Saturday, December 6, 2008

NTPC Slips On Brokerage Downgrade Equity Capital Share - Dec 06, 2008

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 246.36 points, or 2.67%, to 8983.39.On BSE, 16.06 lakh shares were traded in the counter. The scrip had an average daily volume of 22.26 lakh shares in the past one quarter.The stock hit a high of Rs 166.45 and a low of Rs 158 so far during the day. The stock had a 52-week high of Rs 291 on 15 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 113 on 27 October 2008.The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 4 December 2008, rising 8.36% as compared to the Sensex's 13.18% fall.


It had also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, falling 5.86% as compared to the Sensex's fall of 38.05%.The company has an equity capital of Rs 8245.46 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.The current price of Rs 161 discounts its Q2 September 2008 annualised EPS of Rs 10.24, by a PE multiple of 15.72.NTPC's net profit rose 9.6% to Rs 2110.51 crore on a 20.5% rise in sales to Rs 9661.42 crore in Q2 September 2008 over Q2 September 2007.


NTPC owns and operates power generation plants that supply power to state electricity boards throughout India. The company is a public sector undertaking of the Government of India and it also undertakes turnkey consulting projects to set up power plants.

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