Footwear maker Bata India's Q1 profit rises on one-time gain
BENGALURU, Aug 6 (Reuters) -Footwear maker Bata India BATA.NS reported a nearly 63% rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, after four quarters of profit slump, aided by a one-time gain from sale of property.
The company, which sells brands such as Hush Puppies and North Star in India, said its consolidated profit rose to 1.74 billion rupees ($20.7 million) in the three months ended June 30 from 1.07 billion rupees a year ago.
Revenue from operations fell marginally to 9.45 billion rupees, while total expenses rose about 6% to 8.78 billion rupees.
Bata India had a one-time gain of 1.34 billion rupees from sale of property in the June quarter.
The company declared an interim dividend of 10 rupees per share.
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Analysts said the footwear industry had to begin end-of-season sales early due to heatwaves and election-related disruption in the quarter.
Peer Relaxo Footwears RLXO.NS reported a 2.3% fall in its first-quarter profit in late July, while Metro Brands METB.NS has yet to report results. nFWN3JN155
PEER COMPARISON
Valuation (next 12 months) | Estimates (next 12 months) | Analysts' sentiment | |||||||
RIC | PE | EV/EBITDA | Revenue growth | Profit growth | Mean rating* | # of analysts | Stock to price target** | Div yield (%) | |
Bata India | BATA.NS | 51.85 | 21.82 | 9.83 | 32.97 | Hold | 12 | 1.08 | 0.77 |
Metro Brands | METB.NS | 76.73 | 39.37 | 17.46 | 12.05 | Hold | 17 | 1.10 | 0.42 |
Relaxo Footwears | RLXO.NS | 70.12 | 36.81 | 10.56 | 23.65 | Hold | 12 | 1.00 | 0.37 |
Campus Activewear | CAMU.NS | 57.26 | 28.90 | 14.17 | 39.88 | Hold | 7 | 1.04 | - |
* The mean of analyst ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell
** The ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT
APRIL-JUNE STOCK PERFORMANCE
-- All data from LSEG IBES
-- $1 = 83.8910 Indian rupees
($1 = 83.8910 Indian rupees)
Bata India stock performance https://tmsnrt.rs/3SDyU2N
Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas and Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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