24-07-2024 02:41 PM | Source: Reuters
Indian towels-maker Welspun Living's Q1 profit rises on strong urban demand

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India's Welspun Living posted a rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, on strong demand for its towels and bed sheets from urban consumers.

The company's profit rose 15% year-on-year to 1.86 billion rupees ($22.2 million) in the three months to June 30.

Its revenue climbed 16% to 25.36 billion rupees, the company said.

KEY CONTEXT

Strong urban demand has helped home linen and textiles-makers in the last fiscal year ended March. This extended into the June-quarter. Softer raw material prices also helped companies.

Analysts expect demand for Indian textiles to get a boost after India and the UK sign a trade agreement.

PEER COMPARISON

Valuation Estimates (next 12 Analysts' sentiment

(next 12 months)

months)

RIC PE EV/EBI Revenue Profit Mean # of Stock to Div

TDA growth (%) growth rating* analysts price yield

(%) target** (%)

Welspun Living 18.65 10.23 12.79 24.73 Buy 9 0.93 0.06

Arvind 18.77 9.84 15.93 41.17 Strong 6 0.83 1.00

Buy

KPR Mill 27.87 18.95 11.30 20.00 Buy 7 0.93 0.59

Vardhman Textiles 13.91 10.73 9.02 44.29 Buy 4 1.11 0.66

* Mean of analysts' ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell

** Ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT

APRIL-JUNE STOCK PERFORMANCE

-- All data from LSEG

-- $1 = 83.7050 Indian rupees