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PARAMOUNT COMMUNICATIONS LTD.-$

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P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
532.49
-8.5%+13.6%
Expenditure
505.95
-8.8%+14.2%
Net Profit
19.70
-4.0%+3.7%
OPM %
6.56%
+1.35pp+3.20pp

Shareholding

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P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.00163.02326.05489.07652.10Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Paramount Comm Q1FY27: margin nearly doubles YoY, PAT growth trails at just 6.5%

wires and cables · margin expansion · preferential allotment

ResultsQ1 FY2714 Aug 20263 minIndustrials & Infra
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Board Meeting14 Aug, 2:59 pm

Paramount Comm Q1FY27: margin nearly doubles YoY, PAT growth trails at just 6.5%

Paramount Communications posted consolidated revenue of ₹529.40 Cr in Q1 FY27, up 17.4% YoY (₹451.12 Cr) and within management's guided 15-20% FY27 top-line growth band, though down 7.7% QoQ from the seasonally stronger Q4 FY26 print (₹573.31 Cr). Consolidated PAT of ₹19.70 Cr grew a comparatively modest 6.5% YoY (₹18.50 Cr) and slipped 4.0% QoQ (₹20.52 Cr); EPS came in at ₹0.64 versus ₹0.61 a year ago and ₹0.67 last quarter. Standalone and consolidated figures are effectively identical this quarter since both subsidiaries under the group reported nil revenue and profit. The margin story is more constructive than the headline PAT number suggests: operating margin (EBITDA/revenue) expanded to 6.56% from 3.36% a year ago and 5.21% last quarter, consistent with management's stated goal of recovering pre-US-tariff margin levels by the end of FY27. Net margin, however, held roughly flat at 3.72% (versus 3.95% YoY) because other income collapsed to ₹3.09 Cr from ₹17.71 Cr a year earlier, while finance costs rose 71% YoY to ₹6.86 Cr and depreciation rose 21% to ₹4.43 Cr — both a drag on the bottom line even as core operations improved. Management gave no fresh press-release commentary alongside this filing (none extracted yet), so there is no direct quote to reconcile against the print; we could not find a published Street consensus estimate for this quarter given thin analyst coverage of the stock, so vsStreet is unknown. Against the prior concall's own guidance — 15-20% FY27 revenue growth, minimum 10% volume growth, and margin recovery by FY27-end — Q1 is tracking on plan on both counts. During the quarter the company also received application money for a ~₹96 Cr capital raise (₹7.56 Cr on 72 lakh promoter warrants at ₹42, plus ₹88.40 Cr on 2.10 Cr equity shares to non-promoters at ₹42/share), allotted subsequent to quarter-end — capital that lines up with the previously guided Narmadapuram capacity expansion. The board also appointed Harish Bhardwaj as EVP-Exports and Senior Management Personnel effective August 15, 2026, consistent with the stated export-diversification push. Going into Q2, the read-through is: topline growth is tracking guidance, and the operating margin recovery trend is real, but reported PAT growth will keep looking muted next to revenue growth until the base effect from last year's elevated other income washes out and the newly raised equity capital (adding ~7% to the share count) begins funding the Narmadapuram ramp.

14 Aug 2026, 02:59 pm

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