| (Rs crore) | Quarter Ended | % Change |
| Sep-2003 | Sep-2004 |
| Sales | 32,688.95 | 40,708.86 | 24.53 |
| Other Income | 802.19 | 847.42 | 5.64 |
| Operating Profit | 5,470.29 | 6,950.20 | 27.05 |
| Interest | 877.17 | 843.21 | -3.87 |
| Gross Profit | 4,593.12 | 6,106.99 | 32.96 |
| Depreciation | 1,229.07 | 1,333.36 | 8.49 |
| Tax | 789.69 | 1,092.60 | 38.36 |
| Net Profit | 2,502.61 | 3,575.55 | 42.87 |
| OPM (%) | 16.73 | 17.07 | - |
| GPM (%) | 14.05 | 15.00 | - |
| NPM (%) | 7.66 | 8.78 | - |
| Performance of 333 companies |
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The profit margins also improved in the period. Operating profit margin is up 34 basis points to 17.07 per cent, gross profit margins by 95 basis points to 15 per cent and net profit margins by 112 basis points to 8.78 per cent.
Interest outgo declined by four per cent to Rs 843.21 crore for the 33 companies during the quarter. |
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| The sector-wise analysis of the quarterly results shows that companies in the steel sector, including both composite and alloy steel manufacturing, sugar, ferro alloys, glass and food products have registered a sharp turnaround during the quarter. |
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| Sectors such as cement, hotels, steel strips and bars, telephone cables, trading, textiles machinery, shipping, construction (civil and turnkey) and petrochemicals polymers logged growths of over 100 per cent. |
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| However, the lubricants, cotton textiles, fertilisers, telecommunication, breweries, packaging and solvent extraction sectors reported net losses during the quarter ended September 2004. |
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| The entertainment, industrial gases, inorganic chemicals, power cables and paper sectors reported declines in net profit, while pharmaceuticals, automobiles (two and three wheelers), electronics, engines and personal care products sectors managed single digit growths in bottomline during the quarter ended September 2004. |
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| Of the 87 sectors, as many as 33 outperformed the 43 per cent average growth in net profit recorded by the overall industry. |
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At the top of the chart is the cement sector
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