NFL operates five gas-based ammonia-urea manufacturing units across three states – Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh
Fertiliser stocks had run up over the past few days in anticipation of an import duty cut in the Budget on some key raw materials
Total income, however, rose to Rs 2,126.23 crore in the fourth quarter of this fiscal compared to Rs 1,870.58 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Through the two-day offer for Sale (OFS), the government is selling 7.35 crore shares or 15 per cent stake at a floor price of Rs 72.80 a share.
Investment Imperative is bullish on National Fertilizers has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 111 in its research report dated May 02, 2017.
It had submitted two separate lists of sick and loss-making PSUs - one comprising those that can be closed down and the other of those where government can divest its stake.
"NITI Aayog has has submitted two separate lists of state-run companies, one comprising of sick PSUs which may be closed down and the other a list of firms which should be privatised," a source said.
The government has set a disinvestment target of Rs 56,500 crore for the current fiscal. Of this, Rs 30,000 crore will come from minority stake sale and the remaining Rs 26,500 crore from strategic stake sale. It has already raised Rs 2,700 crore through 11.36 percent stake sale in NHPC.
Besides Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertiliers (RCF), the National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL) has also announced to acquire 11 percent stake in the proposed joint venture firm for the same amount.
The cost of gas, which is the most important component for production of urea, varies from plant to plant owing to differential rates at which imported LNG is contracted as well as cost of transportation.
The government today raised Rs 101 crore from the sale of 3.74 crore shares in National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL) after the issue was lapped up in a weak market.
Shares of National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL) fell over five percent in the morning trade. This happened after the government began its divestment on the bourses. Within an hour of the issue being launched, it was subscribed 24 percent of the total 3.74 crore shares on offer.
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SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com feels that there is not much erosion in the value than the current price of HMT, National Fertilisers (NFL) and Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT). He believes that government is intending to mobilise anywhere between Rs 50 crore to Rs 350 crore from these three companies.
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