Apar Industries shares soar 11% on strong Q4 earnings

Apar Industries shares surged 11% to their intraday high of Rs 77,14.95 on the BSE on Thursday, after the company reported a 5.9% year-on-year increase in net profit for Q4 FY25, while its revenue from operations climbed 16.9% YoY.

The profit after tax (PAT) for the period under review rose to Rs 250 crore from Rs 236 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Meanwhile, the company’s revenue from operations stood at Rs 5,210 crore in Q4 FY25, up from Rs 4,455 crore in Q4 FY24.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the PAT rose by 43% from Rs 175 crore in Q3 FY25, and the revenue from operations was sequentially up by 10.5% from Rs 4,716 crore in Q3 FY25.

EBITDA for the quarter stood at Rs 483 crore, reflecting a 5.7% rise over Rs 457 crore recorded in the same quarter last year. On a QoQ basis, EBITDA increased by 20.4% from Rs 401 crore in Q3 FY25.

The EBITDA margin, however, declined by 1 percentage point to 9.3% in Q4 FY25 from 10.3% in Q4 FY24 but was 0.8 percentage points higher than 8.5% in Q3 FY25.

Additionally, the PAT margin contracted to 4.8% in Q4 FY25 from 5.3% in Q4 FY24, marking a 0.5 percentage point decline year-on-year. However, it improved by 1.1 percentage points from 3.7% reported in Q3 FY25.

Apar Industries said that it achieved an all-time high quarterly and annual revenue, with revenue growth across all business verticals, and its domestic demand continued to demonstrate resilient performance, growing at 31.4% vs the Q4 of FY24. It is up 40.9% against the 12-month period of FY24.

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Apar Industries share price history

Over the past 1 month, the shares of Apar Industries surged by 52.63%, while in the last 3 months, it went up by 21.35%. However, on a year-to-date basis, the price recorded a decline of 25.85%, and over the last 6 months, it decreased by 13.74%. Over the past 1 year, the price fell by 4.91%.

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