Hindalco Industries jumped 4.63% to Rs 114.20 at 10:05 IST on bargain hunting after the stock corrected 10.50% to Rs 109.15 on Tuesday, 3 November 2009.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 204.36 points, or 1.33%, to 15609.30.
On BSE, 1.14 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 30 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 115.25 and a low of Rs 112 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 144.35 on 21 October 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 36.90 on 3 March 2009.
The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 3 November 2009, falling 13.85% as compared to the Sensex 10.09% fall. It outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 0.88% as against 3.26% decline in the Sensex.
India's largest aluminium maker by sales has an equity capital of Rs 170.07 crore. Face value per share is Rs 1.
The current price of Rs 114.20 discounts the company's Q2 September 2009 annualised EPS of Rs 8.09, by a PE multiple of 14.11.
Hindalco Industries' net profit declined 52.2% to Rs 344.05 crore on a 13.2% slide in sales to Rs 4892.56 crore in Q2 September 2009 over Q2 September 2008. The result was announced on Saturday, 31 October 2009.
The profit was hurt by a sharp year-on-year drop in metal prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME). The company, which has interests in aluminium and copper, fixes product prices based on the LME trends.
Hindalco's managing director Debu Bhattacharya was quoted by the media as saying that aluminium price fell 36% to Rs 89,000 per tonne in Q2 September 2009 from Rs 139,000 per tonne in Q2 September 2008.
Hindalco saw a negative impact of Rs 560 crore on its operating profit, from the fall in aluminium prices, while the copper by-product price fall resulted in a loss of Rs 340 crore. The combined negative impact on the operating profit, from the two factors is Rs 900 crore.
Meanwhile, the board of Hindalco approved a proposal to raise Rs 2,900 crore through either qualified institutional placement or through global depository receipts (GDRs) or any other other security that will used to retire debt.
Hindalco Industries is an integrated aluminum manufacturer. The company mines bauxite and refines it into alumina. The company's other operations include the smelting of alumina into aluminum, the manufacture of semi-fabricated rolled and extruded products. The company's products include aluminum ingots, steel rods and rolled flat steel products.