Coal India shares rise 2.4% amid senior management change and higher coal production in August

Coal India, a Maharatna PSU traded in the green on Wednesday, with the stock up 2.59% at ₹389.95 during intraday trade. The move placed the shares among the top gainers on the Nifty 50 index.

Coal India announced a 9.4% YoY increase in the coal production for August 2025, recording 50.4 million tonnes against 46.1 million tonnes in the same month last year.

The company’s offtake for the month has increased 7.6%, reaching 56.7 million tonnes as compared to 52.7 million tonnes in August 2024, as per the provisional data mentioned in the exchange filing.

On September 2, 2025, the company announced a change in senior management. The disclosure was made under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

“Pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI LoDR 2015 dated 11th November 2024, kindly note that Shri Anand has joined as Executive Director (Mining/Production) upon his promotion & has become Senior Management Personnel (Executive Director- One level below the Board) of Coal India Limited. A brief profile of the official is given in Annexure,” the company said in an exchange filing.

The counter began the day at ₹380.95, up from the previous close of ₹380.10. The stock climbed further to touch an intraday high of ₹393.30. The company’s market capitalisation stands at ₹2,40,099.90 crore as on September 3.

Shares of Coal India settled to close 2.47% higher at ₹389.50 apiece on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Over the last five days, shares of Coal India have soared 5.33%. Data show that in the past month, the scrip has jumped nearly 3.92%, 8.06% in the past six months.

On the other hand, the stock rose by around 0.78% on a YTD basis.

The stock had touched its 52-week high of ₹529 on September 2, 2024 and its 52-week low of ₹349.25 on February 17, 2025.

Coal India Limited reported a 20% year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The net profit stood at ₹8,743 crore, compared to ₹10,959 crore in the same period last year.

The company’s revenue from operations fell 4% YoY to ₹35,842 crore, as against ₹37,504 crore a year ago. EBITDA for the quarter came in at ₹12,521 crore, down 13% from ₹14,338 crore last year. EBITDA margin slipped to 35% from 38% in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, reflecting a 330 basis points drop.

The margin contraction was largely due to a rise in total expenses, which increased 2% YoY to ₹25,893 crore from ₹25,327 crore last year. In the first quarter, Coal India reported a total income of ₹37,458 crore, down from ₹39,388.47 crore in the year-ago quarter.

As per the company filing, its sales fell to ₹31,880 crore from ₹33,170 crore in the April-June quarter of FY25. The company’s expenses also inched up to ₹25,893 crore against ₹25,327 crore in the same period a year ago. Depreciation for the quarter stood at ₹2,307 crore, up 18% from ₹1,952 crore last year.

Interest and finance costs rose 27% YoY to ₹265 crore, against ₹209 crore in the corresponding period. The company's board of directors declared the first interim dividend for FY26 at ₹5.50 per equity share on the face value of ₹10 as recommended by the Audit Committee of CIL at its meeting held on the date.