United Breweries is currently trading at Rs. 458.50, up by 2.95 points or 0.65% from its previous closing of Rs. 455.55 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 460.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 469.60 and Rs. 455.55 respectively. So far 4,323 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 613.80 on 10-Jun-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 339.50 on 11-Jan-2012.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 474.00 and Rs. 430.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 11,694.00 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.75% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 18.15% and 7.09% respectively.
The company has posted a fall of 4.02% in its net profit of Rs 28.62 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 29.82 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income has surged by 61.50% from Rs 626.54 crore for Q3FY11 to Rs 1011.87 crore in the quarter under review.
United Breweries is maker of Kingfisher beer and Heineken beer in India. Kingfisher is largest selling beer in India that commands 29% of market share. The company has presence in 52 countries.
