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RITES Q4FY24 results: Net profit marginally declines to Rs 137 crore

State-owned RITES Ltd on Tuesday reported a marginal fall of 1.59 per cent in its consolidated net profit to Rs 136.67 crore for the March quarter on account of fall in revenues. It had posted a profit of Rs 138.89 crore for the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing. The company's total income fell to Rs 667.68 crore in the January-March period from Rs 705.63 crore in the same period a year ago. Its expenses were at Rs 483.32 crore, down from Rs 514.17 crore in January-March FY23. The board of the company has declared a dividend of Rs 5 for the financial year 2023-24. RITES, under the Ministry of Railways, is a multidisciplinary engineering and consultancy organisation, providing a comprehensive range of services from concept to commissioning in all facets of transport infrastructure and related technologies.

NMDC Q4 results: Net profit falls 38% to Rs 1,416 crore on higher expenses

State-owned iron ore miner NMDC on Monday reported a 38 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,415.62 crore for the March quarter on account of increased expenses. It had posted a profit of Rs 2,276.94 crore for the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing. The company's total income rose to Rs 6,908.37 crore in the January-March period from Rs 5,842.52 crore in the same period a year ago. Its expenses surged to Rs 4,519.64 crore from Rs 3,794.18 crore in January-March FY23. For the whole FY24 fiscal, the company's profit was at Rs 5,571.25 crore, higher than Rs 5,537.72 crore in 2022-23. Hyderabad-based NMDC is India's largest iron ore mining company catering to the country's around 20 per cent of the steel-making raw material.

Nalco Q4 results: PAT rises two-fold to Rs 996.7 cr on lower expenses

State-owned Nalco on Monday reported two-fold rise in consolidated profit to Rs 996.74 crore for the March quarter on the back of lower expenses. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 495 crore in the March quarter of FY23, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) said in a filing to the BSE. However, the consolidated total income during the quarter dropped to Rs 3,663.09 crore from Rs 3,726.76 crore in the year-ago period. The expenses of the company in the fourth quarter of FY24 dropped to Rs 2,720.42 crore from Rs 3,160.50 crore a year earlier. Nalco is a Navratna PSU under the ministry of mines. It is one of the largest integrated bauxite-alumina-aluminium-power complex in the country. The company has formed a JV company -- Angul Aluminium Park Pvt Ltd' (AAPPL) -- with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) to give a boost to ancillary, upstream and downstream products related to the aluminium industry.

LIC Q4 results: PAT rises 2% to Rs 13,763 cr, total income at Rs 2.5 trn

Insurance behemoth LIC on Monday posted a marginal 2 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 13,763 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2024. The insurer had earned a profit of Rs 13,428 crore in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. The total income of the insurer during the reporting quarter rose to Rs 2,50,923 crore from Rs 2,00,185 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal, LIC said in a regulatory filing. LIC's income from first-year premium also improved to Rs 13,810 crore in the latest January-March quarter against Rs 12,811 crore in the same period of preceding fiscal. The income from renewal premiums in the reporting period rose to Rs 77,368 crore compared to Rs 76,009 crore a year ago. During the entire financial year ended March 2024, the insurer earned a profit of Rs 40,676 crore as compared to Rs 36,397 crore in the previous fiscal.

DCM Shriram Industries Q4 results: Net profit rises 23% to Rs 38.64 crore

DCM Shriram Industries on Monday posted a 23 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 38.64 crore for the fourth quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal from a year earlier, on lower expenses. The company, which is into sugar, industrial fibre and chemicals business, had reported a net profit of Rs 31.53 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, according to a regulatory filing. Total income declined to Rs 516.61 crore during January-March quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal from Rs 541.58 crore in a year earlier. Expenses, however, remained lower at Rs 461.75 crore as against Rs 493.60 crore in the said period. For the full fiscal year 2023-24, DCM Shriram Industries posted a 92 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 115.39 crore, compared with Rs 60.16 crore in the previous fiscal year. The company's board did not recommend a final dividend in view of the need for conservation of resources for debt servicing and expected capital expenditure.

