J.B.CHEMICALS Share Price Up by 5%; BSE HEALTHCARE Index Up 0.7%

Fri, 26 Feb 10:30 AM

J.B.CHEMICALS share price has zoomed 5% and is presently trading at Rs 1,205.

Meanwhile, the BSE HEALTHCARE Index is at 21,400 (up 0.7%).

Among the top Gainers in the BSE HEALTHCARE Index today is J.B.CHEMICALS (up 5.4%).

JUBILANT LIFE SCIENCES (down 0.3%) and ABBOTT INDIA (down 0.3%) are among the top losers today.

Over the last one year, J.B.CHEMICALS has moved up from Rs 535 to Rs 1,205, registering a gain of Rs 670 (up 124.4%).

On the other hand, the BSE HEALTHCARE has moved up from 14,206 to 21,400, registering a gain of 7,194 points (up 50.1%) during the last 12 months.

The top buzzing stocks among the BSE HEALTHCARE Index stocks during this same period were LAURUS LABS (up 307.1%), J.B.CHEMICALS (up 124.4%) and GRANULES INDIA (up 92.7%).

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What About the Benchmark Indices?

The BSE Sensex is at 50,400 (down 1.9%).

The top gainers among the BSE Sensex stocks today are NTPC (up 2.1%), SUN PHARMA (up 1.4%) and MARUTI SUZUKI (up 0.9%). Other gainers include ULTRATECH CEMENT (up 0.4%) and BHARTI AIRTEL (up 0.3%). The most traded stocks in the BSE Sensex are NTPC and BHARTI AIRTEL.

In the meantime, NSE Nifty is at 14,919 (down 1.8%). The top gainers in the NSE Nifty include SUN PHARMA (up 1.8%), NTPC (up 1.5%) and DR. REDDYS LAB (up 1.4%). Other gainers include CIPLA (up 1.1%) and MARUTI SUZUKI (up 0.8%) are among the top gainers in NSE Nifty.

Over the last 12 months, the BSE Sensex has moved up from 40,363 to 50,400, registering a gain of 10,037 points (up 24.08%).

J.B.CHEMICALS Financial Update...

J.B.CHEMICALS net profit down at Rs 509 million for the quarter ended March 2020, compared to a loss of Rs 622 million a year ago. Net Sales rose 8.3% to Rs 4.2 billion during the period as against Rs 3.9 billion in January-March 2019.

For the year ended March 2018, J.B.CHEMICALS reported 24.8% decrease in net profit to Rs 1.4 billion compared to net profit of Rs 1.8 billion during FY17.

Revenue of the company grew 3.3% to Rs 14 billion during FY18.

The current Price to earnings ratio of J.B.CHEMICALS, based on rolling 12 month earnings, stands at 37.4x.

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