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BPCL vs CHCL

Butwal Power and Chilime Hydropower, 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

Butwal Power Company Limited

CloseRs 651.00+0.85% up
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Chilime Hydropower Company Limited

CloseRs 336.70+0.21% up
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Rs 100 became…

  • BPCLRs 100 becameRs 98.64−1.36% down in 1 year
  • CHCLRs 100 becameRs 75.13−24.87% 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. To the close of 16 Oct 2026.

In plain words

On 16 Oct 2026, BPCL (Butwal Power Company Limited) closed at Rs 651.00 and CHCL (Chilime Hydropower Company Limited) at Rs 336.70. Over the past year, Rs 100 in BPCL became Rs 99 (−1.36%) and in CHCL Rs 75 (−24.87%), adjusted for bonus shares.

CHCL is the larger company by market value, Rs 3,194 crore against Rs 2,219 crore. Of the 110 hydro power Punji covers, BPCL is 5th by market value and CHCL 4th. Cash dividends with a book closure in the last 12 months yield 0.92% on BPCL and 1.19% on CHCL at the latest close.

Side by side

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BPCL and CHCL side by side. A dot marks the higher of two figures; nothing is marked better.
BPCLHydro PowerCHCLHydro Power
Price and returns
Close, Rs651.00336.70
Change, as NEPSE published+0.85% up+0.21% up
Rs 100 became, 1 yearRs 98.64, the higher figureRs 75.13
Return, 1 month−3.83% down, the higher figure−5.13% down
Return, 1 year−1.36% down, the higher figure−24.87% down
52-week range
Size and shares
Market valueRs 2,219 crRs 3,194 cr, the higher figure
Listed shares3.41 crore9.48 crore, the higher figure
Promoter and publicPromoter 67.5%Public 32.5%Promoter 51.0%Public 49.0%
Dividends
Cash dividend yield, 12 months0.92%1.19%, the higher figure
Latest declaration6% cash2081/824% cash · 8% bonus2081/82
Trading
Traded value, last 30 daysRs 117 cr, the higher figureRs 85.60 cr
Shares traded, latest session22,69533,481, the higher figure
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.

Dividends declared by BPCL and CHCL by Nepali fiscal year, as a percentage of paid-up value
Fiscal yearBPCLCHCL
2081/826% cash4% cash · 8% bonus
2080/815% cash2% cash · 10% bonus
2079/805% cash5% cash · 10% bonus
2078/797.5% cash · 5% bonus7.5% cash · 7.5% bonus
2077/78Not on record7.5% cash · 7.5% bonus

Every dividend by year.

Against the hydro power

Rank among the 110 hydro power Punji covers (1st is the highest), and the sector median.

BPCL and CHCL against their sector
BPCLSector medianCHCL
Return, 1 year−1.36% 49th of 94Median −0.06%−24.87% 69th of 94
Cash dividend yield0.92% 4th of 20Median 0.15%1.19% 2nd of 20
Market valueRs 2,219 cr 5th of 110Median Rs 476 crRs 3,194 cr 4th of 110
Traded value, 30 daysRs 117 cr 23rd of 110Median Rs 28.59 crRs 85.60 cr 30th of 110

Dividend yield ranks only the companies that paid a cash dividend in the last 12 months.

Questions

BPCL or CHCL: questions

Which is bigger, BPCL or CHCL?

CHCL is larger by market value: Rs 3,194 crore, against Rs 2,219 crore for BPCL, 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, BPCL or CHCL?

Over the past year, Rs 100 in BPCL became Rs 99 (−1.36%) and in CHCL Rs 75 (−24.87%), 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, BPCL or CHCL?

BPCL last declared 6% cash for 2081/82; CHCL last declared 4% cash and 8% bonus 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 BPCL or CHCL?

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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