Centum Electronics Q4 Profit at ₹22 Crore, Revenue Rises to ₹369 Crore

26 May 2025 , 12:00 AM

Centum Electronics Ltd., a Bengaluru-based technology company, has made a robust recovery in its financial for March quarter (Q4 FY25) with net profit of ₹22 crore against a net loss of ₹7 crore in the year-ago period. The company reported revenue of ₹369 crore for the quarter, up 24.2% year on year due to healthy demand in its core segments.

EBITDA also jumped over two-times from last year to ₹42 crore demonstrating operating leverage and better profitability. The EBITDA margin witnessed over 500 basis points improvement at 11.3% in Q4 FY25 compared to 6.1% in Q4 FY24. Centum’s order book, as on March 31, 2025, is ₹1,861 crore and 51% of this was contributed by Defence and Aerospace.

The company remains focused on high-tech defence and strategic electronics, with critical business operations spaning missile control and guidance systems, radar systems and sub systems, tank electronics, satellite payloads, and other electronic warfare systems.

The stock has found favour with investors such as Prashant Jain (the ex-CIO of HDFC Mutual Fund who manages the 3P fund) who cumulatively has a stake of around 5.5% in the company across his two funds as of 31st March 2025.

A strong retail base is also buttressing the investor profile of Centum, with more than 17,000 small shareholders (holding shares up to ₹2 lakh value) collectively owning 11.76% of the company.

The company’s reversal of course and expansion in defence electronics sector is in tune with India’s increasing thrust on indigenisation under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat campaign, the people said. It is now further strengthening its role as one of the leading suppliers in the defence, aerospace and strategic electronics value chain in India and overseas.