Blue Star surges on plans to exit the window AC market

19 Feb 2013 Evaluate

Blue Star is currently trading at Rs. 172.00, up by 2.45 points or 1.45% from its previous closing of Rs. 169.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 170.55 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 172.10 and Rs. 170.55 respectively. So far 2363 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 230.65 on 05-Oct-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 158.05 on 19-Jun-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 175.00 and Rs. 168.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1546.90 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 40.07% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.62% and 35.31% respectively.

Blue Star, India’s oldest air conditioner (AC) maker is planning to exit the window AC market with effect from January next year, as it believes that it will be almost impossible for the segment to meet the new norms of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency. By next year, five-star ACs will become four-star; four will become three and so on. One-star ACs will be phased out of the market.

The AC maker has sold around 40,000 units of window ACs, as of 2011 and the market size of the segment is 225,000 units. The new norms will make window ACs costlier by at least 16%. 

 

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