Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), the country’s
largest power equipment manufacturer, has posted a 52 per cent drop in net
profit during the fourth quarter ended March on slowdown in project execution.
The company reported net profit of Rs 888.35 core during the quarter against
Rs 1,844 core in the corresponding quarter in the previous financial year. Bhel said fiscal
fourth-quarter profit declined 52% because of lower sales and other income.Net profit fell to Rs.888.35 core in the quarter ended 31 March from Rs.1,844.59 core a year ago. Net sales fell 15.8% to Rs.12,368.43 core from a year earlier.BHEL has posted a net profit of Rs 888.4 core
in January-March quarter, down 52 percent from Rs 1,844.6 core in year-ago
period. Net sales, during the quarter, also slipped 16 percent to Rs 12,368.4 core compared to Rs 14,755 core year-on-year.
The major decline in profit came despite a 10.2
per cent cut in expenses to Rs 11,286 core during the quarter. The company
managed to pull down employee benefit expense by 31 per cent to Rs 915 core from 1,320 core in the corresponding quarter in the previous financial
year.Total income of the company also dipped 17 per
cent to Rs 12,702 core during the quarter compared with Rs 15,320 core in the
corresponding quarter of the previous financial
year.
For the full-year ended March, BHEL’s net profit
was down 59 per cent to Rs 1,419.29 core from Rs 3,460.78 core in the
corresponding quarter in the previous financial year. Total sales also fell by
23 per cent to Rs 29,541 core this financial year from Rs 38,388 core in
2013-14.
One of surprising element is its employee
costs which was down 30.7 percent at Rs 915 cr against Rs 1,320 core. The board
has recommended final dividend at 31 percent (Rs 0.62 per share) on the paid up
share capital of the company, for the year 2014-Segment-wise, the company’s power business revenue was at Rs 10,240 core in
the fourth quarter, against Rs 12,211 core in the corresponding quarter. Industry
unit revenue was at Rs 2,755 core compared to Rs 3,221 core.
The company also said its board has recommended final dividend at 31 percent (Rs 0.62 per share) on the paid up share capital of the company for the year 2014-15.
The company also said its board has recommended final dividend at 31 percent (Rs 0.62 per share) on the paid up share capital of the company for the year 2014-15.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
has brought a turnaround in the hydro power sector by commissioning 6 hydro
sets aggregating to 736 MW, accounting for 100 per cent of the hydro power
capacity addition in the country during fiscal 2014-15.
Notably, this is also
the highest hydro capacity addition in a single year by BHEL in the last
decade. The feat was achieved by successfully commissioning projects of three
major Central utilities - NTPC, NHPC and SJVNL. The projects commissioned by BHEL
include 2 units (200 MW each) of Koldam Hydro Electric Project (HEP), with
which NTPC has made its maiden entry in the hydro sector. In addition, a 130 MW
unit of NHPC's Parbati III HEP and 3 units of SJVNL's Rampur (68.67 MW each) were commissioned.
Significantly, the two units of NTPC's 4x200 MW Koldam HEP were commissioned on
consecutive days. The surface power house comprises 4 Francis turbines of 200
MW rating each, operating under a head of 131.2 metres.
BHEL has the
distinction of executing all the four hydro projects being presently developed
by NTPC. Apart from Koldam, the other three hydro projects of NTPC, being
executed by BHEL, are Tapovan Vishnugad HEP (4x130 MW), Lata Tapovan HEP
(3x57 MW) and Rammam Stage-III HEP (3x40 MW). With the commissioning of the
fourth unit of the 4x130 MW Parbati III HEP of NHPC, the 520 MW project has now
become fully operational.
BHEL has a long standing association with NHPC
beginning with setting up of NHPC’s first hydro generating plant at Baira Siul
(3x60 MW) in 1981. BHEL's contribution to NHPC's total generating
capacity now stands at 1,884 MW. In addition, BHEL has commissioned the
last three units of 68.67 MW each of Rampur
HEP of SJVN Limited.