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'The Best 50'

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The Best 50
Some companies have shown surprising good results
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Company Sales Var.(%) OP Var.(%) GP Var.(%) NP Var.(%)
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CESC 432.00 19 123.00 89 53.00 LP 4.00 LP
ITI 332.40 57 57.09 848 20.76 LP 12.19 LP
Ballarpur Inds 274.78 -27 34.26 48 15.54 LP 5.04 LP
Modi Rubber 229.32 12 15.16 33 4.78 LP 2.38 LP
Guj.Alkalies 127.24 78 51.11 385 22.07 646 4.61 LP
Supreme Petroch 100.64 14 12.54 60 5.48 270 3.42 LP
SKF Bearings 95.70 -1 21.10 72 15.60 169 3.60 LP
Excel Industries 80.34 20 9.57 43 3.89 158 1.34 LP
DCM Shriram Inds 79.41 26 11.19 77 5.84 999 4.66 LP
OCL India 63.57 -7 9.41 30 3.46 981 0.24 LP
Indian Org.Chem 52.92 6 10.63 999 3.81 LP 0.71 LP
Parke Davis (I) 47.57 2 6.65 170 4.05 623 1.80 LP
Blue Dart Expres 43.05 15 5.65 999 3.42 LP 2.01 LP
Seshasayee Paper 39.30 21 5.27 64 3.66 136 0.36 LP
Prime Solvent 38.06 -22 2.13 1.20 LP 0.93 LP
Matsushita TV 36.14 -10 4.16 2 2.69 3 0.08 LP
Cosmo Films 29.25 51 5.18 77 2.74 683 1.24 LP
Yokogawa Blue 29.18 210 3.81 LP 2.06 LP 1.41 LP
Asian Electronic 23.88 47 1.99 75 1.80 161 1.14 LP
Abbott Labs (I) 20.32 16 1.53 378 0.78 LP 0.64 LP
DFM Foods 20.04 13 0.26 117 0.10 233 0.01 LP
Automotive Axles 19.67 22 2.12 12 1.74 34 0.32 LP
Khaitan (India) 16.66 41 2.20 90 1.60 400 1.32 LP
TCM 11.55 3 1.17 129 0.58 LP 0.16 LP
FGP 9.43 -21 10.63 LP 8.37 LP 7.17 LP
Aplab 8.90 4 1.24 65 0.27 LP 0.01 LP
Stewarts & Lloyd 7.68 24 0.25 733 0.10 LP 0.02 LP
IFGL Refractor 5.71 150 1.20 LP 0.88 LP 0.46 LP
Neyveli Lignite 546.58 74 369.84 162 359.59 204 195.06 999
Hind.Constructn 129.52 127 16.49 144 6.11 89 2.08 999
Cheminor Drugs 55.21 49 14.08 99 8.58 177 5.75 999
Bausch & Lomb 18.76 45 3.76 224 3.70 585 2.05 999
Indo Flogates 7.27 12 1.48 76 1.02 191 0.78 999
Skol Breweries 16.53 -5 1.48 108 0.92 171 0.53 960
Guj.Themis Biosy 12.49 -8 2.60 58 2.23 128 1.78 748
Oil Country 39.72 -37 10.62 4.87 109 2.69 691
ShantivijayJewel 9.88 -64 2.15 298 2.04 500 1.97 630
TVS Electronics 30.83 10 2.65 132 1.20 94 0.49 600
Kalyani Sharp 83.40 11 6.37 51 4.64 110 2.72 504
Triumph Intl Fin 17.87 -16 0.24 380 0.24 380 0.23 475
Kamat Hotels (I) 7.49 164 3.42 660 2.12 371 1.74 461
HCL Infosystems 227.56 57 21.77 253 19.27 390 14.88 459
Supreme Oriented 6.60 8 0.87 6 0.48 50 0.21 425
Varun Shipping 47.89 20 24.45 56 15.47 79 3.45 400
Mangalore Chems 153.96 35 26.07 145 20.65 269 18.35 395
Carbon Everflow 29.13 17 8.43 110 6.81 175 4.96 382
Revathi-CP Equip 14.94 56 5.30 126 5.22 130 4.22 374
MCS 8.22 35 1.63 43 1.04 93 0.33 371
Cybertech System 5.14 153 4.18 234 4.18 234 3.85 364
SIC Agencies 322.14 196 23.11 127 10.76 154 8.71 358
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Figures in Rs cr for quarter ended Dec.'98 LP: Loss to Profit
Only select major companies have been listed Source: Capitalne Ole
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'The Worst 50'

