Earnings presentation for Quarter and Financial Year ended 31st March, 2026
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Kuantum Papers reported FY26 operational income of INR 10,932 Mn, marginally lower than FY25's INR 11,070 Mn. The company faced significant margin pressure with EBITDA declining 33.3% to INR 1,618 Mn and margins falling sharply from 21.92% to 14.80%. PAT dropped 63.5% to INR 420 Mn, with diluted EPS at INR 4.81 versus INR 13.20 in FY25. The margin decline was driven by a INR 2,000/MT drop in average selling price due to cheaper imports and nil GST on notebooks, combined with INR 3,200/MT cost increase. However, Q4 showed sequential improvement with EBITDA margins recovering to 15.89% from 13.55% in Q3. The company is executing a debottlenecking project to increase capacity by ~50% and completed PM2 rebuild in March 2026.
The sharp profitability decline raises concerns despite Q4 sequential recovery. Increased debt (net debt-to-equity at 0.66x) for capacity expansion adds financial risk. The stock likely faces pressure as margins remain well below historical 28.96% peak levels.