Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
NSE: ONGCOil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.: A 30-second snapshot
ONGC trades at ₹252.37, down 16.24% over the trailing 3 months and 17.93% below its 52-week high, though still up 8.57% over the trailing 12 months. Trailing PE of 7.55x (forward 5.77x) sits below several Energy peers, alongside a 7.33% dividend yield and a mean analyst rating of 1.93 across 30 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive). Return on equity of 12.7% has not exceeded 15% in any tracked year, with a persistence consistency score of 25/100.
P/E
7.6
Forward P/E
5.8
ROE
+12.7%
Debt / Equity
42.55
Profit Margin
+6.3%
Div. Yield
+7.3%
5Y ROE > 15%
0/5
5Y FCF > 0
4/5
Quality
60/100
News
8 headlines · 6 positive · 0 negative
Delhi high court denies immediate relief to Vedanta against ONGC takeover of oil block - livemint.com
livemint.com
ONGC To Build 1.75 MT Strategic Oil Reserve In Mangalore, Seeks Commercial Use Nod - outlookbusiness.com
outlookbusiness.com
India's ONGC Approves Project to Expand Strategic Crude Reserves - Energy Connects
Energy Connects
India building strategic oil reserves: ONGC board approves plan for 1.75-million-tonne storage capacity - The Times of India
The Times of India
ONGC appoints Anupam Agarwal as CFO and Satyan Kumar as KMP - scanx.trade
scanx.trade
Recent context
- ·Board approved a plan to build 1.75-million-tonne strategic crude oil storage capacity in Mangalore, pending commercial-use approval (Outlook Business, Energy Connects, Times of India; July 10, 2026).
- ·Delhi High Court denied Vedanta immediate relief in its challenge to ONGC's takeover of a contested oil block (Livemint, July 23, 2026).
- ·Anupam Agarwal was appointed CFO and Satyan Kumar named KMP (scanx.trade, June 26, 2026).
Strengths
- +Trailing PE of 7.55x (forward 5.77x) trades below RELIANCE (23.15x) and GAIL (14.76x), and near BPCL (7.74x), within the Energy peer set.
- +Dividend yield of 7.33%, alongside positive free cash flow in 4 of the last 5 tracked years.
- +Mean analyst rating of 1.93 across 30 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
- +News flow skews positive: 6 of 8 tracked items positive, 0 negative, including board approval for a 1.75-million-tonne strategic crude reserve project in Mangalore.
Weaknesses
- −Trading below both the 50-DMA (₹256.70) and 200-DMA (₹256.12), down 16.24% over 3 months and 17.93% below the 52-week high.
- −ROE of 12.7% has not exceeded 15% in any tracked year; persistence consistency score of 25/100, ranking 3rd of 6 Energy peers on ROE.
- −5-year revenue growth of just 1.9% contrasts with 47.8% reported 5-year earnings growth over the same period, a divergence not resolvable from the available dataset.
- −Reported debt-to-equity of 42.548 sits far outside typical ranges seen elsewhere in the Energy sector, raising a possible unit/scale inconsistency in the metric worth independent verification.
Open questions
- ?Does the divergence between 1.9% 5-year revenue growth and 47.8% 5-year earnings growth reflect margin expansion, cost efficiencies, or a low base-year effect?
- ?What explains the reported debt-to-equity of 42.548 relative to sector norms, and does it reflect the metric's units or an underlying capital-structure shift?
- ?Does 0 years of ROE above 15% alongside a consistency score of 25/100 reflect structural sector economics (crude-price cyclicality) or company-specific capital allocation choices?
- ?How might the pending Vedanta oil-block litigation and the new strategic-reserve capex commitment factor into capital allocation alongside a 7.33% dividend yield?
Peer comparison: Energy
Ranks 3 of 6 on quality| Symbol | Name | P/E | ROE | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONGC | Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.You're viewing | 7.6 | +12.7% | 53 |
| Industry avg | across 5 peers | 11.7 | +19.3% | 50 |
| COALINDIA | Coal India Ltd. | 8.5 | +28.1% | 77 |
| BPCL | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. | 7.7 | — | 59 |
| IOC | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. | 4.5 | +21.0% | 49 |
| RELIANCE | Reliance Industries Ltd. | 23.1 | — | 44 |
| GAIL | GAIL (India) Ltd. | 14.8 | +8.7% | 19 |
Technical state
Current price
₹252.37
SMA 50
₹256.70
SMA 200
₹256.12
RSI (14)
57.3 (neutral)
From 52w high
-17.9%
1Y return
+8.6%
3M return
-16.2%
50-DMA
Below
200-DMA
Below
Algorithmic support levels
Algorithmic resistance levels
Risk flags
- mediumONGC trades at ₹252.37, below both its 50-DMA (₹256.70) and 200-DMA (₹256.12); down 16.24% over the trailing 3 months and 17.93% below its 52-week high, though RSI at 57.32 remains neutral and the stock is still up 8.57% over the trailing 12 months.
- mediumReturn on equity of 12.7% has not exceeded 15% in any tracked year (roeYearsAbove15 = 0), with a persistence consistency score of 25/100; the stock ranks 3rd of 6 within the Energy peer set on ROE, behind COALINDIA (28.12%) and IOC (20.97%).
- low1-year price-change data is unavailable for all 5 tracked Energy peers (COALINDIA, RELIANCE, BPCL, GAIL, IOC), leaving relative price-performance ranking within the sector indeterminate from the current dataset.
- lowReported debt-to-equity of 42.548 is far outside typical ranges observed in the Energy sector; this may reflect a units/scale inconsistency in the underlying metric rather than a genuine leverage signal, and is flagged for data-quality review.
Cross-section contradictions
- Mean analyst rating of 1.93 across 30 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive) and 6 of 8 tracked news items carrying positive sentiment sit alongside a 16.24% price decline over the trailing 3 months and price trading below both the 50-DMA and 200-DMA.
- 5-year revenue growth of 1.9% is near-flat while 5-year earnings growth is reported at 47.8% over the same period; whether this reflects margin expansion, a cyclical crude-price effect, or a base-year distortion is not separable from the available data.
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