Scripscan:VST Industries Ltd
cmp:1150
Code:509966
Story:VST Industries Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of tobacco and related products in India and internationally. It offers cigarettes under Charms Smooth Virginia, Moments, and Charms Virginia Filter brands. It also provides leaf, cut, and unmanufactured tobacco products; and other articles of paper or paper board. The company, through its subsidiary, VST Distribution, Storage & Leasing Company Private Limited, distributes mutual funds.The performance of VST Industries stock has far outperformed the Sensex over the last one year. Solid net sales and profit growth of 22.5 and 35 per cent respectively to Rs 578 and Rs 95 crore respectively in FY11 aided the performance.On the volumes front, VST posted a strong eight per cent increase in its core product segment — cigarettes. The company has also outperformed peers such as ITC and Godfrey Phillips which posted one year returns of 25 and 83 per cent respectively.The company has also benefitted from the ability to pass on the excise duty hikes to the end user. Case in point, cigarette prices were hiked in the months leading to the budget. However, the FM left excise rates untouched which enabled the company's operating margins and profits to receive a significant bump up.This along with flat tobacco prices which is among the company's key inputs helped the bottom line immensely. The company's stellar performance on the bourses has also reflected this strength.This was largely due to sedate tobacco prices and the sector's stellar pricing power.Hold it to have higher gains in the coming years.
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