Solar Industries India Limited has reported a strong beat on market estimates for Q4FY26, with consolidated net profit surging 60.6% year on year to ₹556.03 crore against market estimates of ₹477 crore — an outperformance of 16.6% — as the Nagpur-based explosives and defence munitions manufacturer delivered what is comfortably its best quarterly performance on record.
Revenue from operations for Q4FY26 came in at ₹3,052.75 crore, up 41.0% year on year from ₹2,166.55 crore in Q4FY25 and up 19.8% sequentially from ₹2,548.32 crore in Q3FY25. Total consolidated income stood at ₹3,097.22 crore against ₹2,173.10 crore a year ago.
EBITDA for the quarter came in at approximately ₹830 crore against ₹540 crore in Q4FY25 — a year-on-year jump of approximately 53.7% — with EBITDA margin expanding to 27.1% from 24.9% in the year-ago quarter and from approximately 24.9% in Q3FY25 as well. The margin expansion reflects a favourable revenue mix shift toward high-margin defence products, including rockets, warheads, and precision munitions, where Solar Industries has emerged as one of India’s most capable private sector suppliers.
Profit before tax for the quarter stood at ₹759.03 crore against ₹464.37 crore in Q4FY25, with no exceptional items distorting the comparison. Net profit after a clean tax charge of ₹202.99 crore came in at ₹556.03 crore against ₹346.11 crore — a 60.6% year-on-year increase.
For the full year FY26, Solar Industries posted revenue from operations of ₹9,837.74 crore, up 30.5% from ₹7,540.26 crore in FY25. Full-year net profit rose 34.9% to ₹1,736.64 crore from ₹1,287.93 crore — crossing the ₹1,700 crore PAT threshold for the first time in the company’s history. Full-year profit before tax stood at ₹2,365.22 crore against ₹1,738.74 crore.
The results arrive at a moment of extraordinary strategic tailwind for Solar Industries. The West Asia crisis and Strait of Hormuz closure since early March 2026 have sharply accelerated India’s defence indigenisation priorities, with the government and armed forces actively pushing to reduce import dependence across ammunition, rockets, and precision strike munitions. Solar Industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Economic Explosives Limited and its defence-focused entity Solar Defence and Aerospace, has been ramping capacity and order intake across 122mm rockets, anti-tank munitions, aerial bombs, and propellant systems. The combination of a structurally supportive defence procurement environment and an explosives business benefiting from mining and infrastructure demand provides the company with a rare double-engine growth dynamic.
Employee costs rose to ₹252.59 crore in Q4FY26 from ₹173.58 crore a year ago, reflecting continued hiring and capacity scale-up. Finance costs rose to ₹41.27 crore from ₹28.78 crore. Depreciation and amortisation expanded to ₹71.42 crore from ₹50.49 crore — all consistent with a company investing aggressively in capacity ahead of a large and growing order pipeline.
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