Interloop earned more profit from a growing sales base in the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Its unaudited standalone profit after tax rose 52.9% year-on-year to Rs 4.28 billion.
Interloop Limited (PSX: ILP) reported the figures in its first-quarter report, transmitted on Friday, 30 October 2026. Net sales rose 13.6%, putting earnings growth ahead of revenue growth.
Profit grows faster than sales
Net sales reached Rs 49.7 billion, compared with Rs 43.8 billion in the corresponding period last year. This is the revenue the company generated before accounting for its expenses.
Operating profit reached Rs 7.59 billion, with the filing reporting an increase from the corresponding quarter. Profit after tax, the earnings left after taxation, rose to Rs 4.28 billion from Rs 2.8 billion.
These are standalone, or unconsolidated, figures for the company. The report also presents separate consolidated results for the group; those are not part of these comparisons.
The year-earlier comparison
Against the corresponding quarter last year, Interloop expanded both sales and earnings. Profit grew faster than revenue, rather than simply keeping pace with it.
The supplied results do not include a comparable quarter before that year-earlier period. They therefore support a year-on-year comparison, but not a longer earnings trend.
What the earnings gap suggests
In plain terms, the faster growth in profit than sales suggests improved profitability in the quarter. The company retained more earnings as its business grew.
The report attributes the performance to higher sales volumes, capacity use, product mix and cost management. It also cites higher other income, primarily gains on derivatives, so the earnings improvement was not solely a sales story.
Dividend information on file
The supplied payout history identifies an earlier cash dividend announced on 10 Sep 2026. It does not establish a fresh payout or book-closure dates for this quarterly release.
The table below sets out the payouts on file. The earlier dividend should not be read as a new entitlement attached to these results.
| Announced | Entitlement | Book closure |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | A cash dividend of 20% of face value | 07/10/2026 – 14/10/2026 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | A cash dividend of 20% of face value | 07/10/2026 – 14/10/2026 |
| 6 Feb 2026 | A cash dividend of 20% of face value | 17/02/2026 – 18/02/2026 |
| 10 Sep 2025 | A cash dividend of 10% of face value | 03/10/2025 – 10/10/2025 |
As PSX lists them, each in its own unit.
Share-price context
The supplied context identifies a closing quotation for Friday, 30 October 2026, but does not establish the direction of the move over the chart period. The chart below shows Interloop’s share-price history.
About Interloop
Interloop Limited (PSX: ILP) is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange in the Textile Composite sector and is a member of the KSE-100 index.
Source: “Transmission of 1st Quarterly Report for the Period Ended September 30, 2026”, filed with the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday, 30 October 2026.
