As part of the reforms, unified tariff zones have been reduced to two from three previously.
The Centre further trimmed its priority gas allocation to MGL, Indraprastha Gas and Adani Total Gas, sending the stock prices of the firms tumbling.
City gas distribution companies, including Indraprastha Gas and Mahanagar Gas, would have to review prices of CNG used by vehicles and domestic Piped Natural Gas due to allocation cuts in cheaper APM gas
On April 1, the government hiked the price of cheaper APM gas by 4 percent, or $0.25 per mmBtu. APM gas is sold at cheaper price to CGD players in the country to ensure essential services such as domestic PNG and CNG.
Axis Capital said that it prefers companies with higher exposure to CNG as they are set to see the fastest growth in the value chain.
Mahanagar Gas had hiked CNG prices after the government reduced APM gas allocation to the City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies twice in October and November. With partial restoration of APM gas availability to CGD companies in January, Shinghal said the company’s CNG prices are at par with the cheaper gas allocation.
Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex closed the session with solid gains, although below their intraday highs, as a strong rally in banking, metal, and energy stocks boosted market sentiment.
Morgan Stanley believes that Mahanagar Gas' strong volume growth will drive its market re-rating.
New well gas and oil-linked gas will not be auctioned but allocated proportionally on basis of volume to companies, says Oil Ministry
Nuvama Institutional Equities said the fundamentals of these counters are unsupportive as markets are ignoring an imminent profit plunge.
Following the ~45 percent fall in share prices of these players, IGL, MGL and Gujarat Gas have rebounded sharply from November lows.
Earlier this year, the Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain said that solving the taxation problem would lead to the rise in usage of natural gas.
The shares of both MGL and IGL have taken a significant hit of from the highs of the year to fall by more than a third, more so after Centre announced the decision to cut priority gas allocation to city gas distributors.
A CNG crisis is brewing with supply of APM gas running low and government cutting allocation to city gas distribution companies. The gas players may have no option but resort to a price hike.
With this additional cut, the margin outlook on CGDs has deteriorated with no near-term clarity on the course of action, said brokerages.
State-run Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) and Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) said that the reduction in APM gas allocation would have an “adverse impact” on their profitability.
CGD companies are likely to be forced to pass on the majority of the hike in gas cost to end-consumers or else take a huge hit on their margins.
As many as 1,712 stocks advanced, 22,37 counters declined while 109 were unchanged, official BSE data showed.
Shares of IGL surged over 6 percent following UBS's upgrade to 'buy' and target price hike, while MGL stock hit a 52-week high after its target price was raised, both driven by strong volume growth prospects.
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The shortage of administered price mechanism gas, which is partially subsidised by the government, can be attributed to a rise in consumption and a stagnant domestic production
EVs and LPG falls under 5 percent GST as against the excise levy of 14 percent and VAT of 5-10 percent on CNG and PNG. CGD players have reportedly sought standardisation against this difference.
City gas distributors have increased prices of compressed natural gas and piped natural gas in their respective geographical areas by at least Re 1 per kilogram on account of rising input costs.
Higher input gas costs and a one-time marketing expense led to a sharp fall in the unit EBITDA
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