Jyothy Laboratories witnessed a rise in share price on Tuesday after the company announced a sharp rise in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended September 2015. During the quarter, the profit of the company rose 54.28% to Rs 387.70 million from Rs 251.30 million in the same quarter previous year.
Revenues for the quarter rose 9.11% to Rs 4,013.90 million, compared with Rs 3,679 million for the prior year period.
Revenues of soaps and detergent business, which includes brands like Ujala, Henko, Exo, Pril, Margo, Mr. White and Chek, stood at Rs 2.94 billion in Q2FY16 compared to Rs 2.74 billion in Q2FY15; up by 7.3%.
Home Care, which includes mosquito repellent Maxo, Incense sticks and Exo scrubber, saw revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2015 at Rs 926.9 million up by 16.3% as against Rs 796.9 million.
The EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 13.8% for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2015 from 10.7% in same period last year.
Earnings per share for the quarter stood at Rs 2.11, registering 51.80% growth over previous year period.
Shares of Jyothy Laboratories are trading at Rs 318.25, up Rs 6.35, or 2.04% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday at 12:49 p.m.
Total volume of shares traded on the bourses today was higher by 626.90% to 511,656 compared with 22-day average volume of 70,388.