The Chennai-based firm had clocked a net profit of Rs 7.49 crore during the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.
Total income of the firm, led by former the BCCI President, stood at Rs 1,082.37 crore for the July-September quarter this fiscal from Rs 1,135.71 crore in the same quarter of 2014-15.
"As per condition imposed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), India Cements provided a guarantee for the purpose of guaranteeing performance/compliance by Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSKCL) of the obligations of the Franchise under the Franchise Agreement," it said.
Declaring the results, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Srinivasan said: "The company has posted a sterling performance by cutting costs and maintaining healthy cement price despite reduction in volume."
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Variable costs like materials, power, fuel have come down. Also interest cost has come down. We have remained in the profit track for three consecutive quarters, he added.
"We had a tough time for two years and achieved a turnaround by cutting costs and maintaining healthy cement price," Srinivasan said.
On outlook, Srinivasan said, "Construction activities is expected to pick up, driven by more investments envisaged on infrastructure development, and industrial growth in Tamil Nadu."
He further said: "With expected increase in cement in the Southern States and Andhra Pradesh building a new capital city Amaravati, the company will do well in the coming years".
Shares of the company closed at Rs 83.60, up by 6.77 per cent on BSE.