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Dalmia Bharat's net surge 172% to Rs 395 cr in Q1

Cement maker Dalmia Bharat has posted a 172.4 percent growth in its profit after tax during April-June quarter (Q1) of 2025-26 (FY26) at Rs 395 crore as compared to Rs 145 crore during the year-ago quarter, according to a BSE filing.

During Q1 FY26, the company posted marginal growth of 0.4 percent in its revenue from operations at Rs 3,636 crore as compared to Rs 3,621 crore during the year-ago quarter.

“In the backdrop of strong economic fundamentals, robust government-led capex and increasing cement industry consolidation, we remain committed to becoming a PanIndia player….beginning of this year marks a recovery in cement realizations in our key markets, which has helped us deliver robust EBITDA growth, resulting in an EBITDA margin of 24.3 percent, which is an increase of 5.8 percentage points compared to last year,” said Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director & CEO, Dalmia Bharat Ltd.

The company has also achieved its highest ever quarterly EBITDA of Rs 883 crore, up by 31.9 percent as compared to Rs 669 crore during the year-ago quarter.

Sales volume during the quarter stood at 7 million tons (mt), down by around 5.8 percent, against 7.4 mt during Q1 FY25.

Dalmia Bharat’s net debt to EBITDA stood at 0.33x as on June 30, 2025, share of renewable energy (RE) power consumption stood at 41.2 percent during Q1 FY26, the operational RE capacity including group captive stands at 294 megawatts (MW).