Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Exide Industries Strong Q4 result

Exide Industries surged 6.94% to Rs 81.70 at 9:55 IST on BSE after posting 63.1% rise in net profit to Rs 62.82 crore on 49.4% growth in total income to Rs 796.36 crore in Q4 March 2008 over Q4 March 2007.

The stock hit a high of Rs 81.70 and a low of Rs 78 so far during the day. The stock had a 52-week high of Rs 90.90 on 14 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 40.42 on 11 May 2007.

The company’s current equity is Rs 80 crore. Face value per share is Rs 1.

The current price of Rs 81.70 discounts its Q4 March 2008 EPS of Rs 3.14, by a PE multiple of 26.02.

Exide Industries’ net profit surged 61.28% to Rs 250.33 crore on 51.69% growth in total income to Rs 2,851.38 crore in FY 2008 over FY 2007.

Exide Industries is engaged in manufacturing and selling storage batteries. It manufactures lead acid storage batteries used for starting piston engines and other lead acid accumulators.

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