INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Titan Company on Tuesday reported a 13 per cent growth in profit largely due to good festival sales during October-November
However, the company noted that footfall across its stores fell during December.
The revenue growth was led by the jewellery segment, while
growth in other segments were muted during the quarter.
Here are key takeaways from Titan’s December quarter earnings:
Profit meets
estimatesTitan Company reported a 12.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in standalone profit at Rs 469.95 crore for the December quarter,
meeting analyst estimates of Rs 453 crore.
The company had reported Rs 416.23 crore profit in the same period last year
Sales for the quarter rose 8.40 per cent to Rs 6,105.96 crore from Rs 5,632.45 crore in the same quarter last.
Other operating revenue
soarsRevenue from other operations, which excludes sales and services revenue, more than doubled to Rs 100.27 crore in Q3 from Rs 39.77
crore in the same quarter, year ago
That translates into a jump of 152 per cent.
Finance cost jumps three-foldFinance cost jumped to Rs 40.49 crore, up 214 per cent from Rs
12.87 crore in December 2018 quarter
However, sequentially, this was steady as the company incurred finance cost of Rs 40.75 crore in the September quarter.
Watches, corporate
revenue fallRevenue from the watches segment fell 2.39 per cent to Rs 625.33 crore in Q3FY20 from Rs 640.66 crore in the year ago quarter
Revenue from the corporate segment fell drastically to Rs 9.23 crore from Rs 35.43 crore a year ago.
Eyewear sees tepid growthRevenue from
the jewellery segment, which includes Tanishq, was at Rs 5408.66 crore, up 10.59 per cent YoY from Rs 4,890.34 crore
Similarly, revenue from eyewear segment, which includes Titan EyePlus brand, was at Rs 133.30 crore, up 3 per cent YoY from Rs 129.49
crore.
Management commentaryCK Venkataraman, Managing Director of Titan said that the growth during the festival period of October and
November was very encouraging
The company, though saw a drop in footfall across retail formats in December compared to the previous two months and hence the sales were
muted, he explained.
“The retail growth for our jewellery business was healthy in Q3 on account of a good wedding season
Many new products are lined up for launch in the last quarter and we will continue to invest in our brands and delight our customers with
fascinating products coupled with memorable advertising," Venkataraman said.