Share price of Avenue Supermart rises as Nifty weakens

Shares of Avenue Supermarts Ltd. gained 0.17 per cent to Rs 4760.85 in Friday's trade as of 11:41AM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 4802.7 and low of Rs 4725.55 during the session.

The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 14.83 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 11:41AM shares and turnover at Rs 2.3 crore around that time. The stock of Avenue Supermarts Ltd. quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 4831.0 and 52-week low prices of Rs 3353.05, respectively.

The stock's Beta value, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 1.0.

Promotor/FII Holding
Promoters held 74.65 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Dec-2023, while FIIs held 7.96 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 7.2 per cent.

Key Financials

The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 13605.39 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2023, up 7.46 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 12661.29 crore and up 17.28 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 11600.61 crore. Net profit after tax for the latest quarter stood at Rs 690.61 crore, up 17.12 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Technicals
The MACD signalled a bullish bias on the counter. The MACD is known for signalling trend reversals in traded securities or indices.
It is the difference between the 26-day and 12-day exponential moving averages. A nine-day exponential moving average, called the signal line, is plotted on topof the MACD to reflect "buy" or "sell" opportunities. When the MACD crosses below the signal line, it gives a bearish signal, indicating that the price of the security may see a downward movement and vice versa.