Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) reported good numbers this quarter. In an interview to CNBCTV18's Ashmit Kumar, MK Surana, CMD of the company spoke about the factors that led to the company's growing profit after tax (PAT) figures as far as Q4 is concerned.

HPCL Q4 PAT may dip 35.5% to Rs 1020 cr: HDFC Securities

Net Sales are expected to increase by 15.3 percent Q-o-Q (up 32.7 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 55990 crore, according to HDFC Securities. HPCL to report net profit at 1020 crore down 35.5% quarter-on-quarter.

Oil mkt over-supplied, prices may not rise significantly: HPCL

The decision of the OPEC countries to cut output in an effort to reduce global glut has created ripples in the oil market. But, HPCL's Chief, MK Surana believes prices will not rise substantially.

HPCL Q3 PAT seen up 123.1% to Rs 1564.6 cr: Motilal Oswal

Net Sales are expected to increase by 2.9 percent Q-o-Q (down 0.4 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 43258.9 crore, according to Motilal Oswal.

Catching up with private players will take some time: HPCL chief

In conversation with CNBC-TV18, MK Surana, CMD of the company, says HPCL witnessed an inventory loss of of $1 per barrel.

HPCL Q2 PAT seen down 65.9% to Rs 714.8 cr: Religare

Net Sales are expected to increase by 2.5 percent Q-o-Q (up 9.3 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 45891.8 crore, according to Religare.

Hiking kerosene price by 50p/L every month, says HPCL CMD Surana

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, MK Surana, CMD of HPCL said that the first quarter GRM does not include inventory gains.

Plan to expand Vizag, Mumbai refineries on track: HPCL

The company plans to grow both Visakhapatnam (Vizag) and Mumbai refineries. The Vizag expansion plant is already work in progress, said MK Surana, Chairman and Managing Director, HPCL.

Experts divided on growth for HPCL in future quarters

Gaurang Shah, VP, Geojit BNP Paribas is very happy with the company‘s Q1 performance and said the good set of numbers are due to the free pricing policy of petrol and diesel.

HPCL Q1 profit seen up 6% at Rs 1646 cr: Motilal Oswal

Sales are expected to increase by 0.1 percent Q-o-Q (down 18.4 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 42181.5 crore, according to Motilal Oswal.

Eyeing robust capex of Rs 6300 crore in FY17: HPCL

The company has robust capex plans of around Rs 6300 crore for FY17. Both the Mumbai and Visakhapatnam refineries will go in for expansion, said MK Surana, Chairman and Managing Director, HPCL.

OMCs rally, BPCL at record high; Analysts bet on GRM recovery

Entire oil marketing companies (OMCs) pack is buzzing on buyers' radar today with IOC and HPCL rising 7 and 8 percent respectively.

HPCL Q4 profit seen up 17% at Rs 1216 cr, GRM may fall

Lack of inventory losses may support bottomline but that may partially offset by lower refining margins. Gross refining margin is likely to decline at USD 5.8 a barrel against USD 7.9 a barrel in Q3.

Expect Q4 revenue to grow 6.3% for India Inc: Emkay Global

Emkay expects Eicher Motor, HPCL, BPCL, Bajaj Auto, Eclerx and IOC to report a positive set of earnings on the back of the recent fall in oil commodity prices.

IOC, HPCL, BPCL top picks post Q3; Q4 to be strong: Jefferies

Jefferies says India state-owned OMCs remain top picks in the oil & gas sector as it believes consensus and market is under-estimating earnings potential of these companies in a low crude price environment. Recently International benchmark Brent touched 12-year low at around USD 27 a barrel.

HPCL Q1 profit seen at Rs 1050cr, forex loss may Rs 200 cr

Operating profit (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) may jump to Rs 2,100 crore in June quarter against Rs 590 crore in the corresponding quarter of last fiscal.

Sunshine stocks! Few positive surprises seen in weak Q1

Amid generally weak sales performance, sectors that are likely be stronger are IT (14 percent), pharma (12 percent), media & entertainment (12 percent) and retail (10 percent), says Emkay.

HPCL Q4 profit may slip 68% to Rs 1,479.4 cr: Poll

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is likely to report a profit of Rs 1,479.4 crore in March quarter, down 67.9 percent compared to Rs 4,609.2 crore in the year-ago period, according to a CNBC-TV18 poll.

HPCL Q2 net may dip 83.1% at Rs 54 cr: Motilal Oswal

Sales are expected to decrease by 15.5 percent Q-o-Q (down 3.7 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 49959.9 crore, according to Motilal Oswal.

HPCL Q2 profit seen down 6% to Rs 300 cr: Poll

Net sales are seen going up by 9 percent to Rs 57,250 crore in the second quarter of current financial year 2014-15 from Rs 52,525 crore in corresponding quarter of last fiscal driven by higher sales volume and nil under recovery.

HPCL Q2 under recoveries at Rs 14,060 cr

The company announced EBITDA at Rs 1,014 crore against Rs 3,244 crore y-o-y. Operating margin stood at 2 percent versus 6.6 percent.

Hindustan Petroleum's Q4 earnings: Key factors to watch

Hindustan Petroleum is expected to post around 43%YoY jump in Q4 profit on improved GRMs.

RIL can face pressure in Q1, bullish on ONGC: Religare Cap

Post Reliance Industries Q4 result, Ballabh Modani of Religare Capital Markets feels that as its numbers were lower than expected, the company‘s first quarter result will also be under pressure. “The fall has been pretty sharp, which will clearly be reflected in Q1 numbers," he said.

Find out: FMCG, pharma, Oil& Gas who will lead Q4 earnings?

The fourth quarter earnings will begin from Friday. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Varatharajan Sivasankaran of ICICI Securities outlined his expectations from stocks across various sectors.

BPCL, HPCL, IOC Q2: Analysts expect loss

Oil marketing companies like BPCL, IOC and HPCL will report their second quarter numbers today. Analysts on an average expect these companies to post a loss in the absence of government compensation.