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Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd on Tuesday (May 13) reported a 126.0% year-on-year (YoY) jump in net profit at ₹206.3 crore for the fourth quarter that ended March 31, 2025, driven by record-high average sales realisations and strong revenue from operations.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries posted a net profit of ₹91.3 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The company's revenue from operations surged 35.7% to ₹1,018 crore as against ₹750 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal.
At the operating level, EBITDA jumped 65.3% to ₹195 crore in the fourth quarter of this fiscal over ₹118 crore in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal.
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EBITDA margin stood at 19.2% in the reporting quarter as compared to 15.7% in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal. EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation.
Dalmia Bharat Sugar's sugar sales stood at 1.5 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), of which exports contributed 0.1 LMT, accounting for approximately 9% of the total volume. The company benefited from a favourable market environment, achieving an average net sales realisation (NSR) of ₹38.9 per kg, up 5% year-on-year.
Sugar diversion toward ethanol production via the B-heavy molasses and juice route remained unrestricted during the quarter, enabling the cane distillery to exceed expectations with a 31% year-on-year volume increase, producing 3.4 crore litres in Q4 FY25 compared to 2.6 crore litres in Q4 FY24.
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For the full year FY25, Dalmia Bharat Sugar delivered record-breaking revenue from operations of ₹3,746 crore, marking a 29% growth year-on-year. The company achieved all-time high domestic sugar sales volumes of 5.9 LMT, resulting in a significant reduction in year-end sugar inventory to 3.8 LMT from 4.3 LMT in FY24.
The average sales realisation for sugar reached an all-time high of ₹38 per kg. The grain distillery delivered 6.2 crore litres in FY25, a 72% year-on-year increase, supported by capacity expansion.
The company's EBITDA stood at ₹544 crore and profit after tax (PAT) of ₹387 crore for FY25. The company also made notable progress in deleveraging, reducing total borrowings (current and non-current) by ₹386 crore—from ₹1,430 crore to ₹1,044 crore.
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The results came after the close of the market hours. Shares of Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd ended at ₹412.35, up by ₹7.50 or 1.85% on the BSE.
