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                                                            ADANI GROUP


        From Enterprises to Ports and Power, company



                    records high profit and big production




         Over the years, AEL has focused on building emerging infrastructure businesses, contributing

                             to nation-building and divesting them into separate listed entities


        OUR BUREAU                                                                                            quarter  of  2023-24,  the  net  profits
                                                                                                              were at Rs 2,015 crore.
        New Delhi/Mumbai
                                                                                                                  Coming to revenue from oper-
              dani Enterprises Ltd (AEL),                                                                     ations, Adani Ports and SEZ report-
              the company of the Adani                                                                        ed a 16 per cent rise in revenue to
        AGroup, reported a consolidated                                                                       Rs 31,079 crore, as against Rs 26,711
        EBITDA rising by 26 per cent year-                                                                    crore in 2023-24.
        on-year to Rs 16,722 crore, driven by                                                                     In the January-March 2025 quar-
        continued strong operational perfor-                                                                  ter, the revenue from operations were
        mance from incubating businesses.                                                                     at Rs 8,488 crore, up 23 per cent from
        According to the financial report filed                                                               Rs 6,897 crore in the year ago period.
        by the company with the exchanges,                                                                       The ports business of Adani
        the EBITDA of incubating businesses                                                                   Group reported an all-time high car-
        was up by 68 per cent which stood at                                                                  go volume at 450 million tons; Mun-
        Rs. 10,025 crores.                                                                                    dra became the first port in India to
            EBITDA, or earnings before in-                                                                    cross 200 million tons in a single year.
        terest,  taxes, depreciation, and amor-                                                                  Adani Ports and Special Eco-
        tization, is an alternative measure of                                                                nomic Zone Limited (APSEZ) an-
        a  company’s  overall  financial  perfor-                                                             nounced results for the quarter and
        mance. The consolidated profit before                                                                 twelve months ending March, 2025.
        tax (PBT) increased 16 per cent to Rs                                                                    “Our   record-breaking  perfor-
        6,533 crore, while revenue grew by a                                                                  mance in FY25--crossing Rs 11,000
        modest 2 per cent to Rs 1,00,365 crore.                                                               Cr  in  PAT  and  handling  450  MMT
        The company also recorded a significant                                                               cargo--is a testament to the power of
        gain of Rs 3,946 crore from the sale of                                                               integrated  thinking  and  flawless  exe-
        its stake in Adani Wilmar Ltd (AWL).                                                                  cution,” said Ashwani Gupta, Whole-
           “At Adani Enterprises, we are                                                                      time Director and CEO, APSEZ, as
        building  businesses  that  will  define                                                              per a company statement.
        the way forward for India’s infrastruc-                                                                  Also, Adani Power Limited has
        ture and energy sector,” said Gautam                                                                  generated 102.2 billion Units of pow-
        Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group.                                                                   er in the just-concluded financial year
           “Our robust performance in FY25                                                                    2024-25, up by 19.5 per cent from 85.5
        is a direct outcome of our strengths                                                                  BU in 2023-24, the company’s earnings
        in scale, speed and sustainability. Im-                                                               results released Wednesday showed.
        pressive growth across our incubat-                                                                      According to company informa-
        ing  businesses  reflects  the  power  of                                                             tion, the Adani Group company’s
        disciplined execution, future-focused        Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group (Agency file photo)   consolidated power sale volume was
        investments and a commitment to                                                                       at 95.9 BU in 2024-25, up by 20.7 per
        operational excellence, innovation                                                                    cent from 79.4 BU in 2023-24 due to
        and sustainability. As we scale up in   its incubating businesses is being re- the Company has contributed to   robust power demand and higher op-
        energy transition, airports, data cen- flected in each quarterly results over  make India self-reliant with its robust  erating capacity.
        ters and mining services, we are cre- the last few years, the company added   businesses, the company added.   Consolidated continuing total
        ating new market leaders that will   in a statement.                    Meanwhile, Adani Ports and SEZ  revenues were higher by 10.8 per cent
        drive India’s growth story for decades   Over the years, AEL has focused   on  Thursday  reported  an all-time  at Rs 56,473 crore in 2024-25 vs Rs
        to come. Each success across our in- on building emerging infrastruc- high net profits in the just concluded  50,960 crore in 2023-24; supported by
        cubation spectrum accelerates our  ture businesses, contributing to na- financial year 2024-25, the company’s   higher sales volumes, offset partially
        mission to create long-term value and   tion-building and divesting them into   earnings results showed. The Adani   by lower tariff realization.
        catalysis India’s emergence as a global   separate listed entities.  Group’s ports business logged a net   In  the  January-March  quarter,
        economic powerhouse,” Adani added.    Having successfully built sizeable   profit (profit after tax) worth Rs 11,061  consolidated power sale volume was
            The company said that the incu- and scalable businesses like Adani   crore in the entire fiscal, up 37 per cent.  at 26.4 BU, up by 18.9 per cent from
        bation strength of AEL is strongly val- Ports & SEZ, Adani Energy Solutions,   In  the  January-March  quarter,  22.2 BU in same quarter of 2023-24,
        idated by these results. The consisten- Adani Power, Adani Green Energy,  the net profits rose 50 per cent to Rs   due to growing power demand and
        cy in the performance and growth of  Adani Total Gas and Adani Wilmar,  3,023 crore. In the January-March   higher operating capacity.


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