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Adani posts stellar FY25 performance; EBITDA hits all-time high

By IndianMandarins- 22 May 2025
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Ahmedabad (22.05.2025): Adani Portfolio released FY25 Results and Credit compendium covering all its listed entities, summarizing the key developments across the portfolio companies.

 “A key highlight of FY25 is the continued industry-beating Return on Assets of 16.5%, which is amongst the highest in any infrastructure business globally, underpinning the attractive asset base and the execution capabilities of the Adani Portfolio to continuously churn out the best quality assets across sub sectors,” said Jugeshinder ‘Robbie’ Singh, GCFO, Adani Group.

FY25 Performance Highlights

  • FY25 was a landmark year for the Adani Portfolio, where in EBITDA scaled to an all-time high of Rs 89,806 cr ($ 10.5 Bn), up 8.2% YoY. Excluding non-recurring prior period items, the growth stands even higher at 18% YoY.
  • It should be noted that 82% of the EBITDA is contributed by the highly stable ‘Core Infrastructure’ platform, lending a high level of stability and visibility.
  • Adani’s ‘Core Infrastructure’ platform comprises of Utility (Adani Green Energy, Adani Power, Adani Energy Solutions, and Adani Total Gas), Transport (Adani Ports & SEZ), and AEL’s incubating Infrastructure businesses.
  • Cash After Tax (CAT) or Fund Flow from Operations (FFO) increased to Rs 66,527 cr ($ 7.8 bn), up 13.6%, driven by strong operating leverage across businesses.
  • Profit After Tax (PAT) rose to an all-time high of Rs 40,565 cr.
  • Higher cashflows helped record asset addition of Rs 1.26 lakh cr ($ 14.7 Bn)—the highest in the history of Adani Portfolio, taking the total Gross Assets to $ 6.1 lakh crore ($ 71.2 Bn). Three-fourths of this was added in the past six years.
  • Prudent capital allocation, complemented by strong execution, has helped Adani Portfolio consistently achieve industry-leading Return on Asset (ROA) of over 15% in each of the past six years. ROA for FY25 was 16.5%--one of the highest globally in the infrastructure sector.
  • High growth in profits has led to a sharp reduction in the leverage of portfolio companies— portfolio-level Net Debt to EBITDA has reduced from 3.8x in FY19 to as low as 2.6x now.
  • Robust financial performance across businesses has resulted in consistent ratings improvement with milestone achievement in FY25. Nearly 90% of EBITDA is now generated from assets with domestic ratings of ‘AA- ‘and above, as compared to 63% and 48% two and six years ago, respectively.
  • As a result, the cost of debt for FY25 was 7.9% against 9% in FY24 and 10.3% in FY19.
  • In line with our conservative credit policies, sufficient liquidity is maintained across portfolio companies to cover debt servicing requirements for at least the next 12 months. As on 31 March 2025, Adani Portfolio had a cash balance of INR 53,843 cr, representing 18.5% of Gross Debt and is sufficient to cover 21 months of debt servicing requirements comfortably above our stated 12 months+1 day of debt servicing policy.

FY25 Company-wise Key Highlights: Adani Enterprises Ltd

  • ANIL Solar Module sale increased 59% YoY to 4263 MW. Expansion of the TopCon module and cell line for an additional capacity of 6 GW has started.
  • Pax movements across Adani Airports rose by 7% YoY to 94.4 Mn & Cargo movements was up by 8% YoY to 1.09 MMT
  • Highest ever 2,410.1 Lane-KMs were constructed in the road business. 7 out of 8 under construction projects are now 70% complete.
  • 500 KTPA Copper smelter at Mundra is now operational and will be fully ramped up in the coming months. Adani Green Energy Ltd
  • Operational capacity increased by 30% YoY to 14,243 MW with the addition of 2,710 MW solar and 599 MW wind power plants. Adani Energy Solutions Ltd
  • Transmission order book increased 3.5x to Rs 59,936 crore ($ 7 Bn) from Rs 17,000 cr ( $2 Bn) a year ago
  • Won seven new transmission projects during FY25, including Rajasthan Phase III Part-I (Bhadla – Fatehpur HVDC transmission line). This is the AESL’s largest order win to date.

Adani Power Ltd

  • Power generation at 102 Bn units was 20% higher YoY
  • Operational capacity has now increased to 17.5 GW, taking Adani’s total utility portfolio to over 30 GW. Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd
  • Volumes increased 7% YoY to 450 MMT, driven by strong growth in the container volume, up 20%
  • Vizhinjam crossed the 100,000 TEUs milestone in March 2025, just four months after becoming operational. Ambuja Ltd
  • ACL has now crossed 100 MTPA capacity—an increase of 21 MTPA since FY24 end.

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