PFC shares jump 3% after firm's Q4 net profit rises 11% to Rs 8,358 crore; NII jumps 41%

The shares of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) sharply rose nearly 3 percent on May 21 after the company released its results for the fourth quarter of the current financial year. The shares of the company were trading at Rs 417 apiece in the afternoon.

The government-owned PFC reported a net profit of Rs 8,358 crore for Q4 FY25, marking an increase of nearly 11 percent from the Rs 7,556.4 crore net profit reported in Q4 FY24. The firm's net interest income meanwhile surged 41 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 12,681 crore during the quarter under review, as against Rs 8,987.7 crore NII reported in the corresponding quarter of previous financial year.

Along with the Q4 results, the company also announced a final dividend of Rs 2.05 per equity share for the financial year 2025. It set June 13 as the record date to determine the eligibility of the shareholders set to receive the payment.

For the entire financial year which ended on March 31, 2025, PFC reported a net profit of Rs 30,514 crore. This marks a rise of over 15 percent from the Rs 26,461 crore net profit reported in FY24. The company’s net profit margin for Q4 stood at 28.54 percent, while the operating margin was reported a t 35.99 percent.