NTPC Limited on May 20 reported a 14 percent growth in consolidated net profit of Rs 5,167 crore in the fourth quarter of FY2021-22 as against Rs 4,542 crore recorded a year ago. On a sequential basis, the profit increased 14.8 percent from Rs 4,499 crore earned during the October–December period.
Consolidated revenue for the state-owned utility major rose 23 percent on-year to Rs 37,085 crore from Rs 30,103 crore in the year-ago quarter. On a sequential basis, the revenue is 11.4 percent higher from Rs 33,293 crore recorded in the previous quarter.
The growth was aided by higher average realizations during the quarter.
For the full year period from April – March 2022, the consolidated PAT witnessed a growth of 14 percent to Rs 16,676 crore from the profit of Rs 14,635 crore achieved during FY21.
Consolidated revenues for FY22 jumped 19 percent to Rs 1,32,669 crore from the revenues of Rs 1,11,531 crore for last year.
Business Performance
Revenue for the generation business grew by 20.3 percent on year to Rs 36,211 crore registering a sequential growth of 11.3 percent. For the full year period, the revenues for the business have jumped 17.4 percent to Rs 1,29,042 crore.
EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) for the generation business grew 47 percent on year and 8 percent on quarter to Rs 8,357 crore. For FY22, the business generated an EBITDA of Rs 29,850 crore with a growth of 7 percent
Revenue from other businesses rose 7 percent on year and 19.3 percent on quarter to Rs 2,830 crore for the reported quarter. For the full year, other business revenues came in higher by 13.4 percent to Rs 10,247 crore.
Its EBITDA for the quarter was Rs 199 crore compared to a loss of Rs 183 crore in the year ago period. Sequentially the EBITDA declined by 12 percent. For FY21, the EBITDA stood at 677 crore compared to Rs 101 crore in FY21.
Installed Capacity
NTPC added 3,152 mega watts (MW) of new capacity during the year thereby taking its total installed capacity 68,962 MW.
Dividend
The company has recommended the final dividend of Rs 3 per equity share for the financial year 2021-22, which is in addition to the interim dividend of Rs 4 per equity share for the financial year 2021-22 paid in February 2022.
NTPC ended Rs 1.6 higher at Rs 149.6 on May 20 at the National Stock Exchange. The stock has gained 33.8 percent during the past one year and is down 6.8 percent during the past one month.
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