Amara Raja Batteries on Saturday said its consolidated net profit after tax rose by 38% to Rs 1.9 bn for the fourth quarter ended March 2021. This was on the back of robust sales across business verticals.
The company had reported a net profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 1.4 bn for the January-March quarter of 2019-20.
For the entire fiscal year 2020-21, the company posted a net profit after tax of Rs 6.5 bn as compared to Rs 6.6 bn in FY20.
On a consolidated basis, profit before tax (PBT) for the quarter under review stood at Rs 2.6 bn, up 44.4% year-on-year (YoY), compared to Rs 1.8 bn in the same period last year.
The company's PBT stood at Rs 8.7 bn for the year ended 31 March 2021, up 3.6% from Rs 8.4 bn in FY20.
Amara Raja Batteries reported 33% YoY growth in consolidated sales revenues for the March-21 quarter at Rs 21 bn as against Rs 15.8 bn for the same period a year ago.
On a sequential basis, the top line income was up by 7.3%, compared to Rs 19.6 bn in the December 20 quarter.
Net revenue from operations for the last fiscal year 2021 rose to Rs 71.5 bn as against Rs 68.4 bn in 2019-20.
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Operating profits for the March 21 quarter were up 36.6% on a YoY basis at Rs 2.3 bn, largely on the back of better inventory management resulting in less funds locked up in the working capital cycle. This more than offset the rise in input prices that the company faced.
On a sequential basis, the operating profits were up by just about 0.7% compared to December FY21.
Amara Raja Batteries recorded an impressive revenue growth in the last quarter of FY21, which was aided by strong volume growth in both automotive and industrial applications across all customer segments.
These sectors witnessed better than expected demand in the last two quarters of the last financial year, resulting in emerging industry needs and a stronger market demand.
Consequently, Amara Raja has been keeping manufacturing operations at the optimum capacity utilisation levels while following strict employee health and safety measures, in the Covid second wave.
| Particulars (Rs in bn) | Q4FY21 | Q4FY20 | Growth | FY21 | FY20 | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue From Operations | 21 | 15.8 | 33.0% | 71.5 | 68.4 | 4.5% |
| Profit Before Tax (PBT) | 2.6 | 1.8 | 44.4% | 8.7 | 8.4 | 3.6% |
| Profit After Tax (PAT) | 1.9 | 1.4 | 38.0% | 6.5 | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| EPS in Rs | 11.1 | 8 | 37.9% | 37.9 | 38.7 | -2.1% |
Commenting on the results, Mr Jayadev Galla, Vice Chairman and MD, Amara Raja Batteries, said,
Mr Galla further explained,
The company's board of the directors has recommended a final dividend of Rs 6 per equity share (representing 600%) on face value of Re 1 each for the financial year 2020-21.
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Back in February 2021, Amara Raja Batteries, India's second-largest automotive battery maker, opened the country's maiden technology hub to develop lithium-ion cells, at its Tirupati facility in Andhra Pradesh.
The advanced lithium-ion technology research hub, the pilot project located at its headquarters in Tirupati, will become the country's first lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in the private sector over the next few years.
The company has a technology transfer agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since early 2019.
It has already invested Rs 200 m into the hub, excluding technology transfer and bidding fees paid to the ISRO in January 2019 when the company along with nine others won competitive bids from the national space agency.
The 10 companies that got the tech license are Amara Raja, Bharat Electronics Pune, Carborundum Universal Kochi, Exicom Tele-Systems Gurgaon, GOCL Corporation Hyderabad, Jyoti CNC Automation Rajkot, Nalcom Bhubaneswar, Sukhbir Agro Energy Delhi, Tata Chemicals, and Thermax.
Shares of Amara Raja Batteries opened the day at Rs 800.1 on the BSE and Rs 801.9 on the NSE.
At the time of writing, the company's shares were trading up by 0.2% on the BSE.
At its current price, it is trading at a P/E of 15.1.
The share touched its 52-week high of Rs 1,025 and 52-week low of Rs 536.4 on 15 January 2021 and 24 May 2020, respectively.
Over the last 30 days, the Amara Raja Batteries share price is down 1.1%. Over the last one year, the company's share price is up 39.1%.
Amara Raja Batteries is the technology leader and one of the largest manufacturers of lead acid batteries for both industrial and automotive applications in the Indian storage battery industry.
In India, Amara Raja is the preferred supplier to major telecom service providers, telecom equipment manufacturers, the UPS sector (OEM & replacement), Indian railways and to the power, oil & gas, among other industry segments.
Amara Raja's industrial battery brands comprise PowerStack, AmaronVolt, and Quanta.
It's a leading manufacturer of automotive batteries under the brands Amaron and Powerzone TM, which are distributed through a large pan-India sales and service retail network.
The company supplies automotive batteries under original equipment (OE) relationships to Ashok Leyland, Ford India, Honda, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, and Tata Motors.
Also, the company's industrial and automotive batteries are exported to countries in the Indian Ocean Rim.
For more details about the company, you can have a look at Amara Raja Batteries factsheet and quarterly results on our website.
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