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AMBUJA CEMENTS LTD.

BSE: 500425

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
6.6K
-8.9%+10.0%
Expenditure
5.9K
-14.3%+21.1%
Net Profit
504.00
-69.3%-41.1%
OPM %
14.78%
+6.89pp-1.03pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.002.0K4.0K6.1K8.1KQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

Ambuja Sets a Sept 28 Vote to Fold Subsidiary Orient Cement In at 33 Shares per 100

Ambuja Cements · Orient Cement · amalgamation

Research28 Aug 20264 min

Cost Discipline Can't Hide the Profit Cliff

cost discipline · volume cliff · pricing power

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2703 Aug 20266 minIndustrials & Infra

Cost leadership emerging; volume cliff & margin miss undermine near-term narrative

value-over-volume shift · cost reduction ₹206/ton · capacity ramp-up

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2703 Aug 20266 minIndustrials & Infra
Latest
Quarterly Result28 Jul, 2:19 pm

Ambuja Q1 consolidated PAT down 32% YoY to ₹660 Cr; revenue off 8%, margins soft

Ambuja Cements opened FY27 with a soft print. Consolidated revenue from operations fell ~7.7% YoY to ₹9,474 Cr (₹9,500 Cr including grants) and total profit after tax dropped ~32% to ₹660 Cr (owners' share ₹577 Cr, EPS ₹2.32) versus the ₹969.66 Cr our records carry for Q1FY26 — a decline of ~26% even after adjusting for the small one-offs on both sides (₹24 Cr ACC severance charge this quarter, ₹40 Cr indemnification gain a year ago). On the filing's own restated comparative (₹1,041 Cr) the fall is steeper, ~37%. Standalone PAT was ₹504 Cr on revenue of ₹6,320 Cr. This is a weak quarter judged on the primary YoY axis, regardless of basis. The QoQ optics are misleading and must be read with care. PAT looks down ~64% from Q4FY26's ₹1,857 Cr, but that quarter was flattered by a one-time ₹1,187 Cr deferred-tax credit and ₹750 Cr current-tax reversal tied to the Sanghi/Penna amalgamation — Q4 carried a net tax credit, whereas this quarter's tax is a normal ₹188 Cr charge. Stripping tax noise, the operating picture actually improved sequentially: EBITDA margin recovered to ~16.7% (EBITDA ~₹1,589 Cr) from a depressed ~13.4% in Q4, evidence that the management 'reset' and ₹250/tonne cost-reduction push flagged on the last call is showing early traction. But margins are still below the ~19% earned a year ago — power & fuel (₹2,389 Cr) and freight (₹2,258 Cr) remain the heavy lines and the YoY margin compression is the real story behind the profit drop. Against the bar we set pre-result, the print is broadly in line operationally: revenue of ₹9,474 Cr landed at the low end of our ₹9,500–9,700 Cr expectation and implied EBITDA/T of ~₹880 sits inside the ₹850–900 band, but the bottom line disappointed on normalized tax and thinner margins. No fresh brokerage consensus is available for a same-day print; the standing Street view remains constructive (Buy, ₹616–680 targets) on the 140 MTPA roadmap and merger synergies. Management gives no quarterly PAT guidance; its FY27 target of ~8% volume growth to 80 MnT is an annual marker that a single seasonally-soft Q1 (cement Q1 is typically below the Jan–Mar peak) neither confirms nor refutes, and the quarter notably included a temporary suspension of manufacturing at certain facilities under a 'strategic review' — a swing factor for volumes to watch. On the corporate front, the amalgamation agenda advanced: NSE/BSE issued NOCs (June 4) for the ACC and Orient mergers, and the NCLT on July 20 ordered a shareholder meeting on Sept 28, 2026 for the Orient scheme — the vehicle for the ₹100/tonne synergy story. The group also drew ₹3,900 Cr and ₹450 Cr of inter-corporate deposits from ACC and Orient at 8%. No management press release was captured with this filing to cross-check framing.

28 Jul 2026, 02:19 pm

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