Grey market premiums have dropped to 10% after last week's market fall.
Against ACC's total installed capacity of 33.41 mtpa, Shree Cement's current installed capacity stands at 41.90 mtpa
In the recent past, demand remained muted in north, central and western India at 3-5 per cent and volume growth declined by around five per cent in south India
On an absolute basis, the firm's stock will be the most expensive in the 50 share index
Analysts, however, do not see any upside in Shree Cement given all the positives are already priced-in.
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