«If you look at growth on a full year basis, our revenues are up 20%, EBITDAs up 29% and profit after tax up at about 47% and we closed the year with a very healthy EBITDA margin of 26%,» says Pankaj Sahni, Group CEO, Medanta.
Meanwhile, Dr Naresh Trehan, CMD, Medanta says, «The model actually not only is the highest level of care that we give or knowledge that is available, but also with compassion and make it affordable, as affordable as possible.»
Describe how the quarter gone by has been for you and where is it that you see the business actually moving, say, in the next two to three quarters?
Pankaj Sahni: We have been very happy with the performance as we look at not only the quarter, but the build up to that over the last several months, in fact over the full year if you look at growth from last year to this year on a quarterly basis, EBITDAs are up 8%, revenues are up 14%.
If you look at growth on a full year basis, our revenues are up 20%, EBITDAs up 29% and profit after tax up at about 47% and we closed the year with a very healthy EBITDA margin of 26%.
So, on an overall basis, we are very happy with how things are going. This is in line with our stated strategy of making sure we focus on quality, driving growth through volume.
If you look at our volume growth across