Bharat Forge Ltd dropped for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 1682.5, down 3.36% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 1.24% on the day, quoting at 22406.15. The Sensex is at 72534.84, down 0.98%.Bharat Forge Ltd has lost around 15.83% in last one month.Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Bharat Forge Ltd is a constituent, has eased around 8.16% in last one month and is currently quoting at 25011.5, down 1.85% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 4.04 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 8.21 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark October futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 1684.7, down 3.27% on the day. Bharat Forge Ltd jumped 31.05% in last one year as compared to a 13.14% slide in NIFTY and a 9.45% fall in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 68.78 based on TTM earnings ending June 26.