Torrent Power surges on emerging highest bidder for Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu discom

22 Feb 2021 Evaluate

Torrent Power is currently trading at Rs. 378.50, up by 13.70 points or 3.76% from its previous closing of Rs. 364.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 373.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 379.00 and Rs. 370.00 respectively. So far 13924 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 379.00 on 22-Feb-2021 and a 52 week low of Rs. 239.65 on 13-Mar-2020.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 379.00 and Rs. 327.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 17532.90 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 53.57%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 28.54% and 17.90% respectively.

Torrent Power has emerged as the highest Bidder for the sale of 51% stake in the Power Distribution Company in the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. The acquisition of 51% stake in the power distribution company by Torrent is subject to further formalities as prescribed under the Tender documents. The Bidding for the Distribution Business of the UT has been undertaken as part of the Government of India’s initiative to privatize distribution utilities of Union Territories to usher in efficiency, which will provide a model for emulation by other utilities across the country.

The company currently distributes nearly 16.66 billion units to over 3.65 million customers in the cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Dahej SEZ and Dholera SIR in Gujarat; Bhiwandi, Shil, Mumbra and Kalwa in Maharashtra and Agra  in Uttar Pradesh. With the addition of Dadra & Nagar Haveli (including Silvasa) and Daman & Diu, the company will distribute nearly 25 billion units to over 3.8 million customers and cater a peak demand of over 5000 MW. 

Torrent Power is an integrated utility engaged in the business of power generation, transmission and distribution with operations in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

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