April 22 (Reuters) - Three months ended March 31.
(versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated)
Net profit 628.2 vs 385.1
Net sales 7,913.4 vs 5,288.9
NOTE: Exide Industries Ltd makes industrial and automotive batteries.
Analysts polled by Reuters expected Exide to report a net profit of 684.67 million rupees on net sales of 8,028.0 million rupees. (Reporting by Aniruddha Basu in MUMBAI; Editing by Harish Nambiar)