{"id":7262,"date":"2026-04-27T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:48:32","slug":"buy-ril-shares-target-prices-as-analysts-cut-earnings-estimates-by-3-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7262","title":{"rendered":"Buy RIL shares? Target prices as analysts cut earnings estimates by 3-6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Stock brokerages largely maintained &#8216;Buy&#8217; rating on Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), even as its consolidated Ebitda and profit missed their estimates due to weaker-than-expected oil-to-chemical (O2C), upstream, and other segment earnings. Despite trimming their FY27 and FY28 estimates by 3-6 per cent, analysts see upside potential for RIL, saying all eyes are on Jio Platforms.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Emkay Global noted that the West Asia crisis disrupted refining as well as propane-butane diversion to LPG and HP-HT gas diversion to priority sectors and SAED. Petchem deltas weakened due to sharp rise in naphtha prices.\u00a0<\/p> <p>&#8220;RIL diversified sourcing (with 40-45 per cent of the ME supply impacted), while time charters insulated it from higher shipping costs. In Jio, 4-5 per cent ARPU growth may continue due to mix change, even without a tariff hike,&#8221; Emkay said adding that it slightly raised its O2C target multiple while cutting that for Upstream. The brokerage suggested a target of Rs 1,680 on the stock.<\/p> <p>The brokerage has cut its FY27 and FY28\u00a0Ebitda and PAT estimates by 5-6 per cent each, building in the lower Retail margin and reducing other segments and upstream earnings. Its O2C earnings remained largely unchanged, albeit with upside potential.<\/p> <p>MOFSL said RIL reported a subdued Q4, with consolidated Ebitda declining 4 per cent QoQ \u00a0or flat YoY, primarily driven by weaker profitability in Energy business due to the disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict. RIL\u2019s consumer-facing businesses remained resilient, it noted while trimming our its FY27E Ebitda and PAT estimates by 3-4 per cent, due to challenges in the Energy business and delays in tariff hikes in RJio<\/p> <p>&#8220;We reiterate our Buy rating with a revised target of Rs 1,655 (earlier Rs 1,715). While the energy business weakness drives the near-term earnings downgrade, sustained mid-to-high teen growth in RR and a tariff hike, along with impending JPL IPO, remain the key triggers for RIL\u2019s stock price,&#8221; it said.<\/p> <p>Nuvama said the New Energy rollout is on track. At 10GW capacity, RIL could add 6 per cent \u00a0to profit after tax, it said. Polysilicon, ingot\/wafer and glass units is seen getting started by end-FY27 while BESS Phase-I 40GWh battery pack, containers and cells will start in FY27,\u00a0<\/p> <p>Nuvama said captive power cost may fall 25 per cent, adding another 6 per cent to PAT, as per the management. This brokerage cut its FY27 and FY28 Ebitda estimates by 5 per cent and 3 per cent to factor in weak O2C and retail. It retained &#8216;Buy&#8217; on the stock with a target of Rs 1,765.<\/p> <\/div> <p><i>Disclaimer: Business Today provides stock market news for informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice. Readers are encouraged to consult with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions.<\/i><\/p> <p>RIL target, RIL target price, RIL price target, RIL share, RIL share price, RIL share price today, Reliance target, Reliance target price, Reliance price target, RIL shares, RIL news #Buy #RIL #shares #Target #prices #analysts #cut #earnings #estimates1777258112<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock brokerages largely maintained &#8216;Buy&#8217; rating on Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), even as its consolidated Ebitda and profit missed their estimates due to weaker-than-expected oil-to-chemical (O2C), upstream, and other segment earnings. Despite trimming their FY27 and FY28 estimates by 3-6 per cent, analysts see upside potential for RIL, saying all eyes are on Jio Platforms.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2547,1840,2928,318,4403,1040,27151,27149,27150,3326,26508,27145,27146,27147,27148,27152,27143,27144,1012,1798],"class_list":["post-7262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-analysts","tag-buy","tag-cut","tag-earnings","tag-estimates","tag-prices","tag-reliance-price-target","tag-reliance-target","tag-reliance-target-price","tag-ril","tag-ril-news","tag-ril-price-target","tag-ril-share","tag-ril-share-price","tag-ril-share-price-today","tag-ril-shares","tag-ril-target","tag-ril-target-price","tag-shares","tag-target"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}