Company's margins could expand on operating leverage and price hikes, say analysts
With the economy picking up, the management expects the demand for motorcycles and scooters to see a positive turnaround in the coming months.
The company is comfortable with its current inventory level, which is around six weeks
The company's board has recommended a final dividend of Rs 35 per share
Hero MotoCorp on Tuesday said its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) declined by 30 per cent to Rs 621 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2022 on account of lower sales. The country's largest two-wheeler maker had reported a PAT of Rs 885 crore in the January-March quarter of 2020-21 fiscal. Revenue from operations declined to Rs 7,497 crore as against Rs 8,690 crore in the fourth quarter of FY21, Hero MotoCorp said in a regulatory filing. The company's total sales in the fourth quarter of FY22 stood at 11.9 lakh units, a drop of 24 per cent from 15.68 lakh units in the year-ago period. For the 2021-22 fiscal, the company reported a consolidated PAT of Rs 2,329 crore, down 21 per cent from Rs 2,936 crore in 2020-21. Revenue from operations dropped to Rs 29,551 crore from Rs 30,959 crore in FY21. "With the economy picking up, we expect the demand for motorcycles and scooters to see a positive turnaround in the coming months. While concerns related to high input costs contin
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In January 2021, 135 km into Stage 4 of the Dakar Rally, Santosh suffered an accident on a gravel track that left him unconscious and in need of resuscitation.
In the past six trading days, the stock has declined 11 per cent after media reported that the I-T department said Hero MotoCorp made over Rs 1,000 crore in bogus expenses
The new scooter, powered by a 125cc engine producing a power output of 9 BHP, comes in two variants with the standard variant priced Rs 69,900 and the top end tagged at Rs 79,990
The department also found that 10 acres of farm land in Delhi was purchased through a few paper companies
The Income Tax Department has found alleged illegal business expenses of over Rs 800 crore, Rs 60 crore "unaccounted" cash used to purchase land in Delhi
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The company said officials from the Income Tax department visited its offices in the previous week, and it has provided all support and cooperation, necessary documents and data to the authorities
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The findings are learnt to be part of the tax department's initial probe into a possible tax evasion by the two-wheeler giant
The company will make an upward revision in the ex-showroom prices of its entire product range
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Income Tax Department carried out a search and seizure operation on March 23 on Hero Motocorp and its chairman and managing director Pawan Munjal at multiple locations in Delhi-NCR