Financial Results
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Bharti Airtel reported consolidated revenue of Rs 2.11 lakh crore for FY26, up 22% from Rs 1.73 lakh crore in FY25, driven by strong growth in India mobile and Africa operations. Q4 revenue was Rs 553.8 billion (Q4 FY25: Rs 478.8 billion). However, full-year PAT declined 9.8% to Rs 338.2 billion from Rs 374.8 billion, primarily due to Rs 31.6 billion exceptional charge in Q4 related to regulatory and government levies re-assessment. The company completed conversion of 391 million partly paid-up shares to fully paid-up status for Rs 156.96 billion. Board recommended final dividend of Rs 24 per equity share. Auditor issued unmodified (clean) opinion. Consolidated EBITDA margin expanded from 54.3% to 57.8% year-on-year, showing operational efficiency improvement despite the one-time charge.
The 22% revenue growth demonstrates continued strong business momentum across India and Africa, but the exceptional charge impacted profitability for the year. The clean audit opinion and margin expansion are positives, while shareholders will benefit from the dividend payout.