The Phoenix Mills gains on plan to hike stake in subsidiary

The Phoenix Mills rose 1.18% to Rs 368.25 at 11:47 IST on BSE after the company said it will hike its stake in its subsidiary, Offbeat Developers, to 94.64% from 74.48%.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 19 December 2016.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 71.49 points, or 0.27%, to 26,303.21.

On the BSE, so far 566 shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volumes of 2,516 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 376 and a low of Rs 366.85 so far during the day.

The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 445 on 8 September 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 238.30 on 29 February 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 19 December 2016, rising 8.63% compared with the 0.86% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 14.11% as against Sensex's 7.53% decline.

 

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 30.61 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

The Phoenix Mills entered into a share purchase agreement for acquisition of the entire 15.18% stake in its subsidiary Offbeat Developers (ODPL) held by Vistra ITCL (India) and IIRF Holdings X. Further, the company has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Eder River's entire 4.98% stake in ODPL. Subsequent to the completion of both the aforesaid transactions, the shareholding of The Phoenix Mills in ODPL will increase from 74.48% to 94.64%.

On a consolidated basis, net profit of Phoenix Mills rose 41.98% to Rs 54.28 crore on 16.22% rise in net sales to Rs 491.08 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

The Phoenix Mills focuses on real estate development and entertainment.

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