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API vs SOHL: Api Power and Solu Hydropower compared

On 24 Sep 2026, API (Api Power Company Ltd.) closed at Rs 334.80 and SOHL (Solu Hydropower Limited) at Rs 645.00. SOHL does not have a full year of trading on record, so the chart starts where both do.

SOHL is the larger company by market value, Rs 6,450 crore against Rs 2,136 crore. Cash dividends declared in the last 12 months yield 0.16% on API and nothing on SOHL at today’s price.

Close · 24 Sep 2026NEPSE published data, may be delayed

24 Sep 2026API Rs 100 → Rs 99 (close 334.80)SOHL Rs 100 → Rs 195 (close 645.00)

12016020024015 Mar19 Jun24 SepAPI 99SOHL 195

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.

API and SOHL side by side. Nothing is marked better.
APIApi Power Company Ltd.SOHLSolu Hydropower Limited
SectorHydro PowerHydro Power
Close, Rs334.80645.00
Today+0.24% up+0.30% up
Return, 1 month+1.52% up−5.01% down
Return, 1 year+28.17% up-
52-week range269.00 to 370.00300.00 to 875.50
Market valueRs 2,136 crRs 6,450 cr
Cash dividend yield0.16%none in 12 months
Latest dividends2081/82: 0.263% cash, 5% bonusnone recorded
Traded, last 30 daysRs 299.73 crRs 495.49 cr

API and SOHL dividends, year by year

Dividends declared by API and SOHL by Nepali fiscal year, as a percentage of paid-up value
Fiscal yearAPISOHL
2081/820.263% cash, 5% bonusnone
2080/810.263% cash, 5% bonusnone
2078/790.395% cash, 7.5% bonusnone

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 SOHL: questions

Which is bigger, API or SOHL?
SOHL is larger by market value: Rs 6,450 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 SOHL?
Rs 100 in API became Rs 128 (+28.17%), and SOHL does not have a full year on record, 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 SOHL?
API last declared 0.263% cash and 5% bonus for 2081/82; SOHL has no dividend on record. 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 SOHL?
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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