Tata Motors
Auto major Tata Motors on Thursday reported a
massive Rs 26,961 crore consolidated loss for the December
quarter. The company said it took one-time exceptional non-cash charge
for asset impairment of 3.1 billion pounds.
Revenue
rose 5 percent to Rs
77,000 crore.
Operating
profit fell 20 percent to
Rs 6,381 crore.
Margin
narrowed 260 basis points
to 8.3 percent.
The surprise
loss was due to a non-cash write off worth Rs 27,838 crore for JLR.
Tata Motors attributed it to slowing
sales in China, technology disruptions and rising cost of debt.
Tata Steel
Quarterly profit rose as the steelmaker’s
increased capacity from domestic acquisitions aided its earnings.
Net profit
rose 76.5 percent over
last year to Rs 2,284.1 crore in the December quarter, according to its stock
exchange filing. The growth was also inflated by a one-time charge that weighed
on Tata Steel’s profit in the same quarter last year.
Revenue rose
23.2 percent to Rs 41,220
crore.
Operating
profit increased 18 percent
to Rs 6,723.4 crore.
Margin narrowed
70 basis points to 16.3
percent.
Bhushan Steel
Ltd. Acquisition helped increase steel production by 34 percent over last
year to 4.38 million tonne.
Prices
in China, the global benchmark, fell more than 12 percent in two months to $490 per million
tonnes, according to Bloomberg.
Better price realisations and volumes
helped Tata Steel cushion the impact of falling steel prices across the globe.
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