Punj Lloyd Q1 PAT seen up 12% at Rs 4 cr

NEW DELHI: Punj Lloyd Ltd will be announcing its quarterly results on Tuesday. The company is expected to post a net profit of Rs 4 crore for the quarter ended June 2012, against a net loss of Rs 12 crore year-on-year (YoY), according to ET Now estimates.

Net sales are expected to have grown to Rs 2,685 crore, up 19 per cent, in the first quarter against Rs 2,248 crore YoY.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), the operations profitability measure of the company, are expected to inch up by 17 per cent to Rs 210 crore as against Rs 180 crore in the year-ago period.

Margins for the pharmaceutical major are seen at 7.8 per cent as compared to 8 per cent in the year-ago period.

Things to watch out for:

Revenue growth led by order book of company No major order bagged in Q1FY13 Higher interest costs to dent profits of the company