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BOSCH LTD.

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P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
6.1K
+6.0%+19.5%
Expenditure
5.1K
+4.4%+21.0%
Net Profit
701.80
+23.4%-37.1%
OPM %
14.00%
-0.04pp-10.96pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.002.8K5.6K8.5K11.3KQ2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

Volume Surge, Profit Collapse: The Margin Story Bosch Can't Explain

margin compression · exceptional items · EBITDA-PAT gap

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2713 Aug 20266 minAutomobile

Volume surge masks profit collapse; margin sustainability claim unproven

margin_compression · volume_growth · exceptional_items

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2713 Aug 20266 minAutomobile

Bosch Q1 FY27: consolidated revenue +22% YoY beats street; PAT dip is prior-year one-off

auto components · margin compression · one-off gain

ResultsQ1 FY2710 Aug 20263 minAutomobile
Latest
Quarterly Result10 Aug, 6:41 pm

Bosch Q1 FY27: consolidated revenue +22% YoY beats street; PAT dip is prior-year one-off

Bosch Limited's consolidated revenue from operations rose 22.0% YoY to ₹5,841.9 Cr in Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 30, 2026), comfortably ahead of the ₹5,047–5,685 Cr range analysts had penciled in (Uniresearch/NiftyTrader) and above our own pre-result preview band of ₹4,800–4,900 Cr. Consolidated PAT came in at ₹706.1 Cr, down 36.7% YoY on a reported basis — but that decline is a base-effect artifact, not an operating slip: the year-ago quarter carried a ₹556 Cr pre-tax exceptional gain from the sale of Bosch's Video Solutions, Access & Intrusions and Communication Systems business to Keenfinity India, which inflated last year's PAT to ₹1,116.1 Cr. Standalone figures — the ones the company's own press release quotes — tell essentially the same story this quarter (revenue ₹5,841.9 Cr, PBT ₹938.7 Cr, PAT ₹701.8 Cr, EPS ₹237.95 vs consolidated EPS ₹239.41), since RBIC only became a subsidiary on July 1, 2026 and doesn't consolidate until Q2. Stripping out the one-off, underlying profitability was roughly flat to modestly up: PBT before exceptional items grew 12.0% YoY to ₹941.8 Cr (consolidated) — a figure management itself frames as "an increase of 12.0% over the same quarter of previous year" — while adjusted PAT (prior year's figure less an estimated ~₹445 Cr post-tax exceptional benefit) works out to roughly ₹671 Cr, putting adjusted YoY PAT growth at approximately +5%, well behind the 22% revenue growth. That gap shows up as margin compression: consolidated NPM fell to ~12.1% this quarter from an adjusted ~14.0% a year ago, even as OPM (segment results/revenue) held roughly flat at ~14.2% versus ~14.0% in Q4 FY26. The squeeze sits mainly below the operating line — tax and a smaller other-income base relative to last year's exceptional-boosted comparator — rather than in gross margins, which management attributes to "continuous optimization of expenses," even as commodity costs (steel, aluminium) were flagged pre-result as a watch item. Segment detail backs the revenue story: automotive product sales grew 25.7% YoY, with the two-wheeler business up a sharp 41.4% (value-added EMS products, premium motorcycle platforms), Power Solutions up 29.0%, Mobility Aftermarket up 9.6%, and the Beyond Mobility (Power Tools-led) business up 12.6%. This beats management's own Q4 FY26 guidance of "cautiously optimistic," "steady growth across most automotive segments" — 22% topline growth and a 25.7% jump in automotive sales run well ahead of "steady." Corporate action this quarter is significant context: the Board approved a nominee director on Bosch Chassis Systems India (RBIC), which closed as a wholly owned subsidiary on July 1, 2026 for a final consideration of ₹9,023.8 Cr — the deal doesn't touch this quarter's consolidated numbers but will from Q2 FY27. Management also cited a new joint venture with the TSF Group (Brakes India, Wheels India) for advanced commercial-vehicle air systems, tying into the concall-flagged CV-growth-through-JV thesis. Going into Q2 FY27, the two swing factors are the RBIC consolidation (first quarter of inorganic revenue/PAT contribution) and whether the ~12% underlying PBT growth pace holds as flagged commodity cost pressure works through the P&L. The reported PAT decline is fully explained by the one-off, not an operating problem — but adjusted ~5% PAT growth against 22% revenue growth means margin math, not volume, is now the print's real story.

10 Aug 2026, 06:41 pm

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