Vedanta Ltd on Thursday reported a 11.7 percent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,185 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, as a decline in aluminium and copper prices overshadowed the strong domestic demand. The mining major Vedanta had posted a net profit of Rs 3,606 crore in the year-ago period.
The revenue from operations of the company in the April-June quarter increased by 5.8 percent to Rs 37,824 crore over Rs 35,764 crore in the year-ago period, Vedanta said in a filing to BSE.
In a statement, the company said that it's total income increased to Rs 38,809 crore in the quarter under review, a jump of 5.7 percent from Rs 36,698 crore in the same period, a year ago.
The company's total expenses increased to Rs 32,756 crore in the June quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 30,772 crore of June quarter previous fiscal.
The earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was flat at Rs 9,918 crore year-on-year (YoY), while the margin was reported at 26.20 percent froms 27.80 percent YoY.
The company also declared a Rs 7 dividend for the shareholders of the company. In a regulatory filing, it said "During the quarter ended 30 June 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on 18 June 2025, approved the first interim dividend on 7/- per equity share on face value on 1/- per equity share for FY 2025-26. With this, the total dividend declared for FY 2025-26 currently stands at ~ 7 /- per equity share on I/- each."
Commenting on 1QFY26 results, Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta said, "The ramp-up of the Lanjigarh refinery to 587kt demonstrates our progress towards delivering over 3 MnT of Alumina in FY26. Looking ahead, the commissioning of Train II at Lanjigarh, 435kt smelter capacity at Balco and 1300 MW of new thermal power capacity, all in 2Q, will enable us to deliver our full-year guidance. The start of operations at our Sijimali bauxite mine and Kuraloi coal mine in H2 is likely to boost our performance to a record high."
Ajay Goel, CFO, Vedanta, added "This quarter, we achieved the highest- ever first quarter EBITDA of ₹ 10,746 crore, reflecting 5% YoY growth. The EBITDA margin expanded by 81bps to 35%, which is the highest in last 13 quarters. Our adjusted PAT grew 13% YoY to ~5,000 crores. This strong performance alongside corporate initiatives, such as the HZL stake sale which generated ₹ 3028 crore cash, has enabled Vedanta to deliver a Net Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.3x."
"Given our NCD issuance of Rs 5000 crore and other refinancing, the cost of our debt has reduced by around 130bps YoY to 9.2%. The recent reaffirmation in credit rating at AA by both Crisil and ICRA highlights our financial strength and market’ confidence in Vedanta’s growth story," he added.
Vedanta Ltd, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Ltd, is one of the world’s leading natural resources, critical minerals, energy, and technology companies spanning across India, South Africa, Namibia, Liberia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan with significant operations in sectors like oil and gas, zinc, lead, silver, copper, iron ore and steel.
Shares of Vedanta were trading under selling pressure at around 3 p.m. to quote at Rs 426.45 per share on the NSE, down 1.88 percent.
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