United Spirits Q4 results: Net profit rises over two-fold to Rs 241 crore

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 102 crore in the year-ago period, United Spirits Ltd (USL) said in a regulatory filing

Indiabulls Housing Finance Q4 results: Net profit up 21% at Rs 319 crore

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd on Friday posted a 21 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 319 crore for the March quarter. The mortagage firm had reported a net profit of Rs 263 crore in the year-ago period. Its revenue from operations rose to Rs 2,205 crore for the March quarter as compared to Rs 2,075 crore in the year-ago period, Indiabulls Housing Finance said in a regulatory filing. Total income of the company rose to Rs 2,255 crore as compared to Rs 2,077 crore in the same quarter a year ago. With regard to asset quality, the company's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 2.69 per cent at the end of March 2024 against 2.85 per cent a year ago. Net non-performing assets (NPAs), too, moderated to 1.52 per cent from 1.89 per cent of the total advances in the previous year.

EaseMyTrip Q4 results: Net loss at Rs 15 cr, total expenses at Rs 117 cr

Travel booking platform EaseMyTrip on Friday reported a loss of Rs 15.07 crore for the March quarter on a consolidated basis, as against a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 31.05 crore a year ago. For the full financial year ended March, the company reported a PAT of Rs 103.46 crore down from Rs 134.10 crore in the previous fiscal, the company said in a regulatory filing. Its total income for the fourth quarter of FY24 rose to Rs 172.55 crore, as against Rs 120.79 crore in the year-ago period. However, its total expenses also increased to Rs 117.48 crore in the March quarter, from Rs 76.36 crore a year ago. The company's scrip settled at Rs 44.16, down 2.54 per cent from the previous day's close on the BSE.

HUDCO Q4 results: PAT rises 9% to Rs 700 cr, total income at Rs 2,194 cr

State-owned HUDCO on Friday reported 9.54 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 700.16 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. Its net profit stood at Rs 639.14 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 2,194.04 crore in March 2024 quarter from Rs 1,862.41 crore a year ago, according to a regulatory filing. Net profit rose to Rs 2,116.69 crore in 2023-24 financial year from Rs 1,701.43 crore in 2022-23. Total income went up to Rs 7,948.10 crore from Rs 7,086.18 crore. The company's board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 2.65 per equity share of face value of Rs 10 each for 2023-24, subject to approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM). HUDCO is a policy institution that provides housing finance and non-commercial urban infrastructure financing. It is regulated by the National Housing Bank and is under the administrative control of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

NIIT Q4 results: PAT at Rs 11 cr; revenue from operations at Rs 74 cr

Skill and talent development company NIIT on Friday reported a consolidated net profit (attributable to owners of the parent company) of Rs 11.16 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The company had posted a loss of Rs 9.36 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations in the January-March quarter came in at Rs 74.34 crore, a 23.81 per cent jump from the year-ago period. Despite a continuing freeze in IT sector hiring and compression in spending, the business has exited the year with year-on-year growth in Q4, after starting Q1 with a steep decline, the company said in an investor presentation. Vice Chairman and Managing Director Vijay K Thadani said Q4 was a seasonally weak quarter for the business. Therefore, year-on-year changes are more appropriate for comparison, he said. "The business has responded with agility to the IT hiring freeze with alternate growth strategies which resulted in getting back on the path of growth in Q4,"

