GE Shipping gains on reworking its newbuilding Kamsarmax exposure

27 Apr 2016 Evaluate

GE Shipping is currently trading at Rs. 334.35, up by 2.55 points or 0.77% from its previous closing of Rs. 331.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 333.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 334.35 and Rs. 332.40 respectively.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 420.00 on 10-Nov-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 275.00 on 02-Mar-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 338.10 and Rs. 329.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5,092.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 30.42% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 42.25% and 27.02% respectively.

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has entered into an agreement to cancel the new building Kamsarmax which was scheduled for delivery in FY18 (contract signed in FY14). Simultaneously, the company has contracted for purchase of two new-building resale Kamsarmaxes being built at the same shipyard, due to be delivered in Q2 FY 17. The transactions collectively are value accretive.

GE Shipping’s current fleet stands at 32 vessels, comprising 23 tankers (8 crude carriers, 14 product tankers, 1 LPG carrier) and 9 dry bulk carriers (4 Kamsarmax, 5 Supr-amax) with an average age of 10.4 years aggregating 2.5 mn dwt. The total order book (including the resales) now stands at 4 new-building Kamsarmaxes, all of which will be delivered in FY 17.


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