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ITC Q3 results: Net profit rises 10.8% to Rs 5,572 crore, beats estimates
By - 30 Jan 2024 09:43 PM
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India's ITC beat analysts' estimates for third-quarter profit on Monday as the consumer goods giant benefited from higher demand for its products ranging from cigarettes to noodles. The company's profit rose 10.8% to Rs 5,572 crore ($670.3 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31. Analysts on average had expected a profit of Rs 5,148 crore, according to data from LSEG. The company and peers have benefited as a crackdown oFY23.e smuggling of international cigarette brands reduced competition.Cigarettes account for more than 40% of ITC's topline. Revenue from operations rose 2% to Rs 17,665 crore, with the cigarettes business growing 3.6%. Bajaj Finance Ltd on Monday reported a 22.40 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in its consolidated third-quarter (Q3) profit for the ongoing financial year 2023-24 (FY24). The figure stood at Rs 3,638.95 crore in Q3 FY24 as against Rs 2,973 crore in the same period last fiscal. During the quarter under review, the non-bank lender's revenue from operations grew 31.28 per cent to Rs 14,161.09 crore from Rs 10,787.25 crore in Q3 FY23. Assets under management (AUM) grew by 35 per cent to Rs 3,10,968 crore as of December 31, 2023 from Rs 230,842 crore in Q3 FY23. Net interest income increased by 29 per cent in Q3 FY24 to Rs 7,655 crore from Rs 5,922 crore in Q3 FY23. In Q3 FY24, gross NPA (non-performing asset) and net NPA stood at 0.95 per cent and 0.37 per cent, respectively, as against 1.14 per cent and 0.41 per cent in the corresponding period last fiscal. The company also said it has provisioning coverage ratio of 62 per cent on stage 3 assets.Pre-provisioning operating profit increased by 27 per cent in Q3 FY24 to Rs 5,539 crore from Rs 4,351 crore in Q3 FY23 |