Suzlon Energy Q4 results: Net profit declines 21% to Rs 254 crore

Renewable energy solutions provider Suzlon Energy on Friday reported nearly 21 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 254 crore in the March quarter mainly due to certain exceptional items. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 320 crore in the year-ago period, a BSE filing said. Total income rose to Rs 2,207.43 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,699.96 crore in the same period a year ago. The consolidated net profit in the 2023-24 fiscal year also declined to Rs 660 crore from Rs 2,887 crore a year earlier. Total income in the fiscal rose to Rs 6,567.51 crore from Rs 5,990.16 crore a year ago. The company explained that PAT (profit after tax or net profit before exceptional items) for the March quarter increased 411 per cent to Rs 281 crore on a year-on-year basis. The cumulative orders as on May 24, 2024 are 3.3 GW. This includes the order book as on March 31, 2024 of 2,929 MW, plus orders secured subsequently of 402 MW. "We have been able to create a sol

Bayer CropScience Q4 results: PAT drops 39.43% to Rs 96 cr on lower income

Bayer CropScience Ltd, the Indian unit of German crop science group Bayer AG, has reported a 39.43 per cent slump in net profit to Rs 96 crore for the fourth quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal, hurt by lower income. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 158.5 crore a year earlier, a statement said. Its total income for the fourth quarter declined about 18 per cent to Rs 821.1 crore from Rs 1,003.2 crore in the year-ago period. For the full year ended March 2024, the net profit dropped 2.33 per cent to Rs 740.5 crore, while total income dipped marginally to Rs 5,184.2 crore from Rs 5,203.6 crore a year ago. "Despite weather challenges and lower reservoir levels affecting crop protection volumes, our performance remained resilient," said its managing director and chief executive officer Simon Wiebusch. While revenue took a hit due to lower prices of its roundup herbicide and inventory management initiatives, the company's corn seeds business continued to grow, Wiebusch added. Pruden

Gland Pharma Q4 results: Net profit jumps over two-fold to Rs 192 crore

Gland Pharma on Wednesday said its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) surged over two-fold to Rs 192 crore for the March quarter. The company has reported a PAT of Rs 79 crore in the year-ago period, the Hyderabad-based drug firm said in a statement. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 1,537 crore in the fourth quarter of FY24 as against Rs 785 crore in the year-ago period, it said. For the year ended March 31, 2024, the company reported a PAT of Rs 772 crore as against Rs 781 crore in 2022-23 fiscal. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 5,665 crore last fiscal as against Rs 3,625 crore in FY23. "This year marked a significant rebound for our base business, and we began an exciting new chapter as we completed our first international acquisition, Cenexi, in Europe," Gland Pharma MD and CEO Srinivas Sadu said. Despite the dynamic business landscape, the drugmaker has shown resilience and delivered a performance that positions it well for continued growth and success, he added. "We s

Petronet LNG Q4 results: Net profit increases 20% to Rs 738 crore

Petronet LNG Ltd -- India's largest liquefied natural gas importer -- on Wednesday reported a 20 per cent rise in the March quarter net profit on the back of importing higher LNG volumes. For the entire 2023-24 fiscal (April 2023 to March 2024), Petronet reported highest-ever net profit of Rs 3,536 crore on the back of a 22 per cent growth in volume throughput. The net profit reported in the March quarter was Rs 738 crore as compared with Rs 614 crore in the same period of the previous year, Petronet MD & CEO Akshay Kumar Singh told reporters. The profit was, however, lower than Rs 1,191 crore earned in the preceding quarter. During the current quarter ended March 31, Petronet's mainstay Dahej terminal in Gujarat processed 219 trillion British thermal units (TBTU) of LNG as against 218 TBTU during the previous quarter ended December 31, 2023 and 172 TBTU during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The overall LNG volume processed by the company during the ...

