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India Inc set to deliver modest numbers
Financial Express Mumbai
|January 09, 2026
THE DECEMBER 2025 quarter earnings season should see India Inc deliver a modest set of numbers.
While the performance is expected to be supported by strong results from automakers, metal producers, oil refiners, cement makers and capital goods companies, this is likely to be offset by weaker numbers from IT services majors, banks, electric utilities, pharmaceutical companies and consumer staples firms. Excluding oil marketing companies (OMCs), the aggregate profit growth would be subdued.
Some businesses benefited from festive and holiday season demand, elevated commodity prices and currency depreciation. However, some companies are likely to see onetime adjustments to employee expenses as companies complied with the new Wage Code.
The big boys will have a tough time. Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE) estimates net profits of Nifty 50 companies to rise just 1.7% yo-y, which could be the lowest in the post-Covid period.
This story is from the January 09, 2026 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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