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KPIT Cummins drops after 4-day 12% rally

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Last Updated : May 03 2014 | 11:56 PM IST

KPIT Cummins Infosystems lost 1.95% to Rs 103.30 at 11:17 IST on BSE, with the stock sliding on profit booking after 4-day 12.01% rally.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 86.05 points or 0.44% at 19,649.72.

On BSE, 29,000 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 47,090 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 106.25 and a low of Rs 101 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 89 on 2 May 2012. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 142 on 12 September 2012.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 2 May 2013, surging 6.52% compared with the Sensex's 3.65% rise. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market in past one quarter, declining 5.05% as against Sensex's 0.23% fall.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 38.62 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

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Shares of KPIT Cummins Infosystems had rallied 12.01% in four trading sessions to settle at Rs 105.35 on Thursday, 2 May 2013, from a recent low of Rs 94.05 on 25 April 2013.

KPIT Cummins Infosystems' consolidated net profit rose 17% to Rs 51.17 crore on 18.7% growth in revenue to Rs 569.86 crore in Q4 March 2013 over Q4 March 2012. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization) margin stood at 17.7% in Q4 March 2013. The company announced the results after market hours on 29 April 2013.

KPIT Cummins Infosystems' consolidated net profit jumped 36.9% to Rs 199 crore on 49.2% growth in revenue to Rs 2238.63 crore in the year ended 31 March 2013 (FY 2013) over the year ended 31 March 2012 (FY 2012).

In its guidance for FY 2014, the company had forecasted a revenue growth of about 14% to 16% in the range of $465 million to $475 million in FY 2014. Profit after tax (PAT) to see a growth of about 16% to 20% in the range of Rs 230.90 crore to Rs 238.80 crore in FY 2014, KPIT Cummins Infosystems said in a statement. The company further added that it is also confident of generating a positive cash flow for FY 2014, after considering the balance payments for the existing M&A deals.

KPIT Cummins Infosystems is a global IT consulting and product engineering company focused on co-innovating domain intensive technology solutions for manufacturing corporations (with special focus on Automotive, Hi-Tech & Industrials verticals).

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First Published: May 03 2013 | 11:14 AM IST

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