Shares of Eicher Motors, the maker of Royal Enfield motorcycles, rallied 5 percent to Rs 3,340 on the BSE in Wednesday’s intra-day trade in an otherwise subdued market after the company posted a better-than-expected 62 percent year-on-year (YoY) jump in net profit at Rs 741 crore, from Rs 456.13 crore a year ago. on the back of higher motorcycle sales and other income. On a sequential basis, net profit grew 5.7 percent. The revenue from operations came in at Rs 3,721 crore, registering a growth of 29.17 percent from Rs 2,880.65 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margins, a key profit metric, stood at 23 percent, up 300 bps YoY and down 30 bps QoQ.
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