Engineers India hardens after large order win

Engineers India gained 4.09% to Rs 158.90 at 09:23 IST on BSE after the company won a contract worth over Rs 2500 crore from HPCL for modernization of Vizag refinery.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 9 January 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 163.31 points, or 0.61%, to 26,889.86

On the BSE, 2.16 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2.73 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 160.65 and a low of Rs 157.50 so far during the day.

The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 169.90 on 29 December 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 71.63 on 17 February 2016.

The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 336.94 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.

Engineers India announced that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has entrusted the project for execution of Vizag refinery modernization project (VRMP) to the company. Engineers India shall execute this project contract under two separate contracts, namely PMC services for major process units and packages under U&O and execution of U&O and PRU revamp on open book estimate (OBE) basis. The total awarded order value is more than Rs 2500 crore with a total project schedule of 43 months for mechanical completion.

Engineers India's net profit rose 21.4% to Rs 93.75 crore on 24.6% decline in net sales to Rs 338.89 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

State-run Engineers India provides engineering consultancy and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. The Government of India holds 59.37% in Engineers India (as per shareholding pattern as on 30 September 2016).

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