-- Home First Finance Company India's (NSE:HOMEFIRST, BOM:543259) profit after tax rose to 1.49 billion Indian rupees in the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, from 1.05 billion rupees a year ago.
Earnings per share came in at 14.22 rupees from 11.45 rupees a year ago, the financial services provider said in a filing to the Indian stock exchanges on Wednesday. The EPS was higher than the 14.08 rupees estimated by the analysts polled by Visible Alpha.
Total revenue from operations also increased to 5.01 billion rupees from 2.15 billion rupees a year ago.
The company's board recommended a dividend of 5.20 rupees per share of a face value of 2 rupees each for the financial year ended March 31.
The company's shares were down 2% in recent trade.