Q4 performance: Banks, finance companies show strong momentum in early Q4 results

Synopsis March 2024 quarter results reveal robust revenue and profit growth, particularly driven by banking and finance companies. Varied performance noted across different sectors, with expectations exceeded in some areas. ​In the coming weeks, as more companies from diverse sectors declare results, the dominance of select sectors and companies will reduce and trend in aggregate … Read more

Mphasis management on company performance, growth outlook and more

“A lot of this is driven through everything we talked about in the last few quarters, the focus on in-account actions, extreme amount of focus on investing in relevant tech solutions, infusing a lot of tech and AI into these solutions to actually create a differentiation,” says Nitin Rakesh, CEO, Mphasis.Meanwhile, Manish Dugar, CFO, Mphasis … Read more

Tejas Networks: Wireless equipment, wireline offer significant opportunities of replacement: Tejas Networks management

Anand Athreya, CEO & MD and Arnob Roy, COO & ED, Tejas Networks , in conversation with ET NOW. Though BSNL has given the biggest order, a significant amount of the order book is for other customers and for Tejas’ wireline products. The order book is mainly the business and tenders that they have won … Read more

Persistent Systems: Our aspiration is to make Persistent a $2 billion plus company in next three years: CEO

Sandeep Kalra, CEO, Persistent Systems, says “as we go ahead, as the market conditions stabilise, that will give us the opportunity to have the leverage of all the investments we have done whether they are in the next generation technologies like generative AI or increased sales and marketing investments, etc, and that should help us … Read more

Hero MotoCorp: Expect two-wheeler industry to see double-digit revenue growth next fiscal, says Hero MotoCorp CEO

The domestic two-wheeler industry is expected to witness a double-digit revenue growth next fiscal with demand for premium models anticipated to gain further momentum, according to Hero MotoCorp CEO Niranjan Gupta. The country’s largest two-wheeler maker, which reported a total income of Rs 10,031 crore in the October-December quarter this fiscal, also expects the entry … Read more

Q3 profit: India Inc Q3 profit growth remains on double-digit path

While the overall outlook for corporate India is promising, short-term volatility cannot be ruled out, given general elections are coming up. Synopsis For the sample of 3,381 companies, revenue grew 8.2% Y-o-Y in the quarter compared with a 17.3% rise in the year-ago period. Net profit rose 25% on a lower base of 2.2% growth … Read more

Revenue growth of auto component industry to moderate to 5-7 pc in FY25: Report

Annual revenue growth of leading auto component manufacturing companies will come down to 5-7 per cent in the next fiscal due to moderation in domestic volumes and a drop in exports, rating firm Icra said on Tuesday. According to Icra estimates, its sample of 45 auto ancillaries, with aggregate annual revenues of Rs 2.7 lakh … Read more

Emami: Expect rural growth to initiate from Q1 or H1 of next fiscal: NH Bhansali, Emami

NH Bhansali, CEO-Finance, Strategy & Business Development, Emami, says “margins have really improved compared to the previous year and this has helped us improve on the EBITDA and the PAT by double digit despite a very low single digit growth. We feel this margin would sustain because in the past periods, there had been a … Read more

Tata Asset Management: In which sector is risk-reward looking attractive? Kunal Pawaskar answers

“Previous calendar year was a year when many companies bore the brunt of inflation after the Russia-Ukraine conflict started and commodities rose,” says Kunal Pawaskar, Tata Asset Management.At your PMS at Tata AMC, how are you observing the earnings quality so far because our observation was that largely earnings are actually pretty good. In fact, … Read more