Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd share Price

Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd is in the Fertilizer sector is having a Market Capitalization worth Rs. 4,116.28 crores, it is incorporated in the year 1962. It has reported consolidated sales of Rs. 7798.98 crores in March’2021. The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) with the code 500690 and on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) with the code GSFC.

Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd was incorporated in 1962, but it took almost five years for GSFC Ltd to set up its infrastructure and begin production. GSFC Ltd is mainly engaged in the production of fertilizers and chemicals. In July 2016, GSFC Ltd finished setting up a Nylon-6-II plant with the capacity of producing 45 MT of Nylon-6 per day. Further in 2019, GSFC Ltd set up a new Melamine-III plant with a capacity of 45,000 MT of Melamine per year. G S F C Ltd has also set up adequate infrastructure to ensure that its plants reach Zero pollution levels. The promoters of the company own 37.84% of the stake in the company, Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) own 20.49%, Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) own 9.42% stake in the company, and others (such as public & retail investors) hold the balance of 32.25%.

In June 2021, quarterly net revenue was Rs. 1,872.67 crores, which has increased by approximately 42.54% from Rs. 1,313.82 crores for the April-June 2020 quarter. The quarterly net profit in June 2021 was Rs. 137.79 crores, which has improved sharply and increased by nearly 333.17% from a net profit of Rs. 31.81 crores in June 2020. In June 2021, the reported operating profit was at Rs. 1,700.58 crores, which is also increased by 16.17% as compared to an operating profit of Rs. 1,463.83 crores for the quarter ending in June 2020. From Rs. 0.80 in June 2020, the EPS of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd has improved positively and reached Rs. 3.46 per share in June 2021. GSFC's stock closed at Rs. 103.30 on 20th August’2021 (NSE) and has returned 35.30% in the last six months and 67.02% in the previous year.