Stocks to Watch on Monday, April 29,2024: The net profit of private lender ICICI Bank rose by 17.4 per cent to Rs 10,708 crore in the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24 (Q4FY24)
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IT, manufacturing laggards in Q4 so far
As for full financial year FY24, net profit rose by 43 per cent to Rs 2,320 crore as against Rs 1,623 crore on FY23
The company reports strong retail franchise with a retail book size of Rs 80,037 crore
The private lender plans to raise funds by issuing debt securities and proposed a dividend of Rs 10 per share, subject to approval of the board
Shakti Pumps on Saturday posted a multifold jump in its consolidated profit after tax to Rs 89.70 crore during the quarter ended March 2024 on the back of higher revenues. It had clocked a net profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 2.2 crore during the fourth quarter of the preceding fiscal, the company said in a statement. During FY24, the company's PAT grew manifold to Rs 141.7 crore from Rs 24.1 crore in FY23. Its revenues surged over three-fold to Rs 609.3 crore from Rs 182.7 crore in the year-ago quarter. In FY24, Shakti Pumps' revenue jumped 41.7 per cent to Rs 1,370.7 crore from Rs 967.7 crore in FY23. Shakti Pumps (India) Limited Chairman Dinesh Patidar said, "FY24 has been a remarkable year for SPIL, as the company delivered its strongest performance ever in terms of revenue and profitability. This is well supported by our outstanding performance in both our government and export businesses, which reported a revenue growth of 52 per cent and 23 per cent YoY, respectively, in FY24".
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IDFC FIRST Bank on Saturday reported 10 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 724 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2024 due to substantial jump in provisions. The lender had earned a net profit of Rs 803 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 9,861 crore from Rs 7,822 crore a year ago, IDFC FIRST Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income grew to Rs 8,219 crore during the period under review, from Rs 6,424 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Net Interest Income (NII) grew 24 per cent from Rs 3,597 crore in Q4 FY23 to Rs 4,469 crore in Q4 FY24, it said. On the asset quality side, the bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) reduced to 1.88 per cent of gross advances as of March 31, 2024, from 2.51 per cent by the end of March 2023. Net NPAs also came down to 0.60 per cent of the advances from 0.86 per cent at the end of 2024. However, provisions and contingencies increased by 50 per cent to Rs 722 crore in Q4FY24 as compared with Rs 482 cr
Private sector lender RBL Bank on Saturday reported a 30 per cent rise in the post-tax net profit for the March quarter at Rs 353 crore, driven by non-interest income. The Maharahstra-based lender had reported a net profit of Rs 271 crore in the year-ago period. Its core net interest income grew 18 per cent to Rs 1,600 crore on a 20 per cent loan growth. However, it was limited by a compression in the net interest margin to 5.45 per cent against 5.62 per cent a year ago. The other income grew 30 per cent to Rs 875 crore during the reporting quarter. Its managing director and chief executive R Subramaniakumar told reporters that he sees advances continuing to grow in the 20 per cent range going forward as well. The deposit growth came at 22 per cent even in the challenging market. On the asset quality front, overall slippages increased to 0.56 per cent of the assets from the year-ago period's 0.44 per cent and were driven by microlending and also unsecured loans. The gross ...
The bank's standalone net profit rose to a record Rs 10,707.5 crore in the January-March quarter, from Rs 9,122 crore in the same period a year earlier
Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREL) has posted widening of consolidated net loss at Rs 1,038.65 crore for the last fiscal year. Its net loss stood at Rs 608.38 crore in 2022-23. Total income also fell to Rs 468.75 crore during 2023-24 from Rs 648.47 crore in the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. IBREL's ness loss in March quarter FY24 narrowed to Rs 302 crore from Rs 375.99 crore in the year-ago period. Total income fell to Rs 39.54 crore in the quarter from Rs 132.91 crore in the year-ago period. Mumbai-based IBREL is one of the leading real estate developers in the country.
