Jubilant Foodworks Q2 PAT seen up 46% at Rs 35cr

Jubilant Foodworks is to announce it second quarter results. According to CNBC-TV18's estimates, the company's Q2FY13 total income is seen up 41% at Rs 340 crore versus Rs 240 crore, year-on-year, YoY.

Its EBITDA is seen up 43% at Rs 62 crore versus Rs 43.4 crore. Its EBITDA margins is seen at 18% versus 18.1% The company's PAT is seen up 46% at Rs 35 crore versus Rs 24 crore. Expectations - Healthy sales growth rate driven by pricing growth and store expansion - Margins to expand led by strong sales growth and leverage on employee costs and overheads - Like to like (LTL) sales growth would be ~25%, marginally higher than in 1QFY13 - Expect the company to add 25 new stores, taking the total to 514 stores. In August, the co. inaugurated its 500th store in Delhi - 3 Dunkin Donuts stores are under operation in New Delhi. The company plans to add 80-100 stores in India in the next 5years - General slowdown in consumer discretionary space could hamper same store sales growth.