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  • Q1-2016: Marico marketing spends at Rs 197.52 crore

    Q1-2016: Marico marketing spends at Rs 197.52 crore

    BENGALURU:Indian consumer products in beauty and wellness space company Marico Limited (Marico) spent 2.8 per cent more towards advertisement and sales promotion (ASP, marketing spends) during the quarter ended 30 June, 2015 (Q1-2016) at Rs 197.52 crore (11.1 per cent of total income from operations or TIO) as compared to the Rs 192.18 crore (11.8 per cent of TIO) in Q1-2015 and was 44 per cent more than the Rs 137.15 crore (11.2 per cent of TIO) in the immediate trailing quarter.

    Notes: 100,00,000=100 Lakhs = 1 crore = 10 million

    During a 14 quarter period starting Q4-2012 until the current quarter, the company reported record TIO for the current quarter at Rs 1783.22 crore, which was 9.9 per cent higher YoY than the Rs 1623.13 crore in Q1-2015 and 45.4 per cent more than the Rs 1226.25 crore in the immediate trailing quarter (Ref Fig B below). The company says that its topline growth was driven by sixper cent volume growth in India leading to overall volume growth of fiveper cent. Marico’s Domestic business recorded a value growth of 12 per cent while the International business posted a growth of fourper cent.

    Company speak

    Marico in its Q1-2016 earnings release says that market share gains continue in approximately 80 per cent of its portfolio; almost the entire domestic portfolio gained share. Marico’s FMCG business in India achieved a turnover of RS 1,428 crore ($227 million) during the quarter, a growth of about 12 period over Q1-2015. The Business continues to gain market share in more than 95 per centof the portfolio reveals the company.

    The company says that it has seen healthy volume growth in key categories in India: Parachute Rigids- eightper cent and Value Added Hair Oils (VAHO) 14 per cent with a continued premiumization in VAHO in India with higher share gain in value (230 bps) as compared to volume (124 bps). The company has four Prototypes in the market – three in Value Added Hair Oils and one in Leave-in Conditioners to fuel premiumization of hair nourishment portfolio. These prototypes will be scaled up based on prototype results.

    Marketing spends

    Marketing spends in Q1-2016 have been the highest during the fourteen quarter period under consideration in terms of absolute rupees. In terms of percentage of TIO, ASP was highest in Q3-2013 at 14.1 per cent of TIO (Rs 157.82 crore). While in absolute rupees, ASP shows a linearly increasing trend during the 14 quarters under consideration, in terms of percentage TIO, the trend declines linearly during the same period. Please refer to Figs. A and A-1 below.

    Profit after Tax

    Marico’s TIO numbers have been mentioned above. During the period under consideration in this report, the company has reported the highest profit after tax (PAT) in the current quarter at Rs 237.83 crore (13.3 per cent of TIO), which was 28.4 per cent more than the Rs 185.28 crore (11.4 per cent of TIO) in Q1-2015 and was more than double (2.16 times) the Rs 110.04 crore (nineper cent of TIO) in Q4-2015.

  • Film segment helps Tips report PAT in Q3

    Film segment helps Tips report PAT in Q3

    BENGALURU: Tips Industries Limited’s film distribution and production segment has reported operating profit of Rs 7.14 crore in Q3-2014, after losses in the first two quarters, helping the company report a net profit of Rs 6.38 crore in the third quarter.

     

    The film segment had last reported operating profit of Rs 13.95 crore in Q4-2013. In Q2-2014, the film segment reported operating loss of Rs 19.6 crore, which completely wiped the operating profit generated by Tips Audio segment and resulted in a net loss of Rs 22.32 crore for the company.

     

    In Q3-2013, the film segment had reported operating loss of Rs 2.08 crore, while the company had reported a PAT of Rs 0.63 crore. 

