COALINDIA.NS

Coal India Limited

NSI · Energy

₹422.00

-₹3.55 (-0.60%)down -0.60%

25 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

C

Quality score77.0 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Coal India Limited earns a C on good profit margins (>10%) and strong revenue growth (>20%) but high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0). Good investment opportunity with solid fundamentals.

Model stance BUY Suggested position 8.0% · ₹800.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Moderate investors, Medium-term investors 8.0% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in rupees.

IQ-COALINDIA.NS-20260925engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

52-week low

₹370.60

Lowest analyst target

₹370.00

Today's price

₹422.00

Mean analyst target

₹469.92

52-week high

₹491.25

Highest analyst target

₹550.00

COALINDIA.NS trades 43% of the way up its 52-week range, between ₹370.60 and ₹491.25. The mean analyst target of ₹469.92 is 11.1% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthGood profit margins (>10%); Strong revenue growth (>20%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 60.023%

Profit margin

18.14%

Net profit per unit of revenue

healthyWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

A comfortable buffer between revenue and costs.

Operating margin

21.11%

Before interest and tax

healthyWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

The operations themselves are comfortably profitable.

Gross margin

74.76%

After the cost of goods only

highWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Little marginal cost per sale, which is what lets software and pharma fund heavy R&D.

Debt to equity

11.63

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Revenue growth

45.10%

Year on year

fast-growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Rapid growth, though the question is always how long it can hold.

Earnings growth

1.20%

Year on year

modestWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Slow profit growth.

Revenue

₹1.72 L Cr

Trailing twelve months

Payout ratio

52.23%

Dividends as a share of earnings

highWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

Most of the profit goes out of the door, leaving less to reinvest.

Growth & momentum11 measured figures 75.022%

Return, 1 month

6.84%

Return, 3 months

-1.37%

Return, 6 months

-3.86%

Return, year to date

9.57%

Return, 1 year

14.72%

Return, 3 years

90.17%

Sharpe ratio

1.04

Return earned per unit of risk

strongWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Above 1 the return has been generous relative to the swings involved.

Win rate

52.34%

Share of days that closed up

about evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

Close to a coin flip, which is the norm — returns come from the size of moves, not their count.

Average daily return

0.12%

Best day

8.99%

Worst day

-13.75%

ValuationAttractive P/E ratio (8.3); Attractive PEG ratio (0.87) 100.018%

P/E ratio

8.35

Price against trailing earnings

lowWhat this means

You pay 8.35 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Below about 10 is cheap on earnings — usually a sign the market expects trouble, so it is a question to answer rather than a bargain to grab.

Forward P/E

7.47

Price against forecast earnings

lowWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

The market expects little growth, or doubts the forecast.

PEG ratio

0.87

P/E adjusted for growth

cheap for the growthWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Under 1 is the classic Peter Lynch marker for growth you are not paying full price for.

Price to book

2.18

Price against balance-sheet equity

normalWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

A typical range for an established company.

Price to sales

1.51

Price against revenue

moderateWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

A common range for a profitable, growing business.

EV / EBITDA

5.35

Whole-company value against cash earnings

lowWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Cheap on cash earnings — the figure buyers of whole companies watch most.

Enterprise value

₹2.19 L Cr

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

6,16,27,28,327

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

4.95%

Annual dividend against price

meaningfulWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

A substantial part of the total return arrives as income.

TechnicalRSI in healthy range (30-70); MACD bullish (positive histogram) 95.015%

RSI (14)

55.0

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

3.58

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

0.21

Positive is bullish

ADX

23.2

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

trendingWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Above 25 is conventionally read as a genuine trend in force.

20-day average

₹417.28

50-day average

₹411.07

200-day average

₹422.25

Price vs 50-day

2.66%

Price vs 200-day

-0.06%

Bollinger upper

₹438.25

Bollinger lower

₹396.31

Average true range

7.73

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

46.3

Risk4 measured figures 45.012%

Volatility, annualised

28.37%

How far it swings in a year

normalWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

A typical range for an individual share.

Beta

-0.05

Moves against the wider market

steadier than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Tends to move less than the index, in both directions.

Maximum drawdown

-30.84%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

significantWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A serious decline, though not unusual over a multi-year window.

Risk category

High

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Strong analyst coverage (24 analysts) 90.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

24

Mean price target

₹469.92

Highest target

₹550.00

Lowest target

₹370.00

Implied upside

11.12%

Target against today's price

meaningfulWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

Analysts see real room above today's price.

Price against the NIFTY 50

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

COALINDIA.NS is 3.2% up over the window, against 9.4% down for the NIFTY 50 — ahead by 12.6 points.
COALINDIA.NS +3.2%NIFTY 50 -9.4%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-08, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseCOALINDIA.NS rebasedNIFTY 50 rebased
2026-01-08₹409.99100.0100.0
2026-01-30₹424.90103.697.9
2026-02-20₹413.74100.998.8
2026-03-16₹449.55109.790.5
2026-04-09₹443.51108.291.9
2026-05-01₹469.16114.7—
2026-05-22₹445.90108.891.7
2026-06-12₹432.18105.791.3
2026-07-03₹428.51104.593.8
2026-07-24₹416.49101.891.8
2026-08-14₹402.0198.394.2
2026-09-04₹415.35101.692.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health60.023%13.8
Growth & momentum75.022%16.5
Valuation100.018%18.0
Technical95.015%14.2
Risk45.012%5.4
Analyst view90.010%9.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%77.0

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ModelThe emphasis
IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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These are IQInvest's own weights, totalling 100%.

Your grade

C

77.0 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 60 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-13.75%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum52.34%Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data35,64,916Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk28.37%Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical46.3Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum1.04Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation6,16,27,28,327Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical55.0Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskHighYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health45.10%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health₹1.72 L CrYahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum9.57%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum-3.86%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum90.17%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-1.37%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum14.72%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum6.84%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health18.14%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical2.66%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical-0.06%Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation1.51Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation2.18Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data₹425.55Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation0.87Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health52.23%Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation8.35Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health21.11%Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data₹422.00Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view₹469.92Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-30.84%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical0.21Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical3.58Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view₹370.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view11.12%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view₹550.00Yahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health74.76%Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation7.47Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation5.35Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation₹2.19 L CrYahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data2,12,066Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health1.20%Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation4.95%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health11.63Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data₹419.80Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data₹424.85Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical₹438.25Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical₹396.31Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk-0.05Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum8.99%Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data80,52,243Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical7.73Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.12%Yahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view24Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical23.2Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data₹370.60Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data₹491.25Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical₹411.07Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical₹422.25Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical₹417.28Yahoo Finance
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