Himatsingka Seide Ltd. said its normalized net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 amounted to 2.61 Indian rupees per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate of 3.94 rupees per share.

EPS climbed year over year from 1.09 rupees.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was 256.6 million rupees, a gain from 107.4 million rupees in the year-earlier period.

The normalized profit margin increased to 5.1% from 2.2% in the year-earlier period.

Total revenue grew on an annual basis to 5.05 billion rupees from 4.86 billion rupees, and total operating expenses declined on an annual basis to 4.32 billion rupees from 4.41 billion rupees.

Reported net income rose 64.8% year over year to 426.2 million rupees, or 4.33 rupees per share, from 258.6 million rupees, or 2.63 rupees per share.

For the year, the company's normalized net income totaled 10.58 rupees per share, compared with the S&P Capital IQ consensus normalized EPS estimate of 16.57 rupees.

EPS rose 90.3% from 5.56 rupees in the prior year.

Normalized net income was 1.04 billion rupees, an increase of 90.3% from 547.5 million rupees in the prior year.

Full-year total revenue declined year over year to 18.87 billion rupees from 19.43 billion rupees, and total operating expenses fell 8.0% year over year to 16.44 billion rupees from 17.87 billion rupees.

The company said reported net income rose 74.6% year over year to 1.67 billion rupees, or 16.92 rupees per share, in the full year, from 954.4 million rupees, or 9.69 rupees per share.

As of Aug. 10, US$1 was equivalent to 66.69 Indian rupees.