     

    The company’s audio products segment also reported operating profit of Rs 5.47 crore in the current quarter, which was 17.6 per cent lower than the Rs 6.63 crore in Q3-2013 and 55.6 per cent more than the Rs 3.51 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Let us look at the other figures reported by Tips for Q3-2014 

     

    Total operating income in Q3-2014 at Rs 43.59 crore was 5.2 times the Rs 8.68 crore operating income in Q3-2013 and 1.4 per cent more than the Rs 42.99 crore in Q2-2014. 

     

    Total expense for Q3-2014 at Rs 34.52 crore was 5.22 times the Rs 6.62 crore in Q3-2013 and 45 per cent lower than the Rs 62.67 crore in Q2-2014. 

     

    The company’s major cost head is cost of production/distribution of films. The company spent Rs 28.38 crore towards this head in Q3-2014, which was 23.44 times the Rs 1.21 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year and (47) per cent lower than the Rs 53.44 crore in Q2-2014.

     

    Finance cost of Rs 3.04 crore for Q3-2013 was 2.59 times the Rs 1.18 crore in Q3-2013 and 2.1 per cent more than the Rs 2.98 crore in Q2-2013. 

     

    Tips audio segment operating income for Q3-2014 at Rs 7.08 crore was (15.6) per cent less than the Rs 8.39 crore in Q3-2013 9.2 per cent more than the Rs 6.48 crore in Q2-2014. 

     

    The company’s film segment reported income of Rs 36.5075 crore, almost the same as the Rs 36.5085 crore in the immediate trailing quarter. This segment had reported no income in Q3-2013.

     

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  • Q3-2014: Zee Learn reports nominal YTD profit

    Q3-2014: Zee Learn reports nominal YTD profit

    BENGALURU: The Essel Group’s education company – Zee Learn reported a nominal net profit of Rs 0.403 crore during the nine month period (YTD) ended December 31, 2013 as compared to a loss of Rs (-13.87) crore during the corresponding nine month period of the last fiscal. Operating revenue during the nine month period ended December 31, 2013 was up 25.91 per cent to Rs 80.13 crore from Rs 63.65 crore for period ended December 31, 2012.

     

    However, Zee Learn reported a loss of Rs (-3.38) crore during Q3-2014, albeit lower when compared to a loss of Rs (-8.01) crore in Q3-2013 and a profit of Rs 0.5353 crore in the immediate trailing quarter. The company reported operating revenue of Rs 22.7 crore which was 19.27 per cent lower than the Rs 28.12 crore in Q3-2013 and 5.05 per cent lower than the Rs 23.91 crore during Q2-2014.

     

    Let us look at the other Q3-2013 figures reported by Zee Learn…

     

    During the nine month period ended December 31, 2013, the company’s expense at Rs 77.27 crore was 3.59 per cent more than the Rs 74.59 crore during the corresponding period of last year. The company spent a whopping 70.78 per cent more towards purchase of education goods and television content during the nine month period of 2014 at Rs 27.29 crore as compared to the Rs 16.27 crore in the corresponding nine month period of last year.

     

    Zee Learn reported 14.64 per cent lower total expense of Rs 24 crore for Q3-2014 as compared to the Rs 28.12 crore for Q3-2013 and 7.57 per cent more than the Rs 22.31 crore during the immediate trailing quarter. An increase in stock in trade brought down the total expense by Rs 3.5 crore during Q3-2014. The corresponding reduction brought to the total expense by increase in stock in trade during Q3-2013 and Q2-2014 was Rs 1.10 crore and Rs 0.95 crore respectively.

     

    Zee Learn spent 26.63 per cent more towards purchase of education goods and television content in Q3-2013 at Rs 9.66 crore as compared to the Rs 7.63 crore in Q3-2013 and 65.05 per cent more than the Rs 5.85 crore in Q2-2014.

     

    The company paid 37 per cent higher finance cost in Q3-2014 at Rs 2.13 crore as compared to the Rs 1.55 crore in Q3-2013 and 42.84 per cent more than the Rs 1.49 crore in Q2-2014. During the nine month period of the current year, Zee Learn paid 25.57 per cent more towards finance charges at Rs 5.17 crore as compared to the Rs 4.11 crore during the corresponding period of last fiscal.

     

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