GP and Robi are at the top of stock marked trading
Grameenphone is closed for trading on Tuesday
Shares and units of 403 companies were exchanged on the second working day of the week in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market. Two mobile operators listed in the capital market, Grameenphone Limited and Robi Axiata, have come to the top of the transaction on this day.
According to DSE website sources, on Monday (August 12), shares of Grameenphone worth Tk 113 crore 13 lakh 12 thousand were traded. The company has taken the place at the top of the transaction. And another mobile operator in this sector, Robi's shares worth Tk 38 crore 61 lakh 14 thousand were traded.
BRAC Bank, which came to the second place in the list of transactions, traded shares worth Tk 49 crore 28 lakhs today. And Techno Drugs has taken the third place in the list for the transaction of Tk 40 crore 8 lakh shares.
The trading of Grameenphone Limited will be closed on Tuesday due to the record date related to dividend. Earlier, the company's shares were traded only in the spot market on Sunday and Monday. According to sources, Grameenphone's board has approved 160 percent interim dividend for the current 2024 financial year, setting a record date.
According to the unaudited financial report, Grameenphone's income for the first half of the current financial year was Tk 8,155 crore 97 lakhs compared to Tk 7,735 crore 60lakhs in the same period of the previous financial year.
During the period under discussion, the company's net profit after tax was Tk 2 thousand 199 crore 48 lakhs, as compared to Tk 1 thousand 973 crore 48 lakhs in the same period of the previous financial year. The company's earnings per share (EPS) for the first half of the current financial year stood at Tk 16.29, which was Tk 14.62 in the same period of the previous financial year.
Meanwhile, Grameenphone's income in the second quarter of the current financial year has been Tk 4,223 crore, compared to Tk 4,810 crore in the same period of the previous financial year. During the period under discussion, the net profit after tax of the company was Tk 861 crore 44 lakhs, which was Tk 1 thousand 193 crore 80 lakhs in the same period of the previous financial year.
The company's EPS for the second quarter was Tk 6.38, which was Tk 8. 84 in the same quarter of the previous financial year. The company's net asset value per share (NAVPS) stood at Tk 53.18 at the end of June 30, compared to Tk 39.34 in the same period of the previous financial year.
In the financial year 2023, the EPS of the company has been Tk 24.49, which was Tk 22.29 in the previous financial year. At the end of December 31 last year, the NAVPS of the company stood at Tk 49.39, compared to Tk 34. 22 at the end of the previous financial year.
In 2009, the authorized capital of Grameenphone listed in the capital market was 4 thousand crores and the paid-up capital was 1 thousand 350 crores 30 lakhs taka. There is 4 thousand 510 crores 1 lakh taka in reserve. Total number of shares is 135 crore 3 lakh 22.
Out of this, 90 percent shares are held by entrepreneurial directors. 6.31 percent of the remaining shares are held by institutional investors, 1.06 percent by foreign investors and 2.63 percent by general investors.
The latest and closing price of Grameenphone shares was Tk 345.60 on DSE on Sunday. The share price has fluctuated between 221 and 345 taka 60 paise in the last one year.
