Essar Shipping in demand on reporting 43% jump in Q3 net

09 Feb 2012 Evaluate

Essar Shipping is currently trading at Rs. 34.20, up by 2.90 points or 9.27% from its previous closing of Rs. 31.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 32.20 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 35.10 and Rs. 32.05 respectively. So far 498992 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 95.00 on 15-Nov-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 16.20 on 19-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 35.10 and Rs. 26.95 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 701 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 83.71% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 8.53% and 7.76% respectively.

Essar Shipping has posted 43% increase in profit after tax for the quarter ended December 31, at Rs 48.6 crore, against Rs 33.9 crore in the same quarter last year. The revenue increased by 11% to Rs 729.2 crore during the October-December quarter, 2011-12, as against Rs 658.8 crore in the year ago period.

Sea transportation business contributed Rs 317.4 crore to the topline, oilfields services - Rs 143.9 crore and logistics business - Rs 283.9 crore during the quarter under review.

Essar Shipping, which has a fleet of 25 vessels and has on order 10 new ships, generates main share of the sea transportation business by ferrying dry cargo. New ships are expected to join the fleet over the next 18 months.

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