Oct 30 (Reuters) - Three months ended Sept. 30
(versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated)
Net profit 886.1 vs 672.4
Net sales 15,776.8 vs 18,664.0
NOTE: Ashok Leyland Ltd , makes trucks and buses and has a venture with Japan's Nissan to make light trucks.
A Reuters poll of 11 brokerages forecast net profit at 741.9 million rupees on net sales of 16.9 billion rupees. (Reporting by Janaki Krishnan in MUMBAI)