Earnings Growth

Accenture, an IT services and consulting company with a significant workforce in India, on Thursday reported a net income of USD 2.39 billion in the March-May quarter, up from USD 2.24 billion in the year-ago period. Accenture follows a September-August financial year, making March-May the third quarter of FY26. The Dublin, Ireland-headquartered firm reported a revenue of USD 18.7 billion in the quarter ended May. It had reported a revenue of USD 17.7 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year. The firm recorded new bookings totalling USD 19.3 billion during the quarter under review, as compared to USD 19.7 billion in Q3 FY25. "Demand for large-scale reinvention remains strong -- 104 quarterly client bookings of USD 100 million or more year-to-date, up 13 per cent -- and we are seeing more large-scale AI transformation programmes while executing our strategy to capture new areas of growth," Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet said.

Although the market has consolidated, the overall reaction is modest, largely because investors still assume that the economic fallout will be temporary and is supported by strong domestic inflows.

Against this backdrop, Bernstein has trimmed exposure to consumption-downgrading staples and autos to Underweight given inflation headwinds, limited policy support.

While the bulk of foreign selling is likely over after the outflows over the recent months, Goldman Sachs does not see foreign investors returning to Indian shores in a hurry, even if oil prices dip.

Early Q4FY26 results show strong earnings growth led by BFSI and metals, even as oil refiners lag and global tensions fuel input cost pressures

Indian markets rallied sharply after the India-US trade deal cut tariffs to 18%, but analysts warn the sustainability of the uptrend depends on earnings recovery and fresh long build-up

India's IT companies earn a significant share of their revenue from the United States, making the world's largest economy crucial for the sector

The brokerage's analysis of its universe of stocks revealed that after a prolonged period of earnings cuts, companies are beginning to report earnings upgrades.

Nifty earnings are expected to grow by around 16 per cent in the next fiscal year beginning April 1, nearly double the growth estimated for the current year, according to ICICI Securities Ltd

Voltas management has indicated that Q3FY26 trends are in line with internal expectations, with most sales still driven by products under the old energy rating table.

PhysicsWallah reported a nearly 70 per cent rise in Q2FY26 net profit to Rs 69.7 crore, while revenue grew 26 per cent and adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 26 per cent in its first post-IPO results

Corporate earnings logged a 3rd straight quarter of double-digit growth, underpinned by strong performances from OMCs, Metals, Telecom, Technology, Cement, NBFCs - Lending, and Capital Goods.

Earnings for the 151 MOFSL Universe companies rose 14 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), above the brokerage's 9 per cent estimate.

Mastek shares rose 9 per cent it reported a 29 per cent jump in its net profit for the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26)

Benefiting from surging demand for advanced chips used in artificial intelligence applications, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said net profit for April-June climbed to $13.53 billion

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday reported 23 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 1,593 crore during the first quarter, helped by decline in bad loans and improvement in interest income. The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 1,293 crore in the April-June period of the previous year. Total income in the quarter under review rose to Rs 7,879 crore from Rs 6,769 crore in the same period a year ago, BoM said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank grew to Rs 7,054 crore as compared to Rs 5,875 crore in June quarter FY25. The bank's asset quality showed improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 1.74 per cent of gross advances at the end of June quarter FY26 from 1.85 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs or bad loans declined to 0.18 per cent as against 0.20 per cent in the year-ago period. Capital adequacy ratio of the bank rose to 20.06 per cent from 17.04 per cent in the same quarter of FY25.

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Kalyan Jewellers on Monday reported a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal 2025-26, despite multiple pauses in demand, majorly due to volatility in gold prices and geopolitical tensions. The company had reported a consolidated net revenue of Rs 5,557.63 crore in the first quarter (April-June) of the 2024-25 fiscal. India operations saw 31 per cent revenue growth during Q1 of the fiscal 2025-26 compared to Q1 of the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing. The revenue from global operations was up 31 per cent and contributed 15 per cent to the consolidated revenue in Q1. The revenue from Middle East operations was up 26 per cent driven predominantly by same-store-sales growth, while the digital platform Candere recorded 67 revenue growth during Q1 of FY26. During Q1, the company opened 10 Kalyan showrooms and eight Candere showrooms in India and one Kalyan showroom in the US. The company has drawn up plans to

Earnings expectations 2025: According to analysts, the second half of calendar year 2025 (H2 CY25) could see an improved earnings environment, supported by lower credit costs and easing inflation

Of the 270 companies analysed, largecaps saw a 6 per cent Y-o-Y earnings rise, midcaps gained 2 per cent, while smallcaps slumped 16 per cent.