Trending stocks: HDFC shares down over 2% as Nifty plunges

NEW DELHI: Shares of Housing Development Finance Corporation traded 2.25 per cent down in Thursday's trade at 09:46AM (IST). Around 30,969 shares changed hands on the counter.

The stock opened at Rs 1685.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1692.65 and Rs 1651.0, respectively, in the session so far. The stock of Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2499.65 and a 52-week low of Rs 1473.1.

Total market cap of the Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. stood at Rs 290326.42 crore at the time of writing this report.


Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 28996.17 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2019, down 11.59 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 32796.5 crore and down 18.46 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 24477.86 crore.

The net profit for latest quarter stood at Rs 3835.38 crore, up 26.23 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Shareholding pattern
As of 31-Mar-2020, DIIs held 9.52 per cent stake in the company, while foreign institutional investors held 70.88 per cent and the promoters 0.0 per cent.


Valuation ratio
According to BSE data, the stock traded at a P/E multiple of 13.31 and a price-to-book ratio of 2.47. A higher P/E ratio shows investors are willing to pay a higher price because of better future growth expectations. 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.

Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. belongs to the NBFC - Housing industry.