4QFY26: KSE-100 companies post earnings of Rs609bn

Constituents of the KSE-100 index reported a combined Rs609 billion for the fourth quarter of FY26, according to a Topline Research report carried by Business Recorder. Profit rose 34 percent from a year earlier and 20 percent from the previous quarter. For the full year, profitability climbed 18 percent to Rs2.01 trillion.

Topline covered 88 of the 100 index companies that had announced results, together representing roughly 96 percent of the index's market value. The E&P sector posted the steepest rise, with quarterly profit 2.6 times its year-earlier level at Rs214.2 billion, largely due to a tax reversal after the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling on super tax. Banks earned Rs165.7 billion, up 3 percent year on year but down 2 percent from the prior quarter, while cement, fertilizer and auto companies also strengthened.

Cash dividends announced in the quarter totalled Rs291.1 billion, 3 percent more than a year earlier, while the full-year total reached Rs904.4 billion. Banks announced the largest quarterly payouts at Rs92 billion, ahead of E&P companies at Rs85 billion and fertilizer firms at Rs23 billion. Oil marketing companies together posted a Rs21 billion loss, which Topline linked mainly to inventory losses at Pakistan State Oil.