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The Worst 50
Many capital goods manufacturers have performed badly
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Company Sales Var.(%) OP Var.(%) GP Var.(%) NP Var.(%)
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SAIL 3899.37 3 542.59 -8 16.55 -93 -273.29 PL
Bharat Earth Mov 293.18 18 25.21 -11 -1.21 PL -7.40 PL
NOCIL 247.10 -15 23.12 -1 4.18 -51 -0.72 PL
Bongaigaon Refin 235.38 17 4.49 -65 1.16 -89 -6.09 PL
Kirlosk. Electric 100.21 -9 10.40 -27 0.02 -100 -4.08 PL
Forbes Gokak 98.33 -4 4.90 -61 1.70 -80 -2.39 PL
SIEL 97.74 -20 11.35 -84 0.55 -99 -2.05 PL
Alstom 92.00 -30 1.87 -67 1.50 -63 -2.37 PL
NRC 60.64 -29 -1.00 PL -7.02 PL -9.18 PL
Wimco 47.85 -13 3.61 -31 0.17 -90 -0.38 PL
Mah.Elektrosmelt 40.11 20 -3.70 PL -4.69 PL -5.07 PL
Chettinad Cement 39.99 -12 10.58 -19 3.32 -37 -1.44 PL
Pudumjee Agro 38.22 0.51 -80 -0.06 PL -0.41 PL
Simbhaoli Sugar 34.40 14 4.00 -13 1.00 -23 -0.16 PL
BPL Sanyo Tech 30.79 -40 1.43 -69 -1.77 PL -2.99 PL
Bharat Bijlee 28.07 -13 -2.18 PL -3.20 PL -3.56 PL
Sona Steering 25.84 -28 0.61 -85 -1.02 PL -2.52 PL
Kalyani Brakes 25.64 -11 1.05 -51 0.60 -63 -0.74 PL
GKN Invel Trans 24.06 -18 1.37 -69 0.64 -81 -1.15 PL
UT 23.97 -17 2.25 -40 -0.22 PL -1.24 PL
Jayant Agro Org 16.33 44 -0.54 PL -0.58 PL -0.77 PL
Best & Crompton 13.24 9 0.33 -80 -0.87 PL -1.22 PL
VDO India 12.31 13 -4.45 PL -5.12 PL -5.36 PL
Mather & Platt 12.21 2 -1.38 PL -1.70 PL -1.97 PL
T N Jai Bharath 10.30 64 1.09 -44 0.01 -99 -0.75 PL
Pranavaditya Spg 8.90 -22 0.59 -58 -0.19 PL -0.40 PL
Shree Manufact 8.47 -8 0.84 -26 0.22 -55 -0.06 PL
Hikal Chem Inds 8.19 71 2.43 119 0.31 -48 -1.22 PL
Gajra Bevel 8.10 -15 0.98 -27 0.35 -53 -0.13 PL
Maniyar Plast 8.01 -19 1.27 -21 -0.42 PL -1.15 PL
Amal Products 7.96 -42 -0.52 PL -1.76 PL -2.27 PL
Elpro Internatl 7.93 -13 0.26 -78 0.01 -99 -0.60 PL
Super Sales Agen 7.69 -29 0.55 -54 0.05 -94 -0.73 PL
Williamson Magor 7.31 -20 2.92 -48 -1.52 PL -1.57 PL
Supertex Inds 6.76 -40 0.65 -42 -0.17 PL -0.47 PL
Fem Care Pharma 5.51 24 0.26 -57 -0.05 PL -0.18 PL
Khaitan Tibre 5.47 2 -0.07 PL -0.07 PL -0.34 PL
Auto Corpn Goa 13.03 -28 0.18 -88 -0.46 PL -1.20 -999
Spentex Inds 12.21 0.38 -84 -1.02 PL -1.89 -999
JBM Tools 8.46 23 0.58 -60 -1.02 PL -1.89 -999
Sudal Industries 6.30 -31 -0.13 PL -0.53 PL -0.58 -999
ITC Bhadrach Pap 81.75 55 5.93 -22 -12.53 PL -22.36 -980
Samtex Fashion 8.15 -16 0.74 -47 0.22 -75 0.03 -96
Parrys Confect 33.83 25 2.95 -4 1.91 -22 0.10 -92
Thirumalai Chem 42.06 5 6.33 -24 3.19 -49 0.33 -91
Swaraj Mazda 29.43 -23 1.50 -56 0.52 -79 0.20 -90
Ruby Mills 12.66 -12 1.93 -30 1.27 -31 0.06 -90
Uttam Steel 106.37 -9 8.73 -12 4.20 -38 0.32 -89
Priyadar.Cement 23.15 -27 2.47 -59 1.36 -70 0.46 -87
Universal Starch 11.20 2 0.58 -54 0.31 -58 0.10 -84
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Figures in Rs cr for quarter ended Dec.'98 PL: Profit to Loss
Only select major companies have been listed Source: Capitalne Ole
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