Deepak Nitrite's Q4 net profit jumps 68% to Rs 16 crore

MUMBAI: Deepak Nitrite said its net profit soared by 68 per cent to Rs 15.86 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2014.

The company's net profit stood at Rs 9.42 crore in the same period last year.

The company's sales increased by 16 per cent to Rs 360.61 crore in Q4 FY14 as compared to Rs 310.52 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, a company statement said.

The company's net profit jumped by 20 per cent to Rs 38.32 crore and sales by 25 per cent to Rs 1,269.63 crore in FY14.

In line with Deepak Nitrite's focus on shareholders value creation, the board of directors has recommended 1:5 stock split and issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1, along with the recommended dividend of 100 per cent, the statement said.

"FY14 has been an encouraging year for DNL with continued strong growth in revenues driven by higher volumes, improved realisations and deeper customer engagements.

"This has led to benefits from operating leverage which, combined with efforts to improve the product mix and augment overall business efficiencies, have helped to enhance the profitability profile of the established business," said Vice Chairman & Managing Director Deepak Mehta.

Trends in end-user industries have been favourable resulting in either volume growth or improvements in pricing across several key products, he said.

"The outlook for the business looks highly promising. To optimise capacity, we are implementing production enhancement initiatives at all existing facilities. The Dahej plant is progressing as expected and the realignment of our business into strategic business units (SBU's) will be complete in FY15," Mehta said.