HCLTECH.NS

HCL Technologies Limited

NSI · Technology

₹1,244.60

-₹13.10 (-1.04%)down -1.04%

24 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

D

Quality score63.4 / 100

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

HCL Technologies Limited earns a D on good profit margins (>10%) and strong ROE (>20%) but high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) and low Sharpe ratio (0.14). Consider alternatives with better risk/reward profiles.

Model stance WEAK HOLD Suggested position 4.0% · ₹400.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Moderate investors, Medium-term investors 4.0% suggested allocation Change these

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

IQ-HCLTECH.NS-20260924engine 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

₹1,030.00

Lowest analyst target

₹1,045.00

Today's price

₹1,244.60

Mean analyst target

₹1,264.46

Highest analyst target

₹1,548.00

52-week high

₹1,780.10

HCLTECH.NS trades 28% of the way up its 52-week range, between ₹1,030.00 and ₹1,780.10. The mean analyst target of ₹1,264.46 is 1.7% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthGood profit margins (>10%); Strong ROE (>20%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 100.023%

Profit margin

12.97%

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

16.88%

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

34.00%

After the cost of goods only

moderateWhat this means

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

A conventional manufacturing or mixed-model range.

Return on equity

24.07%

Profit per unit of shareholder capital

very strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of shareholder capital.

Rare when sustained — check whether debt is flattering it, since borrowing shrinks the equity denominator.

Return on assets

13.31%

Profit per unit of assets

strongWhat this means

Profit generated per unit of everything the company owns.

The assets are working hard.

Debt to equity

7.06

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Current ratio

2.22

Short-term assets over short-term debts

very liquidWhat this means

Short-term assets against short-term obligations.

Plenty of cover, though idle cash earns little.

Quick ratio

2.03

As above, excluding inventory

comfortableWhat this means

Short-term assets excluding inventory, against short-term debts.

Liquid assets exceed short-term obligations.

Revenue growth

3.00%

Year on year

flatWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

Growing slower than a typical economy — the business is mature or under pressure.

Earnings growth

8.40%

Year on year

modestWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Slow profit growth.

Revenue

₹1,477 Cr

Trailing twelve months

Free cash flow

₹181 Cr

Cash left after capital spending

Operating cash flow

₹214 Cr

Cash from the business itself

Payout ratio

93.39%

Dividends as a share of earnings

above earningsWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

The dividend exceeds profit, so it is being funded from cash or debt — rarely sustainable.

Growth & momentumLow Sharpe ratio (0.14) 40.022%

Return, 1 month

-3.00%

Return, 3 months

17.21%

Return, 6 months

-4.57%

Return, year to date

-21.10%

Return, 1 year

-9.87%

Return, 3 years

11.63%

Sharpe ratio

0.14

Return earned per unit of risk

modestWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

Below 1 is the common case; return did not strongly outpace the volatility.

Win rate

49.84%

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

0.02%

Best day

7.71%

Worst day

-10.82%

ValuationHigh PEG ratio (2.39) 40.018%

P/E ratio

19.36

Price against trailing earnings

moderateWhat this means

You pay 19.36 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Roughly the long-run market average band.

Forward P/E

15.53

Price against forecast earnings

moderateWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

A conventional range.

PEG ratio

2.39

P/E adjusted for growth

expensive for the growthWhat this means

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

Above 2 you pay more per unit of growth than the convention treats as reasonable.

Price to book

4.56

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

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

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

227.83

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

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

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

1,203.63

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

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

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

₹3.36 L Cr

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

Shares outstanding

2,70,57,66,714

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

4.77%

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) 75.015%

RSI (14)

43.7

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

-11.68

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

0.28

Positive is bullish

ADX

14.3

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

no clear trendWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Below about 20 the price is ranging rather than trending.

20-day average

₹1,270.92

50-day average

₹1,297.36

200-day average

₹1,332.60

Price vs 50-day

-4.14%

Price vs 200-day

-6.61%

Bollinger upper

₹1,352.58

Bollinger lower

₹1,188.26

Average true range

34.29

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

50.8

Risk4 measured figures 55.012%

Volatility, annualised

25.13%

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

0.00

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

-44.76%

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 viewStrong analyst coverage (39 analysts) 65.010%

Consensus

Hold

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

39

Mean price target

₹1,264.46

Highest target

₹1,548.00

Lowest target

₹1,045.00

Implied upside

1.68%

Target against today's price

limitedWhat this means

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

Little headroom to the consensus target.

Price against the NIFTY 50

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

HCLTECH.NS is 21.7% down over the window, against 9.4% down for the NIFTY 50 — behind by 12.3 points.
HCLTECH.NS -21.7%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.
DateCloseHCLTECH.NS rebasedNIFTY 50 rebased
2026-01-08₹1,588.93100.0100.0
2026-01-30₹1,647.93103.797.9
2026-02-20₹1,395.2787.998.8
2026-03-16₹1,290.4781.390.5
2026-04-09₹1,423.8689.691.9
2026-05-01₹1,187.9874.8—
2026-05-22₹1,152.2472.691.7
2026-06-12₹1,098.3969.291.3
2026-07-03₹1,127.4971.093.8
2026-07-24₹1,271.0080.091.8
2026-08-14₹1,360.0085.694.2
2026-09-04₹1,293.4081.592.4

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 health100.023%23.0
Growth & momentum40.022%8.8
Valuation40.018%7.2
Technical75.015%11.2
Risk55.012%6.6
Analyst view65.010%6.5
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%63.4

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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

D

63.4 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 66 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Shares outstandingValuation2,70,57,66,714Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation227.83Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation4.56Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation2.39Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation19.36Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation15.53Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation1,203.63Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation₹3.36 L CrYahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation4.77%Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical50.8Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical43.7Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical-4.14%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical-6.61%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical0.28Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-11.68Yahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical₹1,352.58Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical₹1,188.26Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical34.29Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical14.3Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical₹1,297.36Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical₹1,332.60Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical₹1,270.92Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk25.13%Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskHighYahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-44.76%Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk0.00Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data8,21,872Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data₹1,257.70Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data₹1,251.00Yahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data0Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data₹1,243.80Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data₹1,263.30Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data32,06,602Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data₹1,030.00Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data₹1,780.10Yahoo Finance
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-10.82%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum49.84%Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum0.14Yahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum-21.10%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum-4.57%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum11.63%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum17.21%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum-9.87%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum-3.00%Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum7.71%Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum0.02%Yahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health3.00%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health₹1,477 CrYahoo Finance
Return on equityFinancial health24.07%Yahoo Finance
Return on assetsFinancial health13.31%Yahoo Finance
Quick ratioFinancial health2.03Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health12.97%Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health93.39%Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health16.88%Yahoo Finance
Operating cash flowFinancial health₹214 CrYahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health34.00%Yahoo Finance
Free cash flowFinancial health₹181 CrYahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health8.40%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health7.06Yahoo Finance
Current ratioFinancial health2.22Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view₹1,264.46Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view₹1,045.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view1.68%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view₹1,548.00Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewHoldYahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view39Yahoo Finance
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