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GAIL (India) Limited

$GAILF·$10B·Regulated Gas·Utilities
$9.24-1.3%YTD-17.5%1Y-14.4%
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GAGAILF
$GAILFGAIL (India) Limited
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $GAILF, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-04

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

GAIL India's Q1 profit more than doubled on natgas marketing — the 36% EPS beat and 12x P/E frame a re-accelerating Indian gas utility.

GAIL (India) Limited (GAILF) is India's largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company operating gas pipelines, LPG production, and petrochemicals. The Q1 print showed profit more than doubling on natural gas marketing business growth.

  • Q1 was a step-change: revenue grew 17% YoY to ₹414B with 15% OM and ₹42.86 EPS beating estimates by 36% — real earnings acceleration from natural-gas marketing business growth, and the 'quarterly profit more than doubles' framing confirms the segment inflection.
  • The 36% Q1 EPS beat reversed a -10% Q4 miss — real inflection signal, meaningful because the reversal marks a genuine cycle-turn from prior-quarter gas-supply pressure.
  • The 12x TTM P/E on 8% TTM OM is real value framing: GAILF trades at 12x TTM earnings — real reasonable multiple for an Indian gas utility, and 1.6% FCF yield plus 0.28x D/E confirms balance-sheet quality.
  • The -15% vs-200 positioning with 2.4x volume multiplier confirms bottoming: GAILF at -15% below 200-day but 2.4x volume — real distributional-to-accumulation transition matching the Q1 beat.

Oct 30 Q2 is the tension breaker. A second consecutive high-30s EPS beat plus concrete natural-gas marketing commentary and any India gas-pipeline expansion update restarts the compounding; a Q2 miss or a soft LNG-price commentary and the setup pauses with the -15% vs-200 as the anchor and 12x P/E as the specific value floor if Indian gas demand softens.

What to watch: Oct 30 Q2 print: a second consecutive high-30s EPS beat plus natural-gas marketing and pipeline-expansion commentary restarts compounding. A miss or soft LNG-price commentary pauses the setup with 12x P/E as the value floor.

On the calendar: 2026-10-30 — Q2 earnings, EPS est $0.25

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

GAIL (India) Limited functions as a leading entity in the natural gas processing and distribution sector, operating both domestically within India and across global markets. Its extensive operations are structured across several key segments, including Transmission Services, Natural Gas Marketing, Petrochemicals, LPG and Other Liquid Hydrocarbons, and other miscellaneous activities. A core focus for the company is the transportation and commercialization of natural gas, which it supplies to a broad spectrum of clients spanning the power generation, fertilizer production, industrial, automotive, petrochemical, as well as residential and business sectors. Beyond natural gas, GAIL's commercial portfolio extends to various other products, including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), propane, pentane, naphtha, mixed fuel oil, polyethylene, and polypropylene. Furthermore, it produces petrochemicals such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), which are marketed under its proprietary G-Lex and G-Lene brands. The company further diversifies its energy interests by generating power from wind and solar installations. It also engages in the chartering of vessels for liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport. A substantial natural gas pipeline network, spanning approximately 14,500 kilometers, is owned and managed by GAIL. Complementing this, its operational facilities comprise five gas processing plants, two petrochemical production sites, ten LPG pumping/receiving stations, and eight natural gas compressor stations. Founded in 1984, GAIL (India) Limited is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Regulated Gas sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $GAILF.

Regulated Gas · Utilities

Rate-case timing and authorized ROE resets are the primary earnings catalyst for regulated gas utilities; capex recovery cycles keep earnings stable but growth modest, with AI data-center gas load providing a nascent demand offset to residential conservation headwinds.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
11.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
7.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
15.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.41$0.19+117.4%
Q1 2026May 21, 2026$0.12$0.13-9.9%
Q4 2025Jan 31, 2026$0.16$0.20-21.6%
Q3 2025Oct 31, 2025$0.03$0.22-84.9%
Next earningsFri, Oct 30·consensus EPS $0.26

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$414.4B+17.4%19.9%14.8%$42.86—
Q4 FY26$355.8B-2.4%15.7%2.8%$13.56$0
Q3 FY26$354.7B-3.7%16.3%4.9%$16.16$0
Q2 FY26$355.4B+4.9%13.4%6.4%$3.00$0

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 22 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.41T$1.28T – $1.53T$75.45$68.64 – $91.1720
FY27$1.49T$1.43T – $1.69T$82.56$75.12 – $99.7711
FY28$1.60T$1.45T – $1.89T$94.66$86.13 – $114.3922
FY29$1.71T$1.59T – $1.99T$106.96$97.32 – $129.2517
FY30$1.93T$1.79T – $2.24T$155.90$141.84 – $188.3911

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.0%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-10.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-15.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 449.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.555-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.ListedOTCListed on an over-the-counter market (PNK / OTCQB / OTCQX), not a major exchange. Lower disclosure requirements and thinner liquidity.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

GAIL (India) Limited (GAILF) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·5d agoGAIL India's quarterly profit more than doubles on growth in natgas marketing businessreuters.com·5d agoIndia's GAIL posts quarterly profit fall on pressured gas supplyreuters.com·76d ago

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