Ceramics firm Viglacera makes shares debut on HoSE
HCM City (VNA) - Vietnam’s largest ceramics
and tile producer Viglacera Corporation (Viglacera) debuted on the Ho Chi Minh
Stock Exchange (HoSE) on May 29.
The company started trading its 448.35 million shares on the HoSE at an initial
price of 19,900 VND (0.86 USD) per share, valuing the business at 8.92 trillion
VND (383.6 million USD).
The company’s code is VGC. It was previously listed on the Hanoi Stock
Exchange but cancelled the listing on May 17.
Its shares gained as much as 17 percent during the day, but then receded to
finish Wednesday at 20,500 VND per share – up only 3 percent from the
initial price.
At the closing price of 20,500 VND per share, the company’s value is
nearly 9.2 trillion VND.
The listing of Viglacera on HoSE will bring good
opportunities to raise funding for its business activities, said Deputy
Minister of Construction Bui Pham Khanh at the ceremony held for the firm's
debut.
“But it will be a big challenge for the firm’s board of directors to make sure
the company meets higher standards on transparency, publicity and corporate
governance,” he said.
In the first quarter of 2019, Viglacera recorded 2.27 trillion VND in net
revenue, up 24 percent year on year, and 180 billion VND in post-tax profit, up
51 percent.
Apart from producing ceramics and tile, the firm also engages in
real estate and industrial park development.
The company’s production capacity accounts for 36 percent of the glass market
and 11-12 percent of all ceramic output.
Viglacera has also invested in 12 industrial parks with total area of nearly
3,18ha. Of the total, 717ha have been leased by large Republic of Korean and
Japanese firms such as Samsung and Sumitomo.-VNA