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Won't raise stake in RBL Bank without strategic value: M&M
Mint Mumbai
|August 05, 2023
M&M nearly doubled its standalone net profit to ₹2,774 crore in the 3 months ended June
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd’s decision to buy a 3.53% stake in private lender RBL Bank Ltd for ₹417 crore is not a sign of wavering capital allocation discipline, Anish Shah, managing director and chief executive of the Mumbai-based automaker said on Friday.
Explaining the rationale behind the surprise move, Shah said the company will make targeted investments to drive returns and focus on execution to “show outperformance", unlike in the past where the execution of its capital allocation actions wasn’t “strong enough".
He, however, added that M&M doesn’t have any plan to enter the banking business or raise its stake unless there is a “compelling strategic reason in the future". It also won’t invest in any other bank, he said on the sidelines of the June quarter results press meet.
M&M nearly doubled its standalone net profit to ₹2,773.73 crore in the three months ended June, from ₹1,403.61 crore a year ago. This included a one-time gain of ₹405 crore from the KG Mobility, formerly Ssangyong, after it was bought out of bankruptcy by Korea’s KG Group.
This story is from the August 05, 2023 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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