Bajaj Hindusthan extends gains

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar rose 2.19% to Rs 15.43 at 10:13 IST on BSE, with the stock extending yesterday's gains triggered by the company's board deciding to seek shareholders' approval to sell its co-generation power business.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 68.32 points or 0.26% at 26,711.56.

On the BSE, 3.51 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 4.37 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 15.66 and a low of Rs 15.25 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 24.20 on 13 June 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 12.65 on 12 February 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 3 January 2017, surging 9.5% compared with the Sensex's 1.57% rise. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market over the past one quarter declining 8.76% as against the Sensex's 5.67% fall.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 113.36 crore. Face value per share is Rs 1.

Shares of Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar have risen 4.39% in two trading sessions from its close of Rs 14.78 on 2 January 2017, after the company's announcement after market hours on 2 January 2017, that its board of directors considered seeking necessary approval of shareholders for sale of co-generation business comprising of power generation facility aggregating to 449 megawatts (MW). The stock had risen 2.17% to settle at Rs 15.10 yesterday, 3 January 2017.

The company will seek shareholders' nod for entering into contracts/arrangements in respect of the transaction with Lalitpur Power Generation Company (LPGCL) for sale of co-generation power business and also transactions of purchase of power and steam, sale of bagasse, bio gas and water, right to use agreement for use of common facilities, etc.

It may be recalled that the company's board on 20 December 2016, approved the sale and transfer of co-generation power business aggregating 449 MW capacity located at 14 locations to LPGCL, a group company, for a lumpsum cash consideration of about Rs 1800 crore, as a going concern on slump sale basis. The company had at that time said that entire amount of cash consideration is proposed to be utilised by it towards advance repayment of its existing term debt.

Shares of Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar are on a roll recently. The stock has rallied 19.24% in five straight trading sessions from its close of Rs 12.94 on 28 December 2016 to its current ruling price.

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar reported net loss of Rs 137.71 crore in Q2 September 2016, lower than net loss of Rs 282.72 crore in Q2 September 2015. Net sales rose 13% to Rs 850.08 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar is a sugar and ethanol manufacturing company.

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