MTNL gains on hopes of turning profitable in 2017-18

02 Jun 2016 Evaluate

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) is currently trading at Rs. 19.40, up by 0.15 points or 0.78% from its previous closing of Rs. 19.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 19.20 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 19.70 and Rs. 19.00 respectively. So far 219257 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 24.50 on 03-Dec-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 14.45 on 25-Aug-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 20.65 and Rs. 17.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1222.20 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 56.25% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 21.81% and 20.57% respectively.

MTNL expects to post operational profit at the end of the current financial year and turn profitable in 2017-18. The state-run telecom firm has been running in losses since 2009-10.

The company reported operating loss of Rs 526.42 crore for the January-March quarter of 2015-16. It was however able to post a net profit of Rs 174.58 crore for the quarter on account of refunds for surrendering CDMA spectrum. For the full 2015-16 fiscal, it reported operating loss of Rs 1,944.60 crore on standalone basis.

MTNL was set up by the Government of India to upgrade the quality of telecom services, expand the telecom network, and introduce new services and to raise revenue for telecom development needs of India's key metros -- Delhi and Mumbai.

 

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