Vedanta earns record profit in Q4, plans to reduce debt – News Air Insight

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Mumbai: Vedanta‘s record profit will give it headroom to pay off more debt, invest in growth and continue rewarding shareholders in FY27, the company’s chief financial officer, Ajay Goel, told ET. “We are looking at debt coming down by another $1.75 billion in the current fiscal, and in that case, the leverage will come down to 0.65 times from 0.95 times currently, which again will be a new benchmark,” Goel said during an interaction with ET.

For the March quarter, the company’s consolidated profit stood at ₹9,352 crore, up 89% year-on-year. Revenue rose 29% YoY to ₹51,524 crore, while earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation was ₹18,447 crore, up 59% YoY. All three were at a record high.

The company pared debt by nearly $1.5 billion in FY26, bringing it down to ₹53,254 crore by end-March, which also marked its most profitable quarter. It is setting aside ₹23,000 this year for capital expenditure, a more than 54% jump from the ₹14,918 crore it spent last year.

On Wednesday, Vedanta announced a dividend of ₹34 per share. Vedanta’s demerger will be effective from May 1 and shares of the additional four companies are likely to list in the last fortnight of June. “Between May and the middle of June, we will work with multiple authorities and get four new companies,” Goel said. “We will also appoint the new management across five companies and board of directors.” While additional details for each of these companies will be announced in the next few days, Goel said the oil and gas business (Malco Energy) and Vedanta Iron and Steel are likely to be debt-free.



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