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| India Infoline Research Team / 17:02 , Feb 17, 2010 |
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Topline increased 3.2% qoq, led by strong steel realizations in Europe and Indian operations
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Tata Steel Europe managed to turn around due to higher realizations and lower raw material costs, registering an operating profit of US$142mn
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The company registered an operating income of Rs29.5bn against Rs3.7bn in Q2 FY10; higher tax outgo reduced the growth in PAT
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Tata Steel to partially mouthball Teeside’s blast furnace and Lackenby steelmaking by end of February ‘10
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European volumes to decline in Q4 FY10 due to mouthballing of Teeside plant and a 4 week planned shutdown of one of its blast furnace
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Upgrade to Market Performer with a revised target price of Rs548
Result table - Consolidated
(Rs m)
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Q3 FY10
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Q2 FY10
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% qoq
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Q3 FY09
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% yoy
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Net sales
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262,020
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253,950
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3.2
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331,993
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(21.1)
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Material costs
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(104,828)
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(118,589)
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(11.6)
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(183,165)
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(42.8)
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Power and fuel costs
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(10,845)
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(10,128)
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7.1
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(14,460)
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(25.0)
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Personnel costs
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(41,999)
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(43,608)
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(3.7)
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(44,556)
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(5.7)
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Other overheads
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(74,843)
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(77,908)
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(3.9)
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(61,026)
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22.6
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Operating profit
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29,506
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3,718
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693.6
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28,786
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2.5
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OPM (%)
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11.3
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1.5
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980 bps
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8.7
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259 bps
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Depreciation
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(11,547)
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(11,535)
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0.1
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(10,852)
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6.4
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Interest
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(7,630)
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(7,172)
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6.4
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(9,114)
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(16.3)
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Other income
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4,099
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179
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2,184.9
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352
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1,066.2
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PBT
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14,428
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(14,810)
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9,172
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57.3
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Tax
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(8,148)
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(3,275)
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148.8
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405
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Effective tax rate (%)
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56.5
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(22.1)
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(4.4)
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Other provisions / minority etc
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404
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126
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221.8
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817
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(50.6)
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Adjusted PAT
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6,684
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(17,959)
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10,394
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(35.7)
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Adj. PAT margin (%)
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2.6
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(7.1)
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962 bps
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3.1
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(58) bps
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Extra ordinary items
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(1,957)
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(9,113)
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(78.5)
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(2,255)
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(13.2)
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Reported PAT
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4,726
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(27,073)
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8,139
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(41.9)
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Ann. EPS (Rs)
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30.1
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(81.0)
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56.9
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(47.1)
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Source: Company, India Infoline Research
Topline increased 3.2% qoq led by higher steel realizations from Europe and Indian operations
During Q3 FY10, Tata Steel reported an increase of 3.2% qoq to Rs262bn in its topline. The jump in topline was mainly due to an increase in realizations in Indian and European operations. Total sales volume during the quarter remained flat at 6.2mn tons. The impact of higher sales volume in India was negated by a slight decline sales volume for Europe. Sales volume for Corus declined by 2.6% qoq to 3.8mn tons as demand from construction sector remained low during the quarter. Sales volume for Natsteel too declined slightly during the quarter. Realization for the consolidated entity was at US$908/ton, higher by 6.7% yoy. The rise in realization was the highest for Natsteel. Corus managed to increase its realizations by 6% qoq on account of superior product mix. On a qoq basis, all the subsidiaries reported a rise in realizations.
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