Ambuja Cements Ends Nearly Flat on Monday; Q4 Net Soars 78%

Mumbai, May 4: Ambuja Cements was highly volatile in trade on Monday. The stock opened around ₹452 in pre-open trade before coming off sharply at the open to trade at an intraday low of around ₹439 around 9:15 am as initial sellers prevailed.

Ambuja Cements recovered slowly through mid-morning trade and crossed back above the previous close of ₹444 around 10: 45 am before picking up steam to rise strongly to a first session high of around ₹455 at noon on healthy buying interest. It consolidated in a ₹448–₹455 range through the early to mid-afternoon session before breaking up sharply around 2: 15 pm to reach an intraday high of around ₹459. After such a quick snap rally, the stock quickly reversed lower and fell below ₹444 by 2:30 pm. Ambuja Cements found buyers around ₹440 and crept higher to end around ₹445 — down barely ₹1 on the day — after touching a wide intraday range of nearly ₹20.

Weekly Trend

Ambuja Cements finished a volatile week with losses between late April to early May. Rs 462 near where it opened the week on April 27, saw selling pressure build through the last few days of April. Shares hit a low of Rs 444 on April 30 as markets reacted to its Q4 earnings. It traded sideways for the remainder of the week, struggling to find demand above Rs 450. Analysing Trade between April 27 – May 4, 2026: The scrip traded lower from its opening levels seen above Rs 460 for the week between April 27 and May 4. It fell to around Rs 444 on April 30, following which there was little price movement on either side until May 4. During this period, Ambuja stocks never pierced back above its previous highs, however, recovered partly towards the week’s close.

Q4 FY26: Net jumps 78% despite slump in EBITDA

Consolidated net profit at Ambuja Cements increased 78.5% year-on-year to ₹1,830 crore in Q4FY26 from ₹1,025 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations grew 10% to ₹10,892 crore from ₹9,894 crore in Q4FY25. Profit before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 19% to ₹1,441 crore from ₹1,781 crore.

Ambuja has proposed a dividend of ₹2 per equity share (face value ₹2 each) for the fiscal year ended March 2026. “The Board has recommended a dividend of ₹2.00 per equity share of face value ₹2 each, fully paid-up (i.e., 100%) for the financial year 2025–26, subject to approval of shareholders,” the company said in a regulatory filing.

June 12 is fixed as the record date for the purpose of determining the entitlement of shareholders to receive the dividend. For FY2025–26, Ambuja posted record annualised sales volume of 73.7 million tonnes and annual EBITDA of ₹887 per metric tonne.

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