• Downside in revenue was largely due to sharp fall in revenue of Machine solutions. Hard Metal and Hand Metal Products (HMHM Products) registered a segment revenue of Rs 169.90 crore, a fall of just 1%. Share of HMHM to topline stood at 86%. However the segment revenue of Machine solutions was down by 40% to Rs 27.20 crore (or 14% of sales).
  
• The EBIT was down by 23% to Rs 26 crore hit by lower profit from machine solutions. Despite marginal fall in revenue the HMHM products segment registered 11% growth in segment profit to Rs 24.80 crore driven by 160 bps expansion in margin to 14.6%. However the segment profit of machine solutions was down by sharp 89% to RS 1.20 crore hit by both sharp fall in sales as well as 2070 bps crash in segment margin to 4.4%.

Yearly performance

Sales was lower by 25% to Rs705.00 crore and that together with 530 bps erosion in OPM to 10.1% dragged the OP down by 51% to Rs 70.90 crore. After accounting for higher OI, higher interest and higher depreciation the PBT was down by 63% to Rs 47.20 crore. EO was an expense of Rs 5.10 crore compared to nil in the corresponding previous period. Thus the PBT after EO was down by 67% to Rs 42.10 crore. With taxation stand down by 81% to Rs 9.20 crore, the PAT was down by 58% to Rs 32.90 crore. With PPT stand lower by 91% to Rs 1.0 crore, the net profit was lower by 63% to Rs33.90 crore.

Segment profit of HMHM was down by 53% to Rs 47.40 crore with its sales down by 28% to Rs 428.10 crore and segment margin crash by 570 bps to 11.1%. However the segment profit of machine solutions more than doubled (up 135%) to Rs 30.60 crore with its sales was up by 30% to Rs 126.00 crore and segment margin jump by whopping 1090 bps to 24.3%.