Q4 Results

BPCL net profit falls 24%

New Delhi: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Tuesday reported a 24 per cent drop in its March quarter net profit on the back of losses on sale of subsidised domestic cooking gas LPG and lower refining margins. Standalone net profit of Rs3,214.06 crore in January-March - the fourth quarter of April 2024 to March 2025 financial year - compared with Rs 4,224.18 crore earnings in the same period a year back, according to a stock exchange filing of the company. Profit fell 31 per cent quarter-on-quarter when compared with Rs 4,649.20 crore earnings in the October-December 2024 period.

Coca-Cola Q4 beats forecast

Washington: Coca-Cola reported better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter and said the impact of tariffs on its business are likely to be ‘manageable’. Revenue fell 2 per cent to $11.1 billion in the January-March period, the company said on Tuesday. That was in line with Wall Street's expectations, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Net income rose 5 per cent to $3.3 billion for the quarter. Adjusted for one-time items, the Atlanta company earned 73 cents per share. That beat expectations of 72 cents. Shares rose 1.5 per cent before the opening bell Tuesday.

GM posts strong Q1 results

Washington: General Motors posted strong financial results for its first quarter on Tuesday, but says it will reassess its expectations for 2025 due to auto tariffs. The automaker is pushing back its conference call to discuss its guidance and quarterly results until Thursday, so that it can assess potential tariff changes. GM said that its initial full-year financial forecast doesn't contemplate the potential impact of tariffs. In January the company announced that it anticipated 2025 adjusted earnings in a range of USD 11 to USD 12 per share.

Trent Q4 profit falls 56.2%

New Delhi: Tata group retail firm Trent Ltd on Tuesday reported a decline of 56.24 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 311.60 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 712.09 crore in the January-March quarter a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from Trent Ltd, which operates retail stores under brand names such as Westside, Zudio and Star. Its consolidated revenue from operations was up 27.87 per cent to Rs 4,216.94 crore during the March quarter. It was at Rs 3,297.70 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Trent's total expenses increased 26 per cent in the March quarter to Rs 3,874.43 crore in FY'25.