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GAIL (India) Ltd

NSE: GAIL BSE: 532155

161.69

(-1.24%)

Fri, 13 Feb 2026, 06:47 pm

GAIL (India) Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (3.4x coverage).
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be covered by earnings (1.9x coverage).
  • GAIL (India)'s pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • GAIL (India)'s dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
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Cons

  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).

future

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    Cons

    • Cash flow for GAIL (India) is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • GAIL (India)'s earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is not considered high growth.
    • GAIL (India)'s earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is below the India market average.
    • GAIL (India)'s earnings are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is below the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
    • GAIL (India)'s earnings are expected to decrease over the next year.
    • GAIL (India)'s net income is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • GAIL (India) is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
    • Performance (ROE) is not expected to exceed the current IN Gas Utilities industry average.
    • A decline in GAIL (India)'s performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
    • GAIL (India)'s revenue is expected to decrease over the next 2 years.
    • GAIL (India)'s revenue is expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is not considered high growth.
    • GAIL (India)'s revenues are expected to decrease over the next 1-3 years, this is below the India market average.

    health

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    Pros

    • GAIL (India) is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • GAIL (India) is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • GAIL (India) is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (522.3%, greater than 20% of total debt).
    • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 6.7x debt.
    • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (51.8% vs 3.5% today).
    • GAIL (India) earns more interest than it pays, coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
    • GAIL (India)'s level of debt (3.5%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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    Cons

    • GAIL (India)'s long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
    • High level of physical assets or inventory.

    management

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    Pros

    • Manoj's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
    • The tenure for the GAIL (India) management team is about average.
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    Cons

    • The average tenure for the GAIL (India) board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.

    misc

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • GAIL (India) has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

      • GAIL (India)'s year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
      • GAIL (India) has improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
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      Cons

      • GAIL (India)'s 1-year earnings growth is less than its 5-year average (1.7% vs 19.5%)
      • GAIL (India) used its assets less efficiently than the IN Gas Utilities industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
      • GAIL (India) has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
      • GAIL (India)'s earnings growth has not exceeded the IN Gas Utilities industry average in the past year (1.7% vs 59.5%).

      value

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      Pros

      • GAIL (India) is good value based on assets compared to the IN Gas Utilities industry average.
      • GAIL (India) is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Gas Utilities industry average.
      • GAIL (India) is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
      • BSE:532155 is up 13.6% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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      Cons

      • GAIL (India)'s share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • GAIL (India)'s share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • GAIL (India) earnings are not expected to grow next year, we can't assess if its growth is good value.
      • 532155 underperformed the Gas Utilities industry which returned -4.1% over the past year.
      • 532155 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
      • BSE:532155 is up 13.6% underperforming the Gas Utilities industry which returned 15.1% over the past month.

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