The company’s profit after tax (PAT) fell 9% sequentially from Rs 6,839 crore posted by the PSU oil marketing company (OMC) in the April-June quarter, amid a 6% fall in BPCL’s topline compared to Rs 1,29,614 crore in Q1FY25.
BPCL’s board of directors today approved an interim dividend of Rs 7.5 per equity share for the financial year 2025-26. The company will pay the dividend to the eligible shareholders on or before November 29, 2025 and has set the record date on November 7, 2025.
BPCL curtailed its expenses on a YoY and quarter-on-quarter basis to Rs 1,14,635 crore, down from Rs 1,22,583 crore in Q1FY26 and Rs 1,16,133 crore in Q2FY25. The expenses were made on the materials consumed, purchase of stock-in-trade, excise duty, employee benefits and finance cost, among other things.
In its filing to the exchanges, BPCL said that the average Gross Refining Margin (GRM) of the corporation for the half year ended September 30, 2025 stood at $7.77 per barrel.BPCL also informed the exchanges that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has approved a compensation of Rs 7,594 crore to the company for the losses (under-recoveries) incurred on selling domestic LPG up to March 31, 2025, and the expected losses up to March 31, 2026. This amount will be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments, starting November 2025.On the standalone basis, the PAT in Q2FY26 stood at Rs 6443 crore, surging 169% YoY while witnessing a 5.2% uptick on a sequential basis. The topline was reported at Rs 1,21,571 crore, rising 3% over Rs 1,17,917 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year. Sequentially, the revenue declined 6%.
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