Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited share price

Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited manufactures and markets paper and paperboards in India and internationally. It operates in the Paper & Paper Board and Energy segments. The company provides printing and writing paper, such as premium office paper, copier paper, coated and uncoated multi-layer boards for packaging, as well as packaging boards; and generates power through turbogenerators and windmills. It also manufactures and sells cement. The company serves dealers, government agencies, public sector undertakings, educational institutions, publishing, education, food processing, textiles, pharmaceuticals, construction, and real estate. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is bas…Read more

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Basic MaterialsPaper & Paper ProductsNSE: TNPLISIN INE107A01015

16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST₹139.23▲ 0.97 (0.70%)

Market Cap₹ 964 Cr.
Current Price₹ 139.23
High / Low₹ 167 / 122
Stock P/E3.7
Book Value₹ 335
Dividend Yield2.89 %
ROCE6.3 %
ROE11.30 %
Face Value₹ 10.0

More figures (10)

EPS (TTM)₹ 37.70
Price / Book0.42
OPM4.5 %
Debt / Equity0.70
Sales growth (5Y)10.9 %
Profit growth (5Y)—
Promoter holding49.4 %
EV / EBITDA5.2
Beta0.00
All-time high₹ 499

Price chart

Price on NSE 50 DMA 200 DMA Volume

Returns	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3Y CAGR	5Y CAGR
TNPL	-8.46%	-4.17%	-1.15%	-3.02%	-9.67%	-22.11%	-0.05%
Nifty 50	-0.31%	-3.85%	-4.34%	-11.42%	-9.53%	+5.46%	+4.76%

Price returns only (dividends not included). Prices from NSE via Yahoo Finance; may be delayed.

Quick take

Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited is in the Paper & Paper Products industry (Basic Materials), with a market value of ₹964 crore.
It trades at 3.7 times its last 12 months' earnings and 0.4 times book value.
Revenue grew 10.9% a year over the last 5 years.
Return on equity was 11.3% and return on capital employed 6.3% in the latest year.
Debt was 0.70 times shareholders' equity.
The share price is 16.5% below its 52-week high and down 9.7% over one year.
Promoters and insiders hold about 49.4%; institutions about 6.8%.

Pros

Trades at 3.7 times earnings, below its 3-year median of 9.5.

Cons

Return on equity has been low: 7.3% on average over the last 3 years.
Interest cover is thin: operating earnings are 1.4 times the interest cost.
Profit growth has been weak: -13.9% a year over the last 3 years.
Other income makes up 110% of profit before tax.
Institutional (FII + DII) holding has fallen by 5.6 points over 3 years.

Pros and cons are generated automatically from the reported figures. They are observations, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

AI analysis

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About Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited

Employees: 2,757
Head office: Chennai

Basic MaterialsPaper & Paper Products

S.No.	Company	CMP ₹	P/E	Mar Cap ₹ Cr	Div Yld %	NP Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Profit Var %	Sales Qtr ₹ Cr	Qtr Sales Var %	ROCE %	ROE %	P/B	OPM %	Debt / Eq	Prom. Hold. %	Sales ₹ Cr	Sales Var 3Yrs %
1.	Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers	139.23	3.7	964	2.89	6	—	1,147	0.40	6.3	11.3	0.42	4.5	0.70	49.41	4,645	10.9
2.	Pudumjee Paper Products	97.29	10.1	924	0.61	34	-6.95	203	3.29	16.4	14.9	1.38	13.5	0.06	73.00	808	2.1
3.	Pakka	72.27	49.8	344	0.00	6	—	117	42.97	2.6	1.4	0.70	4.7	0.99	40.84	356	-4.4
4.	Genus Paper & Boards	10.32	18.8	265	0.00	3	430.73	238	11.47	6.3	2.9	0.53	5.9	0.87	69.33	863	9.2
5.	Star Paper Mills	166.49	8.4	260	1.50	11	-14.08	103	2.28	4.5	4.7	0.37	3.7	0.01	63.92	410	-5.7
	Median: 5 Co.	97.29	10.1	344	0.61	6	-6.95	203	3.29	6.3	4.7	0.53	4.7	0.70	63.92	808	2.1

