BENGALURU: Indian search engine and directory services provider Just Dial Limited (Just Dial) reported a 28.8 per cent jump in its total income from operations (TIO) in Q3-2015 to Rs 154.42 crore from Rs 119.86 crore in Q3-2014 and a 4.8 per cent increase from the Rs 147.40 crore in Q2-2015. In 9M-2015, the company’s TIO increased 29.6 per cent to Rs 436.85 crore from Rs 337.08 crore in 9M-2014.

Let us look at the other numbers reported by Just Dial:

Just Dial’s PAT for Q3-2015 increased 8 per cent to Rs 32.14 crore (20.8 per cent of TIO) from Rs 29.75 crore (24.8 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of last year and was 2.1 per cent more than the Rs 31.49 crore (21.4 per cent of TIO). PAT during 9M-2015 at Rs 91.73 crore (21 per cent of TIO) was 6.1 per cent more than the Rs 86.46 crore (25.6 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

The company’s Total Expenditure (TE) in Q3-2015 at Rs 110.42 crore (71.5 per cent of TIO) was 21.6 per cent more than the Rs 90.77 crore (75.7 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014 and was 0.6 per cent less than the Rs 111.11 crore (75.4 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015. TE in 9M-2015 at Rs 328.27 crore (50.8 per cent of TIO) was 33.9 per cent more than the Rs 245.18 crore (72.7 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) is the major expense head for Just Dial. EBE in Q3-2015 at Rs 78.64 crore (50.9 per cent of TIO) was 31.9 per cent more than the Rs 59.64 crore (49.8 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014 and 3.8 per cent more than the Rs 75.78 crore (51.4 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015. EBE in 9M-2015 at Rs 221.76 crore (50.8 per cent of TIO) was 33.5 per cent more than the Rs 166.16 crore (49.3 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Just Dial reported depreciation and amortisation expense (Depreciation) of Rs 6.11 crore (4 per cent of TIO), which was 43.8 per cent more than the Rs 4.25 crore (3.5 per cent of TIO) in Q3-2014 and was 3.2 per cent less than the Rs 6.31 crore (4.3 per cent of TIO) in Q2-2015. In 9M-2015, depreciation at Rs 18.13 crore (4.2 per cent of TIO) was 40.2 per cent more than the Rs 12.93 crore (3.8 per cent of TIO) in 9M-2014.

Note: 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore