BENGALURU: The Essel group’s education company Zee Learn Limited (Zee Learn) reported 12.4 percent higher YoY Total Income from Operations (TIO, revenue) in the quarter ended December 31, 2015 (Q3-2016,current quarter) at Rs 22.29 crore as compared to Rs 19.84 crore , but was 27.4 percent lower QoQ than Rs 30.70 crore.

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

The company’s Profit after tax (PAT) in the current quarter more than doubled YoY (up 2.07 times) at Rs 2.27 crore (10.2 percent margin) as compared to Rs 1.09 crore (5.5 percent margin) and was 2.1 times higher QoQ as compared  to Rs 1.08 crore.

Let us look at the other numbers reported by Zee Learn

Zee Learn’s Total expenditure (TE) in Q3-2016 at Rs 17.20 crore (77.2 percent of TIO) was 1.7 percent higher YoY as compared to Rs 16.91 crore (85.2 percent of TIO), but was 3.49 percent klowerr QoQ as compared to Rs 25.43 crore (86.1 percent of TIO).

Employee Benefit Expense (EBE) in Q3-2016 at Rs 5.99 crore (26.9 percent of TIO) was 5.4 percent as compared to Rs 6.33 crore (31.9 percent of TIO) and was 17.4 percent lower QoQ as compared to Rs 7.25 crore.

In Q3-2016, Zee Learn’s operating cost at Rs 0.64 crore (2.9 percent of IO) was 14.6 percent lower YoY as compared to Rs 0.75 crore (3.8 percent of TIO) and was 24.2 percent lower as compared to Rs 0.85 crore (2.8 percent of TIO).

The company’s marketing, advertisement and publicity expense (marketing expense) for Q3-2016 at Rs 0.58 crore (2.6 percent of TIO) was 58.5 percent lower YoY than the Rs 1.40 crore (7.1 percent of TIO) and was 67.4 percent lower QoQ as compared to Rs 1.78 crore (5.8 percent of TIO) in the immediate trailing quarter.

Other expense in Q3-2016 at Rs 6.07 crore (27.3 percent of TIO) was 40.9 percent more YoY as compared to Rs 4.31 crore (21.7 percent of TIO) and was 18.6 percent lower QoQ as compared to Rs 7.46 crore (24.3 percent of TIO).

Zee Learn says that on June 28, 2015 a fire occurred in one of the warehouses of the company at Bhiwandi near Mumbai and the inventory of educational material lying at the said warehouse amounting to Rs 1416.61 lakh got completely destroyed. Further, Zee Learn says that it has lodged a claim with the Insurance company for the loss incurred. Pending the settlement of insurance claim, the loss is accounted as ‘Claims Receivables’ under other Current Assets to the extent of the above amount. On settlement of the claim by the Insurance company, the difference in loss claim and actual claim received , if any, will be charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss Account.