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Quarterly Results

Standalone figures in ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	1,263	958	1,241	1,231	1,119	915	1,126	1,337	1,142	1,110	1,121	1,272	1,147
YOY Sales Growth %				-13.74%	-11.39%	-4.55%	-9.28%	8.58%	2.08%	21.38%	-0.41%	-4.88%	0.40%
	949	801	1,104	1,069	969	790	1,071	1,234	1,041	987	1,005	1,131	1,032
Material Cost %	37%	39%	49%	47%	47%	40%	55%	56%	52%	48%	52%	51%	47%
Employee Cost %	7%	10%	12%	11%	10%	12%	11%	9%	11%	10%	11%	10%	11%
Other Expenses %	31%	35%	28%	29%	30%	34%	29%	28%	28%	30%	27%	27%	32%
Operating Profit	314	157	137	162	150	125	55	103	101	123	116	141	115
OPM %	25%	16%	11%	13%	13%	14%	5%	8%	9%	11%	10%	11%	10%
Other Income	11	20	19	20	11	13	11	57	12	18	25	20	14
Interest	55	58	57	53	53	57	54	52	48	50	50	45	43
Depreciation	70	71	75	75	74	76	76	77	77	78	79	78	78
Profit before tax	200	48	23	53	34	5	-65	31	-12	13	12	38	8
	36%	37%	30%	38%	36%	49%		28%		37%	43%	-537%	25%
Current tax	41	-2	3	6	14	3		3		1	12	40	3
Deferred tax	31	19	4	15	-2	-1	-22	6	-4	4	-7	-243	-1
	129	30	16	33	22	3	-43	22	-7	8	7	240	6
YOY Profit Growth %				-67.92%	-82.97%	-91.45%	-364.75%	-32.95%	-133.82%	212.74%		986.35%
EPS in Rs	18.59	4.38	2.34	4.77	3.17	0.37	-6.20	3.20	-1.07	1.17	0.98	34.72	0.83
Raw filing

Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Latest quarter on the right.

Profit & Loss

Standalone figures in ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	3,125	4,083	3,471	2,768	4,020	5,180	4,693	4,491	4,645	4,649
YOY Sales Growth %		30.64%	-14.98%	-20.25%	45.23%	28.84%	-9.40%	-4.30%	3.43%
	2,720	3,434	2,863	2,508	3,662	4,177	3,923	4,063	4,164	4,155
Material Cost %	52%	50%	45%	47%	52%	41%	43%	50%	51%	50%
Employee Cost %	8%	7%	8%	11%	8%	7%	10%	10%	10%	11%
Other Expenses %	28%	28%	29%	33%	31%	33%	30%	30%	28%	29%
Operating Profit	405	649	608	260	358	1,003	770	428	481	494
OPM %	13%	16%	18%	9%	9%	19%	16%	10%	10%	11%
	34	39	38	51	49	46	69	97	76	77
Exceptional items		-73	-1	19
Interest	245	233	223	193	156	182	223	216	193	188
Depreciation	222	227	231	235	229	264	291	304	313	314
Profit before tax	-28	155	191	-99	22	603	325	5	51	70
		39%	32%		35%	36%	36%	30%	-390%	-272%
Current tax		52	32		3	99	47	3	54
Deferred tax	14	9	28	-34	5	116	69	-2	-251
	-42	94	130	-65	14	388	208	4	248	261
YOY Profit Growth %			37.76%	-150.07%		2,608.59%	-46.33%	-98.21%	6,542.09%
EPS in Rs	-6.09	13.64	18.79	-9.41	2.07	56.04	30.08	0.54	35.80	37.70
Dividend Payout %						7%	27%	186%	8%

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:: 11%
3 Years:: -4%
TTM:: 3%

Compounded Profit Growth

3 Years:: -14%

Stock Price CAGR

5 Years:: 0%
3 Years:: -22%
1 Year:: -10%

Return on Equity

4 Years:: 10%
Last Year:: 11%

Financial years ending March; TTM = the last four quarters. Source: the company's results filed with NSE, as reported. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown. Dividend payout = dividends paid in the year ÷ net profit.

Balance Sheet

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, as at 31 March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	69	69	69	69
Reserves	1,875	2,020	2,018	2,247
	1,871	1,801	1,604	1,613
Long term borrowings	1,065	880	677	848
Short term borrowings	796	916	916	751
	2,308	2,154	2,191	2,281
Trade payables	1,282	1,057	1,239	1,486
Current liabilities	2,602	2,469	2,486	2,605
Total Liabilities	6,123	6,045	5,883	6,210
	4,482	4,322	4,200	4,359
Gross block	6,197	6,319	6,480	6,949
Accumulated depreciation	1,715	1,998	2,281	2,590
Goodwill & intangibles	1	0	0	1
CWIP	28	23	101	480
	1,613	1,701	1,582	1,371
Inventories	960	1,028	1,025	972
Trade receivables	330	450	400	613
Cash & equivalents	115	47	24	14
Current assets	1,564	1,645	1,633	1,795
Total Assets	6,123	6,045	5,883	6,210

Source: Yahoo Finance (compiled from the annual reports). Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Cash Flows

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore, financial years ending March

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	806	419	570	596
Profit for the year	388	208	4	248
Working capital changes	-170	-339	89	30
Direct taxes paid	-88	-61	-13	14
	-101	-136	-162	-387
Fixed assets purchased	-107	-143	-174	-397
Fixed assets sold	0	0	5	0
	-652	-270	-493	-161
Proceeds from borrowings	8	150	151	484
Repayment of borrowings	-474	-286	-357	-354
Interest paid	-207	-225	-215	-201
Dividends paid	-28	-55	-7	-21
Net Cash Flow	53	14	-86	48
Free Cash Flow	699	277	396	199

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capital expenditure. Source: Yahoo Finance.

