Bharti Airtel Q1 Results: With Rs 5,948 crore profit, Rs 250 ARPU, telecom giant beats Street forecasts

Bharti Airtel Q1 FY26 Earnings: New Delhi-headquartered Bharti Airtel on Tuesday staged a robust monetary efficiency for the April-June interval, with its web revenue assembly Avenue expectations. Its consolidated web revenue got here in at Rs 5,947.9 crore for the quarter ended June 30, translating to a 46.0 per cent sequential fall. The adjusted web revenue grew 3.0 per cent to Rs 7,165 crore. 

The telecom firm mentioned its earnings had been pushed by a robust home efficiency and a rebound in its operations in Africa.

The telecom service supplier’s June-quarter income grew 3.3 per cent to Rs 49,462.6 crore, from Rs 47,876.2 crore for the earlier three months, in keeping with a regulatory submitting. 

The highest in addition to the underside traces had been alongside anticipated traces. 

In line with Zee Enterprise analysis, Bharti Airtel was estimated to register a web revenue of Rs 6,024 crore with Rs 48,740 crore in income for the June quarter.

The corporate’s India unit clinched Rs 37,585 crore in income, marking a quarter-on-quarter rise of two.3 per cent backed by improved cell realisations and a robust momentum in its properties enterprise, mentioned the telecom agency. 

How did Bharti Airtel carry out operationally? 

Bharti Airtel’s working revenue grew to Rs 27,839 crore from Rs 27,009 crore within the earlier quarter.

Its margin — a key measure of profitability — stood at 56.28 per cent, versus 56.41 per cent for the March quarter. That was nearly alongside anticipated traces. 

Zee Enterprise analysts had estimated Airtel’s margin at 56.3 per cent.  

Bharti Airtel subscriptions and common income per consumer

The non-public sector telecom agency registered an enchancment of Rs 5, or 2.0 per cent, in its common income per consumer, to Rs 250 in contrast with the earlier quarter. 

In line with Zee Enterprise analysis, the telecom agency’s first-quarter ARPU was pegged at Rs 248.

ARPU or common income per consumer is a crucial metric that determines the typical amount of cash a telecom service supplier earns from every subscriber or consumer. It’s a key measure of a telecom firm’s gross sales.  

The development in ARPU got here as its subscriptions elevated 2.5 per cent to 60.55 crore. In the meantime, the corporate’s smartphone knowledge subscriber base elevated by 3.9 million sequentially, accounting for 77 per cent of its total cell buyer base. 

Q1 FY26 Earnings | Bharti Airtel phase income

The telecom operator’s home cell providers enterprise noticed 2.9 per cent development in income to Rs 27,396.6 crore, contributing almost 50 per cent to its total income. 

Income from the African cell providers operations elevated 6.2 per cent to Rs 12,083.4 crore. The unit accounted for 21.9 per cent of total gross sales.  

Here is a breakup of key segments: 

Bharti Airtel shares

Earlier on Tuesday, Bharti Airtel shares rose by Rs 14.7, or 0.8 per cent, to shut at Rs 1,929.8 apiece on BSE, outperforming a 308.5-point decline in headline index Sensex.

At this degree, the largecap telecom inventory has risen 21 per cent to this point this 12 months, outperforming a 3.8 per cent acquire within the Nifty50 index.