Adani Ports Q1 Result: Net profit rises 6.5% to ₹3,315 crore; Gautam Adani exits key managerial role

Its revenue from operations grew 31% to ₹9,126 crore in the June quarter, as against ₹6,956 crore registered in the year-ago period. The revenue growth was driven by momentum in the logistics and marine businesses.

Adani Ports' operating profit, also known as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), jumped 13% to ₹5,495 crore as compared to ₹4,847 crore in the same period last year.

Its EBITDA margin, however, contracted to 60.2% in the reporting quarter from 64.1% in Q1 FY25.

Following the earnings, shares of Adani Ports were seen at ₹1,375.40 apiece on the National Stock Exchange, declining 1.13%.

Meanwhile, the company also informed that Gautam Adani will be exiting from a key managerial position at Adani Ports. “Mr Gautam S. Adani from Executive Chairman to Non-Executive Chairman with effect from August 5, 2025, and consequently he would cease to be key managerial personnel of the Company,” Adani Ports said.

The company has also appointed Manish Kejriwal as an Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent) for an initial term of three years from August 5, 2025.

In the reporting quarter, domestic ports revenue increased by 14% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹6,137 crore, while its international ports revenue rose 22% to ₹973 crore YoY.

Logistics revenue grew 2x to ₹1,169 crore, while the revenue for the marine segment gained 2.9 times to ₹541 crore on a yearly basis.

Commenting on the logistics and marine business growth, Adani Ports Whole-time Director & CEO, Ashwani Gupta, said, “These are no longer ancillary verticals—they are reshaping the contours of our future-ready ports ecosystem. With expanding trucking and international freight network services and a fast-growing, diversified marine fleet in the MEASA region, we are deepening our integrated transport utility approach and extending our value chain from port gate to customer gate.”

In Q1 FY26, Adani Ports’ cargo volume stood at 121 million metric tonnes (mt) as against 109 million mt, advancing 11%, driven by containers. The domestic market share went up by 60 basis points to 27.8% from 27.2% YoY.

All-India cargo market share increased to 27.8% (27.2% in Q1 FY25). Container market share stood at 45.2% (45.9% in Q1 FY25).

“Coupled with cargo growth and market share gains in the domestic ports business, and higher revenue and improving EBITDA in international ports, we remain firmly on track to meet our FY26 guidance,” Gupta further said.