Cyient gains on qualifying as supplier to UTC Aerospace

Cyient rose 1.35% to Rs 532.10 at 9:32 IST on BSE after the company said that its subsidiary has been qualified as an approved product supplier to UTC Aerospace Systems.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 7 June 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 31.46 points, or 0.10% to 31,302.74.

On the BSE, 9,273 shares were traded in the counter so far, compared with average daily volumes of 27,730 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 549.95 and a low of Rs 531.60 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 564.40 on 3 May 2017. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 416.05 on 9 November 2016.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 7 June 2017, falling 1.33% compared with 4.47% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 12.69% as against Sensex's 8.10% rise. The scrip had underperformed the market in past one year, rising 6.09% as against Sensex's 15.73% rise.

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 56.28 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.

Cyient announced that its subsidiary, Cyient DLM, has been qualified as an approved product supplier to UTC Aerospace Systems. This expands Cyient's 15 years relationship with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) as a valued engineering service provider. Cyient and UTC also extended the master terms agreement through 2020, enabling Cyient to provide technical services to UTC company-wide. With the qualification of DLM, the portfolio of offerings to UTC now includes both services and product development.

Carrier International (Mauritius), a subsidiary of UTC, executed a trade yesterday, 7 June 2017, to divest a portion of its equity shareholding in Cyient. UTC first invested in Cyient in 2002 when the company was establishing itself as a global engineering services company. Since that time, Cyient has grown considerably and remains a trusted service provider to UTC with over 1,600 engineers engaged on UTC projects worldwide.

As per the bulk deal data on NSE, Carrier International (Mauritius) sold 16 lakh shares of Cyient at Rs 496.08 per share. As on 31 March 2017, Carrier International (Mauritius) held 1.52 crore shares, or 13.58% equity, in Cyient.

On a consolidated basis, net profit of Cyient rose 15.81% to Rs 78.40 crore on 14.48% rise in net sales to Rs 933.90 crore in Q4 March 2017 over Q4 March 2016.

Cyient provides engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, network and operations management services to global industry leaders.

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