CEATLTD · Automobile and Auto Components
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Could not run on this quarter: Headline vs core profit, Exceptional items that recur, Operating margin on the year, Depreciation falling, Finance cost rising, Swing to loss or profit, Cash behind the profit, Receivables against sales, Inventory against sales, Borrowing while holding cash, Auditor's review or audit report, IPO money used as stated, Related-party transactions, Exits, postponements, restatements, Promoter pledges and allotments, Earlier promises against delivery, When the results were filed. Most need the filing read (balance sheet, cash flow, auditor, disclosures).
This quarter's filing carries a balance sheet and a cash flow statement. The cash, receivables and borrowing checks run once the filing read is in.
| Q3 FY24 | Q4 FY24 | Q1 FY25 | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 | Q4 FY26 | Q1 FY27 | Q2 FY27 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹2,963 cr | ₹2,992 cr | ₹3,193 cr | ₹3,305 cr | ₹3,300 cr | ₹3,421 cr | ₹3,529 cr | ₹3,773 cr | ₹4,157 cr | ₹4,219 cr | ₹4,318 cr | ₹4,762 cr |
| YoY | — | — | — | +8% | +11% | +14% | +11% | +14% | +26% | +23% | +22% | +26% |
| EBITDA margin | 14.1% | 13.1% | 12.0% | 11.0% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 13.3% | 13.5% | 14.1% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Other income, % of PBT | 1% | −40% | 7% | 2% | 2% | −26% | 1% | 2% | −24% | 5% | −3% | −5% |
| Exceptional items | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tax rate | 24% | 33% | 27% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 31% | 30% | — | 31% |
| Net profit | ₹181 cr | ₹102 cr | ₹154 cr | ₹121 cr | ₹97.0 cr | ₹99.0 cr | ₹112 cr | ₹186 cr | ₹155 cr | ₹244 cr | ₹4.0 cr | ₹112 cr |
| YoY | — | — | — | −42% | −46% | −3% | −27% | +54% | +60% | +146% | −96% | −40% |
| Core profit YoY | — | — | — | −39% | −44% | −16% | −19% | +52% | +116% | +100% | −79% | −27% |
| EPS | ₹44.87 | ₹26.84 | ₹38.11 | ₹30.13 | ₹24.01 | ₹24.60 | ₹27.69 | ₹45.98 | ₹38.51 | ₹60.32 | ₹0.99 | ₹27.69 |
| Flags | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Each quarter is read with the same rules. Balance-sheet and cash checks run on half-year and annual quarters; filing-read checks run where a read exists.
Ceat Ltd. reported revenue of ₹2,992 cr (— on the year) and net profit of ₹102 cr (— on the year) for January to March 2024.
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