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Exide Industries
Battery manufacturer Exide Industries on Tuesday said its consolidated net profit declined 22 per cent to Rs 158 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2024. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 203 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,017 crore in the third quarter from Rs 3,980 crore in the year-ago period. "Although overall sales remained flattish in the quarter, attributable to a slowdown in government capex and other macroeconomic factors, we observed promising growth in the auto replacement and auto exports market segments," Exide Industries MD & CEO Avik Roy said. Near-term outlook is positive, with replacement markets remaining buoyant and expectation of rebound of government and private capex, which has the potential to drive up industrial demand, he added. Commodity prices are expected to remain broadly stable, Roy stated. "In our lithium-ion cell manufacturing project, construction work is going on in full swing and the team
Battery maker Exide Industries Ltd on Monday reported a 13.66 per cent decline in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 233.4 crore in the September quarter, impacted by higher expenses. The company had posted a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 270.32 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Exide Industries Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations in the quarter under review was at Rs 4,450 crore compared to Rs 4,371.52 crore in the year-ago period. Total expenses were higher at Rs 4,157.63 crore against Rs 4,043.57 crore in the same quarter a year ago, the company said. In the second quarter, the two-wheeler and four-wheeler replacement markets experienced robust demand, leading to double-digit revenue growth, it added. Industrial-UPS and solar also enjoyed strong demand momentum during the quarter. However, the demand scenario was soft in the home-UPS segment due to the early onset of monsoons, Exide Industries said. On the export front, the .
Battery maker Exide Industries on Tuesday said its profit after tax increased 16 per cent to Rs 280 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2024. The company had reported a profit after tax of Rs 242 crore in the April-June quarter of the preceding fiscal. Its revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,313 crore for the June quarter compared to Rs 4,073 crore in the year-ago period, Exide Industries said in a regulatory filing. "Both automobile and industrial verticals have delivered growth in the current quarter, and near-term drivers are promising," Exide Industries MD and CEO Avik Roy said. Despite rising raw material prices, cost optimisation initiatives led to lower cost of production and gross margin improvement, he added. "In our lithium-ion project, onsite construction and installation of production line equipment is currently underway," Roy said. Shares of Exide Industries ended 3.54 per cent down at Rs 532 apiece on the BSE.
Battery maker Exide Industries on Tuesday said its profit after tax rose 37 per cent to Rs 284 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024. The company had reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 208 crore in January-March period of FY23. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,009 crore in the period under review from Rs 3,543 crore a year ago. For the year ended March 31, 2024, the company posted a PAT of Rs 1,053 crore as compared with Rs 904 crore in 2022-23. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 16,029 crore as against Rs 14,592 crore in FY23. The company said its board has proposed a final dividend of Rs 2 per share for 2023-24. "Demand scenario was upbeat, and our diversified and technologically advanced product offerings helped us capture the opportunities across end customer markets," Exide Industries MD & CEO Subir Chakraborty said. Outlook is positive both for the automotive and industrial verticals and the company aims to deliver healthy sales growth and increase in