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Reliance Industries Limited

RIGD.L
55
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Energy
Price
55.40 GBp
-0.10 (-0.18%)
Market Cap
£187.42B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
55
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Share count falling — buybacks

74.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.34B (2022) → 845.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Reliance Industries is one of India's largest companies, operating across energy, retail, and telecommunications. Its core businesses include oil refining, petrochemicals, a massive retail chain across India, and Jio, a telecom network with hundreds of millions of mobile subscribers. The company is headquartered in Mumbai and is controlled by the Ambani family.

Reliance makes money in several ways: selling refined fuel and chemicals to industrial and commercial customers, earning subscription and data fees through Jio, and generating retail sales across grocery, fashion, and electronics stores. It operates almost entirely within India, though its refining complex at Jamnagar is one of the largest in the world, giving it a cost advantage in processing crude oil. The key growth drivers are continued expansion of Jio's digital services and the buildout of its retail network, while a major risk is that heavy capital spending across all three divisions keeps returns on invested capital relatively low.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+249.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

₹0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

51.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

₹0 cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Reliance Industries Limited is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
26.8%
Modest — 26.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
10.5%
Modest — 10.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.7%
Below par — 9.7% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+15.0%
Fast-growing sales (+15.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+131.2%
Earnings growing fast (+131.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.41
Conservative — low debt load (0.41)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.39x
Adequate interest coverage (4.4x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.8x
Growth-priced — P/E 23.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.8 → 17.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.45%
Small dividend — 0.45% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-80.4%
Dividend cut (-80.4% YoY) — warning sign

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