Piramal Finance demonstrated significant growth in its financial indicators in the first quarter ending June 30, 2026. The company's consolidated net profit increased by 66.8 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching INR 460.98 crore. Meanwhile, total income grew by 27.5 percent.
The company's operating revenue increased by 27.6 percent, amounting to INR 3,368.27 crore in the first quarter of the 2026-27 fiscal year (Q1FY27). This figure is higher than INR 2,639.25 crore a year earlier. Additional income also rose by 20.5 percent, reaching INR 61.27 crore, leading to a total income of INR 3,429.54 crore.
Interest income contributed the most to the revenue, increasing by 28.9 percent year-on-year to INR 3,085.48 crore. Income from commissions and fees grew by 11 percent, totaling INR 126.83 crore. The company's total expenses increased by 25 percent, rising from INR 2,467.44 crore to INR 3,085.42 crore.
Financial costs increased by 16.2 percent, reaching INR 1,733.86 crore, while employee benefit expenses rose by 11.8 percent, amounting to INR 504.16 crore. Other expenses grew by 8.2 percent, reaching INR 329.21 crore. During the quarter, the company recorded impairment reserves of INR 273.59 crore, contrasting with the reversal of reserves of INR 226.83 crore in the corresponding period last year.
Profit attributable to interests in affiliates and joint ventures, excluding exceptional items and taxes, increased by 54.5 percent, reaching INR 344.12 crore. The group's share in the net profit from affiliates and joint ventures grew by 26.2 percent, amounting to INR 98.87 crore. Consequently, profit before tax increased by 47.2 percent, reaching INR 442.99 crore from INR 301.03 crore a year earlier. Basic earnings per share rose to INR 20.38 from INR 12.22, and diluted earnings per share reached INR 20.27 compared to INR 12.13.
Other comprehensive income amounted to INR 200.15 crore compared to INR 33.13 crore a year earlier, including a share in other comprehensive income from affiliates and joint ventures of INR 155.12 crore. Total comprehensive income increased to INR 661.13 crore from INR 309.50 crore. Net profit attributable to owners of the company was INR 459.12 crore, and profit attributable to non-controlling interests was INR 1.86 crore. The Board of Directors also approved the possibility of raising up to INR 4,000 crore through the issuance of equity shares, convertible securities, unsecured bonds with warrants, or other equity-related instruments, subject to market, regulatory, and shareholder requirements.
LTM, formerly known as LTI Mindtree, has released its report on the first quarter of the financial year 2027. During this period, the company's net profit increased by 17%, reaching ₹1,468 crore, while revenue grew by 18% to ₹11,608 crore.
In dollar terms, the company's revenue for the period ending June 30 was $1.22 billion, demonstrating a 6.1% growth. Furthermore, growth in constant currency reached 6.4%. In a statement, the company emphasized that the first quarter results reflect progress in implementing its artificial intelligence (AI) focused strategy.
Venu Lambo, CEO and Managing Director, noted that the company's transition to an AI focus is yielding tangible results for clients, which is evident in the quality and scale of contracts being secured. Thanks to a strong order book and a healthy pipeline across various industry segments, management expressed confidence in continued growth momentum throughout the year.
Almost all verticals, except for financial services, showed positive momentum. The consumer, technology, and manufacturing verticals grew by 18.2%, 10%, and 5.3%, respectively. Financial services, conversely, recorded a negative growth of 2.5% in constant currency. Lambo added that the company's revenue from AI in the creative, business, and industrial sectors amounted to approximately $150 million based on the quarterly run rate.
The EBITDA margin also improved by 120 basis points, reaching 15.5%. The employee attrition rate remained unchanged at 13.3%, and the total number of employees slightly decreased by 64 people to 87,886. It was noted that IT companies had slowed down hiring for some time due to the unstable macroeconomic environment; however, TCS began the new fiscal year with a positive outlook on recruitment.
The public sector bank Indian Bank, based in Chennai, announced a 10% increase in net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, reaching INR 3,273 crore. In the same quarter of the previous fiscal year, the profit was INR 2,973 crore.
According to the report submitted to the regulator, the bank's total income for the June quarter of 2026-27 increased to INR 20,724 crore compared to INR 18,721 crore in the corresponding period of FY 26. Interest income also improved, amounting to INR 18,090 crore versus INR 16,283 crore a year earlier.
Net Interest Income (NII) grew by 17%, reaching INR 7,435 crore compared to INR 6,359 crore in the June quarter of FY 26. Furthermore, the bank's operating profit rose to INR 5,557 crore from INR 4,770 crore recorded in the same quarter last year.
The bank demonstrated an improvement in asset quality: Gross Non-Performing Assets (NPA) decreased to 1.86% of total loans by the end of June, down from 3.01% a year earlier. Similarly, Net NPAs, or bad loans, reduced to 0.15% compared to 0.18% in the previous year.
As a result of these changes, provisions for bad loans were reduced to INR 376 crore in the first quarter, down from INR 387 crore a year ago. The Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) remained unchanged at 98.2% during the quarter.
The Return on Assets (ROA) improved to 1.34% for June 2026, whereas it was 1.03% in June 2025. Meanwhile, the bank's capital adequacy ratio decreased to 17.80% from 17.99% in the same quarter of FY 26.
