Bharti Airtel Q4 profit jumps multifold to ₹11,022 crore, dividend recommended

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel posted about fivefold jump in consolidated net profit to ₹11,022 crore in the March quarter, mainly account of tariff hike impact. It had clocked a net profit (attributable to owners of the parent company) of ₹2,071.6 crore in the same period a year ago.

The company's revenue from operations grew 27% to ₹47,876.2 crore during the quarter under review from ₹37,599.1 crore in the March 2024 quarter, it said in a regulatory filing.

The growth for the company came as it benefitted from the tariff hike which was announced in July first week.

On July 3, 2024 , the telecom company had hiked its in prepaid and postpaid mobile tariffs by 10-21%.

The average revenue per user -- a key matrix of a telco's business -- grew about 17% to ₹245 during the quarter from ₹209 a year earlier.

Its India subscriber base grew to 42.4 crore in March 2025 quarter.

For the year ended March 31, 2025, Airtel posted about fourfold increase in consolidated net profit to ₹33,556 crore from ₹7,467 crore in FY24.

The annual revenue from operations of Bharti Airtel grew 15.33% to ₹1,72,985.2 crore during the reported fiscal year from ₹1,49,982.4 crore in FY24.

Its board of directors recommended a final dividend of ₹16 per fully paid-up equity share of face value ₹5 each; and ₹4 per partly paid-up equity share of face value ₹5 each (paid-up value ₹1.25 per share) for the financial year 2024-25. The dividend is in proportion to the amount paid-up on each equity share of face value ₹5 each. Its subject to shareholder approval.