State-run power utility NTPC today reported a nearly 5 per cent drop in fourth quarter net profit to Rs 2,017.65 crore compared to Rs 2,113.35 crore in the year-ago period.
However, net sales increased to Rs 12,353.39 crore during January-March quarter of FY10 from Rs 11,445.78 crore in the same period a year earlier, NTPC said in a filing to the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
The company has declared a final dividend of Rs 0.80 per share (of face value of Rs 10 each). The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2009-10 is Rs 3.80 per share.
For the full financial year ended March 31, NTPC posted a net profit of Rs 8,728.20 crore, up 6.42 per cent compared to Rs 8,201.30 crore in the previous fiscal.
Net sales increased to Rs 46,322.59 crore in the financial year 2009-10 from Rs 41,923.73 crore in 2008-09.
Shares of NTPC were quoting at Rs 203.6, down 1.09 per cent in the late afternoon trade on the NSE.