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Profit before interest, tax and other unallocable items (PBIT) has jumped 1,491.19% to Rs 118.79 crore. PBIT of Paper and Paper Board segment rose 2,057.19% to Rs 116.53 crore (accounting for 98.10% of total PBIT). PBIT of Telecommunication Cable segment rose 15.89% to Rs 2.36 crore (accounting for 1.99% of total PBIT). PBIT of Others reported loss of Rs 0.10 crore compared to profit of Rs 0.03 crore.

PBIT margin of Paper and Paper Board segment rose from 0.97% to 13.92%. PBIT margin of Telecommunication Cable segment fell from 9.76% to 6.79%. PBIT margin of Others segment fell from 75.00% to 782.03%. Overall PBIT margin rose from 1.30% to 13.62%.

Other income rose 101.11% to Rs 10.86 crore. PBIDT rose 165.41% to Rs 171.11 crore. Provision for interest fell 45.99% to Rs 11.58 crore.

PBDT rose 270.74% to Rs 159.53 crore. Provision for depreciation fell 5.92% to Rs 53.72 crore.

Profit before tax reported profit of Rs 105.81 crore compared to loss of Rs 14.07 crore. Share of profit/loss were nil in both the periods. Provision for tax was debit of Rs 17.39 crore, compared to credit of Rs 9.31 crore. Effective tax rate was 16.44% compared to 66.17%.

Consolidated net sales has increased 76.70% to Rs 2310.3 crore. Sales of Paper and Paper Board segment has gone up 76.10% to Rs 2,206.31 crore (accounting for 95.50% of total sales). Sales of Telecommunication Cable segment has gone up 90.40% to Rs 103.75 crore (accounting for 4.49% of total sales). Sales of Others segment rose 40.41% to Rs 0.24 crore (accounting for 0.01% of total sales).

PBIT of Paper and Paper Board reported profit of Rs 261.79 crore compared to loss of Rs 65.10 crore. PBIT of Telecommunication Cable segment rose 29.88% to Rs 7.85 crore (accounting for 2.91% of total PBIT). PBIT of Others reported profit of Rs 0.00 crore compared to loss of Rs 0.02 crore.

PBIT margin of Paper and Paper Board segment rose from negative 5.20% to 11.87%. PBIT margin of Telecommunication Cable segment fell from 11.09% to 7.56%. PBIT margin of Others segment rose from negative 10.90% to 0.08%. Overall PBIT margin rose from 4.52% to 11.67%.

Other income rose 113.47% to Rs 36.44 crore. PBIDT rose 310.31% to Rs 438.83 crore. Provision for interest fell 31.16% to Rs 41.3 crore.

PBDT rose 746.53% to Rs 397.53 crore. Provision for depreciation fell 4.73% to Rs 159.95 crore.

Promoters’ stake was 56.47% as of 31 December 2021 ,compared to 56.20% as of 31 December 2020 .

West Coast Paper Mills: Consolidated Segment Results
Sales	% to total	2112 (3)	2012 (3)	Var. (%)	% to total	2112 (9)	2012 (9)	Var. (%)	% to total	2103 (12)
Paper & Paper Board	96	837.41	555.19	51	95	2206.31	1252.84	76	96	2163.40
Telecommunication Cables	4	34.78	20.88	67	4	103.75	54.49	90	4	80.95
Others	0	0.01	0.04	-64	0	0.24	0.17	40	0	0.17
Total Reportable Segment	100	872.20	576.11	51	100	2310.30	1307.50	77	100	2244.53
Less: Inter segment revenues
Net sales		872.20	576.11	51		2310.30	1307.50	77		2244.53
PBIT
Paper & Paper Board	98	116.53	5.40	2057	97	261.79	-65.10	-502	84	43.32
Telecommunication Cables	2	2.36	2.04	16	3	7.85	6.04	30	16	8.04
Others	0	-0.10	0.03	-479	0	0.00	-0.02	-102	0	-0.09
Total	100	118.79	7.47	1491	100	269.63	-59.08	-556	100	51.27
Less: Interest		11.58	21.44	-46		41.30	59.99	-31		70.11
Add: Other un-allcoable		-1.40	-0.10	1292		9.24	-1.87	-594		-3.32
PBT		105.81	-14.08	-852		237.57	-120.94	-296		-22.16
Add EO Income							-4.01			-4.01
PBT after Share of profit from JV		105.81	-14.08			237.57	-124.95			-26.17
Figures in Rs crore
Source: Capitaline Corporate Database