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Infotech enterprises records 67% growth to cross Rs. 100 crore threshold in FY 2002

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InfoTech Enterprises Limited has announced that the audited financial results for the year ended March 31,2002 were taken on record by the board at itโ€™s meeting held on 25 April 2002.

Highlights:

InfoTech Enterprises Limited: year-on-year performance

  • Total Income up by 67% to Rs. 100.47 crore from Rs. 60.20 crore when compared to the previous year.
  • EBITDA grew by 92% to Rs. 43.90 crore compared to Rs. 22.91 crore in the previous year.
  • Net Profit before extraordinary item was higher by 67% at Rs. 28.76 crore compared to Rs.17.23 crore in the previous year.
  • Diluted Earning Per Share for the year was at Rs 40.11 compared to Rs 29.00 in the previous year, up by 38%.
  • 28 new customers were added during the year.

InfoTech Enterprises Limited: fourth quarter performance

  • Total Income for the quarter was up by 52% to Rs.27.75 crore compared to Rs. 18.27 crore in the corresponding quarter previous year.
  • EBITDA grew by 86% to Rs. 12.19 crore compared to Rs. 6.57 crore in the corresponding quarter in FY 2001.
  • Net Profit was higher by 86% at Rs. 7.82 crore compared to Rs. 4.20 crore in the previous year.
  • Diluted Earning Per Share for the quarter was at Rs. 11.43 compared to Rs. 6.93 in the previous year, an increase of 65%.

InfoTech Enterprises Consolidated Group performance during FY 2002

  • Total Income was higher by 49% at Rs. 136.20 crore compared to Rs. 91.16 crore last year.
  • EBITDA increased by 60% to Rs. 41.63 crore compared to Rs. 26.06 crore.
  • Net Profit before extraordinary item was higher by 43% at Rs. 23.17 crore from Rs. 16.17 crore in FY 2001.
  • Diluted EPS for the year was at Rs. 31.36 during FY 2002 compared to Rs. 27.21 in the previous year.

Human Resources

  • Increased value across businesses resulted in higher revenues without significant change in human resources.
  • Shift in human resources profile during FY 2002 โ€“ conscious increase in the quality of resources. Engineers / MCAs constituted 40% of InfoTechโ€™s employees at the end of FY 2002 compared to 23% in March 2001. Undergraduate / diploma holders count reduced to 43% from 67% a year ago.
  • GIS services division employed 60% of the billable resources at the end of FY 2002 compared to 79% at the end of the previous fiscal year. Engineering services and e-Solutions divisions employed 21% and 18% of the billable resources respectively in March 2002, compared to 5% and 14% last year.

Corporate Developments during FY 2002

  • Entered strategic relationship with Pratt & Whitney, one of the largest international aircraft engine manufacturers. This contract is the most significant engagement by an Indian company in the engineering services domain.
  • Executed end-to-end solutions for customers in India integrating GIS domain strengths with software solutions capability. Key customers include Noida Power Company and Hughes Tele.com.
  • Maintained high growth trend with acquisition of Advanced Graphics Software, a German company with engineering services skills. Further strengthened European presence with acquisition of MapCentric, a U.K. based IT company, through InfoTech Europe.
  • Software development and services business successfully assessed at SEI-CMM Level 5 only eight months after the Level 4 assessment.
  • Sudhir Sethi, India head of leading venture capital Company Walden International, joined InfoTech as President and Executive Director. Sudhir is responsible for sales and marketing; corporate and M&A strategy.

Total Income was at Rs. 100.47 crore for the year ended March 31, 2002, an increase of 67% over Rs. 60.20 crore for the corresponding period of the previous year.

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