ABFRL's sales grow, but losses deepen in Q3 even as stock ends higher

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) reported a wider net loss of ₹152.2 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2025, compared with a loss of ₹51.3 crore in the corresponding period last year, according to the company’s exchange filing.

Revenue for the quarter grew 7.9% year-on-year to ₹2,373.6 crore, up from ₹2,200.5 crore in the same quarter of the previous financial year. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased 2.4% to ₹308.6 crore from ₹301.5 crore a year earlier. EBITDA margin stood at 13% during the quarter, compared with 13.7% in the year-ago period, the filing showed.

The shares of the company ended nearly 3% in the green in the session on Thursday. The stock has fallen over 6% in 2026 so far.

Earlier, on January 20, as many as 4.35 crore shares of the company, changed hands at an average price of ₹66.4 apiece, taking the total transaction value to ₹289 crore.

In the previous quarter, ABFRL had reported a consolidated net loss of ₹90.9 crore. The company’s revenue from operations rose 7.5% year-on-year to ₹1,492 crore, while total expenses during the quarter stood at ₹1,627 crore, marginally higher than ₹1,598 crore in the year-ago period. Finance costs came in at ₹216 crore, while depreciation and amortisation expenses were ₹252 crore for the quarter.

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