Sterling & Wilson Renewables Q1 Results: Stock falls 9% after revenue dip, margins flat

Sterling & Wilson Renewables Q1 Results: Stock falls 9% after revenue dip, margins flat


Shares of Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy Ltd. fell close to 9% on Thursday, July 16, after the company reported a drop in revenue and operating profit for the June quarter.

The company’s consolidated net profit for the June quarter rose 69% to ₹54.2 crore from ₹32 crore a year ago. Profit was supported by a significantly lower current tax expense, which fell to ₹7.1 crore from ₹37.5 crore a year earlier.

Revenue for the quarter though, fell 9.7% to ₹1,590.1 crore from ₹1,761.6 crore in the corresponding period last year. Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) also declined 8% year-on-year to ₹79.6 crore from ₹86.4 crore, while EBITDA margin remained unchanged at 5%.

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Within its business segments, revenue from the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business declined 11.6% year-on-year to ₹1,503.9 crore from ₹1,701 crore. In contrast, revenue from the operations and maintenance (O&M) services segment increased 40.6% to ₹84.8 crore from ₹60.3 crore in the year-ago quarter.

The company said it secured order inflows of around ₹10,062 crore during FY26, taking its unexecuted order value (order book) to ₹11,813 crore at the end of the fiscal year.

Shares of Sterling & Wilson Renewables are trading 7% lower after the results announcement at ₹223.2. The stock has given up nearly all the gains it had made this year, now up only 4%. Over the last 12 months, the stock has declined 33%.

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