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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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MPS Mar-18 |
WASHINGTON P. Dec-18 |
MPS/ WASHINGTON P. |
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High | Rs | 730 | 49,033 | - | |
Low | Rs | 495 | 40,080 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 143.4 | 36,599.3 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 37.7 | 3,692.5 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 42.0 | 4,462.5 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 12.00 | 387.83 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 2.0 | 0.9 | 225.1% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 224.8 | 53,242.8 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 18.62 | 5.37 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 4.3 | 1.2 | 350.9% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 16.2 | 12.1 | 134.6% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 14.6 | 10.0 | 146.0% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 2.7 | 0.8 | 325.5% | |
Dividend payout | % | 31.8 | 10.5 | 303.0% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 11,406 | 239,268 | 4.8% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 2.4 | 11.1 | 21.2% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 1,115 | 4,957 | 22.5% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 1,135.3 | 17,706.2 | 6.4% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 474.0 | 446.6 | 106.1% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 298.5 | 1,786.4 | 16.7% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 2,670 | 196,538 | 1.4% | |
Other income | Rs m | 230 | 153 | 150.1% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 2,900 | 196,691 | 1.5% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 871 | 30,372 | 2.9% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 81 | 4,135 | 1.9% | |
Interest | Rs m | 1 | 2,770 | 0.0% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 1,019 | 23,620 | 4.3% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Tax | Rs m | 317 | 3,791 | 8.3% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 702 | 19,829 | 3.5% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 32.6 | 15.5 | 211.0% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 31.1 | 16.0 | 193.6% | |
Net profit margin | % | 26.3 | 10.1 | 260.6% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 3,906 | 111,708 | 3.5% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 277 | 59,206 | 0.5% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | 135.9 | 26.7 | 508.8% | |
Current ratio | x | 14.1 | 1.9 | 747.7% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 63 | 79 | 80.0% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 488 | 47,750 | 1.0% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 186 | 1,458 | 12.8% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 4,187 | 285,914 | 1.5% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 0 | 34,336 | 0.0% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 4,513 | 347,296 | 1.3% | |
Interest coverage | x | 784.5 | 9.5 | 8,235.5% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.6 | 0.6 | 104.6% | |
Return on assets | % | 15.6 | 6.5 | 239.5% | |
Return on equity | % | 16.8 | 6.9 | 241.8% | |
Return on capital | % | 24.4 | 8.2 | 295.6% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 776 | 20,922 | 3.7% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -724 | -16,840 | 4.3% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -1 | -14,026 | 0.0% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | 62 | -10,461 | -0.6% |
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