Inside its usual range of 14.5 to 23.5. The record is 38.6, in January 2021. Down from 24.1 a year ago.
What it is. What investors pay for each rupee of profit across the 500 largest listed companies.
How to read it. The broad market's P/E. When it runs well above the Nifty 50's, mid and small companies are being priced more richly than the giants.
| Latest | 21.7 | 5 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| A week ago | 21.5 | |
| A month ago | 22.5 | |
| A year ago | 24.1 | |
| Usual range | 14.5 to 23.5 | |
| Median | 17.8 | |
| Lowest | 7.7 | 27 Oct 2008 |
| Highest | 38.6 | 14 Jan 2021 |
| Percentile, full history | 65 | |
| Percentile, last 5 years | 11 |
The usual range is the middle half of readings since 1999. A percentile is the share of the 6,902 readings since 1 Jan 1999 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.
To cite: tipsheet, “Nifty 500 P/E”, data to 5 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/nifty-500-pe/
the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.