Sun TV continues slow ad growth trend, but subscription fees jump

Chennai-based Sun TV continued to report decent overall growth in the July-September quarter as well, but advertising sales continued to lag behind peers such as Zee Entertainment. The company has been ‘suffering from’ poor advertisement growth in the last couple of years, even as players like Zee Entertainment have reported double digit year-on-year improvements. The […]

Amara Raja Batteries sees telecom impact on Q2 sales

Amara Raja Batteries reported a modest improvement in its results for the September quarter, with operating profit edging above last year’s level by a whisker. Growth would have been faster, if it hadn’t been for the disruption in the telecom market, the company said. The company’s revenue increased compared to the same quarter last year, […]

Jagran Prakashan profits hit by poor revenue growth, blames GST

Jagran Prakashan reported disappointing results for the September quarter, continuing the trend of print and newspaper companies struggling in recent quarters. Total revenue from operations fell to Rs 566.55 cr for the three months ended September, down from 591.33 cr in the previous three months. However, compared to the same period a year ago, operating […]

Cognizant raises lower-end of 2017 guidance again

IT services provider Cognizant seemed all set to clock the upper end of its full-year guidance for calendar year 2017, raising the lower-end of its forecast once again. The company, which had changed its revenue growth forecast for 2017 to 9-10% from 8-10% last quarter, further fine-tuned it to 9.5%-10.0% this time. It now expects […]

Bharti Airtel Q2 profit margin up, but ARPU falls

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company by revenue, reported further erosion in its revenue and profit in September quarter compared to the previous June quarter. The company reported revenue of 21,777 cr, down 12.3% compared to a year ago and down 0.8% compared to the previous three months of April to June. Profit before exceptional […]

Dabur Q2 sales down 1.1% on forex, GST; PAT up 1.3%

Dabur India, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of natural FMCG products, reported a slight revenue decline for the second quarter, but net profit rose marginally. Dabur’s Sept quarter revenue was hit by a steep appreciation in the currencies of several of the countries where the company sells its wares, it said. Adjusted for currency […]

ITC Q2 hit by steep hike in tax load after GST implementation

ITC Ltd said its performance during the second quarter was relatively subdued due to “severe pressure” on the cigarette industry and sluggish demand conditions prevailing in the FMCG industry. Operating conditions in the Agri Business and Hotels Segment also remained challenging, it said. On a comparable basis, Gross Sales Value’ stood at Rs 16,391.58 crores […]

Asian Paints reports 14% Q2 sales growth, GST impact continues

Asian Paints reported a 13.7% increase in its revenue for July-September quarter, and said net profit from continuing operations rose 7.5%. “The Decorative business in India registered high single digit volume growth in the current quarter,” said K.B.S. Anand, Managing Director & CEO of the company. “Hence there was a recovery from Q1 which was […]

Persistent Systems profit up 10% QoQ, revenue up 4.5%

Mid-sized IT services provider Persistent Systems reported 4.5% sequential USD revenue growth and 4.6% rupee revenue growth for the September quarter. On a year-on-year basis, dollar revenue rose 12.3%, while rupee revenue was up 8.1%. Operating profit, however, was up only 4.5% on year, but because of the poor performance in the preceding quarter, rose […]