Minority interest was nil in both the periods. Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 0.26% to Rs 39.00 crore. Sales of Pumps segment has gone up 15.06% to Rs 351.40 crore (accounting for 81.36% of total sales). Sales of Valves segment has gone up 27.58% to Rs 80.50 crore (accounting for 18.64% of total sales). Inter-segment sales rose Rs 0.40 crore to Rs 0.60 crore.
Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 8.48% to Rs 48.60 crore. PBIT of Pumps segment rose 1.24% to Rs 40.80 crore (accounting for 83.95% of total PBIT). PBIT of Valves segment rose 73.33% to Rs 7.80 crore (accounting for 16.05% of total PBIT).
PBIT margin of Pumps segment fell from 13.20% to 11.61%. PBIT margin of Valves segment rose from 7.13% to 9.69%. Overall PBIT margin fell from 12.16% to 11.25%.
Nine month performance
Consolidated net sales (including other operating income) of KSB has increased 23.24% to Rs 1297.4 crore. Sales of Pumps segment has gone up 22.25% to Rs 1,082.40 crore (accounting for 83.34% of total sales). Sales of Valves segment has gone up 28.43% to Rs 216.40 crore (accounting for 16.66% of total sales). Inter-segment sales rose Rs 1.20 crore to Rs 1.40 crore.
Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 18.91% to Rs 155.30 crore. PBIT of Pumps segment rose 16.47% to Rs 137.90 crore (accounting for 88.80% of total PBIT). PBIT of Valves segment rose 42.62% to Rs 17.40 crore (accounting for 11.20% of total PBIT).
PBIT margin of Pumps segment fell from 13.37% to 12.74%. PBIT margin of Valves segment rose from 7.24% to 8.04%. Overall PBIT margin fell from 12.39% to 11.96%.
Operating profit margin has declined from 14.53% to 13.10%, leading to 11.05% rise in operating profit to Rs 169.90 crore. Raw material cost as a % of total sales (net of stock adjustments) increased from 45.85% to 47.93%. Purchase of finished goods cost rose from 8.38% to 9.55%. Employee cost decreased from 13.98% to 12.78%. Other expenses fell from 18.06% to 17.43%.
Other income rose 31.37% to Rs 33.5 crore. PBIDT rose 13.95% to Rs 203.4 crore. Provision for interest rose 16.13% to Rs 3.6 crore.
PBDT rose 13.91% to Rs 199.8 crore. Provision for depreciation rose 2.46% to Rs 33.3 crore.
Profit before tax grew 16.52% to Rs 166.50 crore. Share of profit/loss was 27.27% higher at Rs 5.6 crore. Provision for tax was expense of Rs 45.3 crore, compared to Rs 37.3 crore. Effective tax rate was 26.32% compared to 25.32%.
Minority interest was nil in both the periods. Net profit attributable to owners of the company increased 15.27% to Rs 126.80 crore.
Promoters’ stake was 66.69% as of 30 September 2022 ,compared to 66.69% as of 30 September 2021 .