Omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart saw its consolidated operating revenue more than double to Rs 3,788 crore in FY23 from Rs 1,502 crore a year earlier. The Gurugram-based company reduced its losses from Rs 102 crore in FY22 to Rs 64 crore in FY23. Total expenses also increased in line with the growing scale of the company, coming in at Rs 4,025 crore in FY23 compared to Rs 1,726 crore in the year-ago period. Notwithstanding the loss on a net basis, Lenskart reported earnings before interest,...
BluSmart, a ride-hailing startup focusing on electric vehicles, posted more than Rs 390 crore in revenue in fiscal 2024, compared with about Rs 160 crore in FY23, cofounder Punit Goyal told ET.The firm has also crossed Rs 500 crore in annualised revenue run rate (ARR), he added. BluSmart competes with Uber and Ola, as well as new entrants like Rapido and Namma Yatri in the cab-hailing space.BluSmart is much smaller compared with Ola and Uber and operates only in two cities: Bengaluru and the...
C K Birla group’s IT firm, Birlasoft reported a net profit of Rs 180 crore in the March quarter of FY24, up 11.8% quarter on quarter (QoQ). The profit for the company grew by a whopping 60.5% on-year.The growth in profit in Q4 comes on the back of surge in non-core income, slight increase in operating margin and a decline in employee expenses. Operating margin jacked up by 33 bps (3.8% QoQ) to end at 14.7% in the final quarter of FY24.The revenue for the Pune-based company in Q4 stood at Rs...
India's fourth largest IT services firm, Wipro, on Friday reported a fall in net profit and revenue from a year earlier in the fiscal fourth quarter, hurt by a contraction in clients' technology spending in key growth verticals and regions.The Bengaluru-based company posted a net profit of Rs 2,834.6 crore for the quarter through March, 7.8% lower than a year earlier. Revenue fell 4.2% to Rs 22,208 crore. On a sequential basis, profit increased 5.2%, while revenue was flat. In constant currency,...
An affluent Jain couple from Gujarat has donated nearly Rs 200 crore and adopted monkhood, and now plans to set out on a journey for salvation.
Tech Mahindra, country's fifth largest IT services firm, reported a decline in net profit of 40.9% year-on-year (YoY)to `661 crore primarily driven by slowdown in its telecom, communications, media and entertainment business, which is its largest vertical with 36.5% market share.The profit stood at Rs 1,118 crore in last year's March quarter. Sequentially, profit grew 29.6% from Rs 510 crore in the December quarter because of a one-off gain. The Pune-headquartered firm’s consolidated revenue...
Honasa Consumer, the parent company of beauty and personal care (BPC) brand Mamaearth, said its active ingredients-backed skincare brand, The Derma Co, has achieved an annual revenue run rate (ARR) of Rs 500 crore. ARR is a metric to forecast the financial performance of a company over a year based on past earnings data.According to the company, this was driven by the creation of brands offering specialised products tailored for Indian skin and weather conditions. It emphasised product...
IT services company Infosys on Thursday posted a 30% YoY growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 7,969 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. The same was at Rs 6,128 crore in the same quarter of last year.Revenue from operations in the fourth quarter stood at Rs 37,923 crore, up 1% from Rs 37,441 crore clocked in the previous year's quarter. Infosys announces final dividend of Rs 20 & special dividend of Rs 8The Bengaluru-based software major forecast that its constant currency revenue...
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Swedish automaker Volvo Cars on Wednesday reported an uptick in first-quarter core operating profits driven by strong retail sales.