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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Earnings Summary — Q4 FY2026

Sentiment: Positive
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Generated 2026-06-23

BHEL Reports Strong Net Profit Growth of 156% in Q4 FY26 Supported by Record Revenue

Net Profit
₹1290 Cr
YoY 155.95%
QoQ 230.77%
Prior: ₹504 Cr
Revenue
₹12310 Cr
YoY 36.88%
QoQ 45.28%
Prior: ₹8993 Cr
Operating Margin
14%
YoY 55.56%
QoQ 133.33%
Prior: 9%
Dividend Yield
Dividend payout ratio is 30% for the full year 2026.
Net Debt / Equity
0.31
YoY -16.22%
Prior: 0.37

Key Takeaways

  • Revenue for the quarter surged to 12,310 Cr, a 37% increase YoY, reflecting accelerating project execution.
  • Net profit witnessed an explosive 156% YoY growth, reaching 1,290 Cr for the quarter.
  • Operating margins expanded to 14%, a notable improvement from the 9% recorded in Mar 2025 and 6% in Dec 2025.
  • The tail-end of the fiscal year showed significant recovery in other income, contributing 260 Cr to PBT.
  • Borrowings reduced from 9,015 Cr in Mar 2025 to 8,187 Cr in Mar 2026, signaling a focus on deleveraging.
  • Interest expenses remained relatively stable YoY at 198 Cr versus 201 Cr in the prior year quarter.
  • Tax expense normalized at 25% for the current quarter compared to 28% in the previous year's similar period.

Management Guidance

Management is focusing on diversification into Defense, Aerospace, and Hydrogen sectors to de-risk its thermal power dependency. They are aggressively targeting a reduction in debtor days and improving balance sheet liquidity.

Sentiment Shift

Improving

The sharp jump in quarterly OPM from 6% to 14% and the reduction in total debt suggest that the cyclical turnaround is finally gaining operational leverage.

Turnaround
Infrastructure-led
Cyclical Recovery
De-risking

Outlook

The outlook is bolstered by a strong order book including the NR 21,000 Cr Meja STPP Stage-II. While reliance on other income remains, the underlying operational strength is improving as ROCE rose to 9% for the full year.

From the Annual Report (Key Quotes)

BHEL is India's premier state-owned power equipment manufacturer, currently undergoing a cyclical recovery.

Strategic vision has recently shifted towards diversification (Defense, Aerospace, Hydrogen), which is positive for de-risking.

There is a clear effort to reduce 'Debtor Days' from 300+ to double digits, which shows a focus on balance sheet cleanup.

Earnings Call Transcript — Q4 FY2026

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“Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Q4 FY '24 Earnings
Conference Call”
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May 21, 2024
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BHEL
MANAGEMENT: MR. K SADASHIV MURTHY – CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR,WITH
ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF DIRECTOR FINANCE
MR. JAI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA – DIRECTOR(ENGINEERING,RESEARCH &
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DEVELOPMENT)
MR. KRISHNA KUMAR THAKUR – DIRECTOR (HUMAN RESOURCES)
MR. TAJINDER GUPTA – DIRECTOR (POWER)
MS. BANI VARMA – DIRECTOR (INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS & PRODUCTS)
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Moderator:

Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good evening and welcome to the BHEL Q4 FY'24 Earnings Conference
Call hosted by ICICI Securities.

As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode. There will be an opportunity
for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during this
conference, please signal an operator by pressing "\*" and then "0" on your touchtone phone.
Please note that this conference is being recorded.

I now hand the conference over to Mr. Mohit Kumar from ICICI Securities. Thank you and over
to you, sir.

Mohit Kumar: Good evening. On behalf of ICICI Securities, I welcome you all for Q4 FY'24 and FY'24
Earnings Conference Call of BHEL.

We are very pleased to have with us today, Mr. K Sadashiv Murthy – Chairman and Managing
Director and BHEL's management team, to discuss the results.

We will start with “Brief Opening Remarks from CMD sir,” following which we will open the
floor for Q&A. Over to you, sir.

K. Sadashiv Murthy: Good evening everybody. I am K Sadashiv Murthy – CMD, BHEL with Additional Charge of
Director (Finance).

I have with me Shri Jai Prakash Srivastava – Director (E, R&D), Shri Krishna Kumar Thakur –
Director (HR), Shri Tajinder Gupta – Director (Power), and Ms. Bani Varma – Director
(Industrial Systems & Products). Also, along with me, senior colleagues from business sectors,
finance and corporate strategic management are present here.

A very warm welcome to all of you. The Indian economy is growing steadily, leading to a robust
growth of power and infrastructure sector. BHEL is also aligning itself to be a part of the nation's
growth journey.

EPC orders for Talabira, Yamuna Nagar, Singrauli and Lara Supercritical Power Plants,

Let me start by giving you the highlights of our order book for FY'23-24:

We have received orders of 9.6 GW last year from our Thermal Power Sector division totaling
to around Rs.52,000 crores. All these thermal sets are of 800 MW rating. Our industry segment
also witnessed the highest ever order book inflow of around Rs.22,000 crores. With the above,
we recorded BHEL's highest ever order book of around Rs 78,000 crores in FY'23-24.

BTG package for Mahan and Raigarh supercritical power plant from Adani group,

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_Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited_ _May 21, 2024_ Electromechanical package of the 2.8 GW Dibang Hydropower Project, the largest in the country, Spares and services business of around Rs.3,500 crores, 80 Vande Bharat trains for railways, 20 Super Rapid Gun Mounts for naval ships, 10 Extra High Voltage substation packages, power transformers and the other equipment in the transmission business, Gas turbine rotors and parts from UAE in the in the international business, and Also, Remote Monitoring and Diagnostic Services from BPCL, Mumbai in Industry 4.0 Solutions segment.

Now, coming to our accomplishments in the project execution field in FY'23-24:

We have completed execution of over 7 GW projects globally last year. Out of this, 5 GW of power generation capacity was added and around 2 GW was commissioned and synchronized.

Some of the key achievements include:

Inauguration of Unit-2, 660 MW of Maitree Super Thermal Power Project in Bangladesh, jointly by the Hon'ble Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh, Dedication of North Karanpura and Telangana thermal power plants to the nation by the hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Capacity add

Source: NSE — Latest Concall Transcript

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