The Birla firm had completed the acquisition in June
UltraTech's performance for the quarter ending June disappointed the street, mainly on volume front. With its pan India peer, ACC reporting double-digit volume growth a day ago, flat volumes by UltraTech weighed on street's sentiment. The street was expecting a 3-5 per cent increase in volumes. Analysts at ICICI Securities, for instance, had estimated volumes at 13.9 million tonnes (MT) whereas actual came at 13.2 MT they said. Analysts at Motilal Oswal Securities, too, had expected cement volumes to grow 4 per cent year-on-year led by growth in North and East markets. With flat volumes for the quarter, net sales at Rs 6,533 crore for the standalone entity (domestic operations, excluding Star Cement UAE) grew just 5.7 per cent year-on-year and were well short of Bloomberg consensus estimate of Rs 6,840 crore.However, the performance in terms of profitability was good even as costs increased. The Ebitda at Rs 1,597 crore grew by 12.4 per cent year-on-year and was better than Rs 1,489 ..
Excluding the JP deal, UltraTech's capacity now stands at 66.3 million tonne per annum
Interview with Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group
But analysts not sure ACC can sustain the operating profit margin going ahead
Its total expenses were up 14.33% to Rs 7,710.32 crore as against Rs 6,743.85 crore
Aditya Birla Group firm's consolidated net profit stood at Rs 566.7 cr in year-ago period
The consolidated net profit of the company stood at Rs 594 cr for the third quarter of FY17
UltraTech Cement's net sales dropped to Rs 5,709 crore as against Rs 5,857 crore in the previous fiscal
The stock hit a new high of Rs 4,029, up 3.5% on the NSE in early morning trade.
The stock moved higher to its new high of Rs 3,954, up 2%, extending its Thursday's nearly 5% rally on the BSE.
The stock moved higher to its new high at Rs 3,739, up 1.4% on the National Stock Exchange.
The cement maker is proposing to issue 7.57%, 3,000 secured redeemable NCDs on a private placement basis
Despite soft demand & realisation, operational efficiency, cost control help exceed profit estimates
Total consolidated income of the cement-maker rose by 4%
Jaiprakash Associates, Jaiprakash Power Ventures and Jaypee Infratech were up more than 5% each on the BSE.
The increase in the limits is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing annual general meeting of the company
Cement major hopes for 7-8% growth in demand in FY17