Orient Cement Limited has informed the Exchange about the transcript of earning call held on 31st July 2025, pertaining to Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 30th June 2025.
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Orient Cement has submitted the transcript of the Q1 FY26 earnings call held on July 31, 2025, which was a combined call with its parent Ambuja Cements and group companies ACC and Sanghi Industries. Ambuja (the Adani Group flagship) reported highest-ever quarterly revenue of Rs 10,289 crore (up 23% YoY), highest-ever EBITDA of Rs 1,961 crore, and PAT of Rs 970 crore (up 24% YoY), with volumes of 18.4 million tonnes (up 20% YoY). Orient Cement was consolidated from April 22, 2025, following its acquisition, and its brands are being migrated to Ambuja and ACC. The group raised its cement demand estimate to 7-8% (from 6-7%) and remains debt-free with AAA ratings. CapEx for FY26 is guided at around Rs 9,000-10,000 crore, and cash stands at about Rs 3,000 crore. For Orient specifically, management said the immediate priority is cost efficiency and bottleneck removal, with major expansion (Chittapur, Devapur) deferred to the next financial year.
For Orient Cement shareholders, the call signals that the company is now firmly under the Ambuja/Adani umbrella with stable financial backing (debt-free parent, AAA rating), but standalone growth via capacity expansion will be slow in the near term as focus shifts to cost improvement and integration. Short-term, Orient may see margin pressure from integration costs (as seen in higher sequential power and fuel costs), with longer-term benefits expected from group synergies.