Vedanta Limited Share Price Today: VEDL Near 52-Week High as Demerger Countdown Fuels Fresh Stock Forecasts for 2026

Vedanta Limited stock (NSE: VEDL; BSE: 500295) enters Christmas Day with momentum intact—but with India’s exchanges shut on December 25, 2025 for the holiday, investors are really reacting to what happened in the last session (December 24) and to the steady drumbeat of demerger-focused research notes. ^[1]

Vedanta closed around ₹598.15 on December 24, after trading as high as ~₹599.80 intraday—effectively parking the stock right under a fresh 52-week peak heading into the year-end lull. ^[2]

So what’s driving the tape—and what are analysts actually forecasting now?

Vedanta stock on December 25: markets closed, but the setup is “price discovery” for Dec 26

Because NSE and BSE are closed on December 25, there’s no new price action today—only positioning and narrative-building ahead of Friday’s reopen. ^[3]

The immediate context is that Vedanta’s late-December move has pushed it close to its recent highs, with data providers showing the stock’s most recent close near ₹598 and a day’s range that included the ₹599 zone. ^[4]

That matters because when a stock is hovering at or near a 52-week high, the next catalyst tends to be less about “did the quarter beat estimates?” and more about what rerating story the market is willing to believe next—and for Vedanta right now, that story is overwhelmingly the demerger.

The big catalyst: Vedanta demerger plan moves from concept to clock

What has been approved—and what’s still pending

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has cleared Vedanta’s plan to split into five separately listed entities, accelerating a restructuring first floated in 2023 and later approved by shareholders and lenders. Vedanta has said it is aiming to complete the split by March 31, 2026. ^[5]

But there’s a nuance investors shouldn’t miss: CRISIL noted in a December 24, 2025 credit bulletin that while NCLT has issued a final order for key parts of the scheme (including aluminium, oil & gas, and iron & steel verticals), the power vertical’s order remains pending and is expected to be resolved in coming months. ^[6]

CRISIL also underlined why the “plumbing” matters: it kept certain Vedanta and subsidiary ratings on “Watch Developing” because clarity is still awaited on how specific rated facilities will be bifurcated and moved to the demerged entities, as well as on final asset/liability allocation and inter-company support mechanisms. ^[7]

What shareholders are expected to receive

In broker commentary around the plan, Vedanta’s chairman has said shareholders are expected to receive one share of each demerged entity for every share held in Vedanta, preserving ownership continuity while letting each business trade on its own fundamentals. ^[8]

The debt question: “not equal slices,” but cash-flow-based allocation

Debt allocation is one of the market’s obsession points—because it determines whether the post-split companies look like sleek, investable “pure plays” or like heavily leveraged spin-offs in fancy dress.

Chairman Anil Agarwal has said Vedanta’s ~₹48,000 crore net debt would be allocated among the resulting companies based on cash flows and balance-sheet strength, rather than divided evenly. ^[9]

That framing—allocate leverage to cash-generating assets—helps explain why the Street’s tone has turned more constructive after the tribunal nod.

Why Vedanta is riding the “metal momentum” trade into year-end

Vedanta isn’t moving in a vacuum. On December 25, Mint highlighted that Nifty Metal has been among the better-performing sectoral indices in 2025, with many metal stocks (including Vedanta) up 30% or more over a one-year window, helped by macro tailwinds such as rate-cut expectations and dollar-commodity dynamics. ^[10]

Mint also flagged the counterpoint: some market watchers are warning that after a sharp run, the metal rally could cool over the next 3–6 months, particularly if global growth slows or tariff-driven friction hits demand. ^[11]

That’s the Vedanta trade in miniature: cyclical upside + structural reshaping, with the risk that macro turns your jetstream into headwind.

Fresh analyst forecasts and targets: Kotak, Citi, and the broader consensus

Kotak turns more bullish: target ₹650, bull case ₹770

One of the most market-moving notes in the current cycle came after the demerger approval: Kotak Institutional Equities upgraded Vedanta to “Buy” and raised its target price to ₹650, suggesting roughly 14% upside from then-prevailing levels. ^[12]

Kotak’s thesis blends:

demerger progress (a “much-delayed” milestone),
supportive commodity prices,
commissioning/ramp-ups in aluminium and power,
and improving balance-sheet optics.

It also laid out a higher-octane scenario: its bull-case on spot commodity prices implied a valuation of ₹770 per share on FY28 financials, and it projected EBITDA and EPS compounding strongly across FY25–FY28. ^[13]

Citi’s angle: “conglomerate discount” could shrink as the split gets real

Citi has also argued the breakup could unlock value by narrowing the “conglomerate discount,” while noting that key approvals and asset/liability transfers (including mining leases) are still part of the path. Citi flagged that approvals for the power demerger remain awaited and pointed to a January 7 hearing as a near-term legal milestone. ^[14]

Citi’s framing is useful because it focuses less on this week’s commodity tick and more on rerating mechanics: if individual businesses trade at clearer peer multiples, the sum-of-the-parts can look different from the bundled conglomerate. ^[15]

Moneycontrol’s roundup: targets revised toward ₹635; dividend yield support

Moneycontrol reported that brokers have revised Vedanta’s target price to around ₹635, citing adjusted LME/FX assumptions and higher EBITDA estimates for FY26–FY28. It also pointed to forward dividend yield estimates of ~5–6% as a support factor while the market waits for post-demerger balance-sheet clarity. ^[16]

The consensus reality check: not everyone sees upside from here

Here’s where it gets interesting (and more honest): not all consensus datasets are above the current price.

