Tuesday 28 January 2014

Just Dial shares plunge, earnings disappoint

Shares in local search service provider Just Dial Ltd plunged as much as 18.2 percent as its October-December quarter earnings fell short of some analysts' expectations.

The company reported late on Monday its net profit for the quarter was Rs. 29.55 crore, almost flat from Rs. 28.66 crore in the previous quarter.

"Just Dial reported slower customer growth (in paid listing) at 5 percent QoQ vs our estimate of 8 percent QoQ (which was premised on continuing traction in customer growth from introduction of friction free sales process in Q1)," Axis Capital said in a note. "This led to Q3 revenue being 3 percent lower than our estimate."

At 2:13 p.m, shares in Just Dial were down 11.62 per cent at Rs.1,309.

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