India Cements shares extend post-Q4 results 2025 rally. Jumps 5% in two days
India Cements share price surged by 5% over two trading sessions following its Q4 results for 2025. On Saturday, India Cements Ltd, which is now part of the Aditya Birla Group, announced a consolidated net profit of ₹ 14.68 crore for the quarter ending March 2025. In the same period last year, it reported a net loss of ₹ 60.55 crore, as stated in a BSE filing.
Despite this positive profit outcome, the company's revenue from operations declined by 3.11% to ₹ 1,197.30 crore for the March quarter of FY25, down from ₹ 1,235.74 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. For the financial year ending on March 31, 2025, India Cements reported a reduction in its net loss, amounting to ₹ 143.88 crore compared to ₹ 227.34 crore in FY'24.
In December of the previous year, UltraTech Cements, the leading cement manufacturer in the country, acquired the promoters' stake in The Indian Cements Ltd, thereby making the South India-based cement company its subsidiary effective from December 24, 2024.
First Published: 29 Apr 2025, 10:23 AM IST
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