On the company's conference call, Info Edge CEO Hitesh Oberoi informed that the company's stand alone net sales in quarter ended 31st December 2011 were at Rs 92 crore , a 22% increase YoY. However, sales were flat sequentially. Its operating EBITDA was Rs 35 crore up 26% YoY and 5% QoQ, operating EBITDA margin was at 38% vs 37% in the same quarter, last year. PAT was at Rs 29 crore compared to Rs 25 crore in q3 last year, a 32% increase. Operating PAT was at Rs 22.5 crore up 32% YoY, while operating PAT margin was at 24.5% vs 22.6% in Q3FY10. The company's deferred sales revenue increased to Rs 92.4 crores as on 31 December vs Rs 91.7 crore recorded in the last quarter. Worries over slow growth rate in Naukri: Oberoi said that while business was still growing, the growth rate has been coming down gradually due to deceleration in the recruitment market. He added that the company's growth is dependent on the growth of the Indian economy and although there is a slow down specially affecting high-end products with big clients cutting on spending, existing clients are renewing products. Q3 was a little slow even in terms of IT clients, according to him. He said that "margins could come off a little bit if Naukri doesn't grow at more than 20% in the coming year." The last 9 months were particularly not good in terms of business from clients of insurance, telecom and financal services segments. Naukri's marketshare remains at 60%. According to Oberoi,…
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