Tata Steel reported a consolidated net profit (attributable to the owners of the company) at Rs 7,765 crore for the quarter ended June, down 12.8 per cent over the year-ago period, in what the company described as a “challenging” quarter. Sequentially, net profit was down 20.4 per cent.
Revenue from operations at Rs 63,430 crore was higher by 18.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY). The numbers beat expectations on revenue and net profit. A poll of analysts by Bloomberg had estimated revenues at Rs 60,474 crore and net profit at Rs 7,275 crore. QoQ, revenues were down by 8.5 per cent.