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Our verdict on Reliance Industr isn’t the consensus take — see where we landed, and the one risk the bull case glosses over.
See the verdict — free →The company has significantly scaled its CBG and CNG network, reporting 162 stations by the end of FY26. (2 exceeded, 3 met across 5 tracked commitments)
“On-track to deliver 2x EBITDA between FY2024-28”
Management indicates that downstream expansions are being accelerated for timely delivery, though the project is still in the execution phase. (1 in progress across 1 tracked commitment)
“As of now, our target is to complete them by next year, next year end, calendar year end. That is the target we are running with. But these are, as I said, I am talking about PVC project right now.”
The New Energy ecosystem is expected to be operationalized on a full-scale basis within the next four to six quarters. — target: Full-scale operationalization
“We believe our entire new energy ecosystem including the manufacturing and starting the generation on the clock and the green chemicals, we will start operationalizing this new energy ecosystem in next four to six quarters on a full-scale basis.”
Maintaining high asset utilization and reliability in refining operations.
“Sustain high asset utilization and reliability – ensuring availability of crude and logistics”
Management expects refining margins (cracks) to remain structurally strong due to global supply constraints. — target: Reasonably strong
“The way we would look at it is refining is tight. The market has apprehensions of availability of product. So, we think structurally it is likely to remain reasonably strong.”
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The O2C segment saw a revenue decline due to lower oil prices and volumes, but EBITDA grew 10.8% YoY driven by strong domestic fuel placement and improved polymer margins. (5 expanding across 1 engine)
“Revenue 184,944 crore... EBITDA Margin 7.9%... YoY Change 12.4%”
The retail distribution moat is expanding through 'Quick Hyper-Local Commerce' (JioMart), which saw a 200% YoY growth in daily orders, leveraging the physical store network for rapid delivery. (3 expanding)
“Strong momentum in quick commerce - 200% YoY daily orders growth”
Retail continues to expand its footprint with 388 new store openings this quarter, maintaining double-digit revenue and EBITDA growth. (5 expanding across 3 engines)
“Gross Revenue 98,232 crore... Total EBITDA Margin (%) 7.9%... YoY change 11%”
Reliance is reinforcing its scale moat by transitioning into New Energy, commissioning giga-factories for solar and batteries to meet massive captive energy needs. (1 expanding, 2 stable)
“High complexity refinery with ability to process wide-range of crudes... Sustain high asset utilization and reliability”
Reliance is expanding its scale moat into New Energy, building a vertically integrated ecosystem from polysilicon to solar modules and 40GWh battery storage. (1 expanding, 1 shifted, 1 stable)
“We started with an announcement of 10 gigawatt-peak, which we are now scaling up to 20 gigawatt of solar PV module production completely vertically integrated.”
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5G adoption is accelerating significantly, with 20 million users added in the most recent quarter alone, bringing the total to over 210 million. (5 accelerating across 5 signals, 1 leading indicator)
“12.9 Mn JioAirFiber Homes (7.3 Mn net additions in FY26)”
Reliance is leveraging its high refinery complexity to process a wide variety of crude oils, allowing it to maintain high production even when traditional supplies are disrupted.
“we have processed more than 200 grades of crude oil in our refining system. That is the kind of flexibility which we had. That stood in good stead... we could ensure that more or less we were running our refinery at close to capacity.”
Reliance is transitioning from planning to execution, with module manufacturing already commissioned and cell manufacturing starting in the next quarter. The project scale is massive, covering 44 million square feet. (5 accelerating across 5 signals)
“we have already commissioned on the top center site, the module manufacturing... we will be pretty much installing around 50 megawatt of modules each day... at fully operational scale.”
The O2C (Oil to Chemicals) segment is seeing a recovery in profitability with EBITDA growing 21% YoY, supported by a sharp recovery in fuel cracks (the profit margin for refining crude into fuels) and higher domestic placement through the Jio-bp network. (1 steady across 1 signal)
“Strong YoY EBITDA growth of 21% led by Sharp recovery in fuel cracks – up 22-37% ... Higher domestic fuel placement through Jio-bp”
Reliance Retail has resumed its expansion trajectory after a period of streamlining, adding 388 new stores in the current quarter to reach a total of 19,600+ stores. (1 new trend, 3 steady across 4 signals)
“We have added 388 new stores during the quarter... our total store count has crossed 19,600 now.”
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EASING. Management notes that GST rate reductions in Consumer Electronics aided growth, and they anticipate further GST rationalization to boost demand for polymers and polyesters. (1 easing, 1 intensifying, 1 stable, 1 high-severity)
“Under recoveries on fuel retailing, reintroduction of SAED”
The chemical business is struggling because there is too much supply in the global market, which is driving down the profit margins (deltas) for products like plastics. [MARGIN_COST]
“Weak downstream chemical deltas due to oversupply; PP delta declined due to increase in Naphtha prices and drop in product prices”
EASING. Brent crude prices fell approximately 14% YoY to $69.1/bbl in Q2 FY26, down from $80.2/bbl in Q2 FY25. Global gas prices also trended lower to a 16-month low of $11.7/MMBtu. (1 easing)
“Average Brent Crude prices fell ~14% YoY... Gas/LNG prices trended lower, averaging at a 16-month low of $11.7/ MMBtu in 2Q”
The risk is INTENSIFYING as KG D6 gas production volumes fell 9.8% YoY to 25.6 MMSCMD, directly impacting E&P EBITDA which declined 12.7%. (1 intensifying)
“YoY EBITDA lower due to Natural decline in KGD6 volume... KGD6 [production] (9.8)% YoY change”
EASING. O2C EBITDA grew 11% YoY to Rs 14,511 crore, benefiting from feedstock flexibility and yield optimization despite lower overall oil prices. (1 easing, 2 stable)
“O2C EBITDA growth (+11%) led by strength in fuel and polymers margin... Continuing to benefit from feedstock flexibility”
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