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Quarterly Result11 Aug 2026, 03:57 pm

Hexa Tradex: ₹1.67 Cr consolidated profit from one-off ₹2.18 Cr MTM gain, revenue nil

AI Summary

Hexa Tradex — a near-dormant investment-holding company (through subsidiary Hexa Securities and Finance) that is in the final stage of a shareholder delisting — reported consolidated PAT of ₹1.67 Cr for Q1 FY27, against losses of ₹3.32 Cr in Q4 FY26 and ₹0.16 Cr in Q1 FY26. There is no street/analyst coverage or consensus estimate for this micro-float, delisting-stage stock, and management has issued no prior guidance or outlook on record, so vsStreet and vsGuidance are both 'unknown' rather than a beat, miss, or met call. Revenue from operations was nil, as it was a year ago, so NPM/OPM comparisons don't apply. The entire reported profit is a fair-value GAIN of ₹2.18 Cr on non-current investments booked through the P&L this quarter (within 'total expenses', which is consequently negative at ₹(1.67) Cr); the same line was a smaller ₹0.99 Cr gain a year ago and a ₹3.84 Cr loss in Q4 FY26. Adjusting both periods for this one-off, underlying PAT is a loss of ≈₹0.51 Cr this quarter versus an adjusted loss of ≈₹1.16 Cr in Q1 FY26 (loss narrows ~56% YoY) but versus an adjusted PROFIT of ≈₹0.52 Cr in Q4 FY26 — so on an adjusted basis the quarter is a QoQ deterioration even as it is a YoY improvement. None of these swings are large in absolute terms (all under ₹1.2 Cr) for a company with consolidated net worth of ₹4,893 Cr; they read as noise from marking a large investment book, not an operating signal. The more consequential number this quarter sits outside the P&L: total comprehensive income was ₹277.84 Cr, driven by a ₹322.23 Cr unrealised mark-to-market gain on the investment portfolio that Ind AS 34 routes through OCI rather than profit — consolidated net worth rose to ₹4,893.35 Cr from ₹4,615.51 Cr at FY26-end largely on this basis. Standalone (parent-only) results tell a different story — a ₹0.58 Cr loss for the quarter — because the P&L-routed fair-value gain exists only at the consolidated/subsidiary level; standalone's own (much larger, ₹348.86 Cr) investment gain is also OCI-only, so it doesn't touch either entity's reported PAT. The filing carries no separate management commentary or press release; the only qualitative disclosure is procedural — the delisting of Hexa Tradex shares, initiated by the acquirers, is 'substantially completed including payment to all shareholders who offered their shares,' with the final application pending BSE/NSE approval (Note 2), which is the more material fact for anyone still holding the stock than this quarter's accounting swing.

Key Highlights

  • Consolidated PAT was ₹1.67 Cr in Q1 FY27 versus losses of ₹3.32 Cr (Q4 FY26) and ₹0.16 Cr (Q1 FY26) — a reported turnaround, but it is entirely a one-off accounting effect, not an operating shift (see below).
  • The entire reported profit comes from a ₹2.18 Cr fair-value gain on non-current investments booked through the P&L; the year-ago quarter had a smaller ₹0.99 Cr gain on the same line. Stripping this out, adjusted PAT is a loss of ≈₹0.51 Cr this quarter vs an adjusted loss of ≈₹1.16 Cr a year ago (narrower YoY) but vs an adjusted PROFIT of ≈₹0.52 Cr in Q4 FY26 (a QoQ deterioration once the one-off is excluded).
  • Total comprehensive income was far larger at ₹277.84 Cr, driven by a ₹322.23 Cr unrealised mark-to-market gain on the investment book that Ind AS routes through OCI rather than the P&L — the real net-worth swing this quarter is much bigger than the ₹1.67 Cr PAT line suggests.
  • Revenue from operations was nil, same as a year ago; the ₹1.45 Cr booked in Q4 FY26 (investment & finance segment) was a one-off that did not repeat, so this line carries no trend.
  • Standalone (parent-only) posted a ₹0.58 Cr loss for the quarter, diverging from the consolidated profit — the P&L-routed fair-value gain exists only once subsidiary Hexa Securities and Finance is consolidated.
  • EPS: consolidated ₹0.30 basic vs ₹(0.03) a year ago and ₹(0.60) in Q4 FY26; standalone EPS ₹(0.10).
  • Delisting of Hexa Tradex shares, initiated by the acquirers, is 'substantially completed including payment to all shareholders who offered their shares,' with the final application pending BSE/NSE approval (Note 2).