PSU Stock to Track: GAIL Q1 FY26 PAT misses Street estimates, margin goes up by 58 bps

GAIL Q1 FY26 Results, Share Market News: New Delhi-headquartered energy giant GAIL’s shares are set to take centre stage on Dalal Street on Tuesday as the PSU has reported a mixed set of quarterly numbers. After market hours on Monday, GAIL reported a net profit of Rs 1,886 crore for the quarter ended June 30, an 8.0 per cent decline sequentially. The PSU’s top-line came in at Rs 34,769 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year, according to a regulatory filing. That marked a quarter-on-quarter decline of 2.6 per cent. 

Both top-line and bottom-line fell short of Street expectations. 

According to Zee Business research, GAIL was estimated to register a June-quarter net profit of Rs 1,934 crore with Rs 34,927 crore in revenue. 

GAIL Q1 FY26 Earnings | How the PSU has performed operationally  

GAIL staged a positive operational performance for the June quarter.  

The company’s operational profit increased 3.7 per cent to Rs 3,334 crore sequentially. 

Its margin expanded by 58 basis points (bps) to 9.59 per cent. 

Margin is a key measure of a company’s profitability. 

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GAIL shares 

Earlier on Monday, GAIL shares ended weaker by Rs 3.1, or 1.7 per cent, at Rs 180.5 apiece on BSE.

GAIL stock vs Nifty 50 vs Nifty Energy

At the current level, the GAIL stock has declined 5.9 per cent in 2025 so far, underperforming a rise of 4.0 per cent and a decline of 0.5 per cent in the Nifty50 and Nifty Energy indices.

In a year, GAIL shares have lost 22.4 per cent of their value while the Nifty50 and Nifty Energy have declined 0.6 per cent and 19 per cent respectively.

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