Change effective March 27; NSE also moves Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance out of Nifty Next 50, brings in Torrent Pharma, Adani Transmission
Cost controls, presence in profitable markets increase earnings
PBT in Q3 of the last fiscal year stood at Rs 398.5 crore
Ambuja Cements, ACC, Orient Cement, JK Lakshmi Cement, Dalmia Bharat, Mangalam Cement, Heidelberg Cement India, India Cements and JK Cement were up 2 per cent to 5 per cent on the BSE
Investment in the plant, spread across 65.7 acres, is Rs 625 crore. It doesn't have linkages to limestone reserves and is getting this from a Shree unit near Kodla village in Karnataka
UltraTech and Shree Cement now together account for a fifth of the combined m-cap of Asia's leading listed cement makers, against their 6 per cent share in industry's revenues
World GDP growth will be less than three per cent, and even with revised estimates, India's GDP growth will be more than the global average, says Hari Mohan Bangur
While UltraTech and Shree Cement have risen 13-16 per cent since their December lows, ACC and Ambuja Cements have lagged, with gains of 6-9 per cent
JK Cement zoomed 5% to Rs 1,314, while Shree Cement gained 3 per cent to Rs 21,748, and was trading close to its all-time high level of Rs 22,200 touched on July 1, 2019, on the BSE today
Amid the gloomy GDP print; however, what is noteworthy is that the government spending rose sharply to 15.6 per cent during the quarter, as against 8.8 per cent in 1QFY20.
India's third-largest cement producing company has been hit by a prolonged monsoon season and falling cement prices on the back of the ongoing economic slowdown.
Promoters currently hold 64.79 per cent in the company, while foreign portfolio investors have an 11.88 per cent stake.
Profitability, declining costs are positives, but demand revival key for any upside
Earlier, only Dalmia Bharat was in the fray for the acquisition
Weak demand, low pricing ability to restricting performance in following quarters
While its net profit fell by 17% in the March quarter, the company is looking at high-price segments and premium products to drive profitability
Shree Cement has multiple plants spread across Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh
Analysts say power costs are likely to have peaked out, while easing of axle norms and railway rebate should lower transportation costs
The company's cement sales volumes at 6.99 million tonnes (MT) grew 18.7 per cent year-on-year (8.55 per cent sequentially).
The stock has moved higher by 4% to Rs 17,550 on BSE in noon deal after the company announced that it has commissioned new cement grinding unit in Rajasthan.