KPIT Technologies

KPIT Technologies on Wednesday posted a 20.4 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 187 crore for the third quarter of FY25, mainly driven by a 17.4 per cent topline growth. The company cheered markets as it guided for a higher annual EBITDA margin outlook to over 21 per cent from 20.5 per cent plus earlier. Its revenue from operations rose 17.5 per cent to about Rs 1478 crore from Rs 1257 crore in the year-ago period. KPIT Technologies positions itself as a global partner to the automotive and mobility ecosystem for making software-defined vehicles a reality. The profit (attributable to owners of the company) stood at Rs 187 crore in Q3 FY25, growing at 20.4 per cent year-on-year. It has maintained a constant currency revenue growth outlook of 18 per cent to 22 per cent range. Kishor Patil, Co-founder, CEO and MD, KPIT, said the third quarter revenues were in line with the annual revenue outlook, while the operating profit has improved due to revenue mix change and ...

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KPIT Technologies shares have dropped nearly 20 per cent in the last one week, and 13.55 per cent in the last one month, and 3.67 per cent year-to-date

Auto industry-focused KPIT Technologies on Monday reported a 52 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs 204.2 crore for the March 2024 quarter on higher revenue growth and profit margins. The Pune-headquartered company had posted a post-tax net of Rs 134 crore in the year-ago period. Its revenue from operations grew 24 per cent to Rs 1,364.6 crore from Rs 1,097.6 crore in the year-ago period, and its co-founder, chief executive and managing director Kishor Patil also sounded more certain about the guidance for the fiscal. He said the company is now aiming for a 19-22 per cent growth in the top line against the earlier expectation of 18-22 per cent announced earlier. Patil, however, maintained the operating profit margin guidance at 20.5 per cent even though the company was able to widen the number to 21.1 per cent during the reporting quarter against 20.7 per cent in the March quarter and 20 per cent in the year-ago period. He said even though the growth rate for EV sales has slowed

Except KPIT, which is continuing to benefit from tailwinds in the automotive sector and strategic partnerships with OEMs, most E&RD players saw either flat or declining margins on a sequential basis

Auto industry-focused KPIT Technologies on Monday reported a 49 pc jump in March quarter net profit to Rs 165.9 crore, helped by a strong revenue growth and widening of profit margins. The Pune-headquartered company's FY24 net profit grew to Rs 598.51 crore from Rs 386.8 crore in the year-ago period. For the reporting quarter, its revenues rose nearly 30 per cent to Rs 1,317.8 crore, while the operating profit margin widened 1.7 per cent to 20.7 per cent. The company announced that it will aim for an 18-22 per cent growth in the topline in the new fiscal, and will get the profit margin number above 20.5 per cent. About the slower revenue growth target for FY25, and if the company is being conservative, its Co-Founder, Chief Executive and Managing Director Kishor Patil told reporters that while it has been consistently showing growth of over 30 per cent in the last four years, it is also true that many changes are happening in the sector and it has taken a "pragmatic" call on the .

KPIT Technologies on Tuesday reported a 50 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 156.75 crore in the December quarter of this fiscal, helped by a surge in topline and widening of profit margins. The Pune-headquartered company, focused on the automotive sector, had recorded a profit after tax of Rs 104.05 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 141.4 crore in the preceding September quarter, KPIT Technologies said in a regulatory filing. Its revenues grew to Rs 1,256.96 crore from the year-ago period's Rs 917.11 crore, and Rs 1,199 crore in the quarter-ago period. The operating profit margin widened to 20.6 per cent from the year-ago period's 18.5 per cent, which helped in the growth of the overall profits. Co-founder, chief executive and managing director Kishor Patil said the company is on target to achieve the guidance of the revenues growing at 37 per cent in the fiscal on a constant currency basis and will do better than the 20 per cent operating profit growth guidance. He said the de

KPIT's results are opposite to what some of the larger peers have reported. The firms strategy to focus on the auto segment is paying off

In a country-first, KPIT Technologies unveiled sodium-ion battery technology on Tuesday. The technology, developed in-house by researchers at the city-based company over the last eight years, will be put through external testing, and deliver revenues after a year, its co-founder and chairman Ravi Pandit told reporters here. He said some revenues will come from the testing phase as well, but the core licensing fees which will accrue from the technology will start in a year. KPIT's core business of providing software-based solutions to the auto industry will continue to be the revenue mainstay even in the future, Pandit said. He said the company hired electrochemists for the project, which is a departure from employing software engineers that has been the norm for them. It tested a slew of chemistries before narrowing down on the more widely available sodium, Pandit said, adding that the use of the compound also delivers other advantages. These include the ability to charge a vehicl

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KPIT has recently revised its constant currency revenue growth outlook for 2023-24 (FY24) to over 37 per cent, up from the earlier guidance of 27-30 per cent

KPIT increased FY24 CC growth outlook to 37%+ from 27%-30% earlier and EBITDA outlook increased to 20%+ from 19%-20% earlier.

Auto industry-focused KPIT Technologies on Monday reported a 69.21 per cent jump in its September quarter net profit at Rs 141 crore. The Pune-headquartered company had reported a post tax profit of Rs 83.5 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Its revenues from operations grew to Rs 1,199 crore in the reporting quarter as against Rs 745 crore in the same period a year ago and Rs 1,098 crore in the preceding April-June quarter. The company said it is now aiming to close FY24 with a growth of 37 per cent in revenues on a constant currency basis, as against the earlier target of 27-30 per cent. It was able to maintain the operating profit margin at 20 per cent in the quarter, which led the company to improve its guidance of keeping the number at over 20 per cent in FY24, from 19-20 per cent projected earlier. The company reported new deal wins of USD 156 million during the quarter, including a multi-year engagement on autonomous driving with a European car manufacturer and some work

Auto industry-focused KPIT Technologies on Tuesday reported a 53.36 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 134.44 crore in the June quarter, helped by higher revenue from operations. The Pune-based company's revenue from operations grew over 60 per cent to Rs 1,097.6 crore as against the Rs 685.7 crore in the year-ago period. In the previous quarter, it stood at Rs 1,017.3 crore. Kishor Patil, KPIT Technologies Co-Founder, CEO and MD, told reporters that despite high growth, the company is maintaining its earlier guidance of 27-30 per cent topline growth for the current fiscal. He said the first half of 2023-24 will be better than the second, and added that the company usually reviews guidances at the end of the third quarter. The company is benefitting from more software-defined vehicles in the market and electrification in the auto industry, Patil said in a statement. According to him, the company saw the fastest growth of 89 per cent in the European markets in the first quarter of

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For FY24 the company has guided CC revenue growth of 27-30 per cent & EBITDA margin of 19-20 per cent.

The total Contract Value of new deals won during Q4 FY23 stands at $423 million

The brokerage has assigned a target price of Rs 520, or 36 per cent lower that KPIT's last closing price of Rs 810

JP Morgan has initiated coverage on the stock with an "underweight" rating and a target price at Rs 540 per share

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