Escorts Ltd reports stellar growth as tractor sales continue to stay strong
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Escorts Ltd reports stellar growth as tractor sales continue to stay strong

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Escorts Ltd – one of India’s biggest tractor and construction equipment manufacturing companies, on Monday, reported substantial rise in net profit and highest ever operating margin in a decade, for the September quarter, as sales of tractors grew sharply as result of continued recovery in demand for tractors in the rural areas and successful cost cutting methods adopted by the company. The Nikhil Nanda led company’s profit after tax increased by a whopping 119.8% year-on-year to ₹119.8 crore, as a result of a substantial 23.9% y-o-y jump in net sales to ₹1639.7 crore. Due to robust growth in the top-line and reduction in material and manpower cost, the operating profit or the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization also jumped by 137.4% y-o-y to ₹300.9 crore and operating margins also expanded by 878 basis points to 18.3% during the quarter, highest in a decade. Sales of Escorts’ tractors went up by a massive 23.8% y-o-y to 24441 units and the same in the railway division was also up by 24.4%, during the quarter.

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