Pharma firm Cipla today said its net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31 had increased 40.94 per cent to Rs 252.92 crore. The company had a net profit of Rs 179.45 crore in the same quarter ended March 31, 2008, Cipla said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Total operating income of the company rose to Rs 1,366.74 crore during the quarter under review, as against Rs 1,122.10 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. For the year ended March 31, the company posted a net profit of Rs 767.83 crore, up 9.46 per cent from Rs 701.43 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Material cost (as a percentage of income from operations) decreased during the quarter, mainly on account of sales expenditure, foreign exchange loss (Rs 10 crore loss compared witah Rs 25 crore gain in corresponding quarter of last year) and year-end provisions, the filing added.
