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AHLUWALIA CONTRACTS (INDIA) LTD.

BSE: 532811

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
1.1K
-15.3%+11.8%
Expenditure
1.1K
-9.2%+18.4%
Net Profit
11.42
-85.8%-77.7%
OPM %
4.29%
-5.06pp-4.30pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.00619.651.2K1.9K2.5KQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

Revenue Steady, Margins Shattered—And Management Knew It

labor inflation · margin compression · order inflow

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2720 Aug 20266 minIndustrials & Infra

Revenue +12% masks 78% PAT collapse; margin recovery stalled

labor shock · margin compression · client negotiation

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2720 Aug 20266 minIndustrials & Infra

Ahluwalia Q1 FY27: consol. PAT plunges 80% YoY to ₹10.4 Cr despite 12% revenue growth

construction · margin compression · profit miss

ResultsQ1 FY2714 Aug 20263 minIndustrials & Infra
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Board Meeting14 Aug, 5:53 pm

Ahluwalia Q1 FY27: consol. PAT plunges 80% YoY to ₹10.4 Cr despite 12% revenue growth

Ahluwalia Contracts' consolidated PAT for Q1 FY27 fell 80% YoY to ₹10.39 Cr (from ₹51.21 Cr in Q1 FY26) even as revenue grew 12% YoY to ₹1,125.91 Cr — a sharp divergence between topline and bottom line. Sequentially the drop is starker: PAT is down 87% from ₹82.02 Cr in Q4 FY26 on a 15% QoQ revenue decline, consistent with management's own pre-result flag that Q1 is seasonally the weakest quarter with execution back-loaded into H2. Standalone tells the same story (PAT ₹11.42 Cr, down ~78% YoY from ₹51.11 Cr), so this is not a consolidation-specific effect. The compression sits squarely on costs, not one-offs — exceptional items are nil in both the current and comparative periods across both statements. Cost of materials, sub-contract work, employee expenses, finance costs and depreciation all rose faster than revenue, pulling operating margin down to roughly 5.7% this quarter from 9.49% in Q4 FY26 and 8.59% a year ago. That is well short of management's FY27 guidance of crossing into double-digit EBITDA margins, and the 12% YoY revenue growth this quarter also trails the low end of the 15-20% FY27 revenue growth guided at the Q4 FY26 concall — though management had itself flagged Q1 as unusually slow. The consolidated JV also swung to a ₹1.07 Cr loss versus a marginal profit a year ago, a modest further drag on PBT. Against our pre-result preview, revenue came in ahead of the ~₹1,050 Cr expectation, but net profit (~₹54-58 Cr expected) and EPS (~₹8.0-8.7 expected vs ₹1.55 actual) missed by a wide margin — this is a profitability miss, not a revenue one. The quarter's other developments — the ₹393 Cr airport greenfield order won in March 2026 and a 35% dividend recommended alongside FY26 audited results in June — support order-book visibility (₹18,680 Cr backlog, ~4.6x TTM revenue) but did not show up in this quarter's execution or margins. No management press release or commentary accompanying this filing was available in the context to cross-check against the numbers; the August 17 earnings call is the next opportunity for management to explain the margin shortfall against its own guidance.

14 Aug 2026, 05:53 pm

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