SYNOPSIS:
Krishna Defence delivered a strong H1 FY26 performance, with revenue up 19 percent HoH and 28 percent YoY, net profit rising 38 percent HoH and 47 percent YoY, and margins improving to 13 percent from 11 percent.
Shares of a company among India’s very few manufacturing houses with comprehensive in-house capabilities for designing, developing, and manufacturing a wide range of equipment across the Defence vertical rallied nearly 9 percent on Friday, after reporting H1 FY26 financial results.
At 03:22 p.m., shares of Krishna Defence & Allied Industries Limited were trading in green at Rs. 842 on NSE, up by around 6.3 percent, compared to its previous closing price of Rs. 791.55, with a market cap of Rs. 1,256 crores. The stock hit its 52-week high at Rs. 1,027.5 on 6th June 2025, and is trading at a discount of around 18 percent from its current price levels.
What’s the News
Krishna Defence & Allied Industries Limited announced the financial results for the first half of FY26 on Friday during market hours, as per the latest regulatory filings with the NSE.
For H1 FY26, the company posted a revenue from operations of Rs. 120.5 crores, reflecting a sequential growth of more than 19 percent HoH compared to Rs. 100.8 crores in H2 FY25, and a year-on-year increase of around 28 percent from Rs. 94 crores recorded in H1 FY25.
During the same period, Krishna Defence’s net profit stood at Rs. 15.6 crores, representing an increase of around 38 percent HoH from Rs. 11.3 crores, as well as a significant rise of around 47 percent YoY from Rs. 10.6 crores.
Additionally, the net profit margin strengthened to 13 percent in H1 FY26, up from 11 percent in both the preceding half-year and the same period last year, reflecting modest margin expansion.
Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Limited is among India’s very few manufacturing houses with comprehensive in-house capabilities of designing, developing, and manufacturing a wide range of equipment for defence, security, dairy, and mega kitchen verticals. It operates state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Halol (Gujarat) for defence equipment, and in Kalol (Gujarat) for dairy equipment.
The company’s defence products include shipbuilding steel sections, improved space heating devices, weld consumables, ballast bricks and profiles for T-90 tanks, while the dairy equipment product spectrum features milk cooling tanks, robotic milk collection units, and stainless-steel milk cans.
Written by Shivani Singh
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