Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 27.97 points, or 0.21%, at 17052.08.

On BSE, 66,834 shares were traded in the counter. The scrip had an average daily volume of 16.88 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 3925 and a low of Rs 3776.10 so far during the day. The stock had a 52-week high of Rs 3969 on 1 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 1630 on 7 June 2007.

The scrip had outperformed the market over the past one month till 28 April 2008, gaining 17.56% compared to the Sensex’s 3.94% gain. It had also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, rising 17.02% compared to Sensex’s 5.95% fall.

The mid-cap iron ore exporter has an equity capital of Rs 39.36 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

The current price of Rs 3854 discounts its Q3 December 2007 annualised EPS of Rs 500.72, by a PE multiple of 7.69.

Sesa Goa reported 216.37% surge in net profit to Rs 798.30 crore on 116.21% increase in total income to Rs 1669.97 crore in Q4 March 2008 over Q4 March 2007.

Sesa Goa, an iron ore mining company of the Vedanta group, has been involved in iron ore mining, beneficiation and exports besides. It is also into the manufacture of pig iron and metallurgical coke.