Trending stocks: IRCTC share price gains nearly 1%

NEW DELHI: Shares of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. traded 0.66 per cent up in Tuesday 's trade at 09:52AM (IST). Around 8577 shares changed hands on the counter.

The scrip opened at Rs 1292.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1309.0 and Rs 1285.55 , respectively, in the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1995.0 and a 52-week low of Rs 320.0 .

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd., incorporated in the year 1999, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 20518.40 Crore) operating in Tourism & Hospitality sector.


Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 715.9841 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2019 , up 39.47 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 513.3717 crore and up 64.59 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 435.0134 crore.

Bottomline for the latest quarter stood at Rs 205.8043 crore, up 179.64 per cent from the same quarter a year ago .

Shareholding pattern
As of 31-Mar-2020 , domestic institutional investors held 7.05 per cent stake in the company , while foreign institutional investors held 1.7 per cent and the promoters 87.4 per cent.


Valuation ratio
According to BSE data, the stock traded at a P/E multiple of 48.56 and a price-to-book ratio of 19.39 . A higher P/E ratio shows investors are willing to pay a higher price because of better future growth expectations. Price-to-book value indicates the inherent value of a company and is the measure of the price that investors are ready to pay even for no growth in the business.

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. belongs to the Travel Agen. / Tourism Deve. / Amusement Park / Catering industry.