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NATIONALUM

NALCO
Metals & MiningLarge capRs 72,446 crRs 252.2 cr traded a dayMetals
Close on 2026-08-21
394.45
+2.30%
52-week range80% of the way up
200.58441.50
Market cap
72,446 cr
P/E (TTM)
10.7×
industry 18×
EPS (TTM)
36.76
Revenue YoY
+39.3%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
+90.9%
Net margin
37.8%
+10.2pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+44.1pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
+14.0%
Below 52w high
11.9%
RSI (14)
61
Daily swing
3.4%
average true range
Volume
0.7×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 252 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
200300400Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
+4.91%
1 month
+14.00%
3 months
−5.23%
6 months
+9.18%
1 year
+96.70%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence leans constructive5 supporting, 1 against, 1 worth knowing

Supporting

  • trading 9% above its 200-day average
  • up 97% over twelve months
  • revenue grew 39% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30
  • net margin has widened from 33.3% to 37.8% across four quarters
  • priced at 11× earnings against an industry median of 18× — 40% below its peers

Against

  • 1 of the scans it matches has historically underperformed the market

Worth knowing

  • the 8 scans it matches come from only 2 families — one signal wearing several hats rather than several signals
NATIONALUM sits in Metals — worth checking whether the whole group is moving together or whether this name is doing it alone.
What would change this read: a close below 362, its 200-day average.
Assembled automatically from the figures on this page — the scans matched, their measured record, the filed financials, the derivatives positioning and the peer comparison. It is not a recommendation, no one has spoken to the company, and every claim above can be checked against a number further down this page.

How it has performed

price return over each window, measured against zero
+4.9%1W+14.0%1M-5.2%3M+9.2%6M+96.7%1Y

What the scans say today

8 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
NATIONALUM matches 8 of the 47 scans today, across 2 different kinds of evidence. Note how few kinds of evidence that is: several scans in one family are one signal wearing several hats, not several signals.

Valuation against its own history

500 sessions since 2024-09-06
median 11×
18×
now 11×
NATIONALUM trades at 11× trailing earnings, close to its median of 11× over this window. The band runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, so single-day spikes do not set the edges.
This window is short by the standards of valuation history — it begins where four quarters of filed earnings first exist. A stock can look cheap against two years and expensive against ten.

Recent filings

from the exchange, newest first
AGM / EGM filings were typically +0.00pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=4,362) · Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093) · Management filings were typically -0.01pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=1,988)

The business

from the company’s filed results
Everything below is taken from the company’s own quarterly filing with the exchange — the XBRL document it submitted, not a vendor’s summary of it. Figures in rupees crore.
4.0k4.7k5.3k3.8k4.3k4.7k5.0k5.3k26.1%39.2%37.8%Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.

Going for it

  • revenue grew 39% against the same quarter a year earlier
  • profit rose 91% year on year
  • net margin widened from 34.4% to 37.8%
  • revenue rose in 4 of the last 4 quarters

Going against it

  • nothing clear in the filed numbers
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
5,3022,6892,00310.9137.8%
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
5,0132,3111,7229.3834.4%
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
4,7312,1321,5958.6933.7%
Q2 FY26
2025-09-30 · consolidated
4,2921,8951,4307.7933.3%
Q1 FY26
2025-06-30 · consolidated
3,8071,4291,0495.7127.6%
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
5,2682,7602,06711.2639.2%
Quarterly filings are unaudited unless stated. Consolidated figures are used where the company files both. A single quarter is a noisy thing — the trend across the column is worth more than the top row.

Where the price stands

the same figures every scan on this site is computed from
Trend
Distance from the averages traders watch. Above all of them is a bull phase; below the 200-day is the line most investors use to say otherwise.
Versus 50-day average+9.2%
Versus 200-day average+9.0%
Below 52-week high-10.7%
Above 52-week low+96.7%
Momentum
How hard it has been pushed lately. Above 70 on RSI is stretched, below 30 is washed out — neither is a signal on its own.
RSI (14)60.8
Higher closes in last 53 of 5
Six-month return+9.18%
Risk and liquidity
What a position costs to hold and to exit. Position sizing starts with the daily swing, not with conviction.
Typical daily swing (ATR)3.42%
Volume versus 20-day0.7x
Median daily turnoverRs 252.2 cr

Derivatives

near expiry 2026-08-25 · 2026-08-20
Flat
Price barely moved, so the buildup read says little today.
Futures basis versus spot-0.21%
Open interest change-0.4%
Put / call ratio0.61
Put wall (support)360
Call wall (resistance)420
Max pain380
How to read this
Open interest is contracts still open, so a rise means new positions and a fall means positions closing. Combined with price direction that gives the state on the left. The walls are the strikes carrying the most open interest near expiry — levels other people are watching, not levels the price is obliged to respect. A future below spot means sellers are paying to be short.

Peers

Metals & Mining · 22 classified companies
NATIONALUM trades at 10.7× trailing earnings against an industry median of 17.8× across 21 other classified companies in its industry — cheaper than them, by 40%. A multiple is a statement about expectations, not about quality: cheap usually means the market expects less, and it is often right.
CompanyMarket cap (Rs cr)P/E1 month1 yearTurnover (Rs cr)
ADANIENT390,09051.9−0.43%+31.78%273.5
JSWSTEEL315,66311.3+3.76%+23.92%191.8
HINDZINC251,34514.7+12.00%+34.93%267.0
HINDALCO229,54814.0+8.20%+43.42%506.9
TATASTEEL228,28227.3−0.67%+15.54%394.8
JINDALSTEL114,78742.4+8.24%+15.65%92.4
LLOYDSME105,01321.3−3.35%+41.57%106.4
NMDC74,38710.0+2.38%+16.22%156.9
NATIONALUM72,44610.7+14.00%+96.70%252.2
SAIL71,64816.8+7.80%+40.92%254.8
JSL57,79817.8−4.69%−7.87%24.5
HINDCOPPER55,34048.7+16.45%+140.83%505.6
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet

Recent sessions

what this stock has matched since the engine went live
This is the live record, not the backtest — the scans this stock actually appeared in on each stored session. A name that keeps reappearing is in a persistent condition; a one-day appearance usually is not.
SessionScansWhich
2026-08-211Death cross — 50 crossed below 200
2026-08-201Death cross — 50 crossed below 200
2026-08-181Inside bar — quieter than yesterday