Buoyed by strong sales, Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd today reported over 24 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 341.83 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
The company had reported a net profit of Rs 275.56 crore in July-September 2012-13 fiscal.
Net sales of the company jumped over 47 per cent to Rs 1,045.87 crore during Q2, 2013-14 vis-a-vis Rs 710.81 crore in the year-ago period, Adani Ports said in a filing to the BSE.
Q2 expenditure at Rs 576.73 crore amounted to 55.14 per cent of its net sales. Besides, its other income also increased to Rs 257.31 crore.
However, the company also reported over seven times rise in its finance outgo to Rs 411.66 crore compared with Rs 57.47 crore in Q2 last fiscal.
In a separate statement, Adani Ports said that its flagship Mundra port continues to be the number one domestic commercial port and recorded 21 per cent growth in cargo handling (at 24.62 million tonnes) during the second quarter.
Moreover, its consolidated cargo handling increased by 30 per cent to 28.08 mt.
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said: “With Mundra port firmly established as No 1 port of the country, we have continued our endeavour to maintain leadership position not only in volume and margin growth but also in implementing best practices... Our thrust is to create value for all our stakeholders on multi dimension.”
Adani Ports Chief Financial Officer B. Ravi said: “We have grown at a stupendous rate quarter-on-quarter. Our continuous focus has been to increase efficiency by optimising and improving the operations at our ports and the growth is a result of such focused effort.”
During the quarter, the company created a domestic record in coal handling by discharging over 1.51 lakh tonnes on September 10. Besides, it also surpassed Paradip port in terms of coal volume in six months by handling 17.87 mt in the first half of the current fiscal.
Cargo traffic at its Dahej and Hazira ports stood at 2.48 mt and 0.98 mt during the last quarter.
The company scrip ended at Rs 144.35 on the BSE, down 10.25 per cent.