Saturday, December 6, 2008

Marg Hits The Roof On Equity Share Buyback Plan - Dec 06, 2008

The stock is up 20.94% from a recent low of Rs 29.85 on 1 December 2008.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 254.49 points, or 2.76%, to 8,975.26.On BSE, 2.51 lakh shares were traded in the counter. The stock had an average daily volume of 37,213 shares in the past one quarter.The stock hit a high of Rs 56.70 and a low of Rs 47.50 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 630.45 on 2 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 28.85 on 2 December 2008.

The small-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 4 December 2008, declining 49.89% as compared to the Sensex's decline of 13.18%. It had also underperformed the market in the past one quarter, falling 77.12% as compared to the Sensex's decline of 38.05%.


The company's current equity is Rs 25.61 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.The current price of Rs 36.10 discounts the company's Q2 September 2008 annualized EPS of Rs 16.59, by a PE multiple of 2.18.The board of directors of Marg will meet on 12 December 2008 to consider buy back shares. The company announced the board meet during trading hours today, 5 December 2008.Marg had on 4 December 2008 received a contract from the Karnataka state government for developing an airport at Bijapur in the state. The financial details were not disclosed.


Marg's net profit surged 61.2% to Rs 10.62 crore on 85.2% increase in net sales to Rs 90.88 crore in Q2 September 2008 over Q2 September 2007.Marg is engaged in infrastructure and realty development like creation of information technology (IT) parks, SEZ, wind farms, power stations, malls, ports, commercial and residential complexes.

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