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Persistent Systems gains on strong Q3 show

Thursday, January 19, 2023
The share price of midcap IT firm Persistent Systems gained over 7 percent on January 19 after the company registered an 8.2 percent sequential growth in profit at Rs 238 crore for the quarter that ended December 31, 2022. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 176.4 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. The company's earnings were majorly in line with the analysts' estimates, which pushed the stock to move higher. Persistent clocked a 45.4% increase in the revenue from operations at Rs 2,169.3 crore during the October-December 2022 period, which stood at Rs 1,491.7 crore in the year-ago period, whereas the operating EBITDA of the company stood at 401.5 crores in Q3FY23, up 59.9% YoY. The IT company also announced an interim dividend of Rs 28 a share for FY23.The total expenses of the company spiked 43.83% YoY to Rs 1,849.6 crore during the quarter. Read more

Rainfall over country is most likely to be normal: IMD

Thursday, July 1, 2021
Rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal, as per IMD's forecast for July. According to IMD, monthly rainfall for July 2021 over the country is most likely to be normal (94 to 106 % of Long Period Average - LPA). "The latest global model forecasts indicate that the prevailing neutral ENSO conditions are likely to continue over the equatorial Pacific Ocean and that there is enhanced possibility of development of negative IOD conditions over the Indian Ocean during July to September 2021. As sea surface temperature (SST) conditions over the Pacific and the Indian Oceans are known to have a strong influence on Indian monsoon, IMD is carefully monitoring the evolution of sea surface conditions over these Ocean basins," the weather department said.

Coforge shares hits new high on robust Q4 numbers

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Shares of Coforge IT firm gained 17 percent intraday on May 6 and hits 52 weeks high of Rs 3449 after the company declared a17 percent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 133 crore in the three months ended March 2021. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 113.6 crore in the year-ago period, Coforge said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue grew 7.1 percent sequentially in dollar terms to USD 172.1 million during the January-March quarter. Revenue in constant currency (CC) terms grew 5.1 percent over the preceding quarter. In rupee terms, revenue was up by 6 percent sequentially and up by 13.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) at Rs 1,261 crore during Q4FY21. The company’s profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter increased 17 percent year-on-year to Rs 133 crore. Read more

HUL Q2 result : Net profit rises 9%to Rs 2,009 crore,announces interim dividend of Rs 14

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) share price fell over 2 per cent to Rs 2,133 apiece in intraday deals on BSE on Tuesday after the Company reported an 8.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in its net profit at Rs 2,009 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal year (Q2FY21). The company had logged a profit of Rs 1,848 crore in the year-ago period. Total sales (revenue) of the company increased 16 per cent during the quarter to Rs 11,442 crore, against Rs 9,852 crore in the year-ago period. The board also declared an interim dividend of Rs 14 per share. The record date for the purpose of determining the entitlement for payment of the interim dividend is fixed as October 29, 2020. HUL’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the quarter came at Rs 2,869 crore, which registered a 17 per cent on-year growth. Read more

HCL Tech Q2 profit rises 18.5% to Rs 3,142 crore, share price falls post Q2 result

Friday, October 16, 2020
HCL Technologies share price fell 4.4 % to Rs 821 apiece on BSE after the IT company announced July-September quarter results. HCL Tech Q2 net profit came at Rs 3,142 crore in July-September quarter, rising 18.5 per cent year on year and up 7.4 per cent on a sequential basis. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2,651 crore in the corresponding period of the last year. Revenue for the quarter rose 6.1 per cent YoY to Rs 18,594 crore compared with Rs 17,528 crore sales the company reported in the year-ago quarter. The operating margin of the IT services provider improved 110 basis points sequentially to 21.6 per cent in the July-September period—a 22-quarter high. The dollar revenue growth stood at 6.4% at 2,507 million and the company posted constant currency revenue growth at 4.5 per cent. The company has also declared an interim dividend of Rs 4 per equity share of Rs 2 each for FY21. The company has signed 15 transformational deals in the quarter ended September 2020 Read more