Avenue Supermarts shares rise over 1% as company invests ₹150 crore in e-commerce arm

Shares of Avenue Supermarts, the promoter of retail chain operator DMart, rose as much as 1.5% on Tuesday, June 9, after the company post market hours on Monday informed exchanged that it has invested ₹149.99 crore in its subsidiary Avenue E-Commerce.

Avenue Supermarts has subscribed to 4,32,90000 equity shares of ₹10 each of Avenue E-Commerce at an issue price of ₹34.65 per share.

Avenue Supermarts in an exchange filing said that Avenue E-Commerce was incorporated on 11th November, 2014 and is engaged in the business of online and multi-channel grocery retail under the brand name DMart Ready.

The company's turnover in financial year 2025-26 came in at ₹4,093.61 crore, in 2024-25 turnover came in at ₹3,502.42 crore and in 2023-24 turnover was ₹2,899 crore.

Avenue Supermarts reported a 19.18% year-on-year (YoY) surge in its consolidated net profit at ₹656.59 crore in the March quarter of the 2025-26 financial year (Q4 FY26).

The company had posted a net profit of ₹550.90 crore in the January-March quarter a year ago, according to a regulatory filing.

Its revenue from operations increased 18.9% YoY to ₹17,683.86 crore during the quarter under review, compared to ₹14,871.86 crore in the corresponding quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year (Q4 FY25).

At an operational level, its EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation), also known as operating profit, stood at ₹1,211 crore in Q4 FY26, marking a 26.8% YoY jump from ₹955 crore in the March FY25 quarter.

The company’s EBITDA margin expanded to 6.8% for the reporting quarter, in comparison to 6.4% in the year-ago period.

In the entire FY26, Avenue Supermarts registered a profit of ₹2,969.86 crore, up 9.7% YoY.

As of 9:33 am, Avenue Supermarts shares traded 1.2% higher at ₹4,105, outperforming the NIFTY NEXT50 index which was up 0.95%.