Top 5 Companies With The Highest EBITDA For Q3FY13

Let us take a look at the top 5 companies having the highest EBITDA as of Q3FY13:

In the December 2012 quarter, the company has posted an EBITDA of Rs 10,553.39 crore with a market capitalisation of Rs 2,28,687.98 crore has topped the list. On a YTD basis, the scrip has yielded a return of 14.46%.

Reliance Industries: Reliance Industries (RIL) is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai. The company operates in three segments: petrochemicals, refining and oil & gas. Its other segments include textile, retail business, special economic zone (SEZ) development and telecom / broadband business. RIL is one of the largest publicly traded companies in India by market capitalisation and is the second largest company in India by revenue after Indian Oil Corporation.

On a YTD basis, the stock has yielded a negative return of 8.27% and the EBITDA stands at Rs 10,113 crore as of Q3FY13. The market capitalisation of the company stands at Rs 2,45,030.92 crore.

Coal India: Coal India is an Indian state-controlled coal mining company. It is the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding Rs 624.15 billion (FY2012). It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Coal. It is involved in coal mining and production industry. In April 2011, CIL was conferred the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India and ranked as one of India's most valuable companies by market value. In 2010, CIL's initial public offering (IPO) got subscribed 15.28 times, collecting a record over Rs 2.4 trillion—the highest IPO subscription so far.

The company’s EBITDA stands at Rs 6,663.83 crore and the market capitalisation stands at Rs 2,16,714.31 crore. On a YTD basis, the scrip has yielded a negative return of 15.17%.

Indian Oil Corporation: Indian Oil Corporation is an Indian state-owned oil and gas corporation with its headquarters in New Delhi. The company is the world's 83rd largest public corporation, according to the Fortune Global 500 list, and the largest public corporation in India when ranked by revenue. The company and its subsidiaries account for a 49% share in the petroleum products market, 31% share in refining capacity and 67% downstream sector pipelines capacity in India. It owns and operates 10 of India's 22 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 65.7 million metric tonnes per year.

On a YTD basis, the stock has yielded a return of 8.33% and the EBITDA stands at Rs 6,328.82 crore as of Q3FY13. The market capitalisation of the company stands at Rs 63,757.97 crore.

Bharti Airtel: Bharti Airtel is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company headquartered at New Delhi. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. Airtel has GSM network in all countries in which it operates, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon the country of operation. It is the largest cellular service provider in India, with 183.61 million subscribers as of November 2012. Airtel is the third largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom.

The company’s EBITDA stands at Rs 6,183.90 crore and the market capitalisation stand at Rs 1,27,881.49 crore. On a YTD basis, the scrip has yielded a negative return of 14.18%.