The board of directors of the company has fixed September 30, 2020, as the record date for the sub-division of equity shares of the company from the existing face value of Rs 10 each to Rs 2 each. The company announced, on April 30, its stock split plan to make the stock more affordable for the small retail investors and increase liquidity.
For the April-June 2020 quarter (Q1FY21), Laurus Labs posted consolidated revenue of Rs 974 crore, up 77 per cent year-on-year (YoY) while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at Rs 285 crore, up 288 per cent YoY. EBITDA margin came in at 29 per cent while net profit or profit after tax (PAT) zoomed 1,047 per cent YoY to Rs 172 crore.
Ambit Capital maintains ‘buy’ rating on the stock with the target price of Rs 1,295 per share. The brokerage firm has substantially upgraded FY21/22 EPS to Rs 63/Rs 74 from Rs 38/ Rs 41, owing to incremental projects in CRAMS; EFV API sales uptick and customer wins in non-ARV APIs with 20 per cent capacity expansion underway.
At 11:45 am, Laurus Labs was trading 1.5 per cent higher at Rs 1,230 on the BSE, as compared to a 1.3 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. A combined 982,000 equity shares had changed hands on the counter on the NSE and BSE.