Eveready Industries surges on hiking battery prices

01 Oct 2015 Evaluate

Eveready Industries (India) is currently trading at Rs 296.00, up by 7.25 points or 2.51% from its previous closing of Rs 288.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 292.95 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 299.00 and Rs. 291.20 respectively. So far 30414 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 374.90 on 17-Jul-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 97.00 on 07-Oct-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 300.00 and Rs. 274.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 2145.73 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 43.92% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.13% and 31.94% respectively.

Eveready Industries India has hiked the prices of its batteries. Post implementing the price hike on the premium range of batteries and market demand remaining stable the company is increasing prices of the remaining popular range of batteries. The popular range constitutes about 60% of total battery volumes, and MRPs of the various types will undergo a change by Rs 0.50 per piece resulting in an increase of around 5%.

Post this price increase the company would have passed on all adverse cost pressure due the recent currency depreciation.

Eveready is the market leader of dry cell batteries selling more than 1.2 billion units annually. Apart from dry cell batteries, Eveready is also the market leader in flashlights selling in excess of 25 million units per year. Eveready also markets LED, CFL, GLS lamps & other lighting products and rechargeable lanterns & devices, and packet tea. Eveready has an extensive distribution network of 4000 dealers reaching all the way to 5000 population towns.

 

Eveready Inds. India Share Price

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