Accumulate Carborundum Universal, target price Rs 879: Angel Broking

Angel Broking has accumulate call on Carborundum Universal Ltd. with a target price of Rs 879. The current market price of Carborundum Universal is Rs 820.7.

Time period given by analyst is one year when Carborundum Universal Ltd. price can reach defined target.
Carborundum Universal Ltd., incorporated in the year 1954, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 15990.03 Crore) operating in Industrial Consumables sector.

Financials
For the quarter ended 30-06-2021, the company reported a Consolidated Total Income of Rs 721.27 Crore, down -5.91 % from last quarter Total Income of Rs 766.54 Crore and up 58.16 % from last year same quarter Total Income of Rs 456.03 Crore. Company reported net profit after tax of Rs 75.76 Crore in latest quarter.

Investment Rationale
Carborundum Universal (CUMI) is part of the Murugappa group and is a leading manufacturer of abrasives, industrial ceramics, refractories, and electro minerals in India having application across diversified user industries. The company is expected to benefit from improving demand scenarios across its end user industries such as auto, auto components, engineering, basic metals, infrastructure, and power. While demand from the Auto sector has been robust the brokerage expects demand from metal industry pick up given increased economic activity.

Promoter/FII Holdings
Promoters held 42.1 per cent stake in the company as of Jun 30, 2020, while FIIs held 6.6 per cent, DIIs 28 and public and others 23.4 per cent.