Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Profit before tax (PBT) increased 23.55% YoY to Rs 883.62 crore in Q2 FY26.

Total expenses marginally rose 0.27% to Rs 4,005.84 crore in Q2 FY26, compared with Rs 3,994.87 crore in Q2 FY25. The cost of material consumed stood at Rs 2,647.16 crore (up 2.68% YoY), employee benefit expenses was at Rs 181.08 crore (down 22.04% YoY) and finance cost stood at 34.68 crore (up 0.11%YoY) during the period under review.

On a half year basis, the company's consolidated net profit jumped 13.31% to Rs 1,175.19 crore on 6.11% rise in total revenue from operations to Rs 9,462.85 crore in H1 FY26 over H1 FY25.

Varun Berry, executive vice-chairman, MD & CEO, said: "Our Revenue during the quarter registered a reasonable growth of 4.1% ...