Biocon Share Price: Biocon shares up 1.1% as Nifty drops

NEW DELHI: Shares of Ltd. traded 1.1 per cent up in Friday’s trade at 11:08AM (IST). Around 60,926 shares changed hands on the counter.

The stock opened at Rs 386.4 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 390.95 and Rs 386.4, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Biocon Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 487.7 and a 52-week low of Rs 320.9.

As per BSE, the total market cap of the Biocon Ltd. stood at Rs 46560.0 crore at the time of writing this report.

Key Financials

The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 2044.1 crore for the quarter ended 31-Mar-2021, up 8.79 per cent from previous quarter’s Rs 1878.9 crore and up 24.33 per cent from the year-ago quarter’s Rs 1644.1 crore.

The net profit for latest quarter stood at Rs 253.2 crore, up 105.19 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year.

Shareholding pattern

As of 31-Mar-2021, domestic institutional investors held 2.51 per cent stake in the firm, while foreign institutional investors held 16.3 per cent and the promoters 39.75 per cent.

Valuation ratio

According to BSE data, the stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 62.88 and a price-to-book ratio of 4.84. 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.

Biocon Ltd. belongs to the Pharma – Indian industry.

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