Tejas Networks announces consolidated results for quarter and year ended March 31, 2018
Bengaluru, April 24, 2018: Tejas Networks [BSE: 540595, NSE: TEJASNET] today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2018. Tejas Networks designs, develops, manufactures and sells high-performance optical and data networking products, which are used to build high-speed communication networks over optical fiber.
For the year ended March 31, 2018, our consolidated revenues (net of taxes and pass-through component sale) were Rs. 739.9 crore which was a year-on-year decline of 9.6% and our profit before tax and exceptional item was Rs 106 crore which was an year-on-year increase of 26.0%. For Q4’18 our consolidated revenues (net of taxes and pass-through component sale) were Rs 98.7 crore, a decline of 61.2% and our net profit after tax of Rs 29.1 crore, a decline of 56.7% on a yearon-year basis.
Mr. Sanjay Nayak, Managing Director and CEO of Tejas Networks said, “Revenue decline during the year is primarily due to late receipt of a few large orders. However, we ended the year with a healthy backlog of Rs 579 crore, which gives us the necessary momentum for a strong revenue growth in the coming year.”
The fundamental growth drivers of our business continue to be strong. Globally, the increased use of mobile data as well as broadband by consumers, businesses and governments, results in an increased demand for our optical transmission equipment. With expansion of 4G networks and advent of 5G and IOT in future, we expect this trend to continue for the next few years. During fiscal 2018, our India revenues were strong, particularly in the government sector. Our international business is going through a transition, where we saw a decline in revenues from our OEM customers, while we increased our focus on building our direct sales. Our continued investment in international direct sales is showing positive signs, as we see strong business momentum building up across customers in SE Asia, Africa and USA. India will continue to lead our growth with increased capex in fiber optic infrastructure by telecom operators and execution of government projects such as Bharatnet Phase 2. However, due to the nature of our business, our revenue on a quarter-onquarter basis will continue to be lumpy.
Mr. Venkatesh Gadiyar, CFO said, “We continue to see good progress in our working capital management which saw a reduction of Rs 133.1 crore for the year. Our cash and cash equivalents including investment in liquid mutual funds and deposits with financial institutions at the end of the year was Rs 512.7 crore. We announced a new capital allocation policy of paying upto 25% of our free cash flows as dividend (including dividend distribution tax) every year. We believe we have a strong balance sheet to support our future growth.”
During the year, we were granted 20 patents resulting in a cumulative grant of 76 patents. As on date, we have filed for 341 patents.
Click here to download the PDF
ABOUT TEJAS NETWORKS
Tejas Networks designs, develops and sells high-performance and cost-competitive networking products to telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utilities, defense and government entities in over 75 countries. Tejas products utilize programmable, software-defined hardware architecture with a common software code-base that delivers seamless upgrades of new features and technology standards. Tejas Networks is ranked among top-10 suppliers in the global optical aggregation segment and has filed over 349 patents.
For more information, visit Tejas Networks at http://www.tejasnetworks.com or
Contact
Investor Relations: ir@india.tejasnetworks.com
Attn: Mr. Santosh Kesavan: skeshavan@india.tejasnetworks.com
Phone: +91 80 41794600
SAFE HARBOUR
Certain Statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in Such forward-looking statements due to risks or uncertainties associated with our expectations with respect to, but not limited to, our ability to successfully implement our strategy and our growth and expansion plans, technological changes, our exposure to market risks, general economic and political conditions in India which have an impact on our business activities or investments, changes in the laws and regulations that apply to the industry in which the Company operates. The Company does not undertake to update any forward looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.