Major Indian consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are expected to report muted growth for the September quarter amid slowing demand, particularly in rural areas, and persistent high inflation, according to research reports from leading brokerages. Demand, Volume and Revenue Growth Brokerages forecast muted revenue growth for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in Q2FY24 amid slowing […]
The Indian IT services sector is expected to report another muted quarter for July-September 2023, as macroeconomic uncertainties continue to weigh on technology spending by clients. Leading brokerage firms predict the sector will post modest sequential revenue growth amid soft demand environment, with growth in the range of only 0%-1% on the quarter. “We expect […]
Godrej Properties, the real estate arm of the Godrej group, is all set to get a major infusion of cash in the form of a Rs 2,000 cr investment by parent Godrej Industries. The flagship company of the Godrej group said it has also decided to invest Rs 500 Godrej Agrovet Ltd, which makes cattle […]
Wipro said it was closing its offices for four weeks due the Omicron variant of COVID, and said it would add 30,000 fresh graduates in the year starting in April. “The safety of our employees remain our top most priority,” said CEO Thierry Delaporte. “With the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, we […]
V2 Retail, one of India’s largest value retail chains specializing in fashion and items of daily use, reported strong sales growth for July-September, and said the festival season this year has so far been better than pre-pandemic levels. Outside travel, tourism and entertainment sectors, the company had been one of the worst hit by the […]
Medical devices and chemicals manufacturer Morepen Laboratories reported a strong increase in revenue and profitability, as demand for its home diagnostic equipment such as glucose meters shot up in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s revenue for the Jul-Sep period jumped by 17% on year to Rs 398 cr, while net profit jumped […]
The 102-year-old Birla Corporation, one of the oldest companies in India and one of its largest cement and jute producers, said the sharp rise seen in commodity prices in recent months and an extended monsoon hurt its margins during the Jul-Sep period. The company’s operating profit or EBITDA — a measure of profit that excludes […]
Sun TV Network, the second biggest home-grown entertainment broadcaster, reported a sharp jump of 40% in its ad revenue during the July-September period compared to the preceding three months as ad spends normalized rapidly after the second wave of COVID-19. Compared to the same three months of last year too, ad revenue was up by […]
Parag Milk Foods Ltd, India’s largest dairy-focused consumer goods brand, said sales of some of its key products has reached pre-pandemic levels, but sales of liquid milk are half their regular volume. The company, which was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic both because of logistical disruptions as well as a dip in consumer demand, reported […]
Exide Industries, one of India’s oldest automotive battery companies, reported a strong increase in revenue for the September quarter, but an equally significant jump in the cost of key raw materials prevented any benefit of the higher sales from flowing to the company’s bottom line. The company’s operating revenue jumped Rs 4,758 cr from Rs […]
Kolte-Patil Developers reported a strong second quarter for the financial year, as the real estate recovery seen in earlier quarters continued apace. The company’s collections — a measure of the cash it managed to collect from buyers — zoomed 86% compared to the COVID-ravaged second quarter of last year, and was up 34% compared to […]
Titan Co, India’s largest branded jewelry chain, reported a whopping 77% jump in its jewelry sales for the three months ended September, compared to the same period last year. Some of the growth was due to the low-base effect. During the same period of last year, most of Titan’s showrooms were either closed or operating […]
Zensar Tech, a mid-size IT and outsourcing company based in India, reported a 3.1% dip in its revenue (after adjusting for currency fluctuations) as the number of onshore employees fell sharply year-on-year due to COVID-19. Constant currency calculations measure how the company’s revenue would have performed had there been no change in currency exchange rates […]
V2 Retail, the North India-focused general goods and garments retail chain, reported one of its best quarterly performances ever in the form of the Jan-Mar quarter, but said the subsequent three months have been ‘lost’ due to the second wave of COVID-19. “We were witnessing continuous improvement in demand till the lockdowns were announced due […]
The Hindustan Times group, which runs a similarly named English newspaper and the Hindi daily Hindustan, said its total investment in various companies under its ‘ad for equity’ scheme has crossed the Rs 500 cr mark. Most large media houses in India offer a fixed amount of ad inventory in return for equity of the […]
Wonderla, one of India’s top amusement park operators, reported that it had managed to recover about 77% of its revenue during the fourth and final quarter of FY21 that ended in March. The company, which operates water parks and amusement parks in South Indian states such as Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana, was able to maintain […]
Talbros, one of India’s largest automobile components makers, reported a 16% increase in its full-year revenue for the year ended March, making it one of the few companies in India to report full-year growth. Full-year growth was made possible by a whopping 73% jump in revenues for the fourth and final quarter than ended in […]
Baba Kalyani, chairman and managing director of India’s largest forging and metal components manufacturer Bharat Forge, today expressed the opinion that the current economic setback on account of the second wave of COVID-19 is of a temporary nature. “The lock down in India to curtail the spread of Covid has clearly had an impact on […]
PVR, India’s No.1 film exhibitor, said it has put on hold all construction and other capital expenditure related to new projects and screens, and issued a profit warning for the current quarter on account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The Company opened 13 new screens in FY’21 which were already under fit-out prior to lockdown. […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, the country’s largest home-grown television and broadcasting company, reported a modest year-on-year improvement in its advertising and subscription revenue, but also saw the usual sequential decline when compared to the preceding, holiday quarter. The company’s results have become more difficult to compare due to the fact that the seasonally strong third […]
