Dragon Capital buys more 1.2 million shares of steel giant Hoa Phat (HPG)
Dragon Capital buys more 1.2 million shares of steel giant Hoa Phat (HPG)
Hanoi Investments Holdings Limited, run by Dragon Capital, announced it has purchased an additional 1.2 million shares of steel giant Hoa Phat Group (HPG), raising its ownership in HPG from 15.95 million to 17.2 million shares. 
This move caused the HPG share volume owned by Dragon Capital's investment funds to increase from 198.7 million to 199.92 million shares.
HPG shares are being traded at VND49,550 per share on the stock market, up 10 per cent since the end of March but almost flat in recent sessions. Temporarily calculated according to this price, Dragon Capital group owns a volume of HPG shares worth VND9.9 trillion (US$430 million).
In 2020, the enterprise recorded VND90.1 trillion in revenue, up 41.5 per cent. Post-tax profit was VND13.5 trillion, up by 80 per cent thanks to its flourishing steel and agriculture business.
Hoa Phat's Board of Directors plans to submit to shareholders this year's revenue plan of VND120 trillion and post-tax profit of VND18 trillion, both up by 33 per cent compared to the previous year.
In the first quarter, Hoa Phat achieved a sales volume of more than 2.16 million tonnes of various types of steel. Finished construction steel hit 855,000 tonnes, an increase of more than 17 per cent, in which finished steel for export was 147,000 tonnes, up 10 per cent.
Exported steel billet was more than 386,000 tonnes, up 27 per cent over the same period last year. Hot-rolled coil (HRC) products reached 665,000 tonnes, up 75 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.
