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Kirloskar Oil Engines on Wednesday said its standalone net profit increased by 7 per cent to Rs 117 crore in three months to June over the same period last year. The standalone profit after tax for the company was Rs 109 crore in the April-June period of FY24, the Pune-based company said in a statement. Net sales for the quarter were Rs 1,334 crore, an increase of 6 per cent over Rs 1,256 crore achieved in Q1FY25, the company said. The company also said it delivered an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) of Rs 174 crore for the previous quarter as against Rs 162 crore in the June quarter of FY 24. EBITDA margin was 12.9 per cent compared to 12.8 per cent for Q1 FY 24. Cash and cash equivalents for the June quarter stood at Rs 410 crore, the company said, adding net of debt includes treasury investments and excludes unclaimed dividends. "We have a good start of the year with the highest ever Q1 numbers for KOEL standalone. The top-line growth of 6
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The share prices of both KKC and KOEL have more than doubled in the last 12 months but KOEL has gained 239% while KKC is up 121%, both are on the buy lists of brokerages
Engine oil maler Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited on Wednesday reported a 26 per cent growth in standalone net profit to Rs 128 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2024. The Pune-based firm had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 94 crore in the fourth quarter of FY23, according to a statement. Its net sales during the quarter under review rose 21 per cent to Rs 1,378 crore from Rs 1,141 crore a year ago, the company said. For the full fiscal 2023-24, the company's net profit increased 26 per cent to Rs 375 crore against Rs 298 crore delivered in FY23, it added. Its net sales for FY24 grew 18 per cent to Rs 4,806 crore from Rs 4,073 crore in FY23. The company also said its full-year export revenue for the first time crossed Rs 500 crore in the previous fiscal. Undoubtedly, it has been a challenging year operationally, navigating the transitions associated with emission norm changes. However, the company has successfully managed this transition, Kirloskar Oil Engines said.
Net sales for the third quarter of this fiscal stood at Rs 1,125 crore, up from Rs 990 crore in the year-ago period, registering an increase of 14 per cent, it said
Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on Friday said the capital markets regulator deeply regrets the failure to de-freeze the shares held by members of the Kirloskar family in Kirloskar Industries Ltd (KIL) despite the SAT's directive. "I think what happened in terms of delay in de-freezing accounts was unacceptable. Whatever have been the cause and root cause, communications with the depository etc., Sebi was responsible, Sebi was accountable, we deeply regret what happened," Buch told reporters at the sidelines of the CII Global Economic Policy Forum here. Further, she said that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has already initiated a full process review in this regard. "Within 30-45 days. We will revamp the process. So that risk of this happening again is completely minimised," she added. The comments came after the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) pulled up Sebi on Monday for failing to de-freeze the shares held by members of the Kirloskar family in Kirloskar ...
Due to surging unsecured loans like personal loans and those on credit cards, the RBI increased the risk weighting for such loans from 100 per cent to 125 per cent
Looking ahead, the management is confident about the future prospects and expects to capitalise on the growth opportunities in key sectors, including exports, infrastructure, and data centres.
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited on Thursday reported a 53 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 126 crore in the June quarter. The company had delivered a consolidated net profit of Rs 82 crore in the year-ago period, Kirloskar Oil Engines said. Revenue for the first quarter of the current fiscal was Rs 1,543 crore compared to Rs 1,191 crore last year, registering a 30 per cent increase, it said. "We commenced the year on a positive note. This quarter witnessed substantial advancements in our B2B product lineup, marked by noteworthy product introductions and range expansions," the company's Managing Director Gauri Kirloskar said. "On the B2C front (at a consolidated level), the company continues to make improvements in profitability. This quarter, we delivered a 15 per cent growth in profit on a 4 per cent growth in topline," he said. The company has entered the high horse power (HHP) range, with the introduction of its OptiPrime range, designed with a focus on segments suc
Kirloskar Oil Engines' promoter entities on Wednesday divested 17.71 per cent stake in the company for Rs 825 crore through open market transactions. The promoter and promoter group which offloaded the shares include Jyotsna Gautam Kulkarni, Ambar Gautam Kulkarni and Nihal Gautam Kulkarni. Nomura Trust and Banking Co. Ltd, Societe Generale, Sageone Investment Managers LLP, the Regents of the University of California, BNP Paribas Arbitrage, Max Life Insurance Company and DSP Mutual Fund, among others, were the buyers of the shares. According to the block deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the promoter and promoter group sold a total of 2,56,22,987 shares, amounting to 17.71 per cent stake in the company. The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 322 each scrip, taking the total transaction value to Rs 825.06 crore. On Wednesday, shares of Kirloskar Oil Engines rallied 20 per cent to settle at Rs 390.05 apiece -- its 52-week high -- on the NSE.
As many as 25.62 million equity shares, representing 17.7 per cent of total equity, worth Rs 825 crore of KOEL changed hands on the NSE, the exchange data shows
Kirloskar Industries, a key investor in KBL, had sought the audit over legal fees of Rs 70 crore incurred by the latter. An EGM to consider this issue will be held on Dec 8
In the past six months, KOEL (up 131 per cent), KPCL (53 per cent) and Kirloskar Industries (45 per cent) zoomed over 40 per cent, as against 14 per cent rise in the benchmark index
In the past three months, the market price of KOEL has appreciated by 86 per cent as compared to a 3.6 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex
Each signatory of the DFS is mandated to follow the rules and implement the deed with the approval of the respective board of directors
KIL raised questions whether the KBL Board, especially the independent directors of KBL, verified the claims made by Sanjay Kirloskar in relation to the Deed of Family Settlement
The Kirloskars are fighting a legal war over group assets with Sanjay Kirloskar chairman of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd on one side, and his brothers, Atul, 66, and Rahul, 59, on the on the other side
Mahindra & Mahindra(M&M) Ltd on Tuesday said it will acquire an additional 17.41 per cent stake in Swaraj Engines Ltd from Kirloskar Industries Ltd (KIL) for Rs 296 crore. The acquisition will result in increasing the company's stake in Swaraj Engines Ltd (SEL) to 52.13 per cent from 34.72 per cent, M&M said in a regulatory filing. The company proposes to acquire 21,14,349 equity shares constituting 17.41 per cent of the paid up equity share capital of SEL from KIL at a price of Rs 1,400 per share, it said. Consequently, SEL, which is currently an associate of the company, would become a subsidiary of M&M, the filing said. Based in Mohali, Punjab, SEL is in the business of manufacturing of diesel engines and its components. It was promoted in 1985 by erstwhile Punjab Tractors Ltd, which has since merged with M&M, and the then Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd (now KIL). It had a total revenue from operations of Rs 1,138.15 crore for the year ended March 31, 2022, it said.
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The Supreme Court will hear on March 15 a plea by Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) CMD Sanjay Kirloskar challenging a Bombay High Court order directing arbitration in a family feud related to assets.