Somany Ceramics inches up after starting production at unit

Somany Ceramics rose 0.71% to Rs 730 at 10:39 IST on BSE after the company announced the start of commercial production at its sanitaryware plant.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 26 April 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 26.84 points or 0.09% at 30,106.51. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was up 29.49 points or 0.2% at 14,792.22.

On the BSE, 994 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 15,892 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 744.60 and a low of Rs 721.70 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a record high of Rs 767 on 25 April 2017 and a 52-week low of Rs 402.30 on 29 April 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 26 April 2017, advancing 9.25% compared with the Sensex's 2.42% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market over the past one quarter, gaining 21.8% as against the Sensex's 8.75% rise.

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 8.48 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Somany Ceramics announced that expansion of sanitaryware plant of Somany Sanitary Ware, the company's subsidiary is successfully completed and commercial production has commenced from 26 April 2017. As a result of this expansion, the capacity of plant has increased from 3.03 lakh pieces per annum to upto 11.50 lakh pieces per annum.

Somany Ceramics' net profit rose 45.6% to Rs 20.18 crore on 0.8% growth in net sales to Rs 416.53 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Somany Ceramics is a manufacturer of ceramic tiles and allied products.

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