It was recently informed by India's largest listed company, Reliance Industries Ltd that the company's quarterly earnings sank by 9.8%, which is its first drop in three years. However, the forecasts have been beaten by the company as refining margin eased less than expected.
It is being hoped by Reliance, which is India's largest petrochemical producer and refiner that the good times for the company will commence in the second half of February when it will start generating 30-40 million cubic metres of natural gas a day from its deep-sea fields off India's east coast.
Software firm MindTree Ltd expects improvement in its operating margin for the financial year 2009 and revised its earnings guidance forecasts. The company said, "Members of the investor community have drawn attention to this. We have taken a fresh look at our EBITDA guidance and updated our estimates."
Stock price of the Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits witnessed steep decline of 30 per cent in the recent trading at Bombay Stock Exchange. The development came a day after the company announced its financial results for third quarter ended December 31, 08.
The company posted 65.29% decline in its net profit that adversely hit investor's confidence in the volatile market. Experts believe that its revenue may further drop amid tough conditions of financial market.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has announced financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 08. It posted 5 per cent growth rate in revenue which stood at Rs 5,456 million in December. Its year to year revenue posted 27% increase as compared same period last year.
Housing finance giant, HDFC announced financial results for the third quarter of the current financial year. It reported 15 per cent rise in net profit which stands at Rs 542 crore as compared to Rs 471.9 crore in the same quarter last year.
It should be recalled that gain made through the sale of shares in HDFC Standard Life in Q3 of the previous fiscal has not been included while calculating net profit.
Media and entertainment firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) has announced financial results for the third quarter ended December 2008 reporting 26% decline in its consolidated net profit, which stood at Rs 83.97 crore, as against Rs 113.47 crore for the same quarter, a year ago.
Rising input costs and a slowdown in its advertising revenue growth adversely hit the company’s business for the reporting quarter leading to significant decline in revenue and net profit.