Trending stocks: HIL shares climb nearly 5%

NEW DELHI: Shares of HIL Ltd. traded 4.83 per cent up in Tuesday's trade at 12:16PM (IST). Around 1,257 shares changed hands on the counter.

The counter opened at Rs 817.2 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 846.0 and Rs 814.9, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of HIL Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2030.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 497.15.

Total market cap of the HIL Ltd. stood at Rs 620.62 crore at the time of writing this report.


State-owned HIL will supply 25 tonnes of pesticides to Iran to control locust, the government said on Sunday.

Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 645.18 crore for the quarter ended 31-Mar-2020, up 9.14 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 591.14 crore and up 4.46 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 675.31 crore.

The net profit for latest quarter stood at Rs 23.76 crore, down 12.49 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Shareholding pattern
As of 31-Mar-2020, domestic institutional investors held 1.48 per cent stake in the firm, while foreign institutional investors held 2.22 per cent and the promoters 40.91 per cent.


Valuation ratio
According to BSE data, the stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 5.86 and a price-to-book ratio of 0.97. 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.

HIL Ltd. belongs to the Building Materials - Others industry.