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API vs BPCL
Api Power and Butwal Power, side by side: what Rs 100 became, the figures NEPSE publishes, dividends and each against its sector.
Close · 16 Oct 2026NEPSE published data, may be delayed
Api Power Company Ltd.
Butwal Power Company Limited
Rs 100 became…
- APIRs 100 becameRs 134.07+34.07% up in 1 year
- BPCLRs 100 becameRs 98.64−1.36% down in 1 year
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Rs 100 in each on the first session of the period, adjusted for bonus shares. Cash dividends are not added back; a right share issue in the period is not adjusted either. To the close of 16 Oct 2026.
In plain words
On 16 Oct 2026, API (Api Power Company Ltd.) closed at Rs 345.00 and BPCL (Butwal Power Company Limited) at Rs 651.00. Over the past year, Rs 100 in API became Rs 134 (+34.07%) and in BPCL Rs 99 (−1.36%), adjusted for bonus shares.
BPCL is the larger company by market value, Rs 2,219 crore against Rs 2,201 crore. Of the 110 hydro power Punji covers, API is 6th by market value and BPCL 5th. Cash dividends with a book closure in the last 12 months yield 0.08% on API and 0.92% on BPCL at the latest close.
Side by side
marks the higher figure. Higher is not better or worse by itself.
| APIHydro Power | BPCLHydro Power | |
|---|---|---|
| Price and returns | ||
| Close, Rs | 345.00 | 651.00 |
| Change, as NEPSE published | +0.58% up | +0.85% up |
| Rs 100 became, 1 year | Rs 134.07, the higher figure | Rs 98.64 |
| Return, 1 month | +1.74% up, the higher figure | −3.83% down |
| Return, 1 year | +34.07% up, the higher figure | −1.36% down |
| 52-week range | ||
| Size and shares | ||
| Market value | Rs 2,201 cr | Rs 2,219 cr, the higher figure |
| Listed shares | 6.38 crore, the higher figure | 3.41 crore |
| Promoter and public | Promoter 58.0%Public 42.0% | Promoter 67.5%Public 32.5% |
| Dividends | ||
| Cash dividend yield, 12 months | 0.08% | 0.92%, the higher figure |
| Latest declaration | 0.263% cash · 5% bonus2081/82 | 6% cash2081/82 |
| Trading | ||
| Traded value, last 30 days | Rs 374 cr, the higher figure | Rs 117 cr |
| Shares traded, latest session | 4,43,463, the higher figure | 22,695 |
| From the quarterly reports | ||
| EPS, P/E, book value and price to book for both, from their latest quarterly reports. | ||
Market value is the close times the listed shares. The 52-week range is NEPSE’s published low and high. Yield is the cash dividends with a book closure in the last 12 months, as a share of the paid-up value, over the close.
Dividends, year by year
As a percentage of paid-up value, as declared. Solid is cash, light is bonus, on one scale.
| Fiscal year | API | BPCL |
|---|---|---|
| 2081/82 | 0.263% cash · 5% bonus | 6% cash |
| 2080/81 | 0.263% cash · 5% bonus | 5% cash |
| 2079/80 | Not on record | 5% cash |
| 2078/79 | 0.395% cash · 7.5% bonus | 7.5% cash · 5% bonus |
Against the hydro power
Rank among the 110 hydro power Punji covers (1st is the highest), and the sector median.
| API | Sector median | BPCL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return, 1 year | +34.07% 8th of 94 | Median −0.06% | −1.36% 49th of 94 |
| Cash dividend yield | 0.08% 15th of 20 | Median 0.15% | 0.92% 4th of 20 |
| Market value | Rs 2,201 cr 6th of 110 | Median Rs 476 cr | Rs 2,219 cr 5th of 110 |
| Traded value, 30 days | Rs 374 cr 5th of 110 | Median Rs 28.59 cr | Rs 117 cr 23rd of 110 |
Dividend yield ranks only the companies that paid a cash dividend in the last 12 months.
Questions
API or BPCL: questions
Which is bigger, API or BPCL?
BPCL is larger by market value: Rs 2,219 crore, against Rs 2,201 crore for API, at the close of 16 Oct 2026. Market value is the share price times the shares listed.
Which has risen more over the past year, API or BPCL?
Over the past year, Rs 100 in API became Rs 134 (+34.07%) and in BPCL Rs 99 (−1.36%), adjusted for bonus shares. Cash dividends are not added back. How a share moved in the past does not say how it will move next.
Which pays a higher dividend, API or BPCL?
API last declared 0.263% cash and 5% bonus for 2081/82; BPCL last declared 6% cash for 2081/82. Dividends are declared as a percentage of the paid-up value, not of today’s price, so the cash dividend yield in the table is the comparable figure.
Should I buy API or BPCL?
Punji does not say. This page lines up the published figures for both and marks neither as better; what fits depends on what you hold, why and for how long.
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