NHPC Q4 profit grows 68 per cent to Rs 1,549 crore
State-owned NHPC has posted over 68 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,549.42 crore for the March quarter 2025-26, supported by higher revenues.
It had logged a profit of Rs 919.63 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing on Friday. Total income during the period increased to Rs 3,120.52 crore from Rs 2,557.71 crore in the fourth quarter of 2024-25. Annual net profit was at Rs 4,220.46 crore as against Rs 3,411.73 crore. Total income was at Rs 12,686.09 crore as compared to Rs 11,614.61 crore earlier. The company’s board also approved a final dividend of 21 paise per equity share for FY26.
In a separate statement, NHPC said during FY 2025-26, it added capacity of 1850 MW by commissioning 3 projects, namely Subansiri Lower Project (750 MW out of 2000), Parbati-II Project (800 MW) and Karnisar Solar Project (300 MW). This is the highest capacity addition during any fiscal year in its history. Further, power stations of the company achieved generation of 23307 Million Units (MUs) in FY 2025-26 with installed capacity of 7401 MW from 25 power stations on a standalone basis. NHPC, along with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, presently has an installed capacity of 9333 MW from 31 power stations and is engaged in the construction of 17 projects aggregating to a total installed capacity of 9204 MW.
It also has 9 projects with an aggregate capacity of 10263 MW under the clearance stage and 9 projects with an aggregate capacity of 9830 MW in the survey and investigation stage.
