Federal-Mogul Goetze Cuts Rights Issue price

Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) said, that its board had revised the pricing of its rights issue to Rs 145-Rs 170 per share, from the earlier band of Rs 180-Rs 215.

The company reported a net profit of Rs 0.86 crore in Q2 June 2007 as against net loss of Rs 6.46 crore in Q2 June 2006. Sales rose 28.01% to Rs 146.58 crore in Q2 June 2007 over Q2 June 2006. The current price of Rs 151.40 discounts its Q2 June 2007 annualised EPS of Rs 1.36 by a PE multiple of 111.32.

Bears Take Control of Dalal Street

Bears took immediate control of Dalal Street by pulling the BSE-Sensex down 550 points just seconds after trading began for the day. The SENSEX was down by 637 points but marginally recovered and is still bleeding with a fall of 574 points at 14,427.

Banking, Metals and Real Estate Stocks are the major losers in Today’s Trade. Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Reliance Capital, Union Bank, Axis Bank are all down over 7%. Bharti Airtel, SBI and BHEL are amongst the top losers in BSE-SENSEX.

  • C. Jayram of Kotak Mahindra Bank expects the SELL-Off to continue for few more sessions. Crisis spreads to commercial paper.
  • Marc Faber advises extreme caution on the Indian Markets.
  • IVR Prime Urban Developer lists at 20% discount
  • Indian Banks may not cut interest rates, says Bimal Jalan
  • Yen hits 4 month high against USD. Indian Rupee weakens against USD. [Rs 41.03 / $]
  • Merill Lynch downgraded Countrywide Financial in the US from BUY to SELL. Countrywide is weighing options to file for Bankruptcy.

Hopefully, the markets will find a bottom and consolidate soon before it can rise again. Any immediate rise should be taken as an opportunity to exit out of shady fly by night operator stocks.

Raj TV + Mediaone Global Entertainment Bonus

Raj Television Network has announced that the company has launched Kalaignar TV and Raj Musix, an youth centric channel on 15 August 2007, evening.

Kalaignar TV is a general entertainment channel which will cater all sections of peoples in the society with mixed flavor of programs including movies, news, serials, children’s program etc. Raj Musix is a music channel and will consist of mainly youth generic programs.

The board of Mediaone Global Entertainment recommended the issue of bonus shares in the proportion of 5 equity shares for every 1 equity share. The board has also recommended the issue of rights shares in the proportion of 5 equity shares for every 1 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 5 per share.

The board has decided to increase the authorised capital from Rs 1 crore to Rs 32 crore.

Katwa Udyog to change the company name

The board of Katwa Udyog has approved to change the name of the company to Jyoti Cements and Infra.

The board has also approved to make preferential allotment of 3,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 15 aggregating to a sum of Rs 75,00,000 at the highest price of Rs 25 per equity share during the last 52 weeks as against the current market price of Rs 18 per share.

Further, the board has approved to seek shareholders approval to the proposed acquisition of 100% share capital of its unlisted group company Katwa Construction Company with an intention to seek eventual merger of that unlisted company with it. Katwa Construction has paid up capital of Rs 35,00,000 divided in to 35,000 equity shares of Rs 100 each. The proposed acquisition is at face value of the share.

Punjab National Bank – BUY

Kotak Securities is recommending buying Punjab National Bank [PNB] at current levels Rs 481, with a target price of Rs 680, potential upside of 40%.

PNB is well positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities in the Indian market. PNB is expected to have a loan growth of 21.5% and 19.7% in FY08E and FY09E, respectively. In the same period, deposits are expected to rise 17.7% and 16.1%, respectively, and investments are expected to rise 8.2% and 8.4% in FY08E and FY09E, respectively.

Valuations:
PNB is expected to grow its earning by 24.3% and 25.2% in FY08E and FY09E, respectively. Full year profit is estimated to be at Rs.19.14 bn and Rs.23.97 bn for FY08E and FY09E, respectively resulting into an EPS of Rs.60.70 and Rs.76.01. The adjusted book value is estimated to be Rs.344.55 and Rs.416.49, for FY08E and FY09E, respectively.