Asian Paints shares slide 13% in three sessions; here’s why
The shares of Asian Paints dropped as much as 9.5% to hit a 52-week low of ₹2,507 on the BSE today after the paint company released its Sept quarter earnings.
The shares of Asian Paints dropped as much as 9.5% to hit a 52-week low of ₹2,507 on the BSE today after the paint company released its Sept quarter earnings.
Cyrus Poonawalla saw the biggest wealth decline in the Fortune-Waterfield billionaire club
The company is facing new deep pocketed rivals and smaller players in the hinterlands, but the market leader knows how to up its game.
The sector has a total of 20 dollar billionaires, with the top 5 accounting for 52.69% of sectoral wealth.
Paint major reported a 24.5% decline in net profit at ₹1,170 crore in Q1, while net sales decreased 2.3% to ₹8,943.2 crore
The paint heavyweight has fallen 5.6% in two sessions after the launch of ‘Birla Opus’ by Aditya Birla Group flagship Grasim Industries last Thursday.
The paint company targets ₹10,000 crore revenue in 3 years.
The sales of the company’s domestic decorative business grew 12% in terms of volume and 5.5% in terms of sales.
More than a dozen Nifty 50 Stocks have failed to deliver returns that a fixed deposit account would have delivered in a year.
The company attributes improved margins owing to operational, formulation and sourcing efficiencies as well as moderating raw material prices to be the reason behind strong profit growth in Q2.