NEW DELHI: Shares of Vedanta Ltd. traded 1.71 per cent up in Wednesday 's trade at 10:56AM (IST). Around 453144 shares changed hands on the counter.

The scrip opened at Rs 79.9 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 80.95 and Rs 78.05 , respectively, in the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 179.95 and a 52-week low of Rs 60.3 .

Vedanta Ltd., incorporated in the year 1965, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 29347.27 Crore) operating in Diversified sector.


Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 21126.0 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2019 , down -2.82 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 21739.0 crore and down -10.74 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 23669.0 crore.

Bottomline for the latest quarter stood at Rs 2348.0 crore, up 49.17 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year .

Shareholding pattern
As of 31-Mar-2020 , DIIs held 7.54 per cent stake in the firm , while foreign institutional investors held 15.18 per cent and the promoters 0.0 per cent.


Valuation ratio
According to BSE data, the stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 3.53 and a price-to-book ratio of 0.39 . 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.

Vedanta Ltd. belongs to the Diversified industry.