NSE announces Q1 FY26 Results ahead of its much-awaited IPO

New Delhi: Amid the IPO wait for the National Stock Exchange, NSE announced their quarterly results for the current fiscal year (Q1, FY26). The country's largest stock exchange is in the process of coming up with its public debut. It is expected to be one of the most awaited mainboard IPOs for this year.

The National Stock Exchange reported its quarterly results for the current fiscal year (Q1, FY26) on Tuesday, July 29. The company has posted a net profit of Rs 2294 crore for the April-June quarter. The company had posted a PAT of Rs 2567 crore in the corresponding quarter of the year-ago period (Q1 FY25), said the company in its regulatory filing.

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The operational revenue of the company declined 3 percent to Rs 4798 crore in the quarter ended on June 30 as against income of Rs 4950 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year, FY25. On the other hand, the expenditure of the company decreased by 31 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1053 crore.

Out of total revenue collection, the revenue earned from the transaction charges segment increased 7 percent to Rs 3150 crore in the quarter ended on June 30 because of the increase in the cash market and derivatives segment. The company earned Rs 11.81 per share for Q1, FY26 on a non-annualized basis, as compared to Rs 10.71 earned for Q4, FY25.

During Q1FY26, NSE’s contribution to the exchequer was Rs 14,331 crore, which comprised STT/CTT (Securities Transaction Tax/Commodity Transaction Tax) of Rs 12,338 crore, stamp duty of Rs 875 crore, Sebi fees of Rs 265 crore, income tax of Rs 338 crore, and GST of Rs 515 crore. Out of the Rs 12,338 crore contribution from STT/CTT, 54 percent is from the cash market segment, and the remaining 46 percent is from the equity derivatives segment.

In June, SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey had said that there exists no obstacle in the way of the country's largest stock exchange's public debut. Pandey had assured that no obstacle will be there for the country's largest stock bourse, NSE, to go ahead with its IPO. "There is no obstacle that will remain in case of NSE IPO," he had said while speaking at an event, simultaneously deciding not to comment on the timeline of it.

Previously, SEBI declined to issue NOC to the stock exchange. Instead, it had directed NSE to address technical issues and its legal cases.