INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Manpasand Beverages on Wednesday posted 36.42 per cent year-on-year rise in profit at Rs 42.74 crore for the quarter ended March 31
It had posted a net profit of Rs 31.33 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
Total revenue of the company increased 39.38 per cent
to Rs 392.95 crore during the quarter under review
The figure stood at Rs 281.92 crore in the same period last year.
Earnings per share of the company rose to Rs 3.73 as of March against Rs
The figure was at Rs 1.05 as of December 31.
The board of the company also recommended of final dividend at 5 per cent on the face value of
Rs 10 per equity share for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.
The share price of the company closed 3 per cent down at Rs
143.25.
Shares of the company have been falling since auditing major Deloitte Haskins Sells last month resigned as statutory auditors of
Manpasand Beverages as the fruit juice maker failed to provide them with "significant information" on the financial results for the year
Shares of the company plunged nearly 30 per cent on a month-to-date basis.
