ITC trades in green on the bourses

19 Jun 2012 Evaluate

ITC is currently trading at Rs. 246.20, up by 3.15 points or 1.30% from its previous closing of Rs. 243.05 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 243.70 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 246.45 and Rs. 243.20 respectively. So far 11,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 252.80 on 27-Apr-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 182.30 on 22-Jun-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 250.00 and Rs. 242.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1, 92,489 crore.

The Institutions and Non-Institutions held 51.65% and 48.04% respectively in the company.

Cigarette major, ITC, may hike the prices of some food products as the rupee’s plunge to a record low, is threatening to eat into the margins of the company. Although ITC’s foods business is juvenile than many other established players around and less fetching than its tobacco business, but the company’s Bangalore-headquartered division, which has crossed Rs 3,000-crore-mark in terms of turnover, cannot be taken for granted.

The depreciation of the Indian currency has prevented the company’s ace rivals, like, ITC, Britannia Industries and other makers of processed foods from benefiting from an 11% drop in prices of edible oil, being imported from Indonesia and Malaysia. Emerging as the worst performer amongst the other Asian currency, the rupee weakened 23% against the dollar in the past year.

The company’s net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012 surged by 25.98% of Rs 1614.36 crore as compared to Rs 1281.48 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the Year ended March 31, 2012, the company’s net profit registered 23.55% growth at Rs 6162.37 crore as compared to Rs 4987.61 crore for the previous year. Company’s total income has increased by 17.97% to Rs 25999.16 crore for the year from Rs 22038.80 crore in the previous year.

Segment wise, the company’s revenue from Cigarettes registered 17.4% (Y-O-Y) growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, at Rs 3249.9 crore; revenue from FMCG division grew by 23.2% at Rs 1616.5 crore, Agri business grew by 30.7% at Rs 1414.2 crore, while it’s Paper and packaging Business registered 6.9% growth at Rs 979.9 crore.

ITC Share Price

404.80 1.75 (0.43%)
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Peers
Company Name CMP
ITC 404.80
Godfrey Phillips 2731.75
VST Industries 251.90
The Indian Wood Pro. 37.38
NTC Industries 163.55
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