Share price of Bharat Forge rises as Nifty strengthens

Shares of Bharat Forge Ltd. gained 0.64 per cent to Rs 862.15 in Monday's trade as of 10:25AM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 867.5 and low of Rs 848.45 during the session.

The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 16.46 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 10:25AM shares and turnover at Rs 4.39 crore around that time. The stock of Bharat Forge Ltd. quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 919.5 and 52-week low prices of Rs 595.85, respectively.

The stock's Beta value, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 1.45.

Promotor/FII Holding
Promoters held 45.25 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Dec-2022, while overseas investors held 17.88 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 19.47 per cent.

Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 3389.95 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2022, up 8.57 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 3122.27 crore and up 39.58 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 2428.64 crore. Net profit after tax for the latest quarter stood at Rs 82.5 crore, down 80.41 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Technicals
The MACD signalled a bearish bias on the counter. The MACD is known for signalling trend reversals in traded securities or indices.
It is the difference between the 26-day and 12-day exponential moving averages. A nine-day exponential moving average, called the signal line, is plotted on topof the MACD to reflect "buy" or "sell" opportunities. When the MACD crosses below the signal line, it gives a bearish signal, indicating that the price of the security may see a downward movement and vice versa.