ABB India’s order book hit a record Rs 4,363 crore for the quarter ended June 2026, up 50% year-on-year from Rs 2,917 crore — a figure that offers a useful proxy for the pace of India’s broader electrification and industrial capex cycle, given ABB’s exposure across electrification, automation and robotics.

Revenue from operations grew 21% year-on-year to Rs 3,558.87 crore and net profit rose a more modest 3% to Rs 362.30 crore, a gap that points to margin pressure even amid strong top-line growth — operational EBITA rose 23% to Rs 461 crore with margins up 20 basis points to 13.0%, but the company flagged higher freight, energy and commodity costs including copper, silver and electrical steel as ongoing headwinds.

For founders and investors tracking India’s infrastructure buildout, the demand drivers behind the order book are the more telling data point: electrification, data centres, renewables, metals and infrastructure — segments that overlap directly with the country’s data centre construction boom and renewable energy rollout.

The scale of the order intake also matters for revenue forecasting: because large electrification and automation contracts are typically executed over multiple quarters, a record order book like this one gives ABB India — and by extension, suppliers and partners in its ecosystem — meaningful revenue visibility well into 2027.

The Rs 90 per share special dividend declared alongside the results signals confidence in cash generation even as the company navigates input cost pressure, a balance many industrial companies are having to strike this year.

For sector-watchers, ABB India’s results are as much a read on capital investment trends in India’s power, data centre and industrial infrastructure sectors as they are a company-specific earnings story.

ABB India’s growth was supported by strong demand across electrification, data centres, renewables, metals and infrastructure, sectors that have driven a broader capital expenditure upswing in Indian industry this year.

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