Trendlyne shows an average target of ~₹582.60, which implies a modest downside from ~₹598.15. ^[17]
Investing.com’s consensus snapshot shows an average target around ₹575.46, with estimates ranging from ₹480 (low) to ₹686 (high) and a “Buy”-leaning split among analysts. ^[18]

That divergence is basically the Street admitting: “Yes, the demerger could be a rerating event, but a lot of optimism is already in the price.”

Technical analysis on Dec 25: momentum strong, but some signals flashing “overbought”

If you zoom out from the narrative and look at the tape, technical indicators are leaning bullish—yet not without warnings.

Investing.com’s daily technical dashboard (timestamped off the Dec 24 session) shows:

“Strong Buy” overall on both indicators and moving averages,
14-day RSI ~69.7 (near the classic overbought threshold of 70),
and overbought readings on some oscillators (like Stochastics and Williams %R). ^[19]

Translation into normal-human language: trend is up, the stock is extended, and any near-term dip can happen without “breaking the story.”

The operating business backdrop: why the company is pitching growth beyond the demerger

A demerger story works best when each child-company can point to real operating catalysts. Vedanta has been active on that front:

Aluminium: Lanjigarh refinery scaled to 5 MTPA

Vedanta Aluminium has expanded Odisha’s Lanjigarh refinery capacity to 5 million tonnes per annum, and the company has linked the move to stronger domestic aluminium demand. Coverage also noted record monthly output in November. ^[20]

In a demerged world, aluminium becomes a clearer standalone growth narrative—exactly the kind of “pure play” the market can value more directly.

Oil & gas (Cairn): subsea milestone for the Ambe block

Cairn Oil & Gas (Vedanta group) has reported the installation of India’s first sub-sea template on the west coast for its Ambe block, enabling drilling operations to start soon. ^[21]

This is one of those “boring until it’s not” infrastructure milestones that matters because production ramps don’t happen on vibes—they happen on installed kit.

Critical minerals: Vedanta wins Genjana Nickel–Chromium–PGE block

Vedanta said it was declared the successful bidder for the Genjana Nickel, Chromium and PGE block under the Critical Mineral Auctions (Tranche III), positioning it for longer-horizon exposure to strategic minerals tied to industrial and energy-transition demand. ^[22]

Risks investors are still pricing in (and sometimes yelling about)

Even with bullish notes flying around, Vedanta remains a “story stock” in the sense that multiple risk categories can hit at once:

Execution and regulatory risk on the demerger: CRISIL’s “Watch Developing” stance highlights that facility transfers, liability allocation, and support philosophy still need clarity for credit resolution. ^[23]
Macro and commodity-cycle risk: Mint’s December 25 piece explicitly raises the possibility that the metal rally could cool after a strong run, with slowdown/tariff concerns as a potential trigger. ^[24]
Leverage optics and promoter-level financing: Vedanta Resources (the parent) has been in discussions to raise a $500 million loan aimed at refinancing high-cost debt and funding capex, reflecting ongoing capital-structure management in the broader group ecosystem. ^[25]
Legacy legal/ESG overhangs: Vedanta has faced continuing legal attention around its copper-linked assets (including litigation context around Tuticorin/Sterlite), which remains a reputational and regulatory sensitivity. ^[26]

The market can tolerate one messy variable. Multiple messy variables at once? That’s when valuation discounts reappear.

What to watch next: the Dec 26 reopen and the January demerger milestones

With markets reopening December 26, traders will likely focus on:

whether Vedanta can hold above the high-₹590s after touching ~₹599.80, ^[27]
follow-through in the broader metal complex (especially if rate-cut narratives stay supportive), ^[28]
and—most importantly—process milestones on the demerger, including the power-vertical approval timeline and the work of transferring assets, liabilities, and licenses into the new entities. ^[29]

Bottom line for Vedanta stock on Dec 25, 2025

Vedanta Limited stock is ending the year as a high-momentum, high-attention name: price is near a 52-week high, the demerger has moved decisively forward, and broker targets have clustered in the ₹635–₹650 neighborhood—with some bull-case work stretching higher. ^[30]

But the stock is also bumping up against the part of the cycle where the debate shifts from “will this happen?” to “how cleanly will it happen—and how much of the upside is already priced in?” That’s why you’re seeing some consensus targets below the current quote even as headlines stay broadly optimistic. ^[31]

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