BASF, Datamatics & Emami Q3 Results

CORPORATE SCORECARD

BASF Q3 net up 14.53% to Rs 12 cr

BASF India posted 14.53 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 11.74 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2005, as compared with Rs 10.25 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

However, total income declined to Rs 181.59 crore from Rs 190.11 crore, a dip of 4.48 per cent, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The company manufactures and markets expandable polystyrene, tanning agents, leather chemicals and auxiliaries.

Datamatics Q3 net dips to Rs 5.22 cr

Non-voice BPO service provider Datamatics Technologies has posted a lower net profit of Rs 5.22 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2005, compared with Rs 7.30 crore posted during the comparable quarter of the last financial year. Total income stood Rs 15.49 crore during the quarter under review, down from Rs 15.64 crore.

On a consolidated basis, the company's net profit fell to Rs 3.51 crore in the reporting quarter, as against Rs 5.16 crore posted a year ago, while total income fell to Rs 36.04 crore from Rs 39.30 crore.

Emami Q3 profits at Rs 19 crore

Emami reported turnover of Rs 105 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2005, of the current financial year. Profits for the quarter stood at Rs 19 crore, exports at Rs 12 crore while EBIDTA at Rs 21 crore.

For the nine month period to December 2005 sales stood at Rs 204 crore. Turnover and net profit stood at Rs 203 crore and Rs 33 crore against the coresponding period's Rs 159 crore and Rs 23 crore respectively.

Emami launched BoroPlus light cream and body lotion, a fairness cream for men, a Sona Chandi baby oil, a laxative churna, its cough syrup and vaporub and memory booster in recent months.

Its Navratna oil and Boroplus antiseptic cream strengthened their leadership position while other existing brands like Sona Chandi Chyawanprash, Boroplus Prickly Heat Powder and Menthoplus Balm were growing too, it claimed.