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Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. profits fall 20.54 percent to Rs. 442.1 million

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Hi-Tech Lubricants (HTL) today announced financial results for the nine months period ending 31 March, 2018 reporting Sales – Net worth Rs. 7.491 billion. Furthermore, the company’s net sales after taxes during the outgoing nine months rose by 18.92 percent to reach 6.726 billion.

HTL Gross Profit for the period went up by 3.58 percent with Cost of sales rising by 24.20 percent to reach 5.226 billion during the outgoing nine months.

On the expenses front, HTL reported a 3.31 percent jump in Distribution Costs, 36.11 percent increase in Administrative Expenses and 225 percent uptick in Other Expenses cumulatively taking away more than 741.974 million from the bottom-line.

Hi-Tech Lubricants reported profit after taxation at Rs. 442.1 million down by 20.54 percent from 556.397 million last year translating into an EPS of Rs. 3.81 vs. an EPS of Rs 4.8 during the nine months ending March, 2017. 

Comparison of Key Financials

Unconsolidated Profit and Loss Account – For the Nine Months Ended, March 30th 2018

Key Financials

March, 2018

March, 2017

% Change

 

Amounts in PKR

Sales – Net

7,491,366,026

6,413,575,934

16.80%

Sales Tax

764,611,564

757,015,320

1.00%

Net Sales

6,726,754,462

5,656,560,614

18.92%

Cost of Sales

5,226,869,749

4,208,542,126

24.20%

Gross Profit

1,499,884,713

1,448,018,488

3.58%

Distribution Cost

547,218,783

529,666,831

3.31%

Adminsitrative Expenses

266,274,121

195,626,291

36.11%

Other Expenses

54,279,368

16,681,526

225.39%

Other Income

77,613,279

71,903,143

7.94%

Profit from Oeprations

709,725,721

775,946,983

-8.53%

Finance Cost

60,928,920

23,490,439

159.38%

Profit before Taxation

648,796,801

752,456,543

-13.78%

Taxation

206,696,800

196,059,346

5.43%

Profit after Taxation

442,100,001

556,397,197

-20.54%

EPS

3.81

4.80

-20.63%

Company release on Earnings Report can be accessed here.

Posted on: 2018-04-23T11:13:00+05:00