Oil Exploration & Production industry

7 companies · ₹4.0 L cr · 5 with AI deep dives · Q1FY27 report

Brent at ~$104/bbl lifts E&P realisations sector-wide; reservoir decline and gas pipeline gaps cap volumes

Margin pressurerevenue is growing but margin has fallen for 3 quarters to 9.8%
Revenue YoY
+26.8%
EBITDA margin
9.8%
-670bps YoY
Price, 1 year
+17.0%
67% of names up
P/E vs own 5y
+142.8%
30.2x now

Exhibit 1The quarter in numbers

constant panel of 5 companies above ₹500 cr
aggregate revenue (₹ cr)EBITDA margin (right axis)
Revenue
Jun 26
2.18 L cr
Mar 26
1.84 L cr
QoQ
+18.7%
Jun 25
1.72 L cr
YoY
+26.8%
Peak
2.18 L cr
vs peak
0.0%
EBITDA margin
Jun 26
9.8%
Mar 26
15.6%
QoQ
-580bps
Jun 25
16.5%
YoY
-670bps
Peak
17.2%
vs peak
-740bps

Breadth: 100% of 6 companies grew revenue year on year (was 83% a quarter earlier) and 67% expanded margin (was 83%).

Exhibit 2What it costs

9.51x - 77.28x across the panel today

The median name trades at 30.2x, +142.8% against this industry's own 5-year median of 12.4x, and -2.8% against its own peak of 31.1x.

Exhibit 3Structure

₹4.0 L cr

Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd is 73.5% of this industry by market cap. The top 5 are 99% and the top 10 are 100%.

large 2mid 1small 47 above ₹500 cr

Exhibit 4Screen

P/E below the sub-industry median of 30.23x, 5y ROCE above its median of 11.52%, and at least 2 growth triggers stated on the latest earnings call.

Which names clear this screen is premium

The screen runs on stated growth triggers from the latest earnings calls - the same guidance data the stock screener reserves for premium. Premium names every company in this industry that is cheap against its own median and has the triggers behind it.

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Exhibit 5Coverage (7 of 7)

Every company here with a deep dive, topped up by market cap. The rest of the industry is in the appendix.

Mcap
₹3.0 L cr
P/E
6.8x
EV/EBITDA
3.8x
ROCE
10.9%
Margin
17.1%
Rev YoY
+25.7%
Mcap
₹79,387 cr
P/E
9.4x
EV/EBITDA
9.3x
ROCE
12.3%
Margin
31.8%
Rev YoY
+47.3%
Mcap
₹13,679 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
-162.3x
ROCE
28.3%
Margin
-23.3%
Rev YoY
-
Mcap
₹2,389 cr
P/E
92.2x
EV/EBITDA
16.8x
ROCE
1.8%
Margin
31.4%
Rev YoY
+45.2%
Mcap
₹1,526 cr
P/E
76.0x
EV/EBITDA
75.4x
ROCE
10.6%
Margin
73.7%
Rev YoY
+70.7%
Mcap
₹4,123 cr
P/E
27.9x
EV/EBITDA
-
ROCE
15.9%
Margin
58.2%
Rev YoY
+158.7%
Mcap
₹3,315 cr
P/E
-
EV/EBITDA
3701.0x
ROCE
0.1%
Margin
18.5%
Rev YoY
+49.6%

Exhibit 6What managements said

from this industry's latest earnings calls · as of 2026-06-30
tailwindHigh crude realisations (~USD95-100/bbl) driving revenue and margin uplift across the sector3 managements

All three companies with substantive digests reported crude realisations within a narrow USD95-100/bbl band in Q1 FY27, a sharp uplift on prior year (OIL's prior-year comparable…

  • OIL (Q1 FY27): “The standalone operating revenue of Q1 FY27 is INR7,958 crores, which is highest ever…
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Exhibit 7Outlook

The outlook and what resolves next quarter

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