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4 min read | Updated on November 12, 2024, 13:00 IST
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Shares of Britannia Industries slipped as much as 5.62% to ₹5,120 apiece on the BSE as the company on Monday reported a decline of 9.36% in consolidated net profit to ₹531.55 crore in Q2 on account of tepid consumer demand due to rising commodity inflation.
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After surging 42% in a week, shares of ITI Ltd were trading 2.70% lower at ₹318.55 apiece on the BSE.
At 12:48 pm, the NSE's NIFTY50 index was trading at 24,028.95 levels, down 112 points, or 0.47%, while the BSE SENSEX was trading at 79,095.19, down 401 points, or 0.50%.
The company reported a consolidated net profit of ₹66.53 crore against ₹97.2 crore logged in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
Revenue from operations came in at ₹1,954.72 crore, as against ₹1,368.63 crore registered in the year-ago period.
Britannia Industries' revenue from product sales was up 4.47% to ₹4,566.23 crore in the latest September quarter.
It had posted ₹1,024.86 crore profit in the July-September period of 2023-24.
The board has also approved the issuance of bonus shares in the ratio of 2:1.
The company recently said that its consortium partner has emerged as L1 in the BharatNet Phase-3 Project in the states of Himachal Pradesh for Package No. 8, in West Bengal, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands for Package No. 9 with a total order value of ₹3,022 crore.
L1 means "lowest one." It refers to the bid with the lowest commercial value in the financial bid evaluation process.
EBITDA increased 29.73% year-on-year to ₹60.22 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2024. EBITDA margin improved to 21.7% in Q2 FY25 as compared to 19.8% registered in the similar quarter previous fiscal.
It reported total income of ₹315.17 crore during the period ended September 30, 2024, as compared to ₹444.40 crore during the period ended June 30, 2024.
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