Even as Steel Strips Wheel has announced new orders today, the auto parts and equipment sector has had one very significant outlier in share price shifts in the last year, Swaraj Auto. The company, even after recent declines, climber 528% in share price in the past twelve months. It gained over 160% in just six months.
The BSE had announced Additional Surveillance Measures on Swaraj Automotives on September 24. The criteria, the exchange said, for placing companies under the ASM included significant high-low variation, client concentration, number of price band hits, close to close price variation and price-earning ratio. The net profits for Swaraj Auto has been very small - in single digit crore or lower in each quarter, so the rapid gains in share price are hard to explain. Investors are urged to exercise caution.