Adani Total Gas Q1 FY27 profit falls 14% as gas costs outpace revenue growth

Adani Total Gas reported Q1 FY27 net profit of ₹141.72 crore, down 14.2% year-on-year, as natural-gas and traded-item costs rose 40.3% to ₹1,302.51 crore. Revenue grew 27.3% to ₹1,906.79 crore, while net profit margin narrowed 360 basis points to 7.4%.

— Source publishedTue, 21 Jul, 2026, 15:48 IST·First seen Tue, 21 Jul, 2026, 16:29 IST·Source Business Standard · Companies

What happened

Adani Total Gas reported a 14.2% YoY fall in Q1 FY27 net profit to ₹141.72 crore as gas and traded-item costs rose 40.3%, outpacing 27.3% revenue growth.

Key facts

  • Net profit: ₹141.72 crore, down 14.2% YoY
  • Revenue from operations: ₹1,906.79 crore, up 27.3% YoY
  • Natural-gas and traded-item costs: ₹1,302.51 crore, up 40.3% YoY
  • Total expenses: ₹1,742.44 crore, up 35.2% YoY
  • Pre-tax margin: 9.8%, down 503 basis points
  • Net profit margin: 7.4%, down 360 basis points
  • EPS: ₹1.29 versus ₹1.50

Why this matters

The cost-led profit contraction reinforces the strategic value of upstream supply security, long-term gas sourcing arrangements and adjacencies that improve mix or reduce exposure to volatile traded-gas costs.

What to watch

  • Quarterly change in natural-gas, LNG, and traded-gas procurement costs relative to retail tariff revisions.
  • CNG and PNG volume growth, especially whether price hikes reduce vehicle conversions or industrial demand.
  • EBITDA margin and net-profit-margin movement after the 360-basis-point year-on-year compression.
  • Domestic gas allocation/pricing changes and global LNG benchmark trends.
  • Management commentary on pass-through lag, gas-sourcing mix, and FY27 capex/network expansion.
  • Consensus EPS revisions and any shift in guidance on station additions, connections, or volume growth.
  • Calibrate CNG and PNG tariff increases, likely in staggered revisions to limit volume attrition.
  • Increase sourcing optimization between domestic allocation, long-term contracted gas, and spot/traded gas.
  • Prioritize higher-utilization CNG stations and industrial/commercial PNG customers to improve fixed-cost absorption.
  • Emphasize new geographical-area rollout and connection additions to preserve the long-term volume-growth narrative.
  • Manage investor expectations around margin normalization timing rather than relying on revenue growth alone.