Trending stocks: Keep a close eye on these small-cap stocks for 25 October 2021

The following small-cap stocks have made fresh 52-week high today – Rail Vikas Nigam, Jindal Worldwide, Best Agrolife, Art Nirman, Pansari Developers¸Tilaknagar Industries and Sikko Industries.

Frontline benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended in the red territory, down by 0.35% and 0.17% respectively. Metal, IT and pharmaceutical stocks underperformed broader markets. BSE Small-cap index corrected by 1.20% to end the session at 28,336.31.

Keep a close eye on these trending small-cap stocks for Monday, 25 October 2021.

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India – The company has announced its results for the quarter ended 30 September 2021. Financial performance surpassed pre-pandemic levels. It also witnessed the highest ever Q2 profit before tax (PBT) since inception.

Member additions for the quarter stood at 3,943 versus 2,681 in Q2 FY21. The resort operational occupancies came in at 73% as compared to 30% in Q2 FY21. They reported a total room inventory of 4,233 rooms across 78 resorts. The cumulative member base stands at 2,58,815.

On a consolidated basis, total income jumped by 16.1% on a year-on-year basis to Rs 593.3 crore. EBITDA margin expanded by 3.77% on an annual basis and profit after tax (PAT) came in at Rs 59.8 crore, up by 107.7% relative to the same quarter previous year.

To quote Kavinder Singh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India from a filing with the exchange, "Our performance has surpassed pre-pandemic levels driven by a strong focus on the ramp-up of resort operations, after second Covid wave, with world-class safety and hygiene protocols. Our resilient business model along with a focus on member experiences has helped us achieve higher resort occupancies, member additions and PBT growth of 20% YoY along with improvement in cash position." 

KEC International – The company has secured new orders of Rs 1,829 crore across the following businesses:

Transmission and Distribution - The business has secured orders of Rs 656 crore for projects in Europe and the Americas.

Railways - The business has secured orders of Rs 144 crore in the technologically-enabled or emerging metro segments in India.

Civil - The business has secured orders of Rs 935 crore for infra works in the water pipelines and industrial segments in India.

Cables - The business has secured orders of Rs 94 crore for various types of cables in India and overseas.

52-week High Stocks - The following small-cap stocks have made fresh 52-week high today – Rail Vikas Nigam, Jindal Worldwide, Best Agrolife, Art Nirman, Pansari Developers¸Tilaknagar Industries and Sikko Industries. Keep a close eye on these counters on Monday, 25 October 2021.