Analysts on average were expecting the country's largest cement manufacturer to post a profit of Rs 5.58 billion
UltraTech currently has 19% market share with Shree Cement commanding 22% of the market
India Cements, Sanghi Industries, Birla Corporation, Andhra Cements, Orient Cement, NCL Industries and Mangalam Cement were down 30% to 40% thus far in 2018.
India Cements, Shree Cement, CG Power, Cummins India, Inox Wind, JK Lakshmi Cement, Kirloskar Oil Engines and MRPL were among 19 stocks from the S&P BSE 500 index hitting their respective 52-week lows
Bilateral agreement process and valuation on the radar
However, SC's approval needed for takeover
Shares of Ultratech Cement today settled at Rs 4,114 on BSE, down by 0.26% from the previous close
The stock has moved higher by 4% to Rs 4,152 on the BSE.
UltraTech's offer came days after rival Dalmia Cement said its Rs 6,350 crore bid to buy BCL has been accepted by the lenders
Fraud allegation report was not given to the bidders in the data room, and this has certainly come as a big surprise to us, he said.
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Dalmia Bharat Cement had made a slightly better offer at Rs 63 billion, but is likely to lose as UltraTech has offered equity stake to creditors
The stock was trading 2% higher at Rs 4,236 on the BSE after the company said its board approved the setting up of a 3.5 mtpa integrated cement plant at Pali, Rajasthan
The Birla firm had completed the acquisition in June
UltraTech's performance for the quarter ending June disappointed the street, mainly on volume front. With its pan India peer, ACC reporting double-digit volume growth a day ago, flat volumes by UltraTech weighed on street's sentiment. The street was expecting a 3-5 per cent increase in volumes. Analysts at ICICI Securities, for instance, had estimated volumes at 13.9 million tonnes (MT) whereas actual came at 13.2 MT they said. Analysts at Motilal Oswal Securities, too, had expected cement volumes to grow 4 per cent year-on-year led by growth in North and East markets. With flat volumes for the quarter, net sales at Rs 6,533 crore for the standalone entity (domestic operations, excluding Star Cement UAE) grew just 5.7 per cent year-on-year and were well short of Bloomberg consensus estimate of Rs 6,840 crore.However, the performance in terms of profitability was good even as costs increased. The Ebitda at Rs 1,597 crore grew by 12.4 per cent year-on-year and was better than Rs 1,489 ..
Excluding the JP deal, UltraTech's capacity now stands at 66.3 million tonne per annum
Interview with Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group
But analysts not sure ACC can sustain the operating profit margin going ahead
Its total expenses were up 14.33% to Rs 7,710.32 crore as against Rs 6,743.85 crore
Aditya Birla Group firm's consolidated net profit stood at Rs 566.7 cr in year-ago period