TataMotors disappointed street on Tuesday with
the fourth quarter profit plunging 56.2 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,716.5
crore, impacted by higher depreciation and marked-to-market un-matured hedges.
"Consolidated profit before tax for the quarter decreased to Rs 2,771
crore from Rs 5,053 crore for the corresponding quarter last year due to higher
depreciation and amortization and adverse mark to market of UN-matured hedges
not eligible for hedge accounting,
Tata Motors reported consolidated revenues (net
of excise) of Rs.67,576 crores for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, a growth
of 3.5% over Rs.65,317 crores for the corresponding quarter last year, due to
increase in wholesale volumes and richer product mix both in the
standalone business and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The Consolidated Profit before
tax for the quarter stood at Rs.2,771 crores, against Rs.5,053 crores for the
corresponding quarter last year, decreased due to higher depreciation and
amortization and adverse mark to market of un-matured hedges not eligible
for hedge accounting. The Consolidated Profit after tax for the quarter stood at
Rs.1,717 crores, against Rs.3,918 cores for the corresponding quarter last year.
The consolidated revenue (net of excise) for the year ended March 31, 2015,
was Rs.2,62,796 crores posting a growth of 12.9% over Rs.2,32,834 crores for
the corresponding period last year. The Consolidated Profit before tax for the
year ended March 31, 2015 stood at Rs.21,703 crores, against Rs.18,869 crores
for the corresponding period last year. The Consolidated Profit after tax (post
minority interest and profit / loss in respect of associate companies) for the
year ended March 31, 2015 stood at Rs.13,986 crores, against Rs.13,991 crores
for the corresponding period last year.
In Passenger vehicles, ZEST and the newly launched BOLT, continued to
receive an encouraging response from the customers. These led to the
passenger vehicles segment of the company showing a growth of 19.1% in Q4
FY 2014-15 with car segment growth of 33.0% Y-o-Y in Q4 FY 2014-15. Company
expects to continue its volume growth with full year of Zest and Bolt, recently
launched new GenX Nano and other new and exciting products that will be
launched in the coming time period under the Company's Horizonext strategy.
The sales (including exports) of commercial and passenger vehicles for the
quarter ended March 31, 2015, stood at 1,39,053 units, up by 5.1%, as compared
to the corresponding quarter last year. The revenues (net of excise) for the
quarter ended March 31, 2015 stood at Rs.10,784 crores, an increase of 26.2%,
as compared to Rs.8,545 crores for the corresponding quarter last year.
EBITDA for the quarter stood at Rs. 299 crores, with a margin of 2.8%
against the negative EBITDA of Rs. 528 crores and negative margin of 6.2% for
the corresponding quarter last year. Loss before and after tax for the
quarter ended March 31, 2015 was Rs.1,156 crores and Rs.1,164 crores,
respectively, against Rs.1,417 crores and Rs.817 crores, respectively, for
the corresponding quarter last year.
The revenues (net of excise) for the year ended March 31, 2015, stood at
Rs.36,295 crores, as compared to Rs.34,288 crores in the corresponding
period last year, an increase of 5.9%. Loss before and after tax for year ended
March 31, 2015 was Rs.3,975 crores and Rs.4,739 crores, respectively, against
the Loss before tax of Rs.1,026 crores and Profit after tax of Rs.335 crores,
respectively, for the corresponding period last year.
Jaguar Land Rover wholesales and retails for
the year ended March 31, 2015 were 470,523 units and 462,209 units respectively
(129,205 units and 124,307 units respectively for Q4 FY 15).
Revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 of GBP 5,826 million, up 8.9%
over GBP 5,349 million in the corresponding quarter last year. Operating profit
(EBITDA) for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, stood at GBP 1,016 million (with
operating margin of 17.4%), representing a growth of 10.4% over GBP 920 million
in the corresponding quarter last year. Profit before tax of GBP 396 million
for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 was down 31.3% over the corresponding
quarter last year (GBP 576 million in the corresponding quarter last year) due
to higher depreciation and amortization and unfavourable revaluation
of foreign currency debt and unrealised hedges that are not eligible for hedge
accounting treatment. Profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2015
stood at GBP 302 million .
Considering the continued weak operating environment in the
standalone business, and in view of the losses for the year no dividend is
permitted to be paid to the Members for FY 2014-15, as per the Companies
(Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014.