JSW Steel firms up on plan of increasing overall steel capacity

01 Aug 2014 Evaluate

JSW Steel is currently trading at Rs. 1206.00, up by 26.20 points or 2.22% from its previous closing of Rs. 1179.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1174.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1206.05 and Rs. 1167.00 respectively. So far 27373 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1324.50 on 11-Jun-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs. 451.50 on 19-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1232.60 and Rs. 1161.80 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 28861.61 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 38.54 % while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.60 % and 36.86 % respectively.

In order to retain market share of 13-14%, JSW Steel is planning to increase overall steel capacity to 40 million tonnes per annum by 2025. This will entail a capital outlay of around $22 billion over the next decade. At present, the company has installed capacity of 14.3 million tonnes.

Meanwhile, the Government of India has set a target of 300 million tonne capacity by 2025 from the current level of around 105 million tonnes. This would require huge investments to the tune of $200 billion within a span of around one decade.

JSW Steel is part of the JSW group which, in turn, is a part of the O P Jindal group. JSW Steel is one of the largest steel manufacturing companies in India having units in Karnataka and Maharashtra producing crude steel, long steel and flat steel products.

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