Bharti Airtel shares end nearly 1% higher after five-fold surge in Q4 net profit

Shares of telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday ended nearly 1% higher after the firm posted a five-fold jump in consolidated net profit in the March 2025 quarter.

The stock went up by 0.74% to settle at ₹1,834.40 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it rallied 2.69% to ₹1,870.

On the NSE, the stock climbed 0.95% to ₹1,837.90 each. Intra-day, it went up by 2.75% to ₹1,870.70.

In volume terms, 17.94 lakh shares of the firm were traded on the BSE and 74.02 lakh shares exchanged hands on the NSE during the day.

Bharti Airtel posted a five-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to ₹11,022 crore in the March 2025 quarter, mainly due to the tariff hike impact and one-time gain on tax benefits.

The firm had posted a net profit (attributable to owners of the parent company) of ₹2,071.6 crore a year ago.

During the reported quarter, Bharti Airtel received favourable orders in certain tax-related matters, which helped it with a one-time tax benefit of around ₹5,913 crore.

The company's revenue from operations grew 27% to ₹47,876.2 crore during the quarter under review from ₹37,599.1 crore in the March 2024 quarter, it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Bharti Airtel India's standalone revenue in the March quarter grew 15% year-on-year to ₹36,735 crore against ₹31,851.5 crore.

The growth for the company came as it benefited from the tariff hike, which was announced in July last year.