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Aditya Birla Capital Q1 result: Net profit up 10%, board approves ESOPs
New Delhi
Aditya Birla Capital on Monday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹835.08 crore for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 (Q1 FY26), marking a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase of 10.03 per cent from ₹758.84 crore in the same period last year. However, on a sequential basis, profit declined by 3.42 per cent from ₹864.6 crore in Q4 FY25.
The firm's revenue from operations rose 9.58 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹9,502.69 crore in Q1 FY26, compared to ₹8,672.60 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Sequentially, revenue dropped by 22.17 per cent from ₹12,214.04 crore.
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