Bharti Hexacom Q4 revenue rises on higher ARPU but profit slips; declares ₹18 dividend

Bharti Hexacom reported a 4.6% year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter of FY26 at ₹446.7 crore, compared with ₹468.4 crore in the year-ago period.

Revenue from operations rose 5.4% to ₹2,414 crore during the quarter from ₹2,289 crore a year earlier, supported by higher mobile tariffs, customer additions and strong growth in the homes and office services segment.

The telecom operator’s EBITDA increased 8.5% year-on-year to ₹1,267 crore from ₹1,168 crore, while the EBITDA margin improved to 53% from 51% in the corresponding quarter last year.

Mobile services revenue grew 3.8% year-on-year, driven by an increase in average revenue per user (ARPU) and expansion in the subscriber base.

Mobile ARPU stood at ₹252 in Q4FY26 against ₹242 in Q4FY25.

The company said business expansion was led by execution and focus on quality customers. Smartphone data customers increased by 1.2 million year-on-year and 0.5 million sequentially, accounting for 79% of the total mobile customer base.

Mobile data usage surged 30.9% year-on-year, with average monthly consumption per customer reaching 34.2 GB.

The homes, office and other services segment posted a sharp 65.3% rise in revenue, aided by the addition of 395,000 customers year-on-year and a net addition of 148,000 customers quarter-on-quarter in the homes business.

Capital expenditure for the quarter stood at ₹586 crore.

The board of directors has recommended a final dividend of ₹18 per fully paid-up equity share of face value ₹5 each for FY26.

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Ahead of the results, shares of Bharti Hexacom ended 1.79% higher at ₹1,491 on the NSE on Wednesday, May 13.

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