Sharp margin drop
EBITDA margin dropped 11.9 percentage points in a single year, from 66.2% to 54.3% — worth investigating.
Importance 75 / 95 · anomaly
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EBITDA margin dropped 11.9 percentage points in a single year, from 66.2% to 54.3% — worth investigating.
Importance 75 / 95 · anomaly
EBITDA margin of 54.3% is the thinnest in 7 years (prior range 62.6% to 66.9%).
Importance 65 / 95 · profitability
Revenue grew 11.9% but only 0.78× of reported profit came through as operating cash.
Importance 62 / 95 · cash quality
Over 5 years the stock returned 19.8% a year while profit compounded at 3.3% a year.
Importance 57 / 95 · business vs stock
Classified by the exchange under Utilities › Power › Power › Power Generation.
Peer set used on this page: 5 power generation.
Revenue grew 11.9% but EBITDA margin fell 11.9 percentage points to 54.3%, so the company kept less of each rupee of revenue as operating profit.
Rule REVENUE_UP_MARGIN_DOWN
Reported net profit grew 23.7% (FY2025 → FY2026), but pre-tax profit was ₹2,908 — an unusually low tax charge this year accounts for most of the gain, so the underlying trend is softer than the headline.
Revenue has compounded at 3.7% a year over 7 years (₹8,983 → ₹11,615) — steady rather than rapid.
Quarterly results, the trailing-twelve-months snapshot, and verified corporate actions — kept separate from each other and from the annual story above. Every figure traces to a filed number; nothing here is external news or commentary.
Q1 FY27 revenue was ₹3,808 cr, up 18.5% from ₹3,214 cr in Q1 FY26 a year earlier.
Rule QTR_REVENUE_GROWTH_YOY
Q1 FY27 EBIT was ₹1,904 cr, up 19.4% from ₹1,595 cr a year earlier.
Rule QTR_OPERATING_PERFORMANCE_CHANGE_YOY
Q1 FY27 EBITDA margin was 65.7%, up 2.56 percentage points from 63.2% a year earlier.
Rule QTR_MARGIN_CHANGED_YOY
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Net profit | YoY | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY25 | 3,052 | — | 1,069 | — | 35.0% |
| Q3 FY25 | 2,287 | +11.3% | 330 | −47.5% | 14.4% |
| Q4 FY25 | 2,347 | +24.3% | 920 | +50.5% | 39.2% |
| Q1 FY26 | 3,214 | +19.3% | 1,131 | +2.0% | 35.2% |
| Q2 FY26 | 3,365 | +10.3% | 1,219 | +14.0% | 36.2% |
| Q3 FY26 | 2,221 | −2.9% | 321 | −2.9% | 14.4% |
| Q4 FY26 | 2,816 | +20.0% | 1,549 | +68.5% | 55.0% |
| Q1 FY27 | 3,808 | +18.5% | 1,178 | +4.1% | 30.9% |
Trailing twelve months to 30 Jun 2026 · sum of the last 4 contiguous quarters
EBITDA margin of 54.3% is the thinnest in 7 years (prior range 62.6% to 66.9%).
Rule MARGIN_AT_MULTI_YEAR_LOW
Revenue grew 11.9% but only 0.78× of reported profit came through as operating cash.
Rule GROWTH_WITH_WEAK_CASH
Debt-to-equity of 1.08× is the highest in 7 years (prior range 0.52× to 0.87×).
Net debt is 7.69× EBITDA.
Operating cash flow has matched or exceeded reported profit in 5 of the last 6 profit-making years (latest 0.78×).
Debt-to-equity rose from 0.87× to 1.08× year on year.
Ranked against 5 power generation (FY2026, consolidated). No peer-relative rule fired for this company.
NHPC · 4th of 5 · set median 14.4%
NHPC · 3rd of 5 · set median 54.3%
NHPC · 3rd of 5 · set median 9.0%
NHPC · 3rd of 5 · set median 16.9×
On the trailing twelve months. Last full year: P/E 17.1× · P/S 5.7× · ROE 9.0%.
Over 5 years the stock returned 19.8% a year while profit compounded at 3.3% a year.
Rule STOCK_RAN_AHEAD
Price-action indicators as of 2026-10-01. Secondary to the fundamentals above — included for timing context, not as a signal.
Observations the engine tagged watch or deteriorating — prompts for your own research, not conclusions.
The full statements, kept deliberately secondary. Every figure traces to a BSE Integrated Filing (inline XBRL); ratios are recomputed from the normalised facts.
| Metric | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8,161 | 8,735 | 8,507 | 8,354 | 9,316 | 8,405 | 8,994 | 10,328 |
| Total income | 9,086 | 9,772 | 9,657 | 9,380 | 10,151 | 10,025 | 10,573 | 11,650 |
| EBITDA | 5,406 | 5,605 | 5,756 | 5,705 | 6,205 | 5,598 | 6,131 | 5,689 |
| Profit before tax | 2,921 | 3,265 | 3,686 | 4,047 | 4,584 | 4,062 | 3,859 | 2,391 |
| Net profit | 2,631 | 3,007 | 3,233 | 3,538 | 3,834 | 3,744 | 3,084 | 3,618 |
| EPS (₹) | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Net worth | 29,215 | 29,984 | 31,647 | 33,486 | 35,408 | 37,269 | 38,348 | 39,972 |
| Total debt | 17,451 | 21,604 | 21,967 | 26,015 | 28,140 | 29,391 | 35,979 | 44,218 |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | 4,510 | 6,141 | 3,894 | 5,708 | 4,160 | 2,349 |
| Free cash flow | — | — | 2,746 | 1,833 | 1,131 | 2,394 | −334 | −3,845 |
| Ratio | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | ||||||||
| Revenue growth YoY | — | 7.0 | -2.6 | -1.8 | 11.5 | -9.8 | 7.0 | 14.8 |
| Profit growth YoY | — | 14.3 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 8.4 | -2.3 | -17.6 | 17.3 |
| Profitability | ||||||||
| EBITDA margin % | 66.2 | 64.2 | 67.7 | 68.3 | 66.6 | 66.6 | 68.2 | 55.1 |
| Net margin % | 29.0 | 30.8 | 33.5 | 37.7 | 37.8 | 37.3 | 29.2 | 31.1 |
| Return on equity % | 9.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| Return on capital % | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 4.8 |
| Leverage & cash | ||||||||
| Debt to equity | 0.60 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.94 | 1.11 |
| Cash flow ÷ profit | — | — | 1.39 | 1.74 | 1.02 | 1.52 | 1.35 | 0.65 |
| Current ratio | 0.96 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 1.09 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.87 |