iGate net up 80 percent, top-line revenue flat
                                                                                        
                                                                                              
     Wednesday, 09 January 2008, 20:30 IST                                                   
                                                                                              
                                                                                          
                                                                                             
    
                                       
               
  
      
  
    
          
Bangalore: One of the leading technology firms, iGATE Global Solutions, has posted net profit of 
290 million during the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2007-08).
The firm has registered year-on-year growth of 80 percent over the same period last fiscal (2006-07) at 
160 million.
In a statement here Wednesday, iGate said top-line revenue, however, dipped marginally to Rs 2.09 billion in this quarter (Q3) from Rs 2.1 billion in the same period of last fiscal, posting a flat growth year on year.
Earnings per share (EPS) jumped to 
9 from 
5 year on year.
"We are on track in posting good earnings during the quarter under review. Operating profit at 
361 million is 38 percent up over the same quarter of the last fiscal at Rs 270 million," iGate CEO Phaneesh Murthy said. 
"Our revenues are getting better and we are looking at another good sequential quarter (January-March, 2008)."
In a related development, the company applied for de-listing during the quarter. Its US-based parent firm - iGate Corp. has increased its holding in the Indian subsidiary to 93 percent through the reverse book-building process.
Source: IANS
           
                           
    
        
                                    
       
   
290 million during the third quarter (October-December) of this fiscal (2007-08).
The firm has registered year-on-year growth of 80 percent over the same period last fiscal (2006-07) at 
160 million.
In a statement here Wednesday, iGate said top-line revenue, however, dipped marginally to Rs 2.09 billion in this quarter (Q3) from Rs 2.1 billion in the same period of last fiscal, posting a flat growth year on year.
Earnings per share (EPS) jumped to 
9 from 
5 year on year.
"We are on track in posting good earnings during the quarter under review. Operating profit at 
361 million is 38 percent up over the same quarter of the last fiscal at Rs 270 million," iGate CEO Phaneesh Murthy said. 
"Our revenues are getting better and we are looking at another good sequential quarter (January-March, 2008)."
In a related development, the company applied for de-listing during the quarter. Its US-based parent firm - iGate Corp. has increased its holding in the Indian subsidiary to 93 percent through the reverse book-building process.
Source: IANS