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2 min read | Updated on April 29, 2025, 16:07 IST
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Trent on Tuesday posted a 25% quarter-on-quarter fall in its fourth quarter net profit from ₹469.33 crore in Q3FY25 to ₹350 crore in Q4FY25. Its board of directors also recommended a 500% final dividend.
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On a sequential basis, Trent's profit fell 49.71% from ₹619.56 crore in the December quarter of FY25. | Image: Shutterstock
Trent Ltd on Tuesday, April 29, reported a 46.48% year-on-year (YoY) decrease in its standalone net profit to ₹350 crore in the fourth quarter of the 2024-25 financial year (Q4FY25). In the corresponding period last year, the Tata Group subsidiary had clocked ₹654 crore in net profit.
On a sequential basis, the retail company's profit fell 25.44% from ₹469.33 crore in the December quarter of FY25.
In the March quarter of FY25, the company's revenue from operations stood at ₹4,106.10 crore, jumping 28.8% YoY from ₹3,186.93 crore in the year-ago period. Its top-line plunged 9.45% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) from ₹4,534.71 crore.
The retail firm clocked an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of ₹656.09 crore in the period under review, up 37.2% YoY from ₹478.16 crore in Q4FY24.
Trent's operating margin expanded marginally from 15% in March quarter of FY24 to 15.98% in Q4FY25.
Trent's board of directors also recommended a final dividend of ₹5 per equity share with a face value of ₹1 each, i.e., 500%, subject to the approval of shareholderds.
The company will make the payment for the dividend, if approved, on or after the fourth day from the conclusion of its 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Shares of Trent closed in the green at ₹5,391.50 apiece, up 3.49% on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday.
The stock lost 0.28% over the last week but gained 1.25% since the beginning of April. The scrip has slipped 24.31% on a year-to-date basis.
The share hit a 52-week high of ₹8,345 on October 14, 2024 and a low of ₹4,052.40 exactly a year ago on April 29, 2024.
Trent has a total market capitalisation of ₹1.92 lakh crore as of April 29, 2025, on the NSE.
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