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Hindustan Zinc Ltd

NSE: HINDZINC BSE: 500188

603.80

(-0.98%)

Mon, 02 Mar 2026, 01:09 am

Hindustan Zinc Analysis

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Hindustan Zinc's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • Hindustan Zinc's dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
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Cons

  • Dividends paid are not well covered by earnings (1x coverage).
  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).

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Pros

  • Hindustan Zinc is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Hindustan Zinc is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Hindustan Zinc is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (1083.6%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 40.6x debt.
  • Hindustan Zinc's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 58.6x coverage).
  • Hindustan Zinc's level of debt (1.5%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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Cons

  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

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Pros

  • The tenure for the Hindustan Zinc board of directors is about average.
  • Sunil's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
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Cons

  • Sunil's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year whilst earnings fell less than 20%.
  • The average tenure for the Hindustan Zinc management team is less than 2 years, this suggests a new team.

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    Cons

    • Hindustan Zinc is not covered by any analysts.
    • Hindustan Zinc has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

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    Pros

    • Hindustan Zinc used its assets more efficiently than the IN Metals and Mining industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
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    Cons

    • Hindustan Zinc's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
    • Hindustan Zinc's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years and the most recent earnings are below average.
    • Hindustan Zinc's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
    • Hindustan Zinc has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
    • Hindustan Zinc's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Metals and Mining industry average.

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    Pros

    • 500188 outperformed the Metals and Mining industry which returned -28.6% over the past year.
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    Cons

    • Hindustan Zinc's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
    • Hindustan Zinc's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
    • Hindustan Zinc is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Metals and Mining industry average.
    • Hindustan Zinc is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Metals and Mining industry average.
    • Hindustan Zinc is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
    • 500188 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
    • BSE:500188 is down -8.3% underperforming the Metals and Mining industry which returned 7.5% over the past month.
    • BSE:500188 is down -8.3% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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