Hold ONGC, target price Rs 66: ICICI Securities

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ICICI Securities has given a hold rating to Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with a target price of Rs 66
The brokerage says global supply surplus in April 2020 may be as high as 29.7m b/d due to double whammy of demand collapse and output
oil prices
Pace of demand recovery will be crucial. The share price of the company moved down by -0.93 per cent from its previous close of Rs 75.05
The last traded price is Rs 74.35
Incorporated in 1993, ONGC has a market cap of Rs 94415.00 crore. Investment RationaleOpec Plus has finalised a deal to cut output by 9.7
Opec Plus also expects US, Canada and Brazil to cut output by 3.7m b/d
Whether Texas oil regulator decides in favour of imposing output cuts on April 21, 2020 is likely to be a key factor influencing near term
oil prices
FinancialsFor the quarter ended December 31, 2019, the company reported consolidated sales of Rs 109443.39 crore, up 7.77 per cent from
last quarter sales of Rs 101554.26 crore and down -6.70 per cent from last year's same quarter sales of Rs 117305.80 crore
The company reported net profit after tax of Rs 4898.68 crore in the latest quarter.