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K.P. Energy Ltd

BSE: 539686

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
518.07
-17.6%+136.1%
Expenditure
481.10
-7.8%+160.2%
Net Profit
25.95
-66.7%+2.1%
OPM %
11.66%
-9.04pp-10.53pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.00176.09352.18528.27704.36Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27

Shareholding Trend

PromoterPublic
43%50%57%Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Board Meeting11 Aug, 12:50 pm

K.P. Energy Q1FY27: PAT flat YoY at ₹26 Cr as revenue jumps 137%, margins nearly halve

K.P. Energy's consolidated Q1FY27 revenue rose 136.7% YoY to ₹519.46 Cr (from ₹219.47 Cr) — the company's own release calls it the highest-ever Q1 print — but consolidated PAT grew just 2.6% YoY to ₹26.08 Cr (from ₹25.42 Cr), and basic EPS was near-flat at ₹3.85 versus ₹3.81. Sequentially both lines fell sharply (revenue -17.8%, PAT -66.9% versus Q4FY26's ₹631.81 Cr / ₹78.69 Cr), which is largely a seasonal EPC-billing artifact — infrastructure-development revenue is typically front-loaded into the March quarter — rather than a genuine slowdown signal, so the YoY comparison is the one that matters here. The real story is margin compression, not growth: consolidated NPM fell to ~5.0% from 11.5% a year ago and 12.4% last quarter, and EBITDA margin nearly halved to ~11.9% from 22.1% YoY even though EBITDA itself rose 25% YoY to ₹62.05 Cr (management's own figure, which ties to PBT + finance cost + depreciation). The driver is on the cost line: cost of materials consumed jumped to 80.7% of revenue (₹419.31 Cr) from 64.3% (₹141.07 Cr) a year ago, consistent with a mix shift toward equipment-heavy infrastructure-development contracts, which now make up 97% of revenue. No exceptional or one-off items are disclosed in the results notes, so this compression reads as organic/mix-driven rather than a one-time hit — meaning it is a genuine trend to watch, not noise. Management's own Q4FY26 concall guidance called for 40-50% revenue growth in FY27 off a confident, bullish tone; Q1's 137% YoY revenue growth is running far ahead of that band, a clear beat on the topline metric, but profit growth lagging revenue this badly complicates the read — the company is converting a much smaller share of incremental revenue into profit than it did a year ago. No analyst/street estimates for this specific quarter could be found (web search turned up no Q1FY27 preview coverage for KPEL), so vsStreet is unknown. The quarter's other developments — a 100 MW GUVNL wind PPA signed August 1, 2026 and a 50.4 MW wind project commissioned July 8, 2026 — extend the capacity pipeline (48.5 MW commissioned, 202 MW IPP in progress, order book now framed at ~2.16 GW) but do not affect this quarter's P&L; the July 3 Vice-Chairman appointment is a governance change with no financial line impact. Going into Q2FY27, the key question is whether the cost-of-materials ratio normalizes back toward its historical ~64% level or holds near 81%, since that single line is what determined whether this was a strong quarter (revenue) or a weak one (profit quality).

11 Aug 2026, 12:50 pm

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