Nerolac Paints gains on plans to set up manufacturing unit in Bangalore

04 May 2012 Evaluate

Nerolac Paints is currently trading at Rs. 920.00, up by 5.70 points or 0.62% from its previous closing of Rs. 914.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 929.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 930.00 and Rs. 920.00 respectively. So far 176 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 970.00 on 9-Apr-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 790.05 on 29-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 940.00 and Rs. 891.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5011.68 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 69.27% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 11.23% and 19.50% respectively.

Kansai Nerolac Paints, a paint and varnish manufacturer is likely to invest Rs 300 crore this fiscal for establishment of manufacturing unit in Bangalore. The capital expenditure will be funded through internal accruals. With this new plant company's annual capacity will increase to 260,000 tonnes from 220,000 tonnes across its existing 4 units.

The company aims to expand its distribution network by 5% from 14,000 dealers. Besides, it will add 5 new Nerolac Style Zone outlets in the current fiscal. At present, the company has 30 such stores.

The company's net profit for the quarter ending March 2012 has gone down by 22%, which the company attributes to the gain of extraordinary income in the year-ago period. Besides, increasing input costs and depreciation in the rupee caused a dent on the company's bottom-line. However, top line grew by 28% at Rs 662.5-crore as the demand for decorative paints went up.

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