Manthan – Oil & Gas – It’s Belle Epoque^ for the OMCs!
Published on 27 Jan 2026
Heightened global geo-political turbulence, depreciating rupee, combined with concerns of excise duty hike and its absorption by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) resulted in their stock prices nosediving by 3-15% over the past month. After all, if history is anything to go by, the OMCs have never made good profits consistently. So, after a handsome FY26E, despite under-recoveries on LPG, would they be allowed to mint in FY27E as well?
OMCs seem to be in a Belle Epoque.