The company faces twin pressures of falling steel prices and higher raw material costs on its profitability.
The rating for company's non-fund based limits reaffirmed at A1+ but removed from Watch with developing implications by ICRA.
Last month, the Tata Group company had announced the execution of definitive agreements for the acquisition of the steel business of UML through a slump sale on a going concern basis.
The stock has corrected and currently trades at an attractive valuations of about 9 times its FY19 estimated earnings
Tata Sponge Iron has reported a consolidated total income from operations of Rs 260.94 crore and a net profit of Rs 45.56 crore for the quarter ended Jun-2018
Kotak Securities has recommended accumulate rating on Tata Sponge Iron with a target price of Rs 1055 in its research report dated July 19, 2018.
The firm's total income also rose to Rs 272.84 crore in April-June quarter from Rs 201.76 crore in the year-ago period.
Tata Sponge Iron today reported over two-fold jump in standalone net profit to Rs 46.70 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2018.
The company is looking at setting up a long-steel product division for which they have the necessary land, and some infrastructure is readily available on site, said Sanjay Pattnaik, MD, Tata Sponge.
The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 10.97 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said in a filing to the BSE.
The company had posted a profit of Rs 16.05 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal, Tata Sponge Iron Ltd said in a BSE filing.
Tata Sponge Iron posted a strong set of first quarter earnings. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Pattnaik, MD of the company spoke about the results and gave his outlook for the company.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Pattnaik, MD of Tata Sponge said that the company received environment nod to raise capacity to 425,000 tonne per annum from 390,000 tonne per annum.
The company has received environment clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, for enhancement of DRI production by 35000 TPA.
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On February 28, 2017 HSBC Global Investment Funds A/C HSBC Global Investment bought 1,45,743 shares of Tata Sponge.