KSBP 1HCY26 profit grows 12%

According to Mettis Global, KSB Pumps (PSX: KSBP) posted a 12% rise in net profit for the six months to June 30, 2026. Net profit reached Rs171.43m, compared with Rs153.56m a year earlier, which lifted earnings per share to Rs5.55 from Rs4.97. The gain was driven mainly by higher sales and a firmer gross margin.

Sales rose 30% to Rs4.31bn from Rs3.32bn, while cost of sales increased 31% to Rs3.35bn. That lifted gross profit 28% to Rs960.23m, and a 30% fall in other operating expenses to Rs81.93m helped push profit from operations up 125% to Rs200.63m. Distribution, marketing and administrative costs also grew, by 26% and 31% respectively.

Other income fell 44% to Rs42.87m, while finance costs declined 18% to Rs6.24m. These movements took profit before tax up 99% to Rs235.68m, against Rs118.64m last year.