Bharat Electronics Limited reported unaudited standalone earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended Dec. 31, 2012. For the quarter, the company reported net sales of INR 14,436.969 million, profit from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items of INR 1,278.565 million, profit from ordinary activities before tax of INR 2,572.854 million and net profit of INR 1,975.946 million or INR 24.70 per basic and diluted share after extraordinary items (not annualised) compared to net sales of INR 14,316.101 million, profit from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items of INR 1,007.270 million, profit from ordinary activities before tax of INR 2m414.694 million and net profit of INR 1,746.454 million or INR 21.83 per basic and diluted share after extraordinary items (not annualised) reported in the same period last year.

For the nine months, the company reported net sales of INR 32,628.212 million, loss from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items of INR 500.695 million, profit from ordinary activities before tax of INR 3,866.930 million and net profit of INR 2,971.349 million or INR 37.14 per basic and diluted share after extraordinary items (not annualised) compared to net sales of INR 24,132.253 million, profit from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items of INR 1,446.184 million, profit from ordinary activities before tax of INR 5,820.613 million and net profit of INR 4,224.601 million or INR 52.81 per basic and diluted share after extraordinary items (not annualised) reported in the same period last year.