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Tata Coffee shares down 3% as Q4 net dips

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Tata Coffee shares today fell 3 per cent after the company posted a 12.55 per cent fall in consolidated net profit in fourth quarter of 2015-16 fiscal.

The stock declined by 3 per cent to Rs 89.15 on BSE.

On NSE, the scrip went down by 2.99 per cent to Rs 89.15.

The company's result were announced post market hours yesterday.

Yesterday, Tata Coffee reported a 12.55 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 34.47 crore in the March quarter due to higher expenses.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 39.42 crore in the same quarter previous year, Tata Coffee had said in a regulatory filing.
 

The net profit took a beating as the company's expenses rose by 6.47 per cent to Rs 388.98 crore in the January-March quarter of the 2015-16 fiscal from Rs 365.34 crore in the year-ago period.

However, the company's total income rose slightly to Rs 456.54 crore from Rs 451.51 crore in the said period.

For full fiscal, Tata Coffee reported a fall in consolidated net profit by 2.11 per cent to Rs 117.84 crore as against Rs 120.39 crore in the previous year.

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First Published: May 17 2016 | 12:42 PM IST

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