Siemens' fourth quarter profit is expected to be at Rs 205 crore against Rs 437 crore in year-ago period, according to average of estimates of analysts polled by CNBC-TV18. In Q4FY15, the company had an exceptional gain of Rs 366 crore.
Revenue is seen rising 1.2 percent to Rs 3,225 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 3,187 crore in same quarter last fiscal.
Analysts expect sedate growth in revenue on lower starting order backlog, which could keep the execution weak.
The engineering company follows October-September as its financial year.
Operating profit is likely to increase 50.9 percent year-on-year to Rs 332 crore and margin may expand 340 basis points to 10.3 percent in quarter ended September 2015.
Margin improvement may be due to cost rationalisation initiatives, higher indigenization, improved profitability in mobility and power & gas verticals, and lower base in last year.
In fact, margin has been consistently trending higher for Siemens, coming in at 2.2 percent June 2014, 6.9 percent in September 2014, 8.7 percent in December 2014, 9.4 percent in March 2015 and 10.7 percent in June 2015.
Key issues to watch out for would be management commentary on pick up of industrial capex, margin, order inflow environment across various industries and pace of execution.
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