HBL Engineering Q1 profit surges 79%; share price zooms 14%

Some results make you nod. This one made the market sit up. HBL Engineering’s Q1 FY26 numbers weren’t just good. They came with a 79 per cent PAT jump, a sharp rally in margins and an order book that looks more like a buffet than a snack plate. No surprise, then, that HBL Engineering’s share price spiked by double-digits after the announcement. HBL Engineering Q1 FY26 performance scorecard Metric Q1 FY26 Q1 FY25 YoY change Revenue (Rs crore) 601.7 520.1 15.7 per cent EBITDA (Rs crore) 192 110 74 per cent EBITDA margin (%) 31.9 21.2 10.7 bps Net profit (Rs crore) 143.3 80 79 per cent EPS (Rs) 5.18 2.89 79 per cent Order book (Rs crore) 4,029 3,500 15 per cent Why it clicked this quarter Bigger pie, fatter slice: Sa