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AU Small Finance Bank on Saturday reported a 53 per cent surge in net profit at Rs 858 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2026 on the back of improvement in interest income. The lender had earned a net profit of Rs 561 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 6,382 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 5,224 crore in the same period a year ago, AU Small Finance Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income increased to Rs 5,612 crore as against Rs 4,511 crore in the corresponding second quarter of the previous year. Net interest income of the bank improved to Rs 2,820 crore in the July-September quarter, from Rs 2,144 crore in the September quarter of 2025, registering a growth of 32 per cent. Net interest margin increased to 5.8 per cent from 5.5 per cent at the end of September 2025. Asset quality of the bank also improved with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rising to 1.99 per cent of gross advances at the end of the September quarter 2026
JK Cement Ltd on Saturday reported a 6.31 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 169.3 crore for the September quarter of FY2026-27, helped by volume gains. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 159.25 crore in the July-September period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from JK Cement Ltd (JKCL), the flagship company of JK Organisation Group. Its revenue from operations was up 23.65 per cent to Rs 3,733.42 crore in the September quarter of FY27 compared to Rs 3,019.20 crore in the year-ago period. The company reported "robust volume growth and higher profitability despite cost pressures," JKCL said in its Investor Presentation. Its grey cement sales volume rose 21 per cent to 5.37 million tonnes (MT) in the second quarter of FY27. Similarly, white cement volume was up 13 per cent to 0.49 MT. JKCL's total expenses rose 24.34 per cent to Rs 3,515.71 crore in the September quarter of FY'27. Its total income, including other income, rose 22.84 per cent t
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) reported a 22.5 per cent fall in September quarter net profit as earnings from operations weakened due to a retail price freeze despite rising costs. BPCL's standalone net profit declined to Rs 4,993 crore in July-September, the second quarter of fiscal 2027, from Rs 6,443 crore a year earlier, according to a company statement. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 1.58 lakh crore from Rs 1.22 lakh crore, while Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) fell nearly 14 per cent to Rs 9,437 crore from Rs 10,968 crore. India's second largest fuel retailer earned USD 32.53 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuels like petrol and diesel in July-September, as compared to USD 10.78 a barrel gross refining margin in the same period a year back. But these gains were wiped away by losses arising from the five month old freeze in retail price revision despite a rise in cost. BPCL also booked Rs 330 crore ...
Coforge posted a 56.5 per cent increase in consolidated profit to Rs 588 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, 2026, driven by AI-led execution of deals, the company said on Friday. The IT firm had posted a net profit of Rs 375.8 crore in the same period a year ago. "Right now the margin uptake that we are seeing is in the existing fixed price projects where AI is getting infused," Coforge Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Sudhir Singh, said during the company's earnings call. Coforge signed 8 large deals the highest number signed in a single quarter across North America, Europe and Australia, which led to a total contract value of the new orders of USD 1.04 billion during the reported quarter. The company increased the operational profit margin guidance to 17 per cent for the next year from the range of 15.5 per cent to 16 per cent. Revenue from operations during the reported quarter increased by 53.6 per cent to Rs 6,171 crore from Rs 4,016 crore a year
CG Power and Industrial Solutions on Friday posted 44 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 409.09 crore for September quarter FY27, supported by higher revenues. The Mumbai-headquartered entity had clocked a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 284.44 crore in the year-ago period, it said in an exchange filing. During the quarter, the company's total income increased to Rs 3,883.25 crore from Rs 2,988.89 crore in Q2 FY26. From power systems segment, the revenue was Rs 1,766.76 crore as against Rs 1,254.49 crore in the year-ago quarter. The industrial systems business contributed a revenue of Rs 1,868.61 crore in the quarter as against Rs 1,533.33 crore in July-September FY26. The company's board approved enhancing capex investment for the GIS brownfield project at Vilholi, Nashik, from Rs 35.17 crore to Rs 44.62 crore. It also gave nod to invest Rs 15.31 crore to enhance EHV (extra high voltage) circuit breaker manufacturing capacity by 3,600 units (annually) at S3 Unit-II ...
Adani Power on Friday posted about a 142 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 7,019.32 crore in the September quarter of FY27, citing higher revenue and one-time income. Profit after tax stood at Rs 2,906.46 crore in Q2 FY26, the company said in a statement. Operating revenue increased by 29.8 per cent to Rs 17,014.06 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 13,106.34 crore in Q2 FY26, it said. The growth was driven by higher volumes on account of a significant increase in electricity demand and higher tariffs under the power purchase agreement (PPA) due to a sharp increase in imported coal prices and improved merchant realisation, Adani Power said. Also, there was one-time prior period revenue recognition of Rs 2,422.25 crore in Q2 FY27, primarily due to the revision in historic energy charges under certain PPAs, as compared to Rs 668.53 crore in Q2 FY26, it explained. Finance costs were lower by 9.7 per cent at Rs 760.23 crore in the latest September quarter, compared to R