Reliance Jio Q4 net profit rises over 13 per cent year-on-year to Rs 5,337 crore

Reliance Jio, India’s main telecom operator, reported a 13 per cent enhance in standalone net profit for the March quarter, reaching Rs 5,337 crore. The firm’s income from operations for Q4FY24 additionally noticed a major rise, standing at Rs 25,959 crore, marking an 11 per cent enhance in contrast to the identical interval final 12 months. 

The net profit was pegged at Rs 5,337 crore for just-ended quarter, up from Rs 4,716 crore within the fourth quarter of FY23, which translated right into a 13.16 per cent enhance.

According to a BSE submitting by the corporate, for the total FY24, the net profit stood at Rs 20,466 crore, which was 12.4 per cent increased than that of FY23. The income for full fiscal ended March 2024 was Rs 1,00,119 crore, up 10.2 per cent over the previous fiscal.

Reliance invests USD 125 bn in capex in final 10 years

It ought to be famous right here that Reliance Industries Ltd invested over USD 125 billion within the final ten years because it undertook large enlargement in hydrocarbon and telecom companies, a report stated, estimating that the conglomerate’s investments within the subsequent three years can be in comparatively much less capex-heavy retail and upstream new power. Reliance is popping out of a sequence of lengthy and intensive capex cycles (hydrocarbons and telecom).

“The company has invested nearly USD 30 billion between FY13-18 to increase scale, integration and cost competitiveness of the O2C (oil to chemical) business, and close to USD 60 billion between FY13-24E in 4G/5G capabilities to create a high-growth telecom business,” Goldman Sachs stated in a deep dive report on Reliance.

With the pan-India 5G rollout now doubtless accomplished and potential telecom tariff hikes forward, it anticipated the telecom enterprise to develop into a robust free-cash-flow (FCF) technology enterprise alongside present money cow O2C (which includes its mega oil refinery and petrochemical complexes).

(With PTI inputs)

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