The company announced the export order win after market hours on Thursday, 18 March 2010. The stock rose 0.96% to Rs 173.90 on Friday, 19 March 2010.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 97.13 points, or 0.55% to 17,481.10.
On BSE, 6.18 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of nine lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 177.50 and a low of Rs 170.60 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 298.90 on 15 October 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 75.60 on 19 March 2009.
The stock has risen 2.67% in two trading sessions from a recent low of Rs 172.25 on 18 March 2010.
The mid-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 19 March 2010, gaining 0.40% as compared to the Sensex's 8.56% rise. It had also underperformed the market in the past one quarter, falling 11.52% as compared to the Sensex's return of 5.13%.
The company's equity capital is Rs 66.41 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.
The current price of Rs 176.85 discounts the company's Q3 December 2009 annualized EPS of Rs 14.15, by a PE multiple of 12.50.
Punj Lloyd's net profit rose 31.5% to Rs 117.49 crore on 18.2% rise in net sales to Rs 2116.60 crore in Q3 December 2009 over Q3 December 2008.
Punj Lloyd provides engineering, designing, procurement, construction and project management services for energy industry and infrastructure sector.
Promoters have pledged 7.01 lakh shares representing 0.21% of the equity capital of the company. The total promoter shareholding in the company is 37.39% (as on 31 December 2009).