JBM Auto Ltd said its normalized net income for the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, came to 3.86 Indian rupees per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 4.77 rupees per share.
EPS climbed 34.7% year over year from 2.87 rupees.
Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 161.8 million rupees, a gain of 35.0% from 119.8 million rupees in the prior-year period.
The normalized profit margin climbed to 4.2% from 3.2% in the year-earlier period.
Total revenue increased on an annual basis to 3.90 billion rupees from 3.75 billion rupees, and total operating expenses totaled 3.48 billion rupees, compared with 3.46 billion rupees in the year-earlier period.
Reported net income rose 59.7% from the prior-year period to 236.2 million rupees, or 5.64 rupees per share, from 148.0 million rupees, or 3.54 rupees per share.
As of Feb. 6, US$1 was equivalent to 61.94 Indian rupees.
