Trending stocks: Maruti Suzuki shares climb 5% ahead of Q4 results

NEW DELHI: Shares of Maruti Suzuki India traded 4.66 per cent up in Wednesday 's trade at 09:42AM (IST).
Around 40560 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 5220.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 5321.3 and Rs 5180.0 , respectively, in the session so far.

The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 7758.7 and a 52-week low of Rs 4001.1 .

Maruti Suzuki is likely to report a 20-50 per cent drop in profit for the March quarter on a double-digit fall in sales. Margins are seen contracting to single digits. The largest carmaker, however, is expected to further increase its market share to above 50 per cent.

Financials
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., incorporated in the year 1981, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 149568.90 Crore) operating in Auto sector.

For the quarter ended 31-12-2019, the company reported a Consolidated sales of Rs 19655.50 Crore, up 21.91 % from last quarter Sales of Rs 16123.20 Crore and up 3.83 % from last year same quarter Sales of Rs 18930.70 Crore. The Company reported net profit after tax of Rs 1568.70 Crore in latest quarter.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. key Products/Revenue Segments include Passenger Cars & Light Duty Utility Vehicles which contributed Rs 74771.50 Crore to Sales Value (86.92 % of Total Sales), Spare Parts & Components which contributed Rs 8229.50 Crore to Sales Value (9.56 % of Total Sales), Other Operating Revenue which contributed Rs 1356.40 Crore to Sales Value (1.57 % of Total Sales), Service Income which contributed Rs 1033.20 Crore to Sales Value (1.20 % of Total Sales), Scrap which contributed Rs 570.50 Crore to Sales Value (0.66 % of Total Sales), Rental Income which contributed Rs 33.70 Crore to Sales Value (0.03 % of Total Sales) and Mould & Dies which contributed Rs 25.50 Crore to Sales Value (0.02 % of Total Sales)for the year ending 31-Mar-2019.

Promoter holding
Promoters held 0.0 per cent stake in the company as of quarter ended 31st Dec 2019 .

Valuation ratio
It quoted a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.57 and price to book value of 3.36 .