DLF shares jump 6% after realty major posts strong Q4 numbers: Check dividend details, management commentary

Shares of DLF will be in focus on Tuesday, May 20, after the realty major posted strong numbers for the quarter ending March 31, 2025.

Shares of the realty major were trading at ₹779.60 apiece on the National Stock Exchange, jumping 5.69%.

1. DLF's net profit rose 39% to ₹1,282.2 crore in the last quarter of FY25 from ₹919.82 crore in the year-ago period.

2. Its total income surged 45% to ₹3,347.77 crore in the January-March quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year from ₹2,316.7 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year.

3. The company’s revenue from operations climbed 47% to ₹3,127.58 crore for the quarter under review in contrast to ₹2,134.84 crore in Q4 FY24.

4. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at ₹978.6 crore for Q4 FY25 as against ₹755 crore in the same quarter last fiscal. Its gross margin, however, narrowed to 31.3% year-on-year (YoY) compared to 35.4%.

5. For the entire fiscal year, DLF's net profit increased to ₹4,366.82 crore from ₹2,723.53 crore in the preceding year. Total income climbed to ₹8,995.89 crore in the last fiscal year from ₹6,958.34 crore in the 2023-24 financial year.

6. The board approved a dividend of ₹6 per equity share, having a face value of ₹2 each, for 2024-25, subject to the approval of the shareholders.

7. DLF said that its latest super-luxury project, 'The Dahlias', received encouraging demand and generated ₹13,744 crore in new sales bookings during the last fiscal.

8. India's largest real estate firm in market capitalisation has generated a net cash surplus of ₹5,302 crore during the last fiscal. Consequently, DLF’s net cash position at the fiscal end further improved to ₹6,848 crore.

“Our latest super-luxury offering – The Dahlias – received encouraging demand and generated ₹13,744 crore in new sales bookings during the fiscal year. The humbling response to our latest offering underscores our brand’s strength and our commitment to customer centricity. This has resulted in the monetisation of approximately 39% of the estimated total sales potential of this project within the first year of its launch,” the company said in a statement.

“We are optimistic about the sustained housing demand for our products and will continue to capitalise on this momentum by introducing calibrated offerings of new products from a strong and well-diversified pipeline,” it added.

DLF further said, “We believe that our business is well poised to leverage this structural upcycle backed by a significant land bank having high embedded potential, a robust pipeline of new products across both development and rental business, a strong balance sheet and consistent cash flow generation.”

DLF Group has 280 million square feet of development potential across the residential and commercial segments, including current projects under execution and the identified pipeline. The group has an annuity portfolio of over 45 million square feet.

Since its inception, DLF has developed more than 185 real estate projects and developed an area of more than 352 million square feet.