Avenue Supermarts lost 2.58% to Rs 787.80 at 10:20 IST on BSE, with the stock declining on profit booking after seeing a pre-result upmove in anticipation of good Q4 result.
The result was announced after market hours on Friday, 5 May 2017.Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 94.11 points or 0.32% at 29,952.91.
On the BSE, 2.97 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far, compared with average daily volumes of 3.50 lakh shares in the past two weeks. The stock hit a high of Rs 825.10 in intraday trade so far, which is a record high for the counter. The stock had hit a low of Rs 783.10 so far during the day. The stock hit a record low of Rs 558.75 on 21 March 2017. The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 5 May 2017, rising 21.79% compared with 0.23% fall in the Sensex.
The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 624.08 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Avenue Supermarts' net profit rose 47.45% to Rs 96.67 crore on 40.58% surge in net sales to Rs 3110.64 crore in Q4 March 2017 over Q4 March 2016. The company's earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 41% to Rs 217 crore in Q4 March 2017 over Q4 March 2016. EBITDA margin improved to 6.95% in Q4 March 2017 from 6.93% in Q4 March 2016.
Avenue Supermarts said that the company follows Everyday low cost - Everyday low price (EDLC-EDLP) strategy which aims at using operational and distribution efficiency and thereby delivering value for money to customers by selling products at competitive prices.
Commenting on the financial performance of the company Neville Noronha, CEO and Managing Director, Avenue Supermarts said that delivering great value and being consistently relevant to consumers is the company's most important long term objective.
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Shares of Avenue Supermarts had gained 9.8% in the preceding four trading sessions to settle at Rs 808.65 on 5 May 2017, from its close of Rs 736.50 on 28 April 2017.
Shares of Avenue Supermarts had debuted at Rs 604.40 on BSE, a premium of 102.14% to the initial public offer (IPO) price of Rs 299 per share on 21 March 2017. The stock had settled at Rs 640.75 on that day, a premium of 114.29% over its IPO price.
The IPO of Avenue Supermarts closed with strong response from investors. The IPO received bids for 464.08 crore shares compared with 4.43 crore shares on offer. The IPO was subscribed 104.59 times. The issue opened for bidding on 8 March 2017 and closed on 10 March 2017.
Avenue Supermarts is a Mumbai-based company, which owns and operates DMart stores. D-Mart is an emerging national supermarket chain that offers customers a range of home and personal products under one roof. The company offers a wide range of products with a focus on Foods, Non-Foods (FMCG) and General Merchandise & Apparel product categories. As of 31 March 2017, the company had 131 stores with Retail Business Area of 4.1 million sq.ft.across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamilnadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, NCR and Chhattisgarh.
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