Apollo Tyres, Nestle India, SRF and Steel Strips Wheels too hit their respective record highs in intra-day trade today
D-Mart has surged 6% to Rs 1,517, while IndiGo rallied 5% to Rs 1,249 on the BSE in intra-day trade.
Anticipation of rise in operating costs and further pressure on margins may drag sentiment around the stock
Avenue Supermarts, which owns and operates D-Mart supermarket chain, fell 9 per cent to Rs 1,423 on the BSE after the reported a disappointing set of numbers for December quarter.
While topline for the quarter grew well, profit growth remained flat due to gross margin reduction on account of price cuts, says CEO
Basic earnings per share (EPS) for the reported quarter was at Rs 4.12 as compared to Rs 4.03 in the year-ago period
The stock was up 2% to Rs 1,649, trading close to its record high level of Rs 1,682 touched on August 2, 2018, on BSE in the intra-day trade.
The stock dipped 4% to Rs 1,142 on the BSE in intra-day trade, its lowest level since February 9, 2018.
Besides high valuations, untested e-commerce venture and pace of expansion are other concerns
The stock hit a new high of Rs 1,620, rallying 19% from its recent low of Rs 1,359 on May 23.
The stock dipped 4% to Rs 1,433 on the BSE in intra-day trade
The company's total revenue for the financial year 2017-18 stood at Rs 150.09 billion, compared to Rs 118.81 billion for 2016-17
Avenue Supermarts with the m-cap of Rs 921.77 billion stands in at number 33rd position in overall m-cap ranking at 11:59 am, the BSE data shows.
The company's revenues went up 26% at Rs 3,508.26 cr in Q2 FY18 as compared to Rs 2,778.73 cr in Q2 FY17
Its total revenue for the first half of this fiscal stood at Rs 7,106 crore
Interview with Neville Noronha, CEO & MD, Avenue Supermarts
Since listing on March 21, the stock rallied 26% against 1.3% rise in Sensex, till Friday, May 5
Strong show on revenues as well as earnings will help sustain high valuations
Most analysts have arrived at a price target of Rs 600-660 over the next year and a half
Avenue Supermarts, which operates the D-Mart retail chain, paid Rs 9.43 crore-just 0.5 per cent of the issue size- to the eight investment banks that managed the Initial Public Offer (IPO), information provided in the company's final offer document filed with the market regulator this week shows.Typically, investment banks charge between 1.5 per cent and three per cent to manage private sector IPOs. The average fees charged for the previous 10 big IPOs is around two per cent. The eight investment banks that handled the D-Mart IPO are Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Axis Capital, Edelweiss Financial, HDFC Bank, ICICI Securities, Inga Capital, JM Financial Institutional Securities, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors and SBI Capital Markets. Sources said bulk of the Rs 9.43 crore fees was paid to Kotak Mahindra Capital, which acted as the main lead banker, while the remaining eight were paid an equal fixed fee."Investment banks were told about the low fees beforehand. Despite that, they ..