Sep 2026 · Letter To The Shareholders - Annual Report F.Y. 2025-26 14 Aug - Whirlpool of India AGM on September 9, 2026; record date for final dividend August 28, 2026.
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Whirlpool of India Limited is a consumer durables company manufacturing and selling home appliances like refrigerators, washers, and air conditioners. It also operates in kitchen appliances through Elica India, focusing on product leadership, supply chain resilience, and execution excellence.
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Weak fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is weak.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Revenue +12.1% · PAT -29.4% YoY
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
PAT -29% YoY · margin compression · Rev +12% YoY · +25% QoQ
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹2,727 Cr | +12.1% | +25.0% |
| EBITDA | ₹139 Cr | -34.1% | +14.9% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | -400 bps | -100 bps |
| PAT | ₹103 Cr | -29.4% | +28.8% |
| PAT margin | 3.8% | -222 bps | +11 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Updated 20/10/2026
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Signals are conflicting — long-term trend down. RSI 45. Wait for confirmation.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
U-Score 21 · legacy U-Score band OVERVALUED · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
Consumer franchises can deserve higher multiples, but only when growth quality supports them.
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Business-comparable peers in Consumer — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Q4 FY26 consolidated revenue grew 8.8% YoY, driven by washers, AC, and Elica. However, EBITDA and PBT declined significantly by 33.7% and 29.0% respectively, due to regulatory upcharges and incremental E-waste provisions.
Revenue growth is positive, driven by specific categories and premiumization. However, profitability is under pressure from regulatory costs and product mix, raising concerns about sustainable margin expansion despite cost-saving programs like P4G.
Aircon exceeded 1 Lac units in March month; Qtr volume growth >50%; FY 1.4X vs LY; Scaling Up with New Milestones.
Front load washers volumes doubled and triple digit increase in market share (MBO* vol MS); Accelerates in FY 2025-26.
Strong Elica Performance Revenue +30%, PBT +48%; Elica India’s New Product Ranges Continue to Drive Premiumisation.
Segment premiumisation driving revenue growth; Launching Premium Refrigerator in Frost Free large capacity in Q2 26-27.
Cost savings from P4G offsetting energy upgrade upcharges, driving T2 margin; Robust P4G Program is at Core of WOIL Manufacturing.
Consistent improvement in Service KPIs; Strong Net Promoter Score Improvement.
Margins impacted due to energy change in Ref. and Aircon, incremental E-waste impact; Reported EBITDA / PBT declined on account of regulatory upcharge of Incremental E-waste and Ref/Aircon energy upgrade.
T2 share decline due to Ref. regulatory changeovers/ competitive pricing; Ref in H2 25-26 remained challenging due to competitive pricing.
FY gross margins lower vs LY due to Aircon Mix; Overall margins impacted due to aircon mix.
H1 25-26 industry impacted due to delayed onset of summer; Ref industry declined, primarily due to the delayed onset of summer.
Closely monitoring the supply situation arising from Middle East war.
Ref. regulatory changeovers/ competitive pricing; Margins impacted due to energy change in Ref. and Aircon, incremental E-waste impact.
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
The presentation consistently provides YoY comparisons for Q4 and full-year results, indicating this is the primary basis for evaluating performance trends.
Revenue from operations up by 8.8% driven by: Market share improvement in washer, Strong growth in air conditioner, Segment premiumisation, High double digit Elica growth.
Revenue from operations up by 7.4% driven by: Market share improvement in washer, Strong growth in air conditioner, Segment premiumisation, Industry driven growth.
EBITDA* (% revenue) 5.6% (YoY change -357 bps) in Q4 FY26.
PBT (% revenue) 4.5% (YoY change -309 bps) in Q4 FY26.
Launching Premium Refrigerator in Frost Free large capacity in Q2 26-27, thereby filling a significant gap in our Frost Free portfolio.
Aim: Win Every Day in Every Store with Every Consumer; Best in Class front end execution.
Continue to Remain Efficient in Working Capital; Planned AC Investment driving higher Q4 WC.
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Margins | FY gross margins lower vs LY due to Aircon Mix; Improved T2 Margins vs LY. | Impact of Aircon mix on overall gross margins and effectiveness of P4G in offsetting regulatory costs. |
| PBT Margins | Q4 PBT Margin % impacted by regulatory costs; Held Q4 PBT margin% excluding energy cost upcharges and incr. E-waste provision. | Stabilization of PBT margins post regulatory impacts and E-waste provisions. |
| Refrigerator Market Share | T2 share decline due to Ref. regulatory changeovers/ competitive pricing. | Recovery in refrigerator market share, especially with new premium product launches. |
| Air Conditioner Volume Growth | Qtr volume growth >50%; FY 1.4X vs LY. | Sustained high growth rates and market share gains in the AC segment. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 42nd percentile of the scored universe and 45th percentile within Consumer. Main check: results consistency is weak at 39/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
overall median 67 · Consumer: 45th pctile, median 66 · Small: 47th pctile, median 66
44 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
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