Castrol India share price today

Castrol India Ltd's share price was ₹194.21 at the close on 5 November 2026. It has been rising for 4 weeks. That is 2.1% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹175 and ₹202, and at that close it sat 72% of the way up from that low.

A share price tends to move through four phases: moving sideways (stage 1), rising (stage 2), stalling near a high (stage 3) and falling (stage 4). Today Castrol India Ltd is in stage 2. The phase helps read everything below.

Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the NIFTY 500, and it has stayed ahead for 11 weeks in a row.

Over the last 11 years the share price moved +3% while the NIFTY 500 moved +251%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week.

This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row.

Three changes stood out: revenue up on a year earlier for 12 quarters in a row (every quarter we can compare), lowest operating margin in 16 quarters and profit fell in the September 2026 quarter.

1. Revenue up on a year earlier for 12 quarters in a row (every quarter we can compare)

   In the September 2026 quarter revenue was ₹1,735 crore, +27.3% on a year earlier.

   Why: Revenue rose because the company kept its market share across categories and its industrial business sold more, helped by new customers and local products.

   Next results: check if rural and industrial businesses grow faster than the market, as management expects.

   From the earnings call on 26 Oct 2026.

2. Lowest operating margin in 16 quarters

   Operating margin was 15% in the September 2026 quarter, against 24% a year earlier.

3. Profit fell in the September 2026 quarter

   Profit was ₹176 crore, -22.8% on a year earlier (₹228 crore), after 2 quarters of growth.

   Why: Profit fell because raw material costs and currency moves squeezed margins, even though revenue rose and early price increases only partly helped.

   Next results: check the fourth quarter global contract rebate and whether cost increases are being passed to customers.

   From the earnings call on 26 Oct 2026.

Castrol India paid ₹11.50 a share in regular dividends in the 12 months to 5 November 2026 (2 payments), a yield of 5.92% at the ₹194.21 close on 5 November 2026. The last was an interim dividend of ₹6.25 a share, ex-date 11 August 2026.

Castrol India dividends since 1 April 2021

Amounts as the company declared them on the NSE. A dividend goes to whoever owns the shares before the ex-date.

Yes. Castrol India Ltd paid out 91% of its profit as dividends in FY25, and it paid a dividend in each of its last 12 reported years.

From the NSE corporate-actions record, read 5 November 2026.

For July to September 2026 (the quarter ended 30 September 2026), Castrol India reported revenue of ₹1,735 crore, up 27.3% from ₹1,363 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹176 crore, down 22.8% from ₹228 crore.

Castrol India results: July to September 2026 against a year earlier

The next results, for October to December 2026, are due by 14 February 2027: listed companies must publish quarterly results within 45 days of the quarter's end (60 days for the January to March quarter).

Castrol India's management discussed these results on a call held on 26 October 2026; what it said is further down this page.

From the company's reported quarterly results (quarter ended 30 September 2026). Revenue and profit in ₹ crore.

Castrol India closed at ₹194.21 on 5 November 2026, up 1.6% from ₹191.10 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and up 37.7% over five years. Its highest weekly close since March 2016 was ₹266.30 on 23 August 2024.

Castrol India share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices, adjusted for splits and bonuses so every price is on today’s share count. Each change is the move from that price to the 5 Nov 2026 close. A day's intraday high or low can go beyond these weekly closes.

563 weekly closes from 11 March 2016 to 5 November 2026.

5 Nov 2026: Castrol India closed at ₹194.21, up 3.3% on the week and down 0.3% on the month. 26 Oct 2026: Castrol India held its results call for July to September 2026. Management guided: Overall volumes may remain soft in the short to medium term.

Earlier

• Our read, 10 Oct 2026: Reported growth improved in the latest quarter, with operating profit rising faster than sales.,Management attributes profitability partly to older inventory and expects delayed input inflation to follow, so the margin improvement is not wholly repeatable.,Premium products and industrial customer additions provide operating possibilities; inconsistent disclosure and unresolved transaction timing limit confidence.
• Results for July to September 2026: Revenue up 27.3% and profit down 22.8% on a year earlier.
• 11 Aug 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹6.25 a share.
• 23 Mar 2026: ex-date for a dividend of ₹5.25 a share.

Our read of the business

Reported growth improved in the latest quarter, with operating profit rising faster than sales.,Management attributes profitability partly to older inventory and expects delayed input inflation to follow, so the margin improvement is not wholly repeatable.,Premium products and industrial customer additions provide operating possibilities; inconsistent disclosure and unresolved transaction timing limit confidence.

April to June 2026: Reported acceleration needs reconciliation with inventory timing and the call summary.

Our read after the April to June 2026 results, written 10 October 2026. The July to September 2026 results are out since, so this part may be out of date until we update it.

On the call for July to September 2026, held on 26 October 2026, Castrol India's management guided: Overall volumes may remain soft in the short to medium term.

“Our long-term ambition is to evolve from a lubricants company to a broader mobility solutions and maintenance partner.”Saugata Basu Ray, on the call for July to September 2026

What management guided

• Rural and industrial businesses expected to grow ahead of the market.
• Industrial margin expected to remain above its year-earlier level.
• Medium-term operating margin profile expected to remain outside the goal range amid continuing volatility.
• Longer-term operating margin objective of 21% to 24%.

Management’s own plans and goals, from our notes of the call. A plan is not a result.

Source: the call transcript.

From the call for July to September 2026, 26 October 2026.

The changes showing up in Castrol India's own numbers are market share gains. It is too early to say whether they last.

We check 16 kinds of change in every company, such as costs spread over more sales, higher-value products, new orders, new regions or falling debt, against its reported numbers and what management said on its calls. Only changes the numbers back are shown.

