The stock market’s focus has now shifted to FY26 earnings, which are expected to grow by 12-13%, following a 5-6% earnings downgrade over the past six months, says Srinivas Rao Ravuri, Chief Investment Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. While a 12-13% earnings growth rate may not seem particularly strong at first glance, we believe it … Read more
Believing that the current expensive valuations pose a downside risk to Bajaj Housing Finance shares, domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has initiated coverage on the stock with a ‘sell’ rating and a target price of Rs 100. This signals a potential downside of 21% in the stock. “Bajaj Housing Finance trades rich (4.7X book … Read more
“Investors should pay attention to relative valuations, interest rates, trends in NPAs, and other macro factors to see when the tide may be turning,” says Anil Rego, MD & CIO, Right Horizons PMS.In an interview with ETMarkets, Rego said: “Earnings have been strong, and while absolute valuations may be high, in relative terms, we are … Read more
ET Intelligence Group: Foreign investors are increasingly favouring India’s discretionary consumption and capital expenditure sectors, ramping up equity allocations in Asia’s third-largest economy following a brief pause. The capital goods sector saw the largest increase in weightage among major sectors, contributing 131 basis points to reach 5.71%. The auto sector’s portfolio weight rose by 115 … Read more
Nifty-500 companies have reported a robust performance in the fourth quarter of FY24 primarily driven by domestic cyclicals like BFSI and auto sectors, stated a report by domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal. However, global cyclicals such as Oil & Gas (O&G) and metals dragged down the index, the report said. Nifty-500 companies recorded a 7% … Read more
“Achche din ki sabse badi guarantee hai the growth in the GDP. So, India having reached fifth largest economy status and all the pundits and all the gurus from IMF to investment houses to all the economists predict that India will be number three in a very short duration of time,” says Puneet Chhatwal, MD … Read more
Ramesh Mantri, CIO, WhiteOak Capital AMC, says when we look at combined fundamentals and valuation, there are some sectors where fundamentals are very strong, but valuation is very high like industrials, capex related and then smaller industry segments like defence, electronics and manufacturing. The fundamental corporate earnings have been good but the valuation is high. … Read more
The corporate earnings scorecard for 4QFY24 has been in line so far. The earnings spread has been decent, with 70% of our Coverage Universe either meeting or exceeding profit expectations. However, growth has primarily been led by the BFSI and Automobile sectors. The earnings growth was fuelled by the domestic cyclicals, such as BFSI and … Read more
The prospect of interest rates remaining elevated as the Federal Reserve battles inflation is further clouding the outlook for shares of smaller U.S. companies, which have lagged broader markets this year. Small cap stocks surged at the end of 2023, as expectations grew that the Fed was done raising interest rates and would soon begin … Read more
Mahantesh Sabarad, Independent Market Expert, says the market expects a continuation of the government and better monsoon forecast. If these two things happen, there will be solid earnings growth. We might expect a little bit of moderation in valuation, but the market momentum will not get disturbed and will not see a great fall. We … Read more