Jewellery and watchmaker Titan Company on November 4 reported a year-on-year growth of 33 percent in its standalone profit after tax at Rs 857 crore for the September quarter, higher than analysts' expectations of Rs 713 crore.
The Tata group company recorded a net profit of Rs 641 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.
Standalone revenue grew 21.8 percent YoY to Rs 8,730 crore from Rs 7,170 crore. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) jumped 29.4 percent to Rs 1,234 crore from Rs 954 crore in the year-ago quarter.
EBITDA margins expanded to 14.1 percent from 13.3 percent YoY.
"Despite an uncertain macro environment, the current festive season starting from the end of September month and continuing till the end of October has been quite positive and the consumer confidence remains upbeat," managing director CK Venkataraman said.
The company clocked a retail growth of 17-19 percent in larger business divisions—jewellery, watches & wearables and eyecare—over the previous year's festive season.
"We remain relentlessly focused on executing our growth plans in India and overseas and are optimistic about our performance in the remaining quarters of the current financial year," he added.
Segmental performance
The jewellery business registered an income of Rs 7,203 crore in Q2FY23, up from Rs 6,106 crore in Q2FY22 (excluding bullion sale), a growth of 18 percent.
The watches and wearables business reported an income of Rs 829 crore, registering a year-on-year growth of 21 percent growth.
The eyecare business reported a quarterly income of Rs 167 crore, a YoY jump of 4 percent.
The jewellery business' EBIT came in at Rs 1,103 crore, watches & wearables Rs 123 crore and eyecare at Rs 28 crore, the company said in an exchange filing.
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