Mazagon Dock Q2 profit falls 54% to US$46.7M as margins collapse
What's the deal? Mazagon Dock ShipbuildersDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → reported a 54% year-on-year drop in Q2 FY27 consolidated net profit to US$46.7M, from US$101.7M a year earlier. Revenue from operations fell 16.5% to US$332.2M. Shares of the state-owned shipbuilder fell as much as 10% on October 27.
Why the drop? Operating profitability weakened faster than sales. EBITDA crashed 71% to US$27M, and the margin contracted 1,560 basis points to 8.1%, from 23.7% a year earlier.
What the company does: Mazagon Dock builds warships and submarines for the Indian Navy, a central role in India's naval and shipbuilding ecosystem. The miss follows a stronger stretch; revenue also slipped 17% from US$399.5M in the previous quarter, which the company linked to slower execution and revenue recognition.
Credit facility: The board approved additional credit facilities of US$169.8M from State Bank of IndiaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Mumbai. The funds back a standby letter of credit (SBLC) in favour of SBI Sri Lanka for subsidiary Colombo Dockyard PLCDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, which needs bank guarantees against advances on shipbuilding contracts.
Colombo Dockyard will reimburse the issuance charges, taxes, and directly attributable costs with a 10% mark-up. If the subsidiary defaults on its bank guarantee, Mazagon Dock is liable as the back-to-back SBLC provider.
What else? The board declared an interim dividend of US$0.07 per share for FY27, with a record date of November 3, 2026, and payment by November 26. It also proposed raising authorised share capital to US$122.2M from US$44M, subject to approval from the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management and shareholders.
The signal: The quarter shows that for defence shipbuilders, winning orders is only half the battle — execution timing and margins drive near-term earnings. Mazagon Dock's stock is down 30% this year, though it remains up 1,267% over five years.
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