PakStox Outlook

PakStox Investment Universe Earnings Releases (18-19 April 2023) Only Systems Ltd announced a cash dividend. For all companies Earning releases click  here . Company Year ended /Half Year ended Profit / (Loss) Before Taxation (Rs. In Million) Profit / (Loss) After Taxation (Rs. In Million) EPS /(LPS) Apr 19, 2023 Ismail Industries Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 5,153.699 (UCS) 4,334.761 (UCS) 65.32 Fauji Cement Company Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 9,977.88 6,967.74 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 4,101.42 2,531.21 4.02 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 5,461.495 (CS) 4,110.486 (CS) 8.84 International Steels Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 2,082.80 1,576.80 3.62 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 220.149 (UCS) 143.619 (UCS) 7.02 Thal Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 2,260.217 (UCS) 1,647.681 (UCS) 20.33 Gatron (Industries) Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 105.936 (UCS) (124.054) (UCS) -3.23 Pak Datacom Limited 31/03/2023(IIIQ) 355.116 205.977 17.37 Meezan Bank Limited 31/03...

Pakistan Current Account Balance (CAB) recorded USD 654 million surplus in Mar 2023 against a deficit of $36 million in Feb 2023. Cumulatively CAD reduced to $3.4 billion in Jul-Mar FY23 against a deficit of $13.0 billion in Jul-Mar FY22. ( SBP Tweet ) The REER index (Pak Rupee) depreciated to 85.6 in Mar 23 as compared to 86.5 in Feb 23. ( See  Tweet.). In today's T-Bill auction, participation o f Rs1trn was seen with government raising Rs599bn as against target and maturity of Rs1trn. Yield on 3 and 6 months bonds remains unchanged while yield on 12 months bonds   was  up by 10bps . link Turkiya's  TTM deficit of USD 55bn might go down to USD 35bn in a year. ( See tweet )

A Selection from PakStox PSX Investment Universe. Tuesday, 18 April 2023 KSE100 Index 40,448 201.38 ↑ PSX:Ticker Price Change 52 Week Range EPS BV/Share PE Rs. % Rs. Rs. Rs. X OGDC 86.03 0.1% 109.6 - 69 37.2 221 69 PPL 67.33 0.2% 86 - 50.43 26.0 177 50 POL 399.87 0.3% 460 - 340 103.5 180 340 NRL 149.53 -0.2% 280.5 - 141.05 13.1 414 141 PSO 114.46 -0.2% 196.5 - 109.02 107.9 442 109 SNGP 40.83 -0.4% 48.45 - 25.4 18.1 63 25 HUBC 69.64 0.9% 80.35 - 57.05 21.5 44 57 KAPCO 25.18 2.4% 33.48 - 23.9 8.5 78 24 ENGRO 285.15 3.4% 308.8 - 225.3 36.8 158 225 EFERT 86.89 0.5% 102.4 - 74.6 11.5 32 75 FFC 99.98 -0.2% 128.89 - 97.45 15.8 40 97 NML 54.1 1.0% 88 - 49 35.7 239 49 ILP 49.02 2.0% 74.88 - 46.1 13.7 37 46 LUCK 392.97 -1.0% 611 - 375.55 51.5 415 376 DGKC 44.45 -0.6% 73.35 - 39 3.9 160 39 MLCF 26.26 -0.2% 38.65 - 19 4.4 41 19 FCCL 11.8 0.3% 18.5 - 10.24 3.8 29 10 EPCL 44.52 0.2% 93.48 - 39.75 12.4 29 40 AICL 23.95 -2.3% 34.99 - 23.5 7.4 71 24 ABOT 397.49 -0.8% 700 - 345 30.7 175 345 AGP 52.81 -0...