Pak Suzuki’s distinction jumps 38%, amounts to Rs1.3b
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KARACHI: Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited’s (PSMC) distinction rose 38% to Rs1.30 billion in a entertain finished Mar 31, as sales augmenting with direct stemming from a attainment of Uber and Careem cab services, according to a bourse filing Tuesday.
The automobile production organisation requisitioned a distinction of Rs947.64 million in a same entertain of a prior year.
Earnings per share surged to Rs15.88 from Rs11.51 in a analogous period.
The outcome was aloft than expectations. The company’s share cost strike a top extent of 5%, augmenting Rs37.83 to Rs794.59 with a volume of customarily 2,800 shares.
According to a company’s distinction and detriment accounts, a sales augmenting 19% to Rs23.89 billion from Rs19.99 billion.
“While car sales customarily take-off in a initial entertain of a calendar year, we trust direct also remained upbeat given a appearance of renouned cab services (Uber and Careem),” Arif Habib Limited said.
Margins during a entertain softened to 12.2% by 145 basement points on a quarterly basement given a company’s faith on a Japanese Yen that underwent a extreme 7% debility opposite a dollar in a final quarter, it said.
“We also prominence a large 3.3-times swell on quarterly basement in financial costs to Rs28 million. The association had incurred an sell detriment in same duration final year, ensuing in a responsibility sharpened adult to Rs81 million,” it said.
Outlook
Pertinently, as per new news flow, a Punjab Chief Minister aims to launch an ‘Orange Cab’ Scheme catering to 100,000 impoverished girl in a country.
To recall, underneath a 2015 ‘Apna Rozgar’ Scheme, a Punjab supervision distributed a sum of 50,000 Bolan / Ravi vehicles that combined approximately Rs22.00-25.00/share to a company’s bottom-line, according to Arif Habib Limited.
“PSMC has nonetheless to acknowledge any central association per a same. We perspective additional sequence book impact (100,000 units of Bolan / Ravi) could be Rs50.00/share. Albeit, proclamation and placement might embark post bill and outcome in a association operative during nearby max capacity,” it said.
Published in The Express Tribune, Apr 26th, 2017.
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