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KEC INTERNATIONAL LTD.

BSE: 532714

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY2027 · standalone

vs Q4 FY2026
Revenue
3.9K
-26.0%
Expenditure
3.9K
-24.2%
Net Profit
0.52
-99.8%
OPM %
4.00%
-4.35pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.001.7K3.4K5.1K6.8KQ2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026Q4 FY2026Q1 FY2027

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Quarterly Result10 Aug, 6:40 pm

KEC Q1 FY27: consolidated PAT down 42% YoY as EPC margins compress on flat revenue

Consolidated PAT came in at ₹72.62 Cr, down 41.7% YoY from ₹124.60 Cr and down 62.3% QoQ from ₹192.79 Cr, on revenue of ₹5,023.54 Cr that was essentially flat YoY (+0.01%) and down 21.4% QoQ. The QoQ drop is largely the usual Q4-heavy EPC billing seasonality and shouldn't be read as deterioration on its own, but the YoY profit decline is genuine and is the story of the quarter. No formal management guidance or prior concall commentary is on record for KEC, and a web search for consensus/street estimates for this print was unavailable, so vsGuidance and vsStreet are marked unknown rather than assumed. The margin bridge points squarely at the core EPC business: operating margin (ex-exceptional items) compressed to 5.79% from 6.97% a year ago (7.01% in Q4 FY26), and net profit margin fell to 1.45% from 2.48% YoY. EPC segment results fell 22.5% YoY to ₹262.85 Cr even as EPC revenue was roughly flat (₹4,595.21 Cr vs ₹4,753.05 Cr), pointing to execution or input-cost pressure on power-transmission/railway projects. The Cables ("Others") business partly offset this, with revenue up 56.9% YoY to ₹600.67 Cr and segment result rising to ₹27.96 Cr from ₹10.75 Cr. Below the operating line, finance costs rose 8.5% YoY to ₹164.03 Cr and employee costs rose 9.8% YoY to ₹430.88 Cr, adding further drag on the bottom line. Standalone PAT was near-breakeven at ₹0.52 Cr versus ₹36.83 Cr a year ago (standalone revenue down 3.3% YoY to ₹3,898.35 Cr) — a sharper deterioration than the consolidated number, meaning the group's international branches/JVs and subsidiaries cushioned the standalone weakness (the auditors' review report separately notes these contributed ₹110.59 Cr and ₹33.96 Cr of PAT respectively this quarter). Debtors turnover stretched to 109 days from 98 days YoY (93 days in Q4 FY26) and the consolidated debt-equity ratio ticked up to 0.88 from 0.79 YoY, signalling working-capital strain alongside the margin squeeze. The most relevant disclosed development this quarter is a fresh order win of ₹1,063 Cr announced August 3, 2026, alongside a CRISIL ESG rating upgrade to 62 — order momentum that will need to convert into better execution to reverse the EPC margin slide. Both audit reports flag, without qualifying their conclusion, an ongoing government investigation and chargesheet tied to a transmission project involving a PSU official and a company employee; management states it does not expect a material impact. No press release with management's own framing of the quarter was available to cross-check against the print. Going into Q2 FY27, EPC margin recovery and working-capital normalization are the key markers to watch.

10 Aug 2026, 06:40 pm

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