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HPL Electric & Power Ltd

NSE: HPL BSE: 540136

330.55

(3.67)%

Wed, 04 Feb 2026, 08:15 pm

Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends paid are thoroughly covered by earnings (24.7x coverage).
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Cons

  • HPL Electric & Power has only been paying a dividend for 3 years, and since then dividends per share have fallen.
  • HPL Electric & Power has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years and during this time payments have been volatile (annual drop of over 20%).
  • HPL Electric & Power's pays a lower dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • HPL Electric & Power's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

health

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Pros

  • HPL Electric & Power is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • HPL Electric & Power is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • HPL Electric & Power is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.8x debt.
  • HPL Electric & Power's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (155.7% vs 76.6% today).
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Cons

  • Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (15.2%, less than 20% of total debt).
  • Interest payments on debt are not well covered by earnings (EBIT is 2.2x annual interest expense, ideally 3x coverage).
  • HPL Electric & Power's level of debt (76.6%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the HPL Electric & Power board of directors is about average.
  • Rishi's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
  • The tenure for the HPL Electric & Power management team is about average.
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Cons

  • Rishi's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.

misc

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Pros

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    Cons

    • HPL Electric & Power is not covered by any analysts.
    • HPL Electric & Power has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

    • HPL Electric & Power's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (16.8% vs -0.2%)
    • HPL Electric & Power has improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
    • HPL Electric & Power's earnings growth has exceeded the IN Electrical industry average in the past year (16.8% vs 11.7%).
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    Cons

    • HPL Electric & Power's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years, however the most recent earnings are above average.
    • HPL Electric & Power used its assets less efficiently than the IN Electrical industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
    • HPL Electric & Power has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).

    value

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    Pros

    • HPL Electric & Power is good value based on assets compared to the IN Electrical industry average.
    • HPL Electric & Power is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Electrical industry average.
    • HPL Electric & Power is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
    • NSEI:HPL is up 20.1% outperforming the Electrical industry which returned 9.3% over the past month.
    • NSEI:HPL is up 20.1% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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    Cons

    • HPL Electric & Power's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
    • HPL Electric & Power's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
    • HPL underperformed the Electrical industry which returned -33.5% over the past year.
    • HPL underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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