Pumps and valves maker KSB Ltd has reported a 7.75 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 43.1 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. It had clocked a net profit of Rs 40 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The company follows January to December as financial year. During the quarter under review, the company's expenses rose to Rs 483.3 crore from Rs 432.4 crore a year ago. Sales revenues rose to Rs 544.2 crore from Rs 489.6 crore. This quarter we have registered a steady growth in sales revenue, which is 11.2 per cent higher than that of the corresponding Q1 2023 quarter. Our recent venture into the light water application of nuclear plant segment highlights our ongoing expansion efforts," Prashant Kumar, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, KSB said. The company has received a letter of award for a project worth Rs 63 crore under PM-Kusum scheme from Maharashtra Energy Development Agency for installation of 2,500 solar water pumping .
The firm's consolidated annual net profits for 2023-24 surged to Rs 13,488.2 crore, marking a 63.2 per cent Y-o-Y increase
Bajaj Finserv Ltd (BFL) on Friday reported a 20 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,119 crore for the March quarter. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 1,769 crore in the year-ago period. The total consolidated income during the fourth quarter of FY24 increased to Rs 32,042 crore, as against Rs 23,625 crore in the year-ago period, BFL, the holding company for the various financial services businesses under the Bajaj group, said in a regulatory filing. The Board of Directors has recommended a dividend of Re 1 (100 per cent) per equity share of face value of Re 1, for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. The total amount of dividend outgo would be Rs 159.55 crore as compared to Rs 127.43 crore in the previous fiscal. For the financial year 2023-24, the company witnessed a 27 per cent increase in profit to Rs 8,148 crore, as against Rs 6,417 crore in the previous fiscal. The total consolidated income rose to Rs 1,10,383 crore, as against Rs 82,072 crore i
The gross non-performing asset (NPA) for the quarter reduced to 5.45 per cent, compared to 5.66 per cent in Q3 and 6.21 per cent during the Q4 of FY23
The net premium income of the largest private life insurer rose 26.23 per cent year-on-year to Rs 25,116 crore in the reporting quarter from Rs 19,896 crore in Q4 FY23
IT firm reported a net profit of Rs 3,986 crore for the quarter ended March 2023 (Q4FY24), up 0.1 per cent on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis
Usha Martin on Friday reported a marginal 1 per cent rise in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 106.33 crore for the March quarter of FY24. The company had posted a PAT of Rs 105.32 crore in the year-ago period, Usha Martin said in a filing to the BSE. The consolidated income in the January-March period declined to Rs 838.5 crore from Rs 866.5 crore in the year-ago period. Commenting on the performance, Usha Martin Non-Executive Director Tapas Gangopadhyay said, "We have concluded the financial year 2023-24 on a positive note with our robust operating cash flows, reflecting strong performance." Despite facing macro-economic challenges, the company managed to generate an 18.6 per cent EBITDA margin during the year, he said. "Notably, our core wire ropes division continued to perform well and contributed 71 per cent to our overall consolidated revenues," Gangopadhyay added. Usha Martin is a leading specialty steel wire rope solutions provider.
Realty firm Macrotech Developers has set a target to sell properties worth Rs 17,500 crore during the current fiscal, a 21 per cent growth from the previous year, as the company expects housing demand to remain strong, its MD and CEO Abhishek Lodha said. Macrotech Developers, which sells its properties under the Lodha brand, registered a 20 per cent growth in its sale bookings (also called pre-sales) to a record Rs 14,520 crore last fiscal from Rs 12,060 crore in the 2022-23 financial year. "We met our guidance of delivering consistent and predictable 20 per cent growth in the sale bookings during the last fiscal year. The guidance for the current fiscal has been kept at Rs 17,500 crore, again 20 per cent growth from the 2023-24 fiscal," Lodha told PTI in an interview. He expects the housing demand to remain strong amid positive consumer sentiments and high economic growth. "Our best ever quarterly and annual performance showcases the buoyancy in demand for high quality homes in In