Bharat Electronics Q2 results: Net profit rises 18% to ₹1,286 crore, EBITDA jumps 22%, revenue advances 26%

Bharat Electronics Limited, the country's leading defence equipment maker, on Friday, October 31, reported a net profit of ₹1,286 crore in the second quarter of current financial year, marking an increase of 18% from ₹1,091 crore in the same period last year.

The company's revenue from operations rose 26% to ₹5,764 crore in July-September period from ₹4,583 crore a year earlier.

Bharat Electronics reported stable operational performance in September quarter as its EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) also known as operating profit advanced 22% to ₹1,695 crore but its operating profit margin contracted by 90 basis points to 29.41%.

The company's total order book at the end of September quarter came in at ₹74,453 crore.

During the first half of the current financial year, Bharat Electronics clocked revenue from operations of ₹10,180.48 crore as against ₹8,782.18 crore recorded in the corresponding period of the previous year.

In the first half, Bharat Electronics net profit stood at ₹2,255.26 crore as against ₹1,867.41 crore in the first half of last financial year.

The company informed exchanges on Thursday thar it bagged additional orders worth ₹732 crore since the last disclosure on October 22, 2025.

The major orders received include Software Defined Radios (SDRs), tank subsystems, communication equipment, missile components, financial management software, cyber security solutions, upgrades, spares, services and others.

Bharat Electronics in a regulatory filing said the Software Defined Radios (SDRs) are the first fully indigenous radios, jointly designed and developed with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by BEL. These SDRs are interoperable with existing and legacy radios, enabling a seamless transition between technologies.

Following the earnnigs announcement, Bharat Electronics shares rose as much as 3.31% to hit an intraday high of ₹423.50, outperforming the NIFTY50 index which was down 0.3%.

The stock was top gainer in the NIFTY50 index.