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Black Buck financials: balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow

NSE: BLACKBUCKBSE: 544288Transport ServicesSmall Cap

BLACKBUCK LIMITED · Formerly Zinka Logistics Solutions · Face value ₹1 · Listed Nov 2024 · Issue price ₹273
Last close ₹570.10up ₹25.00 (4.59%)BSE ₹571.00

Share price at the NSE close on 27 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹545.10.

27 Oct: open ₹540.55, high ₹572.95, low ₹540.55

52-week range of traded prices to 27 Oct 2026
₹496.00Low, 22 May 2026₹720.00High, 6 Nov 2025
Market cap
₹10,390 Cr541st largest listed
P/E
61.54
P/B
7.31
Dividend yield
Nonein the last 12 months
ROE
12.7%
ROCE
7.6%
Debt to equity
0.02
Volume, NSE
1,85,84344.4% delivered

Black Buck's financial statements for the 2 years to Mar 2026, consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together, with the twelve months to Jun 2026 after them.

2 years at a glance

₹ crore, years to March.Black Buck annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
  • Loss
427−8.730Mar 2565216026Mar 26
Peak revenue ₹652 Cr, year to Mar 2026; lowest ₹427 Cr, year to Mar 2025Back to profit in the year to Mar 2026, ₹160 Cr

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin
25.6%21.8%21.8%25.6%24.6%Mar 25Mar 26

Results for the year to Mar 2026

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue652
  2. Employee costs−160
  3. Other expenses−325
  4. Operating profit167
  5. Depreciation−53
  6. Other income+63
  7. One-off items−3.8
  8. Finance costs−5.5
  9. Profit before tax167
  10. Tax−7.1
  11. Net profit160

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹1,061 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹638 Cr
  • Receivables₹27 Cr
  • Current investments₹9 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Net worth₹1,422 Cr
  • Other liabilities₹251 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹38 Cr
  • Borrowings₹26 Cr

Black Buck business segments, year to Mar 2026

A reportable segment is a line of business the company must report on its own. Consolidated, ₹ crore, as the company reports them. A segment at a loss has no share of profit.Black Buck segment results by quarter

Revenue by segment

₹653 CrTotal
  • Truck operator services₹642 Cr98.3% of total
  • Lending business₹11 Cr1.7% of total

Profit by segment

  • Truck operator services₹192 Cr100.0% of total

Segment results by year

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

  • Truck operator services

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
  • Lending business

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
₹ croreMar 2025Mar 2026
Revenue of all businesses–653
Company revenue, as in its results427652
Revenue–642
Profit–192
Margin–29.9%
Return on capital–13.4%
Assets–1,714
Liabilities–285
Capital employed–1,428
Revenue–11
Profit is before tax and finance costs, the way companies report their segments.

Profit and loss

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March. The last column is the twelve months to Jun 2026, the latest four quarters added.Black Buck quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2025Mar 2026Filed 19 MayJun 2026Twelve monthsFiled 29 Jul
Revenue from operations427652713
334485536
Materials and goods bought000
Employee costs147160166
Other expenses186325371
Operating profit before depreciation93167176
Operating margin21.8%25.6%24.7%
Materials, % of revenue0.0%0.0%0.0%
Employee costs, % of revenue34.5%24.6%23.2%
Other expenses, % of revenue43.7%49.9%52.0%
Depreciation and amortisation345366
Operating profit after depreciation59114110
Other income366363
Finance costs456
Profit before one-off items and tax91171168
One-off items−374−4−4
Profit before tax−283167164
−2457−5
Profit from discontinued businesses30––
−9160169
Other comprehensive income000
Total comprehensive income−8161169
Net margin–24.6%23.7%
Net margin is left blank for the year to Mar 2025: the profit includes the result of a business the company has discontinued, which the revenue does not, so the two make no margin.

Balance sheet

Consolidated, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2025Mar 2026Filed 19 May
1,2381,422
Share capital1818
Reserves1,2201,404
3026
165261
3153
Total assets1,4331,736
536866
897870
Net debt−691−622
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year.

Cash flow

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2025Mar 2026Filed 19 May
58169
47185
−76−4
Receivables−90
Payables−324
Other working capital−63−28
Tax paid12−16
Capital spending44112
Free cash flow1558
−467−171
384−11
Dividends paid00
Shares bought back00
Shares issued5500
Net change in cash−25−13
Capital spending is part of cash from investing, and dividends paid, shares bought back and shares issued are part of cash from financing. Each is shown as an amount on a line of its own, and the section's other items are in its total only.

Per share

Consolidated, ₹ per share, years to March.

₹ per shareMar 2025Mar 2026Filed 19 May
Earnings per share−₹0.49₹8.79
Diluted earnings per share−₹0.49₹8.76
Book value per share₹69.75₹78.21
Shareholder yield−7.4%0.0%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)7,48310,458

Ratios

Consolidated, years to March.Black Buck PE ratio and valuation

RatioMar 2025Mar 2026Filed 19 May
Revenue growth–52.8%
Operating profit growth–78.9%
−0.7%12.1%
Change in return on equity–12.8 pts
Return on capital employed4.7%7.9%
Cash conversion–105.7%
Interest cover14.520.8
Debt to equity0.020.02
Receivable days2315
Working capital days22−11
Asset turnover0.300.41
Assets per rupee of net worth1.161.19
Sales per rupee of plant11.257.59
Capital spending to depreciation1.292.13
Plant being built, % of plant in use0.0%2.7%
From the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the year to Mar 2026: the profit of this year or the year before includes a business the company has discontinued while its revenue does not, so the change in return on equity is not split into margin, turnover and borrowing.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2026.

Return on assets, latest year
10.1%
Cash from operations against operating profit
101.6%
Measure3 years
Return on equity, average5.7%
Return on capital employed, average6.3%
Operating margin, average23.7%
Asset turnover, average0.35
Interest cover, average17.7
Debt to equity, average0.02

Where the cash came from and went

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2026.

₹ croreLatest year
Cash from operations169
Cash from investing−171
Cash from financing−11
Capital spending112
Dividends paid0
Shares bought back0
Shares issued for cash0
Borrowings raised26
Borrowings repaid30

Accounting checks

Consolidated, years to March. Published tests of whether reported profit is backed by cash and the balance sheet.

CheckMar 2025Mar 2026
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.111.4710.35
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78–−2.25
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets–10.21
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–−52.40
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–5.93
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions–0.02
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent–4.26
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points–−5.09
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.

Credit ratings

An agency's view of the chance the company repays a borrowing on time, from AAA, the highest, down to D, in default.

DateAgencyBorrowing ratedRatingOutlookAmount, ₹ Cr
23 Jan 2026ICRA LimitedFund-based-Others[ICRA]A2+Review, Upgrade43
The latest rating on each borrowing. The agency's name opens its reasoning for the rating.