BENGALURU: South Indian television network Raj TV Limited (Raj TV) reported PAT of Rs 2.09 crore (10.3 per cent of Total Income from operations or TIO) in Q3-2015, which was a 2.76 times the Rs 0.755 crore (3. 8 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015. Y-o-y PAT was 58.2 per cent less than the Rs 4.99 crore (20 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014. Overall, FY-2015 has not been as profitable a year as FY-2014 was for Raj TV so far. During 9M-2015, the company reported PAT of Rs 5.51 crore (9.3 per cent of TIO) versus the Rs 13.11 crore (21.3 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Note: 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore

Raj TV’s TIO at Rs 20.32 crore in Q3-2015 was 1.2 per cent more than the Rs 20.08 crore in the immediate trailing quarter, but 18.4 per cent less than the Rs 24.92 crore in the corresponding year ago quarter. During 9M-2015, TIO at Rs 59.51 crore was 3.3 per cent lower than the Rs 61.56 crore in 9M-2014.

Let us look at the other figures reported by Raj TV

Raj TV’s Total Expenditure (TE) in Q3-2015 at Rs 18.34 crore (90.2 per cent of TIO) was 4.1 per cent higher than the Rs 17.61 crore (87.7 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015 and was 1.3 per cent lower than the Rs 18.58 crore (74.6 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014. During 9M-2015, the company’s TE at Rs 50.75 crore (85.3 per cent of TIO) was 14 per cent more than the Rs 44.52 crore (72.3 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

The company’s operations cost (cost of revenue or COR) in Q3-2015 at Rs 4.46 crore (22 per cent of TIO) was 48.4 per cent less than the Rs 8.65 crore (43.1 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015 and was 41.4 per cent less than the Rs 7.62 crore (30.6 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014. The company’s COR for 9M-2015 at Rs 19.34 crore (32.5 per cent of TIO) was 1.1 per cent lower than the Rs 19.55 crore (31.8 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Raj TV’s administrative and other expense (A&OE) in Q3-2015 at Rs 2.28 crore (11.2 per cent of TIO) was 19.4 per cent lower than the Rs 2.83 crore (14.1 per cent if TIO) in Q2-2015 and was 27.3 per cent less than the Rs 3.13 crore (12.6 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014. A&OE for 9M-2015 at Rs 7.65 crore (12.9 per cent of TIO) was 14 per cent lower than the Rs.8.89 crore (14.4 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q3-2015 at Rs 6.09 crore (30 per cent of TIO) was 10.3 per cent higher than the Rs 5.52 crore (27.5 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015 and was 11.5 per cent less than the Rs 6.88 crore (27.6 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of 2014. EBE for 9M-2015 at Rs 17.04 crore (28.6 per cent of TIO) was 32.5 per cent more than the Rs 12.86 crore (20.9 per cent) in 9M-2014.

The company’s finance costs have gone up 48.3 per cent y-o-y. For Q3-2015, finance cost at Rs 1.6596 crore (8.2 per cent of TIO) was 15.2 per cent more as compared to the Rs 1.4406 crore (7.2 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015. In Q3-2014, finance cost was Rs 1.3878 crore (5.6 per cent of TIO). Finance cost in 9M-2015 at Rs 4.5472 crore (7.6 percent of TIO) was 42.4 percent more than the Rs 3.1927 crore (5.2 percent of TIO) in 9M-2014.