Kajaria Ceramics today reported a 47.79 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 58.75 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 39.75 crore for the same quarter a year ago.

Kajaria Ceramics follows July—June fiscal year.

The company’s net sales in the quarter under review rose to Rs 607.45 crore, up 13.42 per cent, from Rs 535.54 crore in the year—ago period, the company said in a BSE filing.

Its overall expenses stood at Rs 508.86 crore in the July—September quarter, up 7.89 per cent compared with Rs 471.64 crore in the same period a year ago.

The company’s scrip was trading in the afternoon at Rs 918.40 apiece, up 2.91 per cent, from its previous close on the BSE.