Ratios

Ratio	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
ROE	20.0%	10.3%	0.2%	11.3%
ROCE	21.6%	14.4%	5.6%	6.3%
Operating margin	15.4%	10.9%	3.7%	4.5%
Net margin	7.6%	4.5%	0.1%	5.4%
Debt / equity	0.96	0.86	0.77	0.70
Current ratio	0.60	0.67	0.66	0.69
Debtor days	24	35	33	49
Inventory days	165	184	165	149
Days payable	220	189	199	227
Cash conversion cycle	-31	30	-1	-29
Working capital days	-74	-65	-70	-65

Computed from the reported statements: ROE on average equity; ROCE = EBIT / (total assets − current liabilities). Debtor days = receivables ÷ sales × 365; inventory and payable days use cost of goods sold; cash conversion cycle = debtor + inventory − payable days; working capital days = (current assets − current liabilities) ÷ sales × 365.

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages · as filed with NSE each quarter

Promoters 35.32%
FIIs 5.39%
DIIs 6.57%
Government 4.06%
Public 48.67%

%	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%	35.32%
	4.89%	4.67%	4.80%	4.27%	4.94%	5.37%	5.38%	5.05%	5.08%	4.96%	5.01%	5.39%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. I)	4.50%	4.12%	4.13%	3.63%	3.20%	2.83%	2.78%	2.45%	2.48%	2.41%	2.46%	2.61%
Foreign portfolio investors (Cat. II)	0.40%	0.55%	0.67%	0.65%	1.73%	2.54%	2.61%	2.60%	2.60%	2.55%	2.55%	2.77%
	12.66%	15.47%	15.51%	14.23%	12.94%	12.37%	12.03%	11.36%	11.26%	10.54%	9.54%	6.57%
Mutual funds	9.07%	11.99%	12.04%	10.78%	9.77%	9.43%	9.58%	9.58%	9.56%	9.29%	8.28%	5.41%
Insurance companies	0.65%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%	0.64%
Alternative investment funds	0.10%							0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.09%
Government	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%	4.06%
	43.06%	40.48%	40.31%	42.12%	42.74%	42.88%	43.21%	44.21%	44.28%	45.13%	46.08%	48.67%
Retail (up to ₹2 lakh)	14.82%	14.06%	14.12%	16.17%	18.38%	18.91%	18.44%	18.62%	18.13%	18.08%	18.29%	18.69%
HNIs (above ₹2 lakh)	12.35%	10.86%	11.07%	11.11%	8.42%	7.02%	7.34%	8.02%	8.42%	8.39%	8.82%	10.27%
NRIs	0.65%	0.57%	0.59%	0.56%	0.98%	1.36%	2.36%	2.37%	2.36%	2.43%	2.48%	2.50%
Bodies corporate	14.01%	13.87%	13.07%	12.70%	13.38%	13.91%	13.41%	13.47%	13.63%	14.46%	14.60%	15.32%
IEPF	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.26%	0.26%	0.26%	0.28%	0.28%	0.28%	0.28%
No. of Shareholders	43,595	43,293	43,595	47,707	53,160	52,956	51,290	51,276	50,281	49,209	48,969	49,436

Source: shareholding patterns filed by the company with NSE. Public = non-institutional holders. Tap a row marked + for its breakdown.

Mutual funds & institutions holding Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers

Holder (above 1%)	Stake
HDFC Balanced Advantage FundMutual fund	3.20%
ICICI PRUDENTIAL SMALLCAP FUNDMutual fund · see the fund house	2.20%

As named in the shareholding pattern for Sep 2026 filed with NSE; mutual funds together hold 5.41% of the company. Shareholders below 1% are not named in the filing.

Documents

Announcements

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Annual reports

Credit ratings

Concalls & investor meets

Filings made by the company with NSE; documents open on NSE's website.

Key dates

Ex-dividend date: 17 Sep 2026
Latest quarter: 30 Jun 2026
Financial year end: 31 Mar 2026

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Questions about Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited

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Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) last traded at ₹139.23 on NSE (16 Oct 2026, 3:29 PM IST). Prices may be delayed.

What is the market cap of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited?

About ₹964 crore at the latest price.

What is the P/E ratio of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited?

About 3.7 times its earnings over the last 12 months.

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