JK Paper has rallied 13% to Rs 143 on the BSE after the company reported 58% jumped in net profit at Rs 951 million in Q1FY19 on back of strong operational performance. It had profit of Rs 601 million in year ago quarter. Gross revenue from operations during the quarter under review increased 18.5% at Rs 8,526 million against Rs 7,201 million in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal.
EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) margin improved 203 bps at 24.18% from 22.15% in year ago quarter.
Besides JK Paper, Star Paper Mills, West Coast Paper, NR Agarwal Industries, Ruchira Papers,Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers and Seshasayee Paper & Boards were up in the range of 3% to 8% on the BSE. On comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading 0.13% lower at 37,557 points at 11:55 am.
| COMPANY | LATEST | PREV CLOSE | GAIN(%) |
| JK PAPE | 142.90 | 126.50 | 12.96 |
| STAR PAPER MILLS | 205.40 | 182.70 | 12.42 |
| WEST COAST PAPER | 302.00 | 277.35 | 8.89 |
| SHREYANS INDS. | 155.50 | 143.65 | 8.25 |
| N R AGARWAL INDS | 454.75 | 421.10 | 7.99 |
| RUCHIRA PAPERS | 126.00 | 117.55 | 7.19 |
| SH. KARTHIK PAP. | 15.00 | 14.00 | 7.14 |
| PUDUMJEE PAPER | 27.00 | 25.25 | 6.93 |
| KUANTUM PAPERS | 715.00 | 670.00 | 6.72 |
| T N NEWSPRINT | 283.45 | 265.85 | 6.62 |
| BALLARPUR INDS. | 10.25 | 9.70 | 5.67 |
| MOHIT PAPER | 12.60 | 12.00 | 5.00 |
| MALU PAPER | 47.25 | 45.00 | 5.00 |
| SANGAL PAPERS | 134.40 | 128.00 | 5.00 |
| BALKRISHNA PAPER | 72.70 | 69.30 | 4.91 |
| BIO GREEN PAPERS | 6.87 | 6.55 | 4.89 |
| SH. KRISHNA PAP. | 21.90 | 20.90 | 4.78 |
| EMAMI PAPER | 235.25 | 224.65 | 4.72 |
| GENUS PAPER & BO | 12.52 | 12.00 | 4.33 |
| INTERNAT. PAPER | 363.50 | 349.30 | 4.07 |