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Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd on Monday reported an 18.73 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 170.47 crore in the September quarter, riding on electric vehicle traction motor and railway business in India. The company, which had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 143.58 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, said its proposed joint venture in China with Jinnaite Machinery Co Ltd (JNT), announced in July this year, has been put in abeyance. Consolidated revenue from operations in the second quarter stood at Rs 1,138.29 crore as compared to Rs 922.19 crore in the year-ago period, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Total expenses in the second quarter were higher at Rs 931.24 crore against Rs 743.33 crore a year ago, the company said. Sona BLW Precision Forgings MD & Group CEO Vivek Vikram Singh said, "We achieved our highest-ever quarterly revenue, EBITDA, and net profit in Q2 FY26. Our revenue grew by 24 per cent year-on-year, ...
Sona BLW Precision Forgings on Monday reported a 14 per cent year-on-year fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 122 crore for the June quarter. The auto component major posted a net profit of Rs 142 crore for the April-June quarter of last year. Total income declined to Rs 895 crore in the first quarter against Rs 900 crore in the year-ago period, Sona BLW Precision Forgings (Sona Comstar) said in a regulatory filing. "Q1 FY26 was a challenging quarter for us due to the convergence of multiple adverse factors, which are temporary, and some have started to resolve already," Sona Comstar MD and Group CEO Vivek Vikram Singh said. The company ended the quarter with a few large order wins, closing the quarter with an all-time high net order book, he added. "We have received a large order from a North American OEM (original equipment manufacturer) to supply differential assemblies. This is our largest order win in the last two-and-a-half years. We believe this is likely to be one of the
Shareholders of auto components firm Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd have approved the appointment of Priya Sachdev Kapur as a non-executive director with requisite majority. The shareholders approved the appointment of Priya, wife of former chairman Sunjay Kapur, in the annual general meeting on July 25, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd (Sona Comstar) said in a regulatory filing. Priya has been appointed as an Additional Director in the capacity of Non-Executive Director with effect from June 23, 2025, it said. Sunjay Kapur, chairman of Sona Comstar, passed away in London on June 12 while playing polo. Following his demise, the company's board unanimously appointed Jeffery Mark Overly as the chairman on June 23, 2025. Rani Kapur, mother of Sunjay and former chairperson of the Sona group, in a letter dated July 24 to the board alleged that while the family mourned the death of Sunjay last month, some people chose this as an opportune time to wrest control and usurp the family legac
Auto components maker Sona BLW Precision Forgings (Sona Comstar) on Wednesday reported a 16 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) at Rs 143.57-crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 124.06 crore in the second quarter of FY24, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations for the quarter under review was Rs 922.18 crore, up 17 per cent from Rs 787.46 crore during Q2FY23, as per the filing. Revenue share from Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) stood at 36 per cent, while the BEV revenue grew 53 per cent year-on-year during the July-September period of the current fiscal, it said. It also said that the net order book stood at Rs 23,100 crore as of September 30, 2024. "We have continued to progress on all our key strategic priorities," said Vivek Vikram Singh, Managing Director and Group CEO at Sona BLW Precision Forgings. Sona Comstar also announced a signing pact with Escorts Kubota Ltd (EKL)