Enclosing audited financials for the year ended 31.03.2025
Price
▲ positive · ▼ negative · ● neutral filings · teal = economic event · numbered = multiple that day (click to pick). Times IST.
Awaiting price reaction for this filing.
KSE Ltd reported audited FY25 revenue from operations of Rs 1,649.53 crore, down about 2% from Rs 1,683.49 crore in FY24. Profit after tax surged to Rs 91.31 crore from Rs 17.61 crore, a jump of over 400%, largely because FY24 had a large one-time loss from flood-related damage to raw materials in Tamil Nadu, while FY25 booked a net exceptional income of Rs 2.51 crore from insurance claims for the same incident. Q4 FY25 PAT was Rs 34.79 crore versus Rs 18.93 crore in Q4 FY24. The board has proposed a final dividend of Rs 50 per share, totalling Rs 16 crore. Statutory auditor Sridhar & Co issued an unmodified opinion on the results.
The headline profit jump looks dramatic, but most of it reflects the absence of last year's flood-related exceptional loss rather than a sharp improvement in core operations, since revenue actually declined slightly. Shareholders get a healthy Rs 50 dividend, and the balance sheet remains strong with very low debt, but investors should look at the underlying segment trends (Animal Feed, Oil Cake, Dairy) rather than the optical PAT growth.