Operating profit margin has jumped from 9.11% to 10.24%, leading to 50.64% rise in operating profit to Rs 125.15 crore. Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) decreased from 64.20% to 64.13%. Employee cost decreased from 9.04% to 7.45%. Other expenses rose from 17.79% to 18.70%.
Other income rose 56.39% to Rs 32.45 crore. PBIDT rose 51.79% to Rs 157.6 crore. Provision for interest remained nil.
PBDT rose 51.89% to Rs 157.6 crore. Provision for depreciation rose 38.56% to Rs 21.02 crore.
Profit before tax grew 54.17% to Rs 136.58 crore. Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods. Provision for tax was expense of Rs 23.59 crore, compared to Rs 24.22 crore. Effective tax rate was 17.27% compared to 27.34%.
Minority interest was nil in both the periods. Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 75.53% to Rs 112.99 crore.
Sales of Textile Machinery Division segment has gone up 42.27% to Rs 1,010.30 crore (accounting for 79.22% of total sales). Sales of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment has gone up 12.27% to Rs 241.14 crore (accounting for 18.91% of total sales). Sales of Advanced Technology Centre segment rose 82.71% to Rs 23.89 crore (accounting for 1.87% of total sales). Inter-segment sales rose Rs 23.21 crore to Rs 41.26 crore.
Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 63.85% to Rs 123.11 crore. PBIT of Textile Machinery Division segment rose 87.78% to Rs 110.90 crore (accounting for 90.08% of total PBIT). PBIT of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment fell 34.92% to Rs 13.07 crore (accounting for 10.62% of total PBIT). PBIT of Advanced Technology Centre segment rose 78.48% to Rs -0.86 crore (accounting for -0.70% of total PBIT).
PBIT margin of Textile Machinery Division segment rose from 8.32% to 10.98%. PBIT margin of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment fell from 9.35% to 5.42%. PBIT margin of Advanced Technology Centre segment rose from negative 30.65% to negative 3.61%. Overall PBIT margin rose from 8.01% to 9.65%.
Nine month performance
Consolidated net sales (including other operating income) of Lakshmi Machine Works has increased 57.25% to Rs 3416.11 crore. Sales of Textile Machinery Division segment has gone up 68.23% to Rs 2,763.70 crore (accounting for 77.26% of total sales). Sales of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment has gone up 30.89% to Rs 736.11 crore (accounting for 20.58% of total sales). Sales of Advanced Technology Centre segment rose 153.44% to Rs 77.11 crore (accounting for 2.16% of total sales). Inter-segment sales rose Rs 56.12 crore to Rs 123.12 crore.
Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 187.68% to Rs 334.53 crore. PBIT of Textile Machinery Division segment rose 257.31% to Rs 289.36 crore (accounting for 86.50% of total PBIT). PBIT of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment fell 15.07% to Rs 44.32 crore (accounting for 13.25% of total PBIT). PBIT of Advanced Technology Centre reported profit of Rs 0.85 crore compared to loss of Rs 16.89 crore.
PBIT margin of Textile Machinery Division segment rose from 4.93% to 10.47%. PBIT margin of Machine Tool & Foundry Division segment fell from 9.28% to 6.02%. PBIT margin of Advanced Technology Centre segment rose from negative 55.50% to 1.11%. Overall PBIT margin rose from 5.20% to 9.35%.
Operating profit margin has jumped from 7.19% to 9.69%, leading to 111.69% rise in operating profit to Rs 330.87 crore. Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) increased from 63.69% to 64.09%. Employee cost decreased from 10.40% to 8.07%. Other expenses fell from 18.83% to 18.44%.
Other income rose 87.07% to Rs 99.95 crore. PBIDT rose 105.42% to Rs 430.82 crore. Provision for interest remained nil.
PBDT rose 105.50% to Rs 430.82 crore. Provision for depreciation rose 26.55% to Rs 56 crore.
Profit before tax grew 126.63% to Rs 374.82 crore. Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods. Provision for tax was expense of Rs 84.9 crore, compared to Rs 49.9 crore. Effective tax rate was 22.65% compared to 33.67%.
Minority interest was nil in both the periods. Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 194.87% to Rs 289.92 crore.
Promoters’ stake was 31.13% as of 31 December 2022 ,compared to 31.13% as of 31 December 2021 .