Jubilant FoodWorks Q4 FY26 profit up 67%, revenue 19%

What the March-quarter update says

Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd (JFL), the quick service restaurant operator behind Domino’s, Popeyes and Hong’s Kitchen, reported higher consolidated profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. In regulatory disclosures and market summaries cited alongside the filing, the March-quarter profit growth was reported at about 66% to 67% year-on-year. Reported consolidated net profit for Q4 FY26 was stated at ₹79.79 crore in one market summary and ₹82.42 crore in another summary of the filing. The comparable Q4 FY25 profit figure was reported at ₹48.01 crore in one summary and ₹49.33 crore in another.

Q4 FY26 profit: the key numbers in circulation

One widely cited set of consolidated numbers said net profit rose 66.19% to ₹79.79 crore for the quarter ended March 2026, compared with ₹48.01 crore in the year-ago quarter. Another report, also linked to the same results cycle, put Q4 FY26 consolidated net profit at ₹82.42 crore, up from ₹49.33 crore a year earlier. Reuters, in a separate update, reported quarterly profit of 797.9 million rupees (₹79.79 crore), up from 480 million rupees (₹48.00 crore). Across these reports, the direction is consistent: profit rose sharply year-on-year in Q4 FY26.

Revenue growth: Q4 sales up around 19%

On the revenue side, a market summary stated sales rose 19.31% to ₹2,499.47 crore in Q4 FY26, from ₹2,095.02 crore in Q4 FY25. Separately, one headline also described revenue rising 19% in the quarter. Reuters attributed the quarter’s profit growth to steady order volumes for Domino’s pizzas and new store additions, without giving store counts. The result set keeps focus on both demand and expansion as drivers, even as the filing-linked numbers emphasise top-line growth.

Profit and pre-tax line items also moved higher

Beyond net profit, another set of numbers in the provided material highlighted profitability measures for the quarter. It reported Operating Profit at ₹132.43 crore, up 3.49% QoQ from ₹127.97 crore, but down 12.60% YoY. It also reported PBDT at ₹251.84 crore, up 8.03% QoQ from ₹233.12 crore, and up 24.45% YoY. The same data block said Profit Before Tax (PBT) was ₹126.00 crore, up 83.30% QoQ from ₹68.74 crore, and up 63.98% YoY.

The DP Eurasia one-off gain investors tracked

Reuters also reported that Jubilant FoodWorks recorded a one-off gain of ₹170 crore from an adjustment to the fair value of its prior equity interest in DP Eurasia N.V. upon acquiring an additional stake. In the same Reuters note, consolidated profit before exceptional items and tax was reported at 548.6 million rupees (₹54.86 crore) for Q4, compared with 534 million rupees (₹53.40 crore) a year earlier. These figures highlight that exceptional items can materially affect headline profit, and that investors often need to separate operating performance from one-off accounting gains.

Full-year FY26: profit more than doubled, revenue rose

For the full year ended March 2026, one market summary reported consolidated net profit rose 103.30% to ₹428.48 crore, from ₹210.76 crore in FY25. It also reported sales rose 17.37% to ₹9,512.51 crore, from ₹8,104.49 crore in FY25. Another filing-linked summary in the material cited FY26 consolidated net profit at ₹444.24 crore, versus ₹217.12 crore in FY25, while keeping the FY26 revenue figure at ₹9,512.51 crore and FY25 revenue at ₹8,104.49 crore. While the FY26 profit number varies across summaries, the common message is stronger annual profitability alongside double-digit revenue growth.

Snapshot table: the most-cited FY26 result metrics

Market reaction and what it signals

Reuters reported Jubilant FoodWorks shares closed 0.06% higher on Wednesday, indicating a muted immediate reaction despite the sharp year-on-year profit rise. A modest move like this can occur when profit growth is already expected, when investors focus on underlying operating trends, or when exceptional gains complicate comparisons. In this results cycle, investors had multiple figures to process, including the DP Eurasia fair-value adjustment and the profit-before-exceptional-items line. The revenue growth, however, was consistently reported in the high-teens for both the quarter and the full year.

Why comparability has been a theme for Jubilant

The provided material also included earlier FY25 context showing how exceptional items can distort year-on-year comparisons. For Q4 FY25, it stated the company had an exceptional gain of ₹170 crore, and that consolidated net profit in that period was reported at around ₹48 crore, down sharply from a prior-year figure above ₹200 crore in some summaries. That background helps explain why investors closely track both reported net profit and pre-exception profit lines. It also underlines why a clean view of demand, store economics and operating margins matters more than any single quarter’s headline number.

Conclusion: what to watch next

Jubilant FoodWorks’ March-quarter FY26 update, as captured across filing summaries and Reuters reporting, showed strong year-on-year profit growth and about 19% quarterly revenue expansion. The FY26 revenue figure of ₹9,512.51 crore and the sharp jump in FY26 profit (as reported across summaries) indicate improved annual profitability. Investors will likely continue to separate operating performance from one-off items such as the ₹170 crore DP Eurasia fair-value gain, and track whether revenue growth sustains in coming quarters.