A Tata group company, the market did not take too kindly to the results of Voltas. The financial performance for year ended 31-03-08 can be labeled as consistent, not trailblazing, which is probably what the market expected.
The net sales of the company rose 26.8% at Rs.3,044.50 crore. Its operating expenses rose 22%. Yet, it managed to post a 76% higher EBIDTA at Rs.293.90 crore. PBT was up 38% at Rs.307.50 crores and PAT rose 12% at Rs.208.30 crore. On an equity of Rs.33.07 crore, its EPS stands at Rs.6.30.
Higher volumes managed to offset the rising prices and this helped its translation into better profits. Its engineering and machine tools division faced some slowdown.
The company is now looking at acquisitions, mainly in organic business and is scouting around in South Africa, North Africa, Vietnam, Singapore and Middle East.
Its order book was at Rs.800 crore in domestic market and Rs.3,800 crore in international market. The company is expecting manpower shortages in current fiscal in overseas market and to retain employees, it is considering pay hikes. Rising manpower costs is something that most companies will have to now learn to grapple with.
Voltas continues to be a good investment buy at the current price.
The net sales of the company rose 26.8% at Rs.3,044.50 crore. Its operating expenses rose 22%. Yet, it managed to post a 76% higher EBIDTA at Rs.293.90 crore. PBT was up 38% at Rs.307.50 crores and PAT rose 12% at Rs.208.30 crore. On an equity of Rs.33.07 crore, its EPS stands at Rs.6.30.
Higher volumes managed to offset the rising prices and this helped its translation into better profits. Its engineering and machine tools division faced some slowdown.
The company is now looking at acquisitions, mainly in organic business and is scouting around in South Africa, North Africa, Vietnam, Singapore and Middle East.
Its order book was at Rs.800 crore in domestic market and Rs.3,800 crore in international market. The company is expecting manpower shortages in current fiscal in overseas market and to retain employees, it is considering pay hikes. Rising manpower costs is something that most companies will have to now learn to grapple with.
Voltas continues to be a good investment buy at the current price.
Source: sptulsian.com
