic support levels
Algorithmic resistance levels
Risk flags
- mediumReturn on equity has not exceeded 15% in any of the tracked years (roeYearsAbove15 = 0), the underlying persistence data shows a consistency score of just 8, free cash flow was positive in only 3 of the tracked years, and debt-to-equity is flagged as rising even though the absolute level of 0.28x remains low.
- lowTrailing PE of 11.54x ranks 5th of 6 tracked Energy-sector peers on relative valuation, above Coal India (8.22x), BPCL (8.01x), ONGC (6.90x) and Indian Oil (5.86x), and behind only Reliance Industries (24.15x).
- low7 of 8 tracked news items carry a positive tag, but coverage is concentrated around a single Q1 earnings event; one tracked headline notes the stock fell roughly 5% on the day of that print even though the results beat analyst forecasts.
- lowCurrent-year return on equity is not available in the underlying fundamental data, limiting a full read on profitability trend alongside the reported 6.7% trailing profit margin.
Cross-section contradictions
- News sentiment over the tracked window is predominantly positive (7 of 8 items) and includes a reported near-doubling of quarterly net profit, yet the stock fell roughly 5% on the day of that earnings print per brokerage commentary, even as the 3-month price change stands at +6.32%.
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