Saturday, October 27, 2012

Mind Tree Q2 net profit down 19% at Rs 72 cr on forex loss


Software services exporter Mind Tree  's net profit went down by 18.9% to Rs 72.2 crore in the quarter ended September 2012 from Rs 89 crore in the previous quarter. Analysts on an average had expected it at Rs 66 crore.

The profit after tax was down due to foreign exchange loss of Rs 41.5 crore in the quarter as against gain of Rs 8.1 crore in previous quarter.

Revenues (in rupee terms) rose by 5.9% to Rs 596.3 crore and dollar revenue increased 1.7% to USD 107.3 million during the same period, which both came in in-line with expectations.

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 12.35 percent QoQ to Rs 131.9 crore, which higher than analysts' expectations of Rs 123 crore.

EBITDA margin too improved by 125 basis points to 22.1% in the three months ended September 2012. Analysts had forecast of 20.67%.

Mind tree has added 11 customers during the July-September quarter of 2012.

The board of directors have recommended an interim dividend of 30% (Rs 3 per share of par value Rs 10 each) for the six months ended September 30, 2012.
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Among industry segments, travel & transport continued to exhibit robust growth increasing revenue share to 42%, BFSI contributed to 33% of revenues and manufacturing/distribution stood at 6%.

It has received fresh orders worth USD 93 million in the quarter gone by; out of which USD 38 million order came as new orders from its existing clients, the management says in a press conference.

NIIT Tech expects order book to reach USD 250 million over next one year.

Three new clients were added which included one each in Travel and Transportation, BFSI and others.

Net additions of 173 employees took place during the quarter taking the total headcount to 7617 at the end of the period.

The company acquired the Philippines Development Center of Sabre Holdings during the quarter.

At 14:29 hours IST, the stock rose 1.3 percent to Rs 286.50 amid large volumes.
o 12.99% versus 13.03% quarter-on-quarter.


Source: www.moneycontrol.com

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Gaurav Agarwal
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DENIP Consultants Pvt Ltd

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