Sanghvi Forging slips on profit taking

Sanghvi Forging & Engineering fell 5.73% to Rs 48.50 at 11:14 IST on BSE, with the stock sliding on profit booking after recent steep rally of 27.82% in the previous three trading sessions.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 19.75 points or 0.07% at 28,582.57.

On BSE, so far 11,000 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 9,054 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 52 and a low of Rs 48.50 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 53.40 yesterday, 4 December 2014. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 16 on 13 February 2014.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 4 December 2014, advancing 38.49% compared with Sensex's 2.52% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, surging 44.73% as against Sensex's 5.45% rise.

The small-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 13.89 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

Shares of Sanghvi Forging & Engineering (Sanghvi Forging) had rallied 27.82% in three trading sessions to settle at Rs 51.45 yesterday, 4 December 2014, from a recent low of Rs 40.25 on 1 December 2014.

Sanghvi Forging during market hours yesterday, 4 December 2014 said it has received fresh orders worth Rs 11 crore from oil & gas and power sectors. The majority of the orders received by the company are for its new heavy open die forging plant. Continuous flow of orders for the company during the recent past is a positive for the company and its growth, Sanghvi Forging said. The company's newly started heavy open die forging unit with the capacity of 15,000 MTPA has increased the company's forging capacity fivefold, Sanghvi Forging said. The company is receiving good amount of orders from oil & gas, power and ship building sectors for its new plant, Sanghvi Forging said in a statement.

The company's total order book size as on 4 December 2014 is Rs 45 crore and out of this around 75% is domestic and rest are from export orders, Sanghvi Forging said in a statement.

Sanghvi Forging & Engineering reported a net loss of Rs 1.67 crore in Q2 September 2014, lower than net loss of Rs 3.06 crore in Q2 September 2013. Net sales rose 96.5% to Rs 20.73 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013.

Sanghvi Forging & Engineering is engaged in manufacturing of open and closed die forging products for the oil & gas, petrochemicals, ship building, power & other sectors. It also exports products to various foreign countries.

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