Power Grid Corporation Q4 results: PAT dips marginally to Rs 4,166 crore

State-owned Power Grid Corporation on Wednesday reported a nearly four per cent dip in its consolidated net profit to Rs 4,166.33 crore in the March 2024 quarter, mainly due to a marginal decline in income. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 4,322.87 crore in the quarter ended on March 31, 2023, a BSE filing showed. Total income declined to Rs 12,305.39 crore in the quarter as compared to Rs 12,557.44 crore in the same period a year ago. For fiscal 2023-24, the consolidated net profit rose to Rs 15,573.16 crore from Rs 15,419.74 crore a year ago. Total income in the fiscal rose to Rs 46,913.12 crore as against Rs 46,605.64 crore in the year-ago period. The board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 2.75 per share (i.e. 27.5 per cent on the paid-up equity share capital) for the financial year 2023-24 subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting of the company. The final dividend will be paid within 30 days from the date of

Shriram General Insurance Q4 results: PAT at Rs 121 cr, AUM at Rs 12,064 cr

Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd has reported a net profit for the January-March 2024 quarter at Rs 121 crore, the company said on Wednesday. Shriram General Insurance Company is jointly owned by the diversified conglomerate Shriram Group and South Africa-based Sanlam Ltd. In a statement, the company said it earned a net profit of Rs 121 crore for the quarter ending March 31, 2024 while net profits for the year ending March 31, 2024, stood at Rs 455 crore. The Gross Written Premium during the quarter under review was at Rs 876 crore up by 30 per cent over the same period of last financial year. Commenting on the financial performance, Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd MD and CEO Anil Aggarwal said, "The year gone by has been a milestone for our business as we recorded the highest ever growth since we began our operations in 2008. Our Gross Written Premium rose to 34 per cent exceeding the industry growth of 12.8 per cent." "We expect the FY25 Gross Written Premium Growth

Torrent Power Q4 results: PAT falls 4.2% to Rs 430 cr on higher fuel prices

Its revenue from operations rose 8.1% to Rs 6,529 crore, however, total expenses, led by fuel cost, rose nearly 10% to Rs 6,008 crore

Airtel Payments Bank's FY24 profit surges 60% to Rs 34.5 cr, revenue up 42%

Airtel Payments Bank on Wednesday reported a 60 per cent year-on-year surge in its profit at Rs 34.5 crore in FY24. Revenue for the fiscal saw a 42 per cent increase to Rs 1,836 crore, according to a company statement. "As we witness sustained demand for our digital offerings and accelerate customer acquisitions, we remain steadfast in our mission to empower every Indian with safe, simple and rewarding digital banking services," Anubrata Biswas, MD and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank, said. Calling it the strongest quarter, the payments bank said it posted a 15 per cent sequential growth at Rs 539 crore in the March quarter. The bank, a subsidiary of telecom major Bharti Airtel, said it witnessed significant momentum in savings account acquisitions in Q4FY24 and now onboards over a million new customers monthly. Its monthly transacting users (MTU) grew to 80.4 million, and its gross merchandise value (GMV) reached Rs 2,550 billion. "Over the past four years, the bank has experienced

Jubilant FoodWorks Q4: Net profit jumps seven-fold to Rs 208 crore

Its revenue from operations rose 23.85 per cent to Rs 1,572.79 crore during the quarter. It was Rs 1,269.84 crore in the year-ago period, it added

Sundaram Finance Holdings Q4 results: Net profit rises 173% to Rs 269.32 cr

Sundaram Finance Holdings Ltd, a part of the TSF Group, has registered a 173 per cent rise in its consolidated net profits for the March 2024 quarter, at Rs 269.32 crore. The city-based company had recorded a consolidated net profit of Rs 98.62 crore during the corresponding quarter last year. For the year ending March 31, 2024, the consolidated net profits grew by 125 per cent to Rs 533 crore, from Rs 237 crore a year ago, Sundaram Finance Holdings said in a statement here on Wednesday. The Board of Directors has recommended a final dividend of Rs 2.05 per share (41 per cent) for FY23-24. This together with the interim dividends aggregated to Rs 7.70 per share (154 per cent) for FY23-24. Sundaram Finance Holdings primarily operates as a holding company owning a portfolio of automotive businesses including foundries, wheels, brakes, turbochargers, and axles. The dividend from portfolio companies forms a substantial part of the financial results. Dividend received from portfolio ..