Welspun Corp skyrockets on reporting over 54% rise in net sales in Q3

02 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Welspun Corp is currently trading at Rs. 120.60, up by 5.75 points or 5.01% from its previous closing of Rs. 114.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 112.25 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 123.30 and Rs. 109.00 respectively. So far 553060 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 216.50 on 13-Apr-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 64.50 on 09-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 127.40 and Rs. 109.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 2765.26 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 36.90% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.56% and 22.43% respectively.

Leading steel pipe manufacturer Welspun Corp has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 70.19 crore for the quarter ended December, 2011, largely due to forex losses on account of rupee depreciation. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 146.52 crore for the corresponding quarter of 2010-11.

Net sales of the company, however, rose by over 54% to Rs 2,449.68 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 1,586.21 crore in the same period last fiscal.

Further, the company’s Q3 performance was adversely impacted by Rs 182.3 crore -- foreign exchange provision due to 8.4% depreciation of the rupee during this quarter.

In the October-December quarter, Welspun sold 2,02,000 tonnes of pipe, an increase of about 23% year-on-year, while steel plate sales stood at 1,39,000 tonnes, a growth of 12% vis-a-vis the year-ago period.

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