Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) average gross refining margin (GRM) came in at $7.86 per barrel in the first quarter of financial year 2024-25, falling from $12.64 per barrel in the last year, the company said in a press release on July 19.
Amid weak GRM of the state-run oil marketing company (OMC), BPCL reported a decline of 71 percent in its standalone net profit for the quarter at Rs 3,015 crore.
The company’s net profit was Rs 10,551 crore in the year-ago period. Meanwhile, revenue from operations of BPCL was nearly flat at Rs 1.28 lakh crore in Q1FY25.
The slump in profit was also on account of higher crude oil prices during the quarter. Crude oil prices climbed to around $90 per barrel in April amid the war between Israel and Iraq impacting the company’s marketing margins as well.
According to a Moneycontrol poll of seven brokerages, BPCL's consolidated net profit for the June quarter was expected at Rs 4,283 crore, down 60 percent sequentially and up 1.4 percent year-on-year. Consolidated revenue was projected at Rs 1.2 lakh crore, up 6.6 percent QoQ and 3.3 percent YoY.
On July 19, BPCL shares closed at Rs 303.80 apiece on BSE, down by 4.48 percent from previous day’s close.
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