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Bharti Airtel stuns Dalal Street! Record profits and big stake move send stocks soaring
Mumbai/IBNS: Bharti Airtel's shares prices rose to a record high on intraday trading after it produced its financial result for the second quarter (July-September) of FY2026 a day ago, media reports said.
The share prices opened at Rs. 2,100, up by three percent while it touched the record-breaking Rs. 2,135.75 in a slow market.
A day ago, the telecom company unveiled its Q2FY26 results indicating a massive 89 percent Year-on-Year growth.
The company has also announced it will acquire upto 5 percent additional stakes in its subsidiary Indus Towers.
The announcement led the share prices of Indus Towers up by 4 percent to an intraday high of Rs. 396.95.
Top highlights from Bharti Airtel’s Q2 FY26 results
Financial Performance
- Consolidated revenue: ₹52,145 crore — up 25.7% YoY and 5.4% QoQ.
- India revenue: ₹38,690 crore — up 22.6% YoY, driven by mobile, home broadband, and enterprise growth.
- EBITDA: ₹29,919 crore; EBITDA margin at 57.4% (India margin 60%).
- Net profit (before exceptional items): ₹6,792 crore vs ₹3,911 crore last year — up 74% YoY.
- Net debt to EBITDAaL: 1.19× — showing strong balance sheet health.
Segment Highlights
- India Mobile: Revenue up 13.2% YoY led by higher ARPU and smartphone user growth.
- ARPU: ₹256 vs ₹233 YoY (+9.9%).
- Smartphone data users: +22.2 million YoY; now 78% of total base.
- Mobile data usage: +26.6% YoY (28.3 GB/month per user).
- Postpaid additions: +0.95 million in Q2.
- Homes Broadband: Revenue up 30.2% YoY; record 951 K new customers added.
- Airtel Business: +4.3% QoQ growth — broad-based strength across enterprise services.
- Digital TV: Slight dip (–0.7% YoY).
- Passive Infrastructure: +1.6% QoQ from new site rollouts and tenancy gains.
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