The good, the bad & the ugly of Q4 earnings

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The score card is out and it's been a mixed bag. Amidst inflationary worries and volatile global cues, many bigwigs disappointed this quarter while others came out with flying colours.

While, biggies like Unitech and Lanco Infra from the real estate sector upset the street with much lower profit, some others like Reliance Infra, Sun Pharma, NMDC etc did spring up positive surprises.

Here's a quick glance into all the action coming from the results this season:

Good results

Neyveli Lignite 's Q4 profit before tax was at Rs 662 crore versus Rs 308 crore

NMDC 's Q4 profit after tax was up 97% at Rs.2,099 crore versus Rs.1,066 crore

Sun Pharma 's Q4 FY11 profit after tax was higher by 12% to Rs 442 crore versus Rs 394 crore

Pipavav Ship 's FY11 consolidated profit after tax was at Rs 43.7 crore versus loss at Rs 46 crore

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer 's Q4 FY 11 net profit was at Rs 137 crore versus net loss at Rs 38 crore

Apar 's FY11 consolidated profit after tax went up three times at Rs 95 crore versus Rs 24 crore

Gujarat State Chem & Fert 's Q4 FY 11 profit after tax was up 4.5 times at Rs 205 crore versus Rs 37 crore

Reliance Infra Q4 FY11 YoY profit after tax was up 51% at Rs.378 crore versus Rs 251crore

Bad results

Unitech 's Q4 (QoQ) profit was seen at 100 crore versus Rs 111 crore

Financial Tech 's Q4 FY 11 net loss was at Rs 117 crore versus net profit at Rs 44 crore

Lanco Infra 's Q4 FY11 profit after tax went down by 85% at Rs 17crore versus Rs 113 crore

Hindustan Dorr saw its Q4 FY 11 PAT down by 89% at Rs 1.4 crore versus Rs 12.8 crore
 
Mercator Lines reported FY 11 consolidated profit after tax was down 11% at Rs 47 crore versus Rs 53 crore

Anant Raj Ind 's Q4 FY11 (QoQ) net profit was Rs 30.63 crore versus Rs 50.3 crore

Reliance Mediaworks FY11 net loss stood at Rs 328 crore versus loss of Rs 143 crore

Hindustan Copper Q4 FY11 PAT down 34% at Rs.60.97crore versus Rs.91.74 crore

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