Biocon Share Price: Biocon shares up 1.21% as Nifty gains

NEW DELHI: Shares of Ltd. traded 1.21 per cent up in Thursday’s trade at 12:29PM (IST). Around 27,051 shares changed hands on the counter.

The stock opened at Rs 359.6 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 359.6 and Rs 355.2, 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 327.75.

As per BSE, the total market cap of the Biocon Ltd. stood at Rs 43113.55 crore at the time of writing this report.


Key Financials

The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 1807.8 crore for the quarter ended 30-Jun-2021, down 11.56 per cent from previous quarter’s Rs 2044.1 crore and down 7.0 per cent from the year-ago quarter’s Rs 1689.6 crore.

The net profit for latest quarter stood at Rs 84.4 crore, down 43.51 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year.

Shareholding pattern

As of 30-Jun-2021, DIIs held 2.6 per cent stake in the firm, while foreign institutional investors held 15.91 per cent and the promoters 39.73 per cent.

Valuation ratio

According to BSE data, the stock traded at a P/E multiple of 63.82 and a price-to-book ratio of 6.51. 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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