Lower gross refining margins, higher expenses pulled down revenue to Rs. 2.19 Trillion
Battery maker Exide Industries on Tuesday said its profit after tax increased 16 per cent to Rs 280 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024. The company had reported a profit after tax of Rs 242 crore in the April-June quarter of the preceding fiscal. Its revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,313 crore for the June quarter compared to Rs 4,073 crore in the year-ago period, Exide Industries said in a regulatory filing. "Both automobile and industrial verticals have delivered growth in the current quarter, and near-term drivers are promising," Exide Industries MD and CEO Avik Roy said. Despite rising raw material prices, cost optimisation initiatives led to lower cost of production and gross margin improvement, he added. "In our lithium-ion project, onsite construction and installation of production line equipment is currently underway," Roy said. Shares of Exide Industries ended 3.54 per cent down at Rs 532 apiece on the BSE.
The company said the quarter witnessed continued demand pickup in rural markets outpacing growth in urban markets for the second quarter in a row
Force, which manufactures commercial vehicles (CV), including vans, school buses and ambulances, reported a 27 per cent rise in revenue to Rs 1,885 cr during q1, driven by a 10 per cent jump in sales
IOC's average gross refining margin - the profit from making refined products from one barrel of oil - fell to $6.39 per barrel from $8.34 per barrel a year ago
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FMCG major Colgate-Palmolive India on Monday reported 33 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 363.98 crore for the first quarter ended June 2024, helped by a demand pickup and good performance of products. The oral hygiene product maker had posted a net profit of Rs 273.68 crore in April-June FY24, according to a regulatory filing from Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd (CPIL). Sales were up 13 per cent to Rs 1,485.76 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 1,314.73 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. "The quarter witnessed continued demand pickup in rural markets outpacing growth in urban markets for the second quarter in a row. Led by this and good all-round performance of toothpaste, toothbrush and personal care, domestic revenues grew by 12.8 per cent year-on-year for the quarter,"said CPIL in its earning statement. Total expenses in June quarter was up 8.46 per cent to Rs 1,030.86 crore. Total income, which includes other income also, was at Rs 1,520.11 crore, up
The Adani group company's consolidated profit rose 15% to Rs 172 crore (around $21 million) in the three months ended June 30, marking its sixth straight rise in quarterly profit
Edible oil registered strong volume growth of 12 per cent YoY and surpassed one million tonnes in the quarter and its food & FMCG sales crossed Rs 1,500 crores in Q1
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Gross refining margins fell to $5.03 per barrel even as market sales rose
Its operating profit improved by 9 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 4,502 crore in June 2024 from Rs 4,135 crore in June 2023
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Monday reported a massive 90 per cent drop in net profit in the June quarter, as refinery margins fell and a fuel price reduction slashed marketing margins. HPCL reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 633.94 crore in April-June -- the first quarter of the current 2024-25 fiscal year -- compared to a profit of Rs 6,765.50 crore a year back, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. Net profit also declined sequentially, when compared to an earning of Rs 2,709.31 crore in the January-March period. Pre-tax earnings from downstream fuel retailing businesses slumped 90 per cent to Rs 907.86 crore. The company and other state-owned fuel retailers -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) -- had last year made extraordinary gains from holding petrol and diesel prices despite a drop in cost. The price freeze was justified in the name of recovering losses BPCL and other two retailers ha
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