ABB India Q2 result: Profit declines 20% to ₹352 crore; board announces ₹9.77 dividend

The company had reported profit after tax of ₹443 crore in the same quarter of 2024, a company statement said. The company follows a January-December financial year, it said in a regulatory filing dated Saturday.

According to the statement, the company achieved a revenue of ₹3,175 crore for the second quarter, higher than ₹2,831 crore in the same period a year ago.

The company's total expenditure jumped to ₹2,801.1 crore in Q2 CY2025 from ₹2,323.9 crore a year ago.

The company's cash position continues to remain robust at ₹5,154 crore at the end of Q2 2025.

Total orders were at 3,036 crore for Q2 CY2025, down from ₹3,435 crore in April-June 2024 due to the impact of large order timing, while base orders increased.

The market segments for order momentum include electronics, railways, data centres, energy, metals and mining, and building and infrastructure.

ABB India continues to have a strong executable order backlog of ₹10,064 crore as of June 30, 2025 (compared to ₹9,517 crore a year ago).

Commenting on the results, Sanjeev Sharma, Country Head and Managing Director, ABB India, said: "With a strong revenue and backlog expansion, we have delivered yet another resilient performance for the second quarter and first half of the year. While profitability was impacted by forex volatility and one-offs during the quarter, we continued to deliver double-digit PAT margins for the 11th consecutive quarter. Cash position of the company remains healthy due to consistent efforts in collection."

Board declares interim dividend

ABB India’s board of directors declared an interim dividend of ₹9.77 per equity share of face value of ₹2 each, at a rate of 488.50%, on 21,19,08,375 equity shares, each fully paid up for the 2025 financial year.

The interim dividend will be paid on or before August 31, 2025, to the equity shareholders of the company. Furthermore, August 8, 2025, was fixed as the record date for the same.

Shares of ABB India closed 2.29% lower at ₹5,384 apiece on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday.