AYM Syntex swings to Rs 8.7 Cr consolidated PAT from year-ago loss; revenue up 7.5% YoY
revenue +7.52% · margins expanding
₹351.03 Cr
+7.52% YoY
₹8.66 Cr
2.46%
+3.5pp YoY
₹1.48
AYM Syntex (consolidated, primary basis) posted revenue of Rs 351.03 Cr for Q1 FY27, up 7.5% YoY from Rs 326.48 Cr, with net profit turning around to Rs 8.66 Cr against a Rs 3.57 Cr loss a year ago — NPM flipped from -1.09% to +2.47% and OPM expanded to roughly 8.95% from 5.10%. Sequentially the print is softer: revenue eased 4.0% QoQ and PAT 3.9% QoQ against a seasonally stronger Q4 FY26 (Rs 365.77 Cr revenue, Rs 9.01 Cr PAT, 9.10% OPM), so the YoY turnaround is the real story, not the QoQ trend. A meaningful part of this quarter's profit is a one-off: the company elected the 25.17% tax regime under Section 200 of the Income Tax Act, 2025 (the successor to erstwhile Section 115BAA) and booked a Rs 2.28 Cr one-time deferred-tax credit from remeasuring its deferred tax balances; stripping that out, adjusted PAT is closer to Rs 6.4 Cr — still a turnaround versus last year's loss, since the year-ago quarter had no comparable one-off, but a smaller one on a like-for-like tax basis. On margins, the YoY expansion was driven less by material costs (cost of materials rose to 58.3% of revenue from 56.7%) and more by depreciation falling 11% YoY (Rs 16.74 Cr to Rs 14.91 Cr) and other expenses declining 3.3% even as volumes grew, while employee costs rose 13.5%, faster than revenue.
Q1 FY-2027 vs prior quarters
There is no analyst consensus or brokerage preview available for this quarter, and neither our records nor management's notes carry any formal prior guidance, so the print cannot be graded against a Street or company-set bar — both are unknown. No standalone press release accompanied the filing; the only management commentary is the results notes themselves, which flag the tax election and the pending Mandawewala Enterprises merger, with the NCLT hearing on the amalgamation scheme now listed for August 27, 2026 after shareholder and creditor approval in May 2026. The quarter also saw back-to-back leadership changes at the plant level — the President & Plant Head resigned on August 7, 2026, with Vireshwar Joshi appointed President & Unit Head a day earlier — coming on top of the Director-Operations resignation in May 2026, a churn worth watching alongside the operating metrics.
The stock went into the print at ₹258.95, up 10.4% over the past month of trading.
For context: this is the second-highest quarterly PAT of the last 6 quarters.
What the summary numbers don't show
EPS (basic) at Rs 1.48 vs Rs 1.54 in Q4 FY26 and a Rs 0.61 loss per share a year ago
W1
Whether the margin gains hold next quarter once the Rs 2.28 Cr one-time deferred-tax credit rolls off (Q1 FY27 base)
W2
Outcome of the NCLT hearing on the Mandawewala Enterprises amalgamation scheme, listed for August 27, 2026
W3
Execution continuity under the new President & Unit Head (appointed August 6, 2026) after successive operations-leadership exits in May and August 2026
Standalone and consolidated are near-identical — the sole subsidiary (AYM Textiles) contributed a Rs 0.06 lakh loss, immaterial per the auditor's note; Rs 227.50 lakh (Rs 2.28 Cr) one-time deferred-tax credit from a tax-regime election inflates reported PAT this quarter.