Prakash Industries gains after receiving mining lease

Prakash Industries gained 5.23% to Rs 66.45 at 11:33 IST on BSE after the Odisha government executed and registered a mining lease of iron and manganese ore in favour of the company in Keonjhar district for 50 years.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 11 January 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 89.09 points, or 0.33%, to 27,229.50

On the BSE, 4.34 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 1.40 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 68.90 in intraday trade so far, which is a 52-week high for the counter. The stock had hit a low of Rs 65.50 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 23.05 on 12 February 2016.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 11 January 2017, rising 35.22% compared with 1.66% rise in the Sensex. The scrip also outperformed the market in past one quarter, gaining 15.87% as against Sensex's 1.82% fall.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 135.60 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

As per the mining plan, the geological reserves are around 9.9 million tonnes. The mine is expected to be developed in the next 6 months and thereafter the iron ore production from the mine would be utilized for captive purpose, Prakash Industries said. With this captive sourcing, the operating margin and profitability of the company would improve significantly, it added.

Prakash Industries reported 1533.71% surge in net profit to Rs 14.54 crore on 0.69% rise in total income to Rs 502.60 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

Prakash Industries has diversified interests in steel, power and rigid PVC pipes.

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