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3M INDIA LTD.

BSE: 523395

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
1.4K
+1.7%+18.5%
Expenditure
1.2K
+3.7%+24.1%
Net Profit
233.07
+8.2%+31.2%
OPM %
21.86%
+0.58pp+1.65pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
-241.68222.36686.401.2K1.6KQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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3M India Q1 FY27: PAT +31% on land-sale gain; core profit -4% YoY, margin keeps sliding

land sale gain · exceptional item · margin compression

ResultsQ1 FY2714 Aug 20263 min

3M India Q1 FY27: Margins Under Watch Amid Pricing Actions

margins · pricing · FY27-guidance

Result previewQ1 FY2708 Aug 20263 min
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Board Meeting14 Aug, 12:57 pm

3M India Q1 FY27: PAT +31% on land-sale gain; core profit -4% YoY, margin keeps sliding

3M India's standalone Q1 FY27 (quarter ended 30 June 2026) headline needs unpacking: reported PAT of Rs 233.07 Cr, up 31.2% YoY and 8.2% QoQ, was driven almost entirely by a Rs 73.13 Cr exceptional net gain on the sale of the company's Pimpri, Pune land parcel for Rs 82 Cr total consideration (deed executed 29 June 2026). Strip that out and profit before exceptional items and tax was Rs 229.03 Cr, down -4.3% YoY and -8.0% QoQ — core profitability actually contracted even as revenue from operations grew a strong 19.0% YoY (+1.7% QoQ) to Rs 1,423.21 Cr, the company's fifth straight quarter of double-digit YoY sales growth per management. Applying the quarter's effective tax rate to the pre-exceptional PBT, adjusted PAT works out to roughly flat YoY (~-0.6%) against the clean Rs 177.69 Cr posted a year ago (that quarter had no exceptional items) — a materially different story from the +31% reported figure. The margin bridge explains the gap: EBITDA of Rs 250 Cr (management's own figure) declined -2.7% YoY and -7.3% QoQ, taking EBITDA margin to roughly 17.6% of revenue, down from ~21.5% a year ago and ~19.2% last quarter — a clear multi-quarter compression trend, though margin still sits above the cautious 14-15% range flagged in our pre-result preview. Segment data shows why: all four business segments grew revenue YoY (Health Care +23.5%, Safety & Industrial +23.0%, Transportation & Electronics +14.4%, Consumer +13.4%), but segment profit tells a different story — Transportation & Electronics profit fell -24.7% YoY to Rs 67.72 Cr even as its revenue rose, the sharpest segment-level margin hit in the print and the exact watch item our pre-result preview had flagged. Management attributes the core profitability decline primarily to Indian Rupee depreciation. Against our pre-result preview, the print beat the on-plan expectations we set out: revenue of Rs 1,423 Cr came in well ahead of the ~Rs 1,350 Cr on-plan estimate, and the 17.6% EBITDA margin cleared the 14-15% floor flagged as the key watch item, suggesting pricing actions have partly offset cost pressure. No broader analyst consensus is available beyond ICICI Securities' single-analyst coverage (BUY, Rs 35,600 target) cited in our preview, reflecting the stock's thin institutional coverage — the company also has no formal management guidance on record for this quarter. The Ahmedabad plant closure flagged pre-result (shut 24 July 2026 due to heavy rains) fully resumed operations by 11 August 2026, just ahead of this announcement, so no material production loss shows up in this quarter's numbers given the timing. Going into Q2 FY27, the two threads to track are whether Transportation & Electronics segment margins recover from this quarter's -24.7% profit decline, and whether core (pre-exceptional) PBT — down -4.3% YoY this quarter — stabilizes as the rupee-depreciation headwind management cited plays out. The August 26 AGM will also bring shareholder approval of the Rs 506/share FY26 dividend (Rs 160 final + Rs 346 special) declared in May.

14 Aug 2026, 12:57 pm

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