Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on January 24 reported consolidated net profit of Rs 9,224.85 crore for the third quarter of financial year 2023-24, a multi-fold increase from Rs 890.28 crore reported last year. Healthier marketing margins from last year helped the company book profits in the quarter under review.
However, Indian Oil's net profit declined 33 percent sequentially, as it posted a profit of Rs 13,713.08 crore for the July-September quarter. Profit slipped in Q3 from last quarter amid large inventory losses and sharp decline in diesel cracks.
The state-run oil marketing company beat market estimates as its revenue from operations came in at Rs 2.26 lakh crore in Q3, compared to Rs 2.05 lakh crore in the previous quarter. However, its revenue declined 2.6 percent from last year.
IOCL’s average gross refining margin (GRM) for the first nine months of FY24 was $13.26 per barrel, as against $21.08 during the corresponding period last year, the company said in a stock exchange filing. The core GRM or the current price GRM for the period April - December 2023 after offsetting inventory loss/ gain comes to $11.73 per bbl, said Indian Oil.
The country’s largest oil refiner and retailer’s petroleum EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) was Rs 12,100 crore in the third quarter, compared to Rs 1,971 crore in the same period last year. Meanwhile, the petchem segment posted loss of Rs 196.21 crore in Q3FY24, compared to loss of Rs 616.38 crore in Q3FY23.
In the quarter, the company’s domestic product sales remained flat at 23.328 million metric tonnes (MMT), as against 23.170 MMT last year.
Indian Oil’s refinery throughput and pipeline throughput was 18.502 MMT and 25.212 MMT respectively during the quarter.
At 2:46 pm, IOCL shares were trading at Rs 144.60 a piece on the BSE, four percent higher than previous day’s close.
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