Premier Explosives' shares shot up more than 5% to a record high on Friday following the board of the defense company's approval of a 1:5 stock split. Compared to the previous close of Rs 2021.05 on the BSE, Premier Explosives' shares increased 5.14% to Rs 2125. Additionally, the company's board approved raising up to Rs 400 crore.
The shares of Premier Explosives have increased 34% since the start of this year and 408% in the last year. In two and three years, the stock had multibagger returns of 460% and 1277%, respectively. A total of 0.28 lakh of the company's shares were traded today on the BSE, resulting in a turnover of Rs 5.72 lakh. The company's market value increased to Rs 2246.57 crore.
Premier Explosives communicated to bourses that they were raising funds "through the issuance of instruments or security including equity shares or any other eligible securities by way of one or more public and/or private offerings including on a preferential allotment basis and/or a qualified institutions placement and/or rights issue and/or further public offering, in one or more of the tranches for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs. 400 crores (Rupees Four Hundred Crores)".
With a beta of 0.8, premier explosives shares exhibit extremely little annual volatility. Technically speaking, the stock's relative strength index (RSI) is 77.3, indicating that it is trading in the overbought area. The 5 day, 20 day, 50 day, 100 day, and 200 day moving averages are all being exceeded by the share's current price.
The primary business of Premier Explosives Limited is the production of high energy materials and related goods for the mining, infrastructural, defense, and space industries. India and the rest of the world are among the geographical segments of the company. Its main goals are to design and produce strap-on motors for satellite launch vehicles and solid propellants for rockets.
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