Q2 profit rises 122.6% as sales and margins improve
HEIDELBERG · price
▲ positive · ▼ negative · ● neutral filings · teal = economic event · numbered = multiple that day (click to pick). Times IST.
On the reaction day the stock moved 2.8 pts more than Nifty Microcap 250 and 3.2 pts more than its Cement & Cement Products peers, over the same two closes: a difference in percentage points, not a measure of what the filing did.
Minute windows have no benchmark: there is no intraday index history to compare against.
The board approved unaudited Q2 and H1 FY26 results. Q2 sales rose 9.2% to 1,075 KT, revenue increased 10.9% to INR 5,117 million, and profit after tax jumped 122.6% to INR 249 million. H1 revenue rose 11.6% to INR 11,092 million and profit rose 43.1% to INR 732 million. EBITDA margin expanded 313 basis points in Q2. Operating cash flow fell to INR 838 million from INR 883 million but remained positive. It paid INR 7 per share.
Strong profit growth and wider margins can support the stock, but lower cash flow and cement price cuts after the tax cut may temper the reaction.