Sagar Cements’ climbed 4.36 per cent on Tuesday and is
trading at Rs 143.60 on the Bombay Stock Exchange as the company posted over
five-fold increase in net profit.
Its net profit increased to Rs 17.6 crore in the third quarter
ended December 31, 2011, compared with Rs 3 crore in the corresponding quarter
of previous year.
The total income of the Hyderabad-based company increased 43 per
cent at Rs 161 crore (Rs 112 crore).
"Cement prices in Andhra Pradesh have held up well during the
quarter. We continue to have a healthy balance sheet and our low debt to equity
places us to do well in the future,’’ Mr Sreekanth Reddy, Executive Director, Sagar
Cements Ltd, said.
The earnings per share stood at Rs 10.15 compared with Rs 2.07 in
the year-ago period.
During the quarter, company’s plant in Andhra Pradesh operated at
utilisation levels of around 60 per cent, producing over 4.46 lakh tonnes of
clinker and 3.80 lakh tonnes of cement.
The production was higher by about 44 per cent during the quarter
compared with the corresponding quarter.
About 48 per cent of cement dispatches went markets outside Andhra
Pradesh including those in Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
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