Pak Elektron reports 79% surge in profit to over Rs2bn in 2025
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pak Elektron Limited (PSX: PAEL) has reported a net profit of Rs2.37 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, marking a significant 78.64% increase from Rs1.33bn in 2024.
The company’s basic earnings per share (EPS) rose to Rs2.72, compared to Rs1.50 in the previous year.
Revenue from contracts with customers surged by 44.05% to Rs69.61bn in 2025, compared to Rs48.32bn in 2024.
After accounting for sales tax, excise duty, and discounts amounting to Rs16.50bn, net revenue stood at Rs53.11bn, reflecting a 37.3% increase.
Meanwhile, the cost of sales jumped 41.29% to Rs38.97bn, resulting in a gross profit of Rs14.14bn, up 27.37% from the previous year.
Despite the rise in selling and distribution expenses by 68.86% to Rs3.11bn and administrative expenses by 24.92% to Rs2.59bn, PAEL’s operating profit increased by 12.86% to Rs8.12bn.
However, other income declined by 25.34% to Rs77.56 million, while impairment allowance for expected credit losses spiked 258.08% to Rs303.52m.
Finance costs remained relatively stable, increasing by just 0.86% to Rs3.68bn.
The company’s share of profit from associates recorded a minor loss of Rs4.15m, compared to a profit of Rs183,000 in the previous year.
Profit before income taxes surged 71.22% to Rs4.13bn, supported by a sharp 72.98% decline in statutory levies to Rs307m.
After accounting for income tax provisions of Rs1.77bn, the company’s bottom line stood at Rs2.37bn.
| Statement of profit and loss for the year ended 31 December 2025 (Rupees in ‘000) | 2024 | 2023 | %Change |
| Revenue from contract with customers | 69,608,716 | 48,324,005 | 44.05% |
| Sales tax, excise duty and discounts | (16,495,810) | (9,638,893) | 71.14% |
| Net revenue | 53,112,906 | 38,685,112 | 37.30% |
| Cost of sales | (38,970,306) | (27,581,482) | 41.29% |
| Gross profit | 14,142,600 | 11,103,630 | 27.37% |
| Other income | 77,561 | 103,888 | -25.34% |
| Selling and distribution expenses | (3,111,933) | (1,842,938) | 68.86% |
| Administrative expenses | (2,591,867) | (2,074,792) | 24.92% |
| Other expenses | (89,223) | (6,779) | 1216.17% |
| Impairment allowance for expected credit losses | (303,522) | (84,764) | 258.08% |
| Operating profit | 8,123,616 | 7,198,245 | 12.86% |
| Finance cost | (3,680,096) | (3,648,653) | 0.86% |
| Share of profit of associate | (4,145) | 183 | |
| Profit before statutory levies and income taxes | 4,439,375 | 3,549,775 | 25.06% |
| Provision for statutory levies | (307,009) | (1,136,260) | -72.98% |
| Profit before income taxes | 4,132,366 | 2,413,515 | 71.22% |
| Provision for income taxes | (1,765,292) | (1,088,426) | 62.19% |
| Profit after income taxes | 2,367,074 | 1,325,089 | 78.64% |
| Basic earnings per share | 2.72 | 1.5 |
Reference Link:- https://mettisglobal.news/pak-elektron-reports-79-surge-in-profit-to-over-rs2bn-in-2025/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
