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Punj Lloyd Q3 sales seen up 27.6% at Rs 2702.61 cr
Punj Lloyd is to announce its Q3FY09 numbers. According to CNBC-TV18 estimates, its Q3 profit after tax, PAT is seen going up at Rs 105 crore versus Rs 54.6 crore in same period of last year.
Punj Lloyd is to announce its Q3FY09 numbers. According to CNBC-TV18 estimates, its Q3 profit after tax, PAT is seen going up at Rs 105 crore versus Rs 54.6 crore in same period of last year.
The company's net sales are expected to go up by 27.6% at Rs 2702.61 crore versus Rs 2117.04 crore. Operating profit margin is seen improving at 9.8% versus 5%.
Note - profit estimate is higher only because of base effect.
Factors to watch
Operating margins to improve due to completion of legacy orders.
YoY growth in EBIDTA could be higher due to a lower base effect (Margins in Q3FY08 were depressed as the company took a Rs 68 crore write-off for losses pertaining to legacy orders in Sembawang)
Real benefit of falling commodity prices could come Q4 onwards since material procurement is on back to back basis post order win & majority orders have price related pass through clauses.
Order Flows
Order flows at Rs 1800 crore in Q3FY09 were lower by 56% YoY
International orders have also declined 57% in Q3
Total order book at around Rs 23000 crore executable over next 2 years.
In order to compensate for order slowdown in the current segment, it is exploring newer geographies
Shifting their focus to government-driven infrastructure projects.
By Tejal Badal, CNBC-TV18
