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Manufacturing and processing companies listed on NEPSE.

The companies that actually make things: cement, sugar, textiles, brick.

Close · 24 September 202618 companies, 16 delisted or suspended

Manufacturing and processing at the close

RSML+1.14%HDL+2.64%UNLnot tradedSARBTM+1.67%SHIVM+2.18%BNLnot tradedPCIL+3.60%GCIL+7.07%SYPNL+0.76%SAIL+2.11%BNT+0.58%SONA+7.65%SOPL+0.01%SAGAR+1.13%OMPL−0.57%ECL−0.21%
Companies
18
6.4% of NEPSE’s listed companies
Market value
Rs 39,372 cr
8.8% of the exchange
At the close
+2.30%
12 rose, 2 fell, of 14 traded
One year
+7.8%
Price, weighted by value
Median yield
1.09%
5 of 16 paid cash in 12 months

What actually moves these companies

A small sector by count and an old one by history: some of the longest-listed names on NEPSE sit here, alongside the recent cement listings.

Unlike the financial sectors, these are ordinary operating businesses. Input costs, capacity and demand explain the results, not a regulator’s circular.

Worth knowing: Trading volume in parts of this sector is thin. A market order in a scrip that trades a few hundred shares a day can fill far from the last price you saw.

All 18 are listed: Bottlers Nepal (Balaju) Limited (BNL), Bottlers Nepal (Terai) Limited (BNT), Everest Colour Ltd. (ECL), Ghorahi Cement Industry Limited (GCIL), Himalayan Distillery Limited (HDL), Nepal Lube Oil Limited (NLO), Om Megashree Pharmaceuticals Limited (OMPL), Palpa Cement Industries Limited (PCIL), and 10 more listed below. That is 6.4% of the 280 companies listed on NEPSE.

The sector at a glance

Listed securities
18
Instrument mix
18 equity
Regulator
Department of Industry
Delisted or suspended
16
Largest company
RSML

The largest companies

By market value, with each one’s share of the sector.

  1. RSMLReliance Spinning Mills Limited13.3%Rs 5,233 cr
  2. HDLHimalayan Distillery Limited12.3%Rs 4,839 cr
  3. UNLUnilever Nepal Limited11.2%Rs 4,419 cr
  4. SARBTMSarbottam Cement Limited11.0%Rs 4,314 cr
  5. SHIVMSHIVAM CEMENTS LTD10.0%Rs 3,926 cr
  6. BNLBottlers Nepal (Balaju) Limited7.1%Rs 2,776 cr
  7. PCILPalpa Cement Industries Limited6.0%Rs 2,374 cr
  8. GCILGhorahi Cement Industry Limited5.1%Rs 2,016 cr
  9. SYPNLSY Panel Nepal Limited4.4%Rs 1,726 cr
  10. SAILShreenagar Agritech Industries Limited4.1%Rs 1,621 cr

The year’s best and worst

One-year price return, adjusted for bonus shares. The 4 highest and 4 lowest in the sector.

  1. +38.4%HDL
  2. +20.6%SHIVM
  3. +7.2%BNT
  4. SONA−0.9%
  5. UNL−3.5%
  6. GCIL−4.9%
  7. BNL−9.3%
  8. OMPL−29.3%

Every manufacturing and processing company

16 companies with a price. Select a heading to sort; each symbol opens its stock page.

RSMLReliance Spinning Mills Limited2,754.00+1.14%n/a1.09%5,233
HDLHimalayan Distillery Limited1,312.00+2.64%+38.4%0.76%4,839
UNLUnilever Nepal Limited47,999.00no trade−3.5%none4,419
SARBTMSarbottam Cement Limited825.70+1.67%−2.5%1.82%4,314
SHIVMSHIVAM CEMENTS LTD702.00+2.18%+20.6%1.42%3,926
BNLBottlers Nepal (Balaju) Limited14,244.70no trade−9.3%none2,776
PCILPalpa Cement Industries Limited633.00+3.60%n/anone2,374
GCILGhorahi Cement Industry Limited401.30+7.07%−4.9%0.13%2,016
SYPNLSY Panel Nepal Limited1,319.80+0.76%n/anone1,726
SAILShreenagar Agritech Industries Limited993.50+2.11%n/anone1,621
BNTBottlers Nepal (Terai) Limited12,001.00+0.58%+7.2%none1,452
SONASonapur Minerals And Oil Limited434.90+7.65%−0.9%none1,337
SOPLSopan Pharmaceuticals Limited735.00+0.01%n/anone1,261
SAGARSagar Distillery Limited1,608.00+1.13%n/anone1,167
OMPLOm Megashree Pharmaceuticals Limited870.00−0.57%−29.3%none522
ECLEverest Colour Limited1,296.10−0.21%n/anone389

No longer trading

Suspended or delisted. Most Nepali delistings are mergers: shareholders were issued shares in the listed survivor.

  • AVU Suspended
  • BSL Suspended
  • BSM Suspended
  • FHL Suspended
  • GRU Suspended
  • HBT Suspended
  • JSM Suspended
  • NBBU Suspended
  • NKU Suspended
  • NVG Suspended
  • RJM Suspended
  • SBPP Suspended
  • SRS Suspended
  • BJM Delisted
  • HTL Delisted
  • MSM Delisted

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About manufacturing and processing companies on NEPSE

How many manufacturing and processing companies are listed on NEPSE?
18 manufacturing and processing companies are listed and trading on the Nepal Stock Exchange. That count is from the exchange's registry as of 26 September 2026.
Which is the largest manufacturing and processing company on NEPSE?
By market value at the 24 September 2026 close, Reliance Spinning Mills Limited (RSML) at Rs 5,233 cr, 13.3% of the sector's Rs 39,372 cr. Over the last year the best price return in the sector was HDL, +38.4% (adjusted for bonus shares).
What moves manufacturing and processing share prices in Nepal?
Unlike the financial sectors, these are ordinary operating businesses. Input costs, capacity and demand explain the results, not a regulator’s circular. Trading volume in parts of this sector is thin. A market order in a scrip that trades a few hundred shares a day can fill far from the last price you saw.
Which manufacturing and processing companies have been delisted from NEPSE?
16 symbols in this sector are no longer trading, including AVU, BSL, BSM, FHL, GRU, HBT. Most Nepali delistings are mergers rather than failures: the company was absorbed into another listed institution and its shareholders were issued shares in the survivor.

Also: the heat map, the screener and the full registry.

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