Buy This Maharatna PSU Stock For Target Price of Rs 255, Stock Surged 5.89% In A Week

Edelweiss Wealth Research in its recent report has given a buy call to Coal India Limited (CIL), one of the leading PSUs in India, for a target price of Rs 255 apiece.

Considering the brokerage's estimated target price, the stock of the company is likely to gain 11% in 12 months.

Coal India is a small cap Maharatna Company engaged in the Mining sector. It is a large cap PSU company having a market cap of Rs 1,41,711 crore.

Stock Outlook

The current market price of the stock is Rs 229.95 apiece. On Friday it gained 2.07%. The 52 week low of the stock is Rs 136.35 recorded on 26 August 2021 and the 52-week high is Rs 232 recorded on 26 August 2022. Stock is trading near a 52-week high.

Returns On Investment

Stock over the week surged and gave 5.89% positive return. Whereas, in the past 1 month, it gave a positive return of 13.67%. In the past 3 months, it gave a 25.48% positive return. In the past 1 year, the stock gave a massive gain of 67.48%. In the past 3 years, the stock gave a positive return of 21.83%. Whereas, in the past 5 years, the stock fall and gave a negative return of 4.7%.

Business Overview

Coal India Limited (CIL) is an India-based holding company. The Company is a coal mining company, which is engaged in the production and sale of coal. The Company offers products, including Coking Coal, Semi Coking Coal, Non-Coking Coal, Washed and Beneficiated Coal, Middlings, Rejects, Coal Fines/Coke Fines, and Tar/Heavy Oil/Light Oil/Soft Pitch. Its Middlings are used in power generation, brick manufacturing units and cement plants.

Key highlights

According to the Edelweiss Wealth Research:

• Globally Thermal coal prices consistently remain at elevated level thanks to European energy crisis
• Higher global thermal coal prices will lead to sustainable higher E-Auction prices for Coal India
• We expect INR 47 EPS for FY23E, driven by good realisation in E-Auction and capacity ramp up
• When Global Macro (energy crisis) and volume growth is in favour of company, we expect reasonable PE of 10x for the company

Risks

• Government of India's OFS.
• Any Action by GOI to reduce higher profitability of company.
• Lower-than-expected new FSA demand.
• Loss of volume-linked incentive.
• Lower-than-expected volume growth.

Disclaimer

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