Mumbai, January 6 (Udaipur Kiran): Shares of bharti airtel traded marginally higher on the BSE even as the company reported a steep fall in its consolidated net profit for the third quarter of FY26.
Bharti Airtel was trading at Rs 1,997.05, up by Rs 5.00 or 0.25 per cent from its previous close of Rs 1,992.05. The stock opened at Rs 1,997.00 and moved between an intraday high of Rs 2,018.40 and a low of Rs 1,990.00. So far, 39,294 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE Group ‘A’ stock, with a face value of Rs 5, has touched a 52-week high of Rs 2,174.70 on November 21, 2025, and a 52-week low of Rs 1,561.00 on February 28, 2025. Over the past one week, the scrip has traded between Rs 2,040.00 and Rs 1,902.80. The company’s current market capitalisation stands at Rs 12,18,878.60 crore.
Promoter holding in Bharti Airtel is at 48.87 per cent, while institutional investors hold 48.42 per cent and non-institutional investors account for 2.72 per cent of the shareholding.
On a standalone basis, Bharti Airtel reported a 55.52 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 4,090.70 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, compared to Rs 9,197.40 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. However, total income rose by 8.55 per cent to Rs 31,333.40 crore from Rs 28,865.40 crore a year ago.
On a consolidated basis, the company posted a 55.14 per cent fall in net profit at Rs 6,630.50 crore for Q3FY26, as against Rs 14,781.20 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Despite the decline in profit, total consolidated income increased by 19.92 per cent to Rs 54,683.90 crore, compared with Rs 45,599.00 crore in the year-ago period.
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