ABB India Q3 revenue rises 19% as continuing profit hits Rs 440 crore

ABB India Limited reported Rs 3,738.13 crore of revenue from continuing operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, 19.4% above a year earlier, while continuing profit after tax rose 10.5% to Rs 439.82 crore. Quarterly revenue growth exceeded profit growth, and nine-month continuing profit declined despite higher revenue.

How did ABB India perform in the September 2026 quarter?

ABB India generated Rs 3,738.13 crore in revenue from continuing operations in the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared with Rs 3,130.11 crore in the corresponding 2025 quarter. Sales of products and services increased to Rs 3,701.93 crore from Rs 3,104.73 crore, while other operating revenues rose to Rs 36.20 crore from Rs 25.38 crore.

Total income reached Rs 3,816.48 crore, against Rs 3,214.06 crore a year earlier, as other income was Rs 78.35 crore compared with Rs 83.95 crore. Profit before tax from continuing operations increased to Rs 580.64 crore from Rs 527.64 crore, while tax expense rose to Rs 140.82 crore from Rs 129.59 crore.

ABB India reported continuing profit after tax of Rs 439.82 crore for the September 2026 quarter, up from Rs 398.05 crore in the prior-year quarter. Continuing basic earnings per share were Rs 20.76, compared with Rs 18.79, and the company stated that quarterly earnings per share were not annualised.

Why did ABB India’s profit grow more slowly than revenue?

ABB India’s total expenses rose 20.4% year on year to Rs 3,235.84 crore in the September 2026 quarter, slightly faster than the 19.4% rise in revenue from operations. Costs of raw materials, components consumed and project bought-outs increased by Rs 468.27 crore to Rs 2,088.54 crore, accounting for most of the Rs 549.42 crore increase in total expenses.

Other expenses rose to Rs 609.83 crore from Rs 504.30 crore, subcontracting charges increased to Rs 140.82 crore from Rs 98.43 crore, and purchases of stock-in-trade reached Rs 314.29 crore from Rs 240.26 crore. Employee-benefit expense was Rs 224.81 crore, up from Rs 215.22 crore, while depreciation and amortisation rose to Rs 44.27 crore from Rs 36.40 crore.

Inventory-related movement reduced expenses by Rs 192.14 crore in the latest quarter, compared with a reduction of Rs 34.03 crore a year earlier. Finance costs declined modestly to Rs 5.42 crore from Rs 5.57 crore, but the broader increase in operating costs meant the Rs 608.02 crore rise in revenue translated into a Rs 41.77 crore increase in continuing profit after tax.

Which segments drove ABB India’s quarterly revenue growth?

ABB India’s Electrification segment was the largest revenue contributor in the September 2026 quarter, with revenue of Rs 1,926.80 crore versus Rs 1,378.25 crore a year earlier. Its Rs 548.55 crore increase exceeded the company’s net revenue growth after eliminating inter-segment revenue, making Electrification the main source of the year-on-year expansion.

Motion revenue rose to Rs 1,335.53 crore from Rs 1,174.58 crore, while Automation revenue declined to Rs 505.22 crore from Rs 601.31 crore. ABB India renamed its erstwhile Process Automation segment as Automation effective January 1, 2026, and reported Rs 34.45 crore of inter-segment revenue in the latest quarter, compared with Rs 25.28 crore a year earlier.

Electrification’s segment result before tax and interest increased to Rs 349.10 crore from Rs 270.79 crore. Motion’s result fell to Rs 173.61 crore from Rs 181.63 crore, while Automation’s result declined to Rs 71.52 crore from Rs 105.41 crore, showing that segment profit trends did not match revenue trends across all three continuing businesses.

What do ABB India’s nine-month continuing results show?

ABB India reported revenue from continuing operations of Rs 10,481.06 crore for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, up from Rs 9,080.65 crore in the corresponding 2025 period. Sales of products and services rose to Rs 10,385.37 crore from Rs 9,004.48 crore, while other operating revenues increased to Rs 95.69 crore from Rs 76.17 crore.

Continuing profit before tax, however, declined to Rs 1,541.28 crore from Rs 1,602.68 crore, and continuing profit after tax fell to Rs 1,151.80 crore from Rs 1,197.91 crore. Total expenses rose to Rs 9,210.44 crore from Rs 7,754.00 crore, while other income declined slightly to Rs 270.66 crore from Rs 276.03 crore.

Electrification revenue increased to Rs 5,295.62 crore from Rs 4,114.46 crore over the nine months, and its segment result rose to Rs 853.34 crore from Rs 827.72 crore. Motion revenue grew to Rs 3,764.93 crore from Rs 3,358.55 crore, but its segment result fell to Rs 473.80 crore from Rs 600.24 crore; Automation revenue and segment result declined to Rs 1,529.71 crore and Rs 218.74 crore, respectively.

How did discontinued operations affect ABB India’s reported profit?

ABB India’s total profit for the September 2026 quarter was Rs 442.52 crore, compared with Rs 409.04 crore a year earlier, including Rs 2.70 crore of discontinued-operation profit after tax. The corresponding prior-year discontinued-operation profit was Rs 10.99 crore, meaning continuing operations accounted for nearly all of the latest quarter’s reported profit.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, total profit was Rs 2,588.47 crore, compared with Rs 1,235.41 crore a year earlier, because discontinued-operation profit after tax was Rs 1,436.67 crore versus Rs 37.50 crore. ABB India sold its Robotics business on March 1, 2026 for Rs 1,568.20 crore and recorded a Rs 1,658.48 crore profit on sale within discontinued operations under Indian Accounting Standard 105.

ABB India also said certain income and expenses relating to its earlier Power Grids demerger remain classified as discontinued operations pending consummation of certain matters. The Power Grids business demerger to Hitachi Energy India Limited had an appointed date of April 1, 2019, while the tribunal approval was filed with the Registrar of Companies on December 1, 2019.

Conclusion

ABB India’s September-quarter figures show revenue expanding faster than continuing profit, with Electrification delivering the largest revenue and segment-result increase while Motion and Automation reported lower segment results. The nine-month comparison adds a different signal: continuing revenue rose by Rs 1,400.41 crore, but continuing profit after tax fell by Rs 46.11 crore.

The next disclosed event to watch is the effect of the provident-fund arrangement transferred to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation from October 1, 2026. Following the September 30 balance-sheet date, ABB India recorded a net gain of Rs 6.2 crore in profit and loss and Rs 3.7 crore in other comprehensive income after the trust disposed of investments and reversed related future-interest-liability accruals.