Motherson Sumi Wiring India's quarterly profit falls on higher costs
May 9 (Reuters) - Motherson Sumi Wiring India (MSWI.NS), opens new tab reported lower fourth-quarter profit on Friday as higher costs weighed.
The company, which sells wiring harness solutions to carmakers including Maruti Suzuki (MRTI.NS), opens new tab and Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), opens new tab, said its profit fell 14% to 1.65 billion rupees ($19.3 million) in the quarter ended March 31.
Its total revenue from operations grew 12% to 25.1 billion rupees.
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The company, which counts copper as its key raw material, said costs remained elevated in the January-to-March period. Its input costs rose 12% to 15.93 billion rupees in the three months.
Motherson Sumi is setting up greenfield plants to serve its auto industry clients, with the plants at different stages of completion. The expansion plans had a 230 million rupee impact on the company's profit after tax during the March quarter, as per its investor presentation.
Last month, peer Exide Industries (EXID.NS), opens new tab posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit due to high input costs and sluggish automotive demand.
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