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Ceat Q1 FY26 results: Profit falls 27% to ₹112 crore, rises sequentially
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Ceat on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹112.45 crore for Q1 FY26, down 27 per cent year-on-year from ₹154.16 crore in Q1 FY25. However, the tyre maker's profit improved sequentially from ₹99.49 crore in Q4 FY25.
The company's revenue for the quarter rose to ₹3,529.41 crore, up 10.5 per cent y-o-y from ₹3,192.82 crore and 3.2 per cent sequentially from ₹3,420.62 crore.
Shares of Ceat closed at ₹3,855.25 apiece on the BSE on Thursday.
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