Adani Power Q4 PAT seen up 14% at Rs 199 cr

Adani Power is expected to report a growth of 14% year-on-year in its standalone profit after tax of Rs 199 crore for the fourth quarter of FY12, according to CNBC-TV18 poll.

Net sales are seen going up by 62% to Rs 1,390 crore from Rs 856 crore year-on-year.

EBITDA is likely to go up by 18% to Rs 606 crore from Rs 512 crore during the same period.

Operating profit margin is expected to fall at 43.60% in January-March quarter of 2012 versus 59.90% in a year ago period.

Q4FY12 expectations

- Expect PAT growth to be impacted by higher coal costs

- Bottomline growth to also be impacted by high interest costs

- Topline growth to be driven by growth in generation on the back of more than 2 times capacity YoY

- Higher merchant sales and better volumes to also drive top line growth