Checked against results and calls up to April to June 2026, 10 October 2026. The July to September 2026 results are out since, so this part may be out of date until we update it.

A reconciled subsequent result showing that accepted price increases failed to protect operating profit as input costs rose, alongside weakening core sales, would break the thesis.

Each change stops working if

• Pricing and cost recovery: Input inflation reaches costs before accepted pricing and savings compensate, or price increases cause enough volume loss to reduce operating profit.
• Synthetic portfolio adoption: Synthetic launches fail to increase realized mix or promotional spending absorbs the incremental gross profit.
• Industrial customer additions and localization: Industrial growth slows or lower-margin revenue displaces automotive profit without sufficient absolute profit contribution.

The main risks

• : Inventory timing can flatter profit before replacement-cost inflation arrives. ⚠ estimate
• : The latest call summary does not reconcile with the newest Screener result. ⚠ estimate
• : Industrial sales growth can dilute the average margin. ⚠ estimate
• : Historical cash conversion does not resolve current inventory cash needs. ⚠ estimate

Our read after the April to June 2026 results, written 10 October 2026. The July to September 2026 results are out since, so this part may be out of date until we update it.

When Castrol India reports October to December 2026, these are the 5 checks that show whether the story is still on course. First: The Sep 2026 call gives a volume growth figure above the industry's, after the price increases, with gross margin not below the Sep 2025 level of 49.82%.

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Castrol India Ltd earned ₹176 Cr of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, −22.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹950 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown 4.4% a year on average. That is 10.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹228 Cr.

Net profit is what is left after every cost, interest and tax. Earnings per share, dividends and book value all grow from it.

For the full year, FY25 profit was ₹950 Cr (+2.5% on the year before).

Why profit moved: revenue changed +27.3% on a year earlier and the margin moved −9.0 percentage points. Sales did the work while the margin got thinner.

On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +3.5% and revenue +16.8%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth.

FY26-Q4. Sales growth outpaced profit as operating margin compressed

FY27-Q1. Reported acceleration needs reconciliation with inventory timing and the call summary

Why-sources: our stock research file (10 October 2026) and the company’s own results for those quarters.

Castrol India Ltd reported ₹1,735 Cr of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +27.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 12th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown 5.7% a year on average. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹5,722 Cr.

Revenue is everything the company billed its customers in the period.

The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,591 Cr.

FY25 revenue was ₹5,722 Cr, +6.7% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +16.8% on average, against 5.7% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing faster than its own long-run rate.

Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +16.9%, against +11.8% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew +3.6%, against +6.2% a year (stabilising).

FY26-Q4. Sales growth outpaced profit as operating margin compressed

FY27-Q1. Reported acceleration needs reconciliation with inventory timing and the call summary

Why-sources: our stock research file (10 October 2026) and the company’s own results for those quarters.

Castrol India Ltd's operating margin was 15.0% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 9.0 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 12 years it has been between 21.0% and 30.0%. The latest quarter is below every full year in that period.

Operating margin is what is left from every ₹100 of sales after the costs of running the business, before interest and tax. It shows pricing power and cost control.

Why this happened. The Input Cost Pass-Through Test separates pricing announcements from retained profit. Management reports pricing offsets and structural cost work, but realized price, volume elasticity and competitors' response are not quantified. The inventory benefit has already contributed; only subsequent profit after replacement-cost inflation can establish the remaining benefit. This overlaps with volume and mix effects and should be counted as one profit bridge.

Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −8.6 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed −13.3 points. So the drop came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged.

FY26-Q4. Sales growth outpaced profit as operating margin compressed

FY27-Q1. Reported acceleration needs reconciliation with inventory timing and the call summary

Why-sources: our stock research file (10 October 2026) and the company’s own results for those quarters.

Over the last 3 years, 109% of Castrol India Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY25 it brought in ₹1,090 Cr of operating cash against ₹950 Cr of profit. After ₹128 Cr of spending on assets, ₹962 Cr was left over as free cash.

The profit and loss account shows what was earned. The cash-flow statement shows the cash that actually came in. Comparing operating cash flow with profit is one of the best checks that a profit is real.

Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year.

Why 109% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 30 days longer between FY20 and FY25, so more of each rupee of profit waits in the business before it arrives.

What to look at next: no single use of cash stands out. The next section checks both the cash tied up in daily operations and the spending on assets.

Castrol India Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was 0 days in FY25, up from −30 days in FY20. It spent ₹377 Cr on assets over the last 3 years. Customers take 30 days to pay, and stock sits for 68 days on average.

Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid. Debtor days: how long customers take to pay. Inventory days: how long stock sits. The cash cycle: the whole loop, in days of sales.

At FY25 sales of ₹5,722 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹15.7 Cr, so roughly ₹0.0 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

FY25: customers took 30 days to pay and stock sat for 68 days, about 2.2 months of sales sitting as stock, for a full cycle of 0 days, longer than FY20's −30.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0. Stock sits for 68 days. Customers pay about 30 days after that. Suppliers are paid at 98 days. Together that makes the 0-day cycle.

Spending on assets: ₹377 Cr over the last 3 years, against ₹293 Cr of depreciation (the yearly wear and tear on existing assets). So it is building a little beyond replacing what wears out. Work still in progress is ₹72.0 Cr (FY25): assets paid for that are not earning yet.

In short: neither the daily cycle nor new spending is soaking up the cash, so the picture is fairly clean.

Castrol India Ltd's P/E is 18.7×, in the middle of its own history: higher than 42% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 19.9×, over 11 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth.

P/E is the share price divided by a year's profit per share: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee of yearly profit.

The P/E here, and its history, use a profit figure that can leave out one-off items, so it can differ from a P/E worked out on the quarterly results. Those results' earnings per share for the four quarters to Sep 2026 add up to ₹10.22.