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Buy CESC, target price Rs 108: HDFC Securities

HDFC NSE 0.50 % Securities has buy call on CESCNSE 0.33 % with a target price of Rs 108.
The current market price of CESC is Rs 75.05.

CESC, incorporated in the year 1978, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 9902.01 Crore) operating in Power sector.

CESC key Products/Revenue Segments include Electricity and Other Operating Revenue for the year ending 31-Mar-2022.

Financials

For the quarter ended 30-09-2022, the company has reported a Consolidated Total Income of Rs 3977.00 Crore, down -7.36 % from last quarter Total Income of Rs 4293.00 Crore and up 11.71 % from last year same quarter Total Income of Rs 3560.00 Crore.

Company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 319.00 Crore in latest quarter.
The company’s top management includes Dr.Sanjiv Goenka, Mr.Chandra Kumar Dhanuka, Mr.Pradip Kumar Kaitan, Mr.Sunil Mitra, Mr.Pratip Chaudhuri, Ms.Rekha Sethi, Mr.Debasish Banerjee, Mr.Rabi Chowdhury, Mr.Shashwat Goenka, Mr.Debanjan Mandal. Company has S R Batliboi

 NSE -0.32 % & Co. LLP as its auditors.

As on 30-06-2022, the company has a total of 133 Crore shares outstanding

Investment Rationale

Earnings are expected to improve at the Dhariwal project (on the back of the three-year medium-term PPA with the REMCL) and distribution segment (with the opening up of economy, higher power demand, improved collection, and lower AT&C losses).

Promoter/FII Holdings

Promoters held 52.11 per cent stake in the company as of 30-Jun-2022, while FIIs owned 13.93 per cent, DIIs 21.34 per cent.

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