Bharti Airtel Q4 Profit Falls 34% YoY To Rs 7,325 Crore, Declares Rs 24 Dividend
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Bharti Airtel’s revenue from operations for the quarter increased 16% YoY to Rs 55,383 crore, against Rs 47,876 crore in the year-ago period.
Bharti Airtel Q4 Results.
Shares of Bharti Airtel are likely to remain in focus on Thursday, May 14, after the telecom major reported a 34% year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit for the March quarter of FY26.
The company posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 7,325 crore for Q4FY26, compared with Rs 11,021 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. Airtel said profit in the year-ago quarter had included a net tax gain of Rs 2,892 crore.
However, consolidated pre-tax profit rose 36% YoY to Rs 13,205 crore during the quarter, up from Rs 9,724 crore a year ago, supported by steady subscriber additions and premiumisation through higher-value plans.
Revenue from operations for the quarter increased 16% YoY to Rs 55,383 crore, against Rs 47,876 crore in the year-ago period.
The company’s board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 24 per fully paid-up equity share of face value Rs 5 each and Rs 6 per partly paid-up equity share of face value Rs 5 each, on which call money remains unpaid.
“The Board has considered and recommended a final dividend of Rs 24 per fully paid-up equity share of face value Rs 5 each; and Rs 6 per partly paid-up equity share of face value Rs 5 each (paid-up value Rs 1.25 per share), on which call money remains unpaid. The dividend is in proportion to the amount paid-up on each equity share of face value Rs 5 each. The above final dividend, if approved by the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting, shall be credited within 30 days from the date of AGM. The record date for determining the members entitled to receive the dividend shall be intimated in due course,” Airtel said in a stock exchange filing.
Gopal Vittal, executive vice chairman, Bharti Airtel, said: “We ended FY26 on a strong note, demonstrating the power of our diversified portfolio. FY26 was an important year in our journey – we crossed the 650 million customer mark, launched our telco grade sovereign cloud, received RBI approval through our subsidiary to commence the lending business, and accelerated the expansion of our data centre footprint.”
He added that consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs 55,383 crore with a sequential growth of 2.6%. Africa had a stand out performance. India revenue, including passive infrastructure services, grew 0.9% sequentially, while Africa delivered a constant currency growth of 1.1% QoQ. India Mobile achieved sequential growth of 0.6%, despite two lesser number of days in the quarter. We added 5.8 million smartphone customers and 0.8 million postpaid customers, underscoring our focus on quality customers and portfolio premiumisation. Our industry leading ARPU stood at Rs 257.
Shares of Bharti Airtel rose 1.84 per cent to close at Rs 1,789.2 apiece on the NSE.
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