Steel Strips Wheels advances after strong turnover in March

Steel Strips Wheels rose 1.82% to Rs 842.90 at 14:30 IST on BSE after the company said that it has registered highest ever monthly turnover in march 2017 with the help of commercial vehicle and tractor segment growth.

The announcement was made during market hours today, 3 April 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 249.36 points or 0.84% at 29,870.16. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 169.41 points or 1.17% to 14,603.27.

On the BSE, 5,976 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 4,597 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 849.85 in intraday trade, which is also a record high for the stock. The stock had hit a low of Rs 814.30 so far during the day.

The stock had hit 52-week low of Rs 338 on 31 March 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 31 March 2017, gaining 14.86% compared with 3.05% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, jumping 34.01% as against Sensex's 11.24% gains.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 15.53 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

Steel Strips Wheels' (SSWL) total wheel rim sales rose 3.5% to 12.68 lakhs in March 2017 over March 2016. The growth was largely driven by 2-digit growth in most profitable commercial vehicles & tractor segment wheels.

The company foresees a favorable impact on the overall profitability for this month based on the growth in most profitable segments. For the financial year ended 31 March 2017 (FY 2017), SSWL witnessed 10% volume growth, in line with the guidance given at the beginning of the year.

Jamshedpur plant (commercial wheel plant) recorded its highest production and sale in March 2017 and it operated at 110% utilization in March 2017.

Chennai plant recorded its highest production and sale in March 2017 and operated at highest capacity utilization of 85% in March 2017.

ln terms of value, the company has achieved gross turnover of Rs 143.45 crore in March 2017 as against Rs 127.48 crore in March 2016, there by recording growth of 13%. Net turnover rose 10% to Rs 126.55 crore in March 2017 over March 2016.

Net profit of Steel Strips Wheels fell 11.8% to Rs 13.68 crore on 19.2% rise in net sales to Rs 335.17 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Steel Strips Wheels designs and manufactures automotive steel wheels and is among the leading supplier to Indian and global automobile manufacturers.

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