NTPC Limited Q2 FY27 Results: Net Profit ₹7,351 cr

NTPC Limited has filed its Consolidated financial results for the quarter ended 2026-09-30 with NSE. Revenue from operations was ₹54,270 cr, while net profit stood at ₹7,351 cr. These are reported statement figures, not estimates or a board-meeting announcement.

Official Q2 FY27 scorecard

All amounts are in ₹ crore, except per-share earnings in rupees. Comparisons use verified same-basis official quarterly filings; a dash means an individual figure or percentage could not be verified. Unavailable periods are omitted, not estimated.

Year-on-year performance: what changed

• Revenue from operations: ₹54,270 cr, compared with ₹44,786 cr in the same quarter last year; increased by ₹9,484 cr (+21.2%).

• Net profit / loss: ₹7,351 cr, compared with ₹5,225 cr in the same quarter last year; increased by ₹2,125 cr (+40.7%).

• Profit before tax: ₹6,656 cr, compared with ₹5,044 cr in the same quarter last year; increased by ₹1,612 cr (+32.0%).

• Operating profit (derived EBITDA): ₹15,627 cr, compared with ₹12,816 cr in the same quarter last year; increased by ₹2,811 cr (+21.9%).

• Basic EPS: ₹7.25, compared with ₹5.23 in the same quarter last year; increased by ₹2.02 (+38.6%).

Quarter-on-quarter performance

• Revenue from operations: ₹54,270 cr, compared with ₹50,741 cr in the immediately preceding quarter; increased by ₹3,529 cr (+7.0%).

• Net profit / loss: ₹7,351 cr, compared with ₹6,896 cr in the immediately preceding quarter; increased by ₹454 cr (+6.6%).

• Profit before tax: ₹6,656 cr, compared with ₹8,011 cr in the immediately preceding quarter; decreased by ₹1,355 cr (-16.9%).

• Operating profit (derived EBITDA): ₹15,627 cr, compared with ₹16,231 cr in the immediately preceding quarter; decreased by ₹604 cr (-3.7%).

• Basic EPS: ₹7.25, compared with ₹6.93 in the immediately preceding quarter; increased by ₹0.32 (+4.6%).

Year-on-year comparisons match the same season; sequential comparisons measure the change from the preceding three-month period and may reflect seasonality. Neither comparison alone establishes the business cause of the movement. Scorecard percentage changes use the absolute prior-period value; a loss turnaround is not ordinary profit growth.

Margins and financial ratios

• Net profit margin: 13.54%. Previous quarter: 13.59%, down 5 basis points. Year-ago quarter: 11.67%, up 188 basis points.

• Derived EBITDA margin: 28.79%. Previous quarter: 31.99%, down 319 basis points. Year-ago quarter: 28.62%, up 18 basis points.

• Total expenses / revenue: 88.56%. Previous quarter: 85.00%, up 3.56 percentage points. Year-ago quarter: 89.80%, down 1.24 percentage points.

• Other income / total income: 0.81%. Previous quarter: 0.78%, up 0.03 percentage points. Year-ago quarter: 1.05%, down 0.24 percentage points.

• Effective tax rate (tax expense / positive PBT): 28.05%. Previous quarter: 28.25%, down 0.20 percentage points. Year-ago quarter: 41.16%, down 13.11 percentage points.

Margin movements are measured in basis points, not percentage growth: 100 basis points equals one percentage point. Cost ratios measure the share of reported revenue absorbed by a cost, not a forecast.

Cost structure and operating earnings

• Cost of materials: ₹28,628 cr (previous quarter ₹25,395 cr, +12.7% QoQ) (year-ago ₹23,062 cr, +24.1% YoY) — 52.75% of revenue

• Employee costs: ₹1,812 cr (previous quarter ₹1,713 cr, +5.7% QoQ) (year-ago ₹1,580 cr, +14.6% YoY) — 3.34% of revenue

• Finance costs: ₹4,086 cr (previous quarter ₹3,386 cr, +20.7% QoQ) (year-ago ₹3,432 cr, +19.1% YoY) — 7.53% of revenue

• Depreciation: ₹5,330 cr (previous quarter ₹5,234 cr, +1.8% QoQ) (year-ago ₹4,816 cr, +10.7% YoY) — 9.82% of revenue

The derived EBITDA proxy, adjusted to exclude other income and exceptional items, was ₹15,627 cr, equivalent to +28.8% of revenue against +28.6% a year earlier. Reconciliation: profit before tax ₹6,656 cr + finance costs ₹4,086 cr + depreciation ₹5,330 cr − other income ₹446 cr − signed exceptional items ₹0 cr. This is an analytical calculation, not company-reported EBITDA; statement classification and exceptional-item signs should be checked against the official notes. A rising expense ratio means the reported costs absorb more of the revenue denominator; it does not by itself identify demand, pricing or efficiency changes.

Tax, other income and earnings quality

Profit before tax was ₹6,656 cr. Reported tax expense was ₹1,867 cr, equivalent to 28.05% of positive profit before tax. Other income was ₹446 cr, or 0.81% of total income; its recurring or non-recurring nature must be checked in the notes. The statement reports exceptional items of ₹0 cr; the number alone does not identify their nature or recurrence. Net profit is not the same as cash generated from operations, and no cash-conversion conclusion is drawn without a verified cash-flow statement.

Earnings per share

Basic EPS was ₹7.25. Diluted EPS was not verified. EPS is expressed in rupees per share, not crore. Profit and EPS can move differently when share counts change; this report does not infer a share issuance, buyback or dilution event without verified disclosures.

Reporting basis and disclosure checks

This report uses Consolidated figures only; standalone and consolidated statements are not combined. The reporting period ends on 2026-09-30; the exchange records the filing time as 31-Oct-2026 16:25:50. The quarter-end date is not the announcement date. Segment performance, cash flow, debt, exceptional items, dividend decisions, auditor qualifications and management guidance are not asserted where the structured filing has not verified them. Read the attached official statement and notes before drawing conclusions.

What to track after the result

Compare future revenue, earnings and margins on the same reporting basis and accounting period. Check the official notes for restatements and non-recurring items; a quarterly profit number is not a share-price forecast. No live share-price reaction, analyst consensus, dividend or guidance is inferred from these statement figures.

Sources

• NSE official financial-result filing
• NSE official comparison filing — quarter ended 2026-06-30
• NSE official comparison filing — quarter ended 2025-09-30
• NTPC Limited quarterly-results history

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