SG Finserv shares rise nearly 20% after top investor Madhu Kela's bulk purchase

ByHT News Desk03-25 07:49

Kela acquired 9.51 lakh shares of the company, which is about a 1.7 per cent stake in it, at a price of 350.01 on Monday.

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At 12:20 pm IST, the company's shares were trading at 407.80 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which was a rise of 13.10 per cent or 47.25. The intraday high was 432.65.

The company's stock has surged more than 23 per cent over the past month, significantly outperforming the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 index, which rose by 5 percent in the same period, according to a Moneycontrol report.

What is SG Finserve?

SG Finserve is a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) which offers business financing solutions to dealers, distributors, retailers, buyers, suppliers, and transporters, among others of Indian corporates.

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CRISIL Ratings recently reaffirmed the credit rating for its 1,000 crore bank loan facilities, assigning it an AA (CE)/Positive rating, taking it from a provisional rating to a final one.

Its loan book also nearly doubled from the September quarter, reaching 1,568 crore, which is an impressive 92 percent quarter-on-quarter growth.

“With this momentum, we remain confident in achieving our loan book targets of 4,000 crore in FY26 and 6,000 crore in FY27,” the company had previously stated, as per the report.

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Arihant Capital Markets, which is the sole brokerage tracking SG Finserve, maintains a ‘buy’ rating on the stock, with a target price of 783, according to the report.

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