The uptick comes ahead of the company's ex-dividend date tomorrow, driven by its recent dividend announcement that promises rewards for eligible shareholders
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Ajanta Pharma on Tuesday said its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) increased 18 per cent year-on-year to Rs 246 crore for the June quarter, on account of robust sales across domestic and international markets. The drug firm had reported a profit after tax of Rs 208 crore in the April-June quarter of last fiscal. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 1,145 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 1,021 crore in the year-go period, Ajanta Pharma said in a regulatory filing. The company said its India sales grew 10 per cent year-on-year to Rs 353 crore in the first quarter. The company's US sales grew 7 per cent to Rs 228 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal. Shares of Ajanta Pharma ended 3.99 per cent up at Rs 2,524.35 apiece on the BSE.
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Ajanta Pharma on Thursday said its consolidated net profit increased 66 per cent to Rs 203 crore in the March quarter, aided by robust sales across domestic and international markets. The drugmaker had reported a net profit of Rs 122 crore in the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 1,054 crore in the fourth quarter of FY24 as compared with Rs 882 crore in the year-ago period, Ajanta Pharma said in a regulatory filing. For the year ended March 31, 2024, the company posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 816 crore as against Rs 588 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal year. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 4,209 crore for FY24 as compared with Rs 3,743 crore in FY23. The company said it distributed Rs 642 crore to its shareholders in the form of dividend in FY24. The drug firm generated a cash flow of Rs 812 crore and, given this financial position, the board of directors has approved the distribution of Rs 351 crore to shareholders in the form
Ajanta Pharma Ltd on Tuesday reported a 24.71 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 195.3 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2023. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 156.6 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Ajanta Pharma said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations was at Rs 1,028.44 crore as against Rs 938.10 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses were marginally lower at Rs 773.8 crore as compared to Rs 775.45 crore in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said. Branded generic business in India sale was at Rs 355 crore as against Rs 314 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, while the total branded generic business sales across geographies was at Rs 743 crore in Q2 as compared to Rs 711 crore in the year-ago period, up 4 per cent, it said. In the US, the generic business posted sales of Rs 237 crore as compared to Rs 185 crore in Q2 last fiscal, up 28 per cent, the company added.
In the past two months, the stock has surged 35 per cent after it reported a healthy set of numbers for June quarter
In past one week, the stock has surged 19 per cent and rallied nearly 40 per cent so far this calendar year.
As part of its growth plans, Ajanta Pharma is looking to enhance its presence across select geographies with high growth potential in Asia and Africa. In its Annual Report for 2022-23, the Mumbai-based drug maker stated that it intends to rely on its strengths to grow faster in countries where it has a presence with its range of branded generics. "As we achieve formidable positions in many markets, our strategy now entails enhancing focus on select countries from our geographical presence, which promises high growth potential," Ajanta Pharma informed its shareholders. These territories offer a large branded generics pharma market size, but the company's presence still remains small, it added. "We plan to ramp up our presence in these markets and add value to the patients' choices through our differentiated product portfolio," the drug firm said. The company's branded generics business accounted for 73 per cent of its revenues in FY 2023, with Indian, rest of Asia and Africa ...
The management is confident to scale up margins again in the coming years on the back of enhanced contribution from Branded Generics business and normalisation of freight costs
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The stock has underperformed peers and the benchmark over the past year
Promoter entities of Ajanta Pharma on Thursday divested 4.3 per cent stake in the company for Rs 637 crore through open market transactions. The buyers included over two dozen funds such as UTI Mutual Fund (MF), Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, Franklin Templeton MF, ICICI Prudential MF, Mirae Asset MF, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company, among others. Aayush Agrawal Trust and Ravi Agrawal Trust offloaded a total of 54,92,846 shares, amounting to 4.3 per cent stake in Ajanta Pharma, as per block deal data with the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The shares were offloaded at an average price of Rs 1,160.1 per scrip, taking the transaction value to Rs 637.22 crore. Following the stake sale, the promoter and promoter group entities' shareholding has come down to 66.18 per cent from 70.48 per cent. Ajanta Pharma's shares closed 5.22 per cent higher at Rs 1,233 apiece on NSE. Mumbai-based Ajanta Pharma is a speciality pharmaceutical formulation company.
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The company had fixed June 23, 2022 as the record date for the bonus issue in the proportion of one equity share for every two equity shares held
In Q4FY22, Ajanta's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization declined 20 per cent year-on- year to Rs 207 crore.
Ajanta Pharma on Tuesday said its consolidated profit after tax declined by 5 per cent to Rs 151 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2022.
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Drug firm Ajanta Pharma said its board has approved a share buyback plan of up to Rs 286-crore, wherein the drug maker will buy back shares at a maximum price of Rs 2,550 apiece.