3M India Limited has submitted its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, to the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. The filing, dated August 15, 2026, serves as formal notification of the company’s compliance with regulatory disclosure norms.

The company published extracts of its financial results in two newspapers: Business Line (All India – Bangalore edition) and Prajavani (Bangalore edition). These publications were released on August 15, 2026.

Regulatory Compliance

In a letter addressed to the exchanges, 3M India cited Regulation 47 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The submission requests that the attached newspaper advertisements be treated as compliance with this regulation.

The document was signed by Pratap Rudra Bhuvanagiri, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, using a digital signature on August 15, 2026. This filing follows an earlier communication dated August 14, 2026.

3M India reported a standalone net profit of ₹233.07 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (Q1FY26), a significant increase of 31.2% from ₹177.69 crore in the same period last year. This bottom-line expansion was primarily driven by an exceptional one-time gain of ₹73.13 crore from the sale of land located in Pimpri, Pune. On the top line, revenue from operations grew robustly by 19% to ₹1,423.21 crore, compared to ₹1,195.97 crore in Q1FY25. The company also announced its fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit year-on-year sales growth.

Q1FY26 financial performance

While the headline profit figures showed strong growth, operational profitability faced headwinds. Profit before tax (PBT) excluding exceptional items stood at ₹229.03 crore, down 4.3% from ₹239.40 crore in Q1FY25. Mr. Aseem Joshi, Managing Director, attributed this decline to the impact of Indian rupee depreciation. EBITDA also contracted slightly by 2.7% to ₹250 crore from ₹257 crore previously. Despite the operational pressure, all four business segments—Safety & Industrial, Transportation & Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer—registered revenue growth.

The Board of Directors approved the unaudited financial results at its meeting held on August 14, 2026. The results were reviewed by statutory auditors B S R & Co. LLP, which issued an unqualified review opinion.

Segment-wise performance

Broad-based growth was observed across all key segments. Health Care led the pack with a 23.5% revenue increase to ₹296.99 crore, followed by Safety & Industrial which grew 23.0% to ₹465.33 crore. Transportation & Electronics revenue rose 14.4% to ₹503.36 crore, while the Consumer segment saw a 13.4% jump to ₹147.96 crore.

In terms of segment results (profitability), Safety & Industrial contributed the highest at ₹69.82 crore, followed by Transportation & Electronics at ₹67.72 crore. Health Care and Consumer segments reported results of ₹58.92 crore and ₹23.13 crore, respectively.

What the Numbers Show

The divergence between top-line growth and core operating profit highlights the currency headwinds facing the company. While revenue expanded by approximately ₹227 crore (from ₹1,195.97 crore to ₹1,423.21 crore), core PBT before exceptional items actually declined by ₹10.37 crore. This suggests that input costs or forex losses outpaced pricing power or volume gains during the quarter. The headline PAT growth of 31.2% is therefore not reflective of operational leverage but is instead driven by the non-recurring ₹73.13 crore land sale gain, which constituted roughly 31% of the total reported net profit. Without this exceptional item, the underlying profitability would have contracted despite strong sales momentum.