Exide Industries Ltd. shares gain 4.52% as Sensex rises

Shares of Exide Industries Ltd. traded 4.52 per cent up at Rs 156.25 at 10:10AM (IST) on Thursday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex gained 166.19 points to 30984.8. The stock had closed at Rs 149.5 in the previous session.

The stock quoted a 52-week high and 52-week low of Rs 222.5 and Rs 121.9, respectively.

As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 10:10AM (IST) stood at 10:10AM shares with turnover at Rs 0.43 crore.


At the current price, shares of the company trades at 15.88 times its trailing 12-month earnings per share of Rs 9.77 per share and 2.15 times its price-to-book value, the exchange data showed.

A higher P/E ratio shows investors are willing to pay a higher share price today because of growth expectations in the future. Price-to-book value indicates the inherent value of a company and is the measure of the price that investors are ready to pay even for no growth in the business.

The Beta value of the stock, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 1.16.

Shareholding Details
Promoters held 0.0 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Mar-2020, while FIIs owned 9.41 per cent and DIIs 16.27 per cent.