Bajaj Finance Q1 Preview: PAT may rise 16% YoY; NII should see strong growth

Bajaj Finance Q1 Preview: PAT may rise 16% YoY; NII should see strong growth

Leading NBFC Bajaj Finance is expected to post healthy growth in its core earnings for the first quarter ended June 2024. Net interest income for the reporting June quarter is likely to grow 26% year-on-year, according to an average estimate of four brokerages. Profit after tax (PAT), meanwhile, is seen rising 16% year-on-year. The company’s … Read more

Markets optimistic but ‘mistakenly euphoric’, says Kotak Institutional Equities

Markets optimistic but ‘mistakenly euphoric’, says Kotak Institutional Equities

Mumbai: Kotak Institutional Equities said the Indian market continues to be a mix of being “rightfully optimistic and mistakenly euphoric“. The brokerage said parts of the market rightfully reflect the strength of the Indian economy and its long-term growth prospects, while the other parts reflect “extreme euphoria linked to baseless narratives.” Kotak said the market … Read more

Ashok Leyland shares surge 6% after posting 20% YoY increase in Q4 profit. Should you invest?

Ashok Leyland shares surge 6% after posting 20% YoY increase in Q4 profit. Should you invest?

Ashok Leyland shares zoomed nearly 6% on BSE today to their new all-time high of Rs 222.80 after reporting a 20% year-on-year (YoY) increase in its Q4 net profit at Rs 900.41 crore. Revenues from operations in the quarter under review stood at Rs 11,266.69 crore as compared to Rs 11,625.67 crore in the year-ago … Read more

InterGlobe Aviation shares rally 3% after doubling Q4 profit. Brokerages increase target price up to Rs 5,192

InterGlobe Aviation shares rally 3% after doubling Q4 profit. Brokerages increase target price up to Rs 5,192

Shares of InterGlobe Aviation, which operates IndiGo Airlines, rose nearly 3% in Friday’s trade on BSE to its new 52-week high of Rs 4,520 after the company’s PAT more than doubled to Rs 1,895 crore in Q4. Revenue from operations increased 26% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 17,825 crore in the reporting quarter while the airline’s … Read more

Oberoi Realty shares jump 9% to new all-time high after 65% increase in net profit. Should you invest?

Oberoi Realty shares jump 9% to new all-time high after 65% increase in net profit. Should you invest?

Shares of Oberoi Realty on Thursday jumped 9% to hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 1,712.30 after the company reported a 65% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its Q4 profit at Rs 788 crore. The total income of the company rose to Rs 1,558.56 crore in the quarter from Rs 995.11 crore in the year-ago … Read more

Varun Beverages shares surge over 5% post Q1 results. Should you buy, sell or hold?

Varun Beverages shares surge over 5% post Q1 results. Should you buy, sell or hold?

Shares of PepsiCo bottler Varun Beverages (VBL) jumped 5.5% on BSE today to the day’s high of Rs 1,558.45 after reporting an increase of 25% year-on-year (YoY) in March quarter PAT to Rs 548 crore. The brokerages have increased the target price for the stock post earnings announcement. The company’s revenue from operations in Q1 … Read more

SBI share price can surge up to Rs 1,000, say bulls after Q4 results

SBI share price can surge up to Rs 1,000, say bulls after Q4 results

Brokerages remain bullish on State Bank of India(SBI) after the lender made a swift recovery in earnings reporting a standalone net profit of Rs 20,698 crore in Q4, up 24% YoY. The estimates on the target price for SBI go as high as Rs 1,000. The profit was higher than the Street estimate of Rs … Read more

Godrej Properties shares surge nearly 10% to record high. Should you invest?

Godrej Properties shares surge nearly 10% to record high. Should you invest?

Shares of Godrej Properties jumped 9.7% in today’s session on BSE to a new all-time high of Rs 2,816.90 after brokerages increased target prices for the stock following a 14% year-on-year (YoY) growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 471 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. The realty player has clocked the highest … Read more

How Kotak Equities tweaked its largecap portfolio

How Kotak Equities tweaked its largecap portfolio

Brokerage Kotak Institutional Equities has increased its weight on consumer plays Britannia Industries and Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) as it tweaked its largecap portfolio while lowering weightage for Macrotech Developers, even as the domestic brokerage remains positive on the residential real estate space. Kotak has increased weights by 20 bps on Britannia Industries and GCPL … Read more

Kotak initiates coverage on Mankind Pharma, sees 11% upside. 3 reasons why

Kotak initiates coverage on Mankind Pharma, sees 11% upside. 3 reasons why

Kotak Institutional Equities initiated coverage on Mankind Pharma stock with ‘Add’ rating for a price target of Rs 1,875. The domestic brokerage sees an 11% upside in the counter from current levels. “Mankind Pharma is well-positioned to further leverage its robust marketing prowess and reach. Within branded Rx, we expect a ramp-up of specialty and … Read more