Power Grid gains on plan to invest Rs 22,500 crore for expansion

04 Jun 2015 Evaluate

Power Grid Corporation of India is currently trading at Rs. 143.30, up by 0.40 points or 0.28% from its previous closing of Rs. 142.90 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 143.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 144.25 and Rs. 142.75 respectively. So far 84969 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 159.00 on 28-Feb-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 124.00 on 04-Jun-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 146.70 and Rs. 140.50 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 75230.26 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 57.90% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 35.49% and 6.61% respectively.

Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is reportedly planning to invest Rs 22,500 crore this fiscal to fuel its expansion plans. The company has already invested Rs 4,000 crore for various projects in the last two months. The company has also planned to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore through domestic bonds during the year. 

Meanwhile, the company has earmarked a capital expenditure of up to Rs 1 lakh crore for five years, ending 2016-17. The company would be maintaining a 70:30 debt to equity ratio for its capex plans.

Power Grid Corporation of India is India’s principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India’s interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India.

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