TVS Motor Q1 Net up 39.42% to Rs 72.32 crore

TVS Motor Company today reported a 39.42 percent increase in its standalone net profit to Rs 72.32 crore for the quarter ended June 30, on account of robust sales.

New Delhi: TVS Motor Company today reported a 39.42 percent increase in its standalone net profit to Rs 72.32 crore for the quarter ended June 30, on account of robust sales.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 51.87 crore during the April-June quarter last fiscal.

Net sales of the company increased by 30.05 percent to Rs 2263.21 crore for the quarter under review, as compared to Rs 1,740.19 crore in the same period a year ago, the company said in a filing to the BSE.

Total two-wheeler sales of the company grew 22 percent in the quarter to 5.59 lakh units as against 4.60 lakh units in the year-ago period.

Motorcycle sales rose 23 percent to 2.28 lakh units in the June quarter from 1.85 lakh units in the same period last year, the company said.

Scooter sales also increased to 55 percent during the months to 1.52 lakh units as compared to 0.98 lakh units a year ago.

Two and three wheeler exports of the company registered a growth of 47 percent with sales increasing to 0.97 lakh units in the first quarter from 0.66 lakh units in the year-ago period, it said.

TVS Motor's sales of three-wheelers also jumped 60 percent during the first quarter of 2014-15 to 25,000 units as against 15,600 units in the same period a year earlier.

Shares of TVS Motors were trading at Rs 167.00 per scrip on the BSE in the afternoon trade, down 1.45 percent from its previous close.

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