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API vs CHCL: Api Power and Chilime Hydropower compared
On 24 Sep 2026, API (Api Power Company Ltd.) closed at Rs 334.80 and CHCL (Chilime Hydropower Company Limited) at Rs 352.00. Over the past year, Rs 100 in API became Rs 128 and in CHCL Rs 77, adjusted for bonus shares.
CHCL is the larger company by market value, Rs 3,339 crore against Rs 2,136 crore. Cash dividends declared in the last 12 months yield 0.16% on API and 1.14% on CHCL at today’s price.
Close · 24 Sep 2026NEPSE published data, may be delayed
24 Sep 2026API Rs 100 → Rs 128 (close 334.80)CHCL Rs 100 → Rs 77 (close 352.00)
Rs 100 in each on the first session of the window, adjusted for bonus shares. Cash dividends are not added back; a right share issue in the window is not adjusted either. To the close of 24 Sep 2026.
| APIApi Power Company Ltd. | CHCLChilime Hydropower Company Limited | |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Hydro Power | Hydro Power |
| Close, Rs | 334.80 | 352.00 |
| Today | +0.24% up | −0.71% down |
| Return, 1 month | +1.52% up | −25.91% down |
| Return, 1 year | +28.17% up | −23.35% down |
| 52-week range | 269.00 to 370.00 | 344.00 to 525.00 |
| Market value | Rs 2,136 cr | Rs 3,339 cr |
| Cash dividend yield | 0.16% | 1.14% |
| Latest dividends | 2081/82: 0.263% cash, 5% bonus | 2081/82: 4% cash, 8% bonus |
| Traded, last 30 days | Rs 299.73 cr | Rs 205.21 cr |
API and CHCL dividends, year by year
| Fiscal year | API | CHCL |
|---|---|---|
| 2081/82 | 0.263% cash, 5% bonus | 4% cash, 8% bonus |
| 2080/81 | 0.263% cash, 5% bonus | 2% cash, 10% bonus |
| 2079/80 | none | 5% cash, 10% bonus |
| 2078/79 | 0.395% cash, 7.5% bonus | 7.5% cash, 7.5% bonus |
| 2077/78 | none | 7.5% cash, 7.5% bonus |
As a percentage of paid-up value, as declared. Every dividend by year.
P/E, earnings per share and book value are not in the web data. The Punji app compares those too.
API or CHCL: questions
- Which is bigger, API or CHCL?
- CHCL is larger by market value: Rs 3,339 crore, against Rs 2,136 crore for API, at the close of 24 Sep 2026. Market value is the share price times the shares listed.
- Which has risen more over the past year, API or CHCL?
- Rs 100 in API became Rs 128 (+28.17%), and Rs 100 in CHCL became Rs 77 (−23.35%), adjusted for bonus shares and without cash dividends added back. How a share moved in the past does not say how it will move next.
- Which pays a higher dividend, API or CHCL?
- API last declared 0.263% cash and 5% bonus for 2081/82; CHCL last declared 4% cash and 8% bonus for 2081/82. Dividends are a percentage of the paid-up value, not of today’s price, so the cash dividend yield in the table above is the comparable figure.
- Should I buy API 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.
Also: API stock page, CHCL stock page, the screener, the heat map and the guides to evaluating banking stocks and bonus and right shares.
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