National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines. It was established on 7th January 1981 in the Public Sector, with its registered office at Bhubaneswar. The Company is a group ‘A’ CPSE, having integrated and diversified operations in mining, metal, and power with a sales turnover of Rs 9,376 crore in the financial year 2017-18. Presently, Government of India holds 56.59% equity of NALCO. NALCO is one of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium- Power Complex in the Country. The Company has a 68.25 lakh TPA Bauxite Mine & 21.00 lakh TPA (normative capacity) Alumina Refinery located at Damanjodi in Koraput district of Odisha, and 4.60 lakh TPA Aluminium Smelter & 1200MW Captive Power Plant located at Angul, Odisha. NALCO has bulk shipment facilities at Vizag port for the export of Alumina/Aluminium and import of caustic soda and also utilizes the facilities at Kolkata and Paradeep Ports. The Company has registered sales offices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore and 9 operating stockyards at various locations in the Country to facilitate domestic marketing. The Company is the lowest-cost producer of metallurgical grade alumina in the World as per Wood McKenzie report. With sustained quality products, the Company’s export earnings accounted for about 43% of the sales turnover in the year 2017-18 and the Company was rated 3 rd highest net export earning CPSE in 2016-17 as per Public Enterprise Survey report. With its consistent track record in capacity utilization, technology absorption, quality assurance, export performance and posting profits, NALCO is a bright example of India’s industrial capability. NALCO is the first Public Sector Company in the country to venture into the international market in a big way with the London Metal Exchange (LME) registration since May 1989. The Company is listed at Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) since 1992 and National Stock Exchange (NSE) since 1999. Besides, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18000 & SA 8000 certifications, the Company has also adopted ISO 50001 standards for Energy Management System. The financials of the company is very zig-zag, RoE is 1.91% and at CMP its looks fully priced. Price difference is around 23%, and as per current share holding, expected acceptance ratio should be 10% and profit around 2%. So we give NEUTRAL rating to this buyback and who are holding this stock before announcement of buyback, may participate in buyback depending on market price.
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