Vedanta shares up 0.88% as Nifty gains

NEW DELHI: Shares of Vedanta Ltd. traded 0.88 per cent up in Monday's trade at 10:15AM (IST). Around 171,535 shares changed hands on the counter.

The scrip opened at Rs 277.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 287.3 and Rs 277.0, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Vedanta Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 440.75 and a 52-week low of Rs 206.1.

Total market cap of the Vedanta Ltd. stood at Rs 104936.53 crore at the time of writing this report.

Key Financials
The company reported consolidated net sales of Rs 34818.0 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2022, down 6.78 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 37351.0 crore and down 0.42 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 34674.0 crore.

The net profit for latest quarter stood at Rs 2464.0 crore, down 40.83 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year.

Shareholding pattern
As of 31-Dec-2022, DIIs held 1.19 per cent stake in the firm, while foreign institutional investors held 7.9 per cent and the promoters 69.69 per cent.


Valuation ratio
According to BSE data, the stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 7.24 and a price-to-book ratio of 2.3. 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.