Voltas
Telegraph
- June 3, 2002
With
both the revenues and expenses having gone up
by 10 per cent apiece, Voltas Limited, the Tata
group company, has recorded a 7 per cent increase
in net profits for financial year 2002. Total
income for the year stood at Rs.954.76 crore against
Rs.867.81crore during the previous corresponding
period while its total spending stood at Rs.936.47crore
against Rs.850.7crore last year. Income from operations
was up 10 per cent at Rs.940.66 crore (Rs.853.72crore)
while operational spending went up by 11 per cent
to Rs.917.34 crore (Rs.826.20 crore) hurting the
margins. Operating profits were down 15 per cent
to Rs.23.32 crore against Rs.27.52 crore during
the previous corresponding period while OPM slumped
to 2 per cent from 3 per cent during the period
under comparison. Other income was the same as
that recorded last year standing at Rs.14.10,
which enabled the company to push up its before
tax profits to Rs.18.17 crore (Rs.17.19 crore)
up 6 per cent over the previous corresponding
period. Eventually net profit (excluding extraordinaries)
was Rs.18.29 crore (Rs.17.05 crore) up 7 per cent
over the previous corresponding period. There
has been a net charge of Rs.1.46 crore on account
of extraordinary items during the current year
against Rs.11.47 crore during the previous corresponding
period, which if considered, would have seen the
profits zoom by more than 200 per cent over the
previous corresponding period to Rs.16.83 crore
(Rs.5.58 crore). The stock currently trades at
Rs.47 discounting its full year EPS of Rs.5.53
by nine times. For now the stock seems to be fully
valued.
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