Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk. vs Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk. — how do they compare? Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk. trades at Rp230 (market cap 4.33T, 5.43M 24h volume), while Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk. trades at Rp1,490 (market cap 36.12T, 30.52M 24h volume). The key difference: Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk. is far larger — about 8.3× Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk.'s market cap, and Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk. is more actively traded (30.52M versus 5.43M). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KRAS | PGAS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | 4.33T | 36.12T |
Volume | 5.43M | 30.52M |
Lot | 54.27K | 305.21K |
Turnover | 1.24B | 45.62B |
Average Price | 228.12 | 1,494.53 |
Value | 1.24B | 45.62B |
Indicative Equilibrium Price | 230 | 1,490 |
Indicative Equilibrium Volume | 3.53K | 38.95K |
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PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) was established on August 31, 1970 as a result of Indonesian Government Regulation No. 35 in the year 1970 regarding is equity establishment. The establishment of this steel industry was started by utilizing the left over machinery of the former Russian initiated Trikora Steel Project, mainly on cold wire drawing, bar mill, and section mill.These plants were officially opened by the President of Republic Indonesia in 1977.In 1979, the operation of the facilities such as direct reduction plant (with the capacity of 1.5 million tons per annum), billet steel plant (with the capacity of 500,000 tons per annum), wire rod mill (with the capacity of 220,000 tons per annum) and infrastructure such as a steam power plant (400MW), water purifying installation, port of Cigading and telecommunications system were officially opened.In 1983 relatively large scale plants also formally started their operation, they are slab steel plant and hot strip mill.This was followed in 1991 by a merger of a cold rolling mill plant in Cilegon industrial zone, to become the production unit of PT Krakatau Steel (Persero).
Read more on KRAS →PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) (the company) originated from a private Dutch company named Firma L.J.N Eindhoven & Co. Gravenhage, which was established in 1859. The company was named NV. Netherland Indische Gaz Maatscapij when the Dutch took control in 1950. In 1958, when Government of Indonesia took over company, the name was changed to Badan Pengambil Alih Perusahaan-perusahaan Listrik dan Gas (BP3LG), and then became BPU-PLN in 1961. On May 13, 1965, the company was established as a state company and known as PN Gas. In 1984, PN Gas converted into public service enterprices (perum) under the name of Perum Gas. And in 1996 the status of company was changed to PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero).
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