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Laser Power & Infra Ltd

BSE: 544822

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Q1 FY27 · standalone

Revenue
527.83
Expenditure
499.26
Net Profit
21.13
OPM %
12.63%

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0.00147.79295.59443.38591.17Q1 FY27
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Board Meeting10 Aug, 6:11 pm

Laser Power Q1: consol PAT ₹20.7 Cr, -58% YoY on one-off base; underlying profit +24%

Laser Power & Infra's maiden quarterly result as a listed company shows consolidated revenue of ₹521.5 Cr, up 14.9% YoY but down 22.6% QoQ, and consolidated PAT of ₹20.7 Cr, down 58.1% YoY on a reported basis. The YoY PAT decline is a base-effect artifact: the year-ago (Q1FY26) consolidated statement carried a ₹32.79 Cr exceptional gain that pushed that quarter's PAT to ₹49.47 Cr; stripping it out, year-ago core PAT was ₹16.68 Cr, making this quarter's adjusted YoY PAT growth ~+24.3% — a materially different, more constructive read than the headline. Standalone financials (which carry no exceptional item) show the same pattern more cleanly: PAT of ₹21.13 Cr, up 28.8% YoY, EPS ₹1.84 versus the consolidated ₹1.80, the gap explained by the subsidiary's own ₹0.40 Cr net loss for the quarter. Operating margin (segment EBITDA before depreciation and finance cost) came in at 13.8% of revenue (₹72.09 Cr on ₹521.5 Cr), up from an adjusted 12.85% a year ago (₹58.35 Cr on ₹454.1 Cr, ex-exceptional); adjusted net margin similarly nudged up to 3.97% from 3.67%. Growth this quarter was EPC-led: EPC segment revenue rose 67.9% YoY to ₹218.8 Cr while the Manufacturing (cables and wires) segment was roughly flat at ₹382.4 Cr, down 2.8% YoY. That mix shift came with rising costs — finance costs up 22.3% YoY to ₹36.18 Cr and employee costs up 26.1% YoY — which capped how much of the operating improvement reached the bottom line. The quarter is the company's first under SEBI Reg 33 quarterly-disclosure requirements, following its NSE/BSE listing on 16 July 2026 via a ₹742 Cr IPO (₹214/share: ₹542 Cr fresh issue plus a ₹200 Cr offer-for-sale by promoters) — IPO proceeds land after this quarter-end, so any debt-funded finance-cost relief is a Q2 question, not yet visible here. The 22.6% QoQ revenue fall and 42.5% QoQ PAT fall (from ₹673.9 Cr revenue / ₹36.0 Cr PAT in Q4FY26) look like a seasonal/execution-timing pattern typical of EPC-linked businesses rather than deterioration, and should not be read as the headline given the YoY-primary rule. We have no prior management guidance or concall commentary on record for this company, and the filing carries no separate MD&A/press-release commentary beyond the regulatory board-outcome letter and standard notes, so there is nothing to grade the print against on outlook; no quarter-specific analyst/Street consensus was found either — the company listed less than a month before this result — so vsStreet is unknown. During the quarter the company also secured a modest ₹4.15 Cr HTLS conductor order from HPSEBL and closed its trading window ahead of results, both routine relative to the ₹521.5 Cr revenue base.

10 Aug 2026, 06:11 pm

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