CPCL share price today

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's share price was ₹1,418.50 at the close on 5 November 2026. It has been rising for 69 weeks. That is 17.0% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹783 and ₹1,573, and at that close it sat 80% 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 Chennai Petroleum Corporation 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 14 weeks in a row.

Over the last 11 years the share price moved +602% while the NIFTY 500 moved +249%, so it is ahead of 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: best operating margin in 16 quarters, highest quarterly profit in 16 quarters and profit up on a year earlier for 5 quarters in a row.

1. Best operating margin in 16 quarters

   Operating margin was 16% in the September 2026 quarter, against 7% a year earlier.

2. Highest quarterly profit in 16 quarters

   Profit of ₹2,247 crore in the September 2026 quarter is the highest of the last 16 quarters.

3. Profit up on a year earlier for 5 quarters in a row

   In the September 2026 quarter profit was ₹2,247 crore, +212.5% on a year earlier.

CPCL paid ₹87 a share in regular dividends in the 12 months to 5 November 2026 (3 payments), a yield of 6.13% at the ₹1,418.50 close on 5 November 2026. The last was an interim dividend of ₹25 a share, ex-date 30 October 2026.

CPCL 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. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd paid out 30% of its profit as dividends in FY26, and it paid a dividend in 8 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), CPCL reported revenue of ₹20,558 crore, up 25.9% from ₹16,327 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹2,247 crore, up 212.5% from ₹719 crore.

CPCL 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).

The newest call in our records is from 24 April 2026, about January to March 2026; a call about these results is not in our records yet.

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

CPCL closed at ₹1,418.50 on 5 November 2026, up 39.6% from ₹1,016.30 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and up 1,062.2% over five years. Its highest weekly close since March 2016 was ₹1,572.90 on 11 September 2026.

CPCL share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices. 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.

565 weekly closes from 4 March 2016 to 5 November 2026.

5 Nov 2026: CPCL closed at ₹1,418.50, down 6.2% on the week and down 4.7% on the month. 30 Oct 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹25 a share.

Earlier

• Results for July to September 2026: Revenue up 25.9% and profit up 212.5% on a year earlier.
• 7 Aug 2026: ex-date for a dividend of ₹54 a share.
• 24 Apr 2026: CPCL held its results call for January to March 2026.
• 2 Apr 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹8 a share.

On the call for January to March 2026, held on 24 April 2026, CPCL's management spoke about the quarter; the main points are below.

“CPCL achieved its highest ever crude throughput of 11.71 MMT at 112% of installed capacity despite a planned month-long shutdown”Management, on the call for January to March 2026

Source: the call transcript.

From the call for January to March 2026, 24 April 2026. The July to September 2026 results are out since, so this part may be out of date until we update it.

CPCL is on 4 of our India lists: Momentum stocks, Dividend stocks, Small & mid cap stocks and Oil & gas stocks.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd earned ₹2,247 Cr of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, +212.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹3,103 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown 15.1% a year on average. That is 10.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹719 Cr.

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

2 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

For the full year, FY26 profit was ₹3,103 Cr (+1,350.0% on the year before).

Why profit moved: revenue changed +25.9% on a year earlier and the margin moved +9.0 percentage points. Most of the change came from keeping more of each sale.

On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +1,695.5% and revenue +32.4%. Profit is growing faster than sales: fixed costs are spread over more sales, so each extra rupee of revenue adds more to profit.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd reported ₹20,558 Cr of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +25.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 2nd quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown 9.4% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹63,148 Cr.

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

The last four reported quarters add to ₹80,427 Cr.

FY26 revenue was ₹63,148 Cr, +7.1% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +32.4% on average, against 9.4% 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 +31.2%, against +11.9% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew +387.4%, against +182.2% a year (accelerating).

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's operating margin was 16.0% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 9.0 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 12 years it has been between −6.0% and 9.0%. The latest quarter is above 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 the margin moved: operating margin changed +8.6 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +7.4 points. So the gain came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged.

Over the last 3 years, 115% of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in ₹2,945 Cr of operating cash against ₹3,103 Cr of profit. After ₹605 Cr of spending on assets, ₹2,340 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 115% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 25 days shorter between FY21 and FY26, so cash that used to wait in the business now arrives sooner.

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.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was 29 days in FY26, down from 54 days in FY21. It spent ₹1,383 Cr on assets over the last 3 years. Customers take 1 days to pay, and stock sits for 53 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 FY26 sales of ₹63,148 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹173 Cr, so roughly ₹5,017 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

FY26: customers took 1 days to pay and stock sat for 53 days, about 1.7 months of sales sitting as stock, for a full cycle of 29 days, shorter than FY21's 54.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0. Stock sits for 53 days. Customers pay about 1 days after that. Suppliers are paid at 25 days. Together that makes the 29-day cycle.

Spending on assets: ₹1,383 Cr over the last 3 years, against ₹1,823 Cr of depreciation (the yearly wear and tear on existing assets). So it is spending about what it takes to replace what wears out, or less. Work still in progress is ₹346 Cr (FY26): 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.

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd's P/E is 3.7×, near the low end of its own history: it has been lower only 25% of the time. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 5.2×, over 10 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.