Sagility India is a fast-growing IT midcap added to Jefferies’ model portfolio by trimming exposure to Infosys. The brokerage projects 28% EPS CAGR, the highest among its peer set, driven by margin expansion, Broadpath synergies, and deleveraging. Even after a recent rally, the stock trades at 28x FY26 PE, a 20–30% discount to comparable BPM … Read more
After a sharp rally in Indian equities, concerns are mounting over stretched valuations in certain pockets of the market. In this edition of ETMarkets Smart Talk, Ram Medury, Founder and CEO of Maxiom Wealth, shares his cautious view on midcaps, smallcaps, and the IT sector, which he believes are beginning to look overheated. While the … Read more
In a market where the Nifty trades at 20 times FY27 PE, the immediate reaction is often to cry “overvaluation” based on historical standards. But Pankaj Pandey, Head of Retail Research at ICICI Direct, argues this approach is fundamentally flawed. The veteran analyst contends that India’s benchmark index has undergone a structural transformation that renders … Read more
Making adjustments to its model portfolio, domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has increased the weight of InterGlobe Aviation (INDIGO) by 100 basis points to 250 basis points and Pidilite Industries (PIDI) by 40 basis points to 190 basis points. Meanwhile, Dabur witnessed a decrease in the weightage. According to the domestic brokerage firm, both … Read more
“If not on the earnings, definitely on the valuations. So, I think that investors now again need to get extremely cautious and from a buy-on-decline kind of a strategy, now you should be trying to shift to a sell-on-rise strategy,” says Dipan Mehta, Director, Elixir Equities. As an Indian investor, what do you do, I … Read more
Despite recent market corrections, Ashish Gupta, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Axis Mutual Fund, believes that both the defence and public sector undertaking (PSU) sectors still present compelling investment opportunities. Speaking with ET Now, Gupta provided insights into the valuation concerns in defence stocks and the evolving outlook for PSUs, particularly in the utilities space. … Read more
“While the announcement has been done in February, the real cash will be in hands of people in the month of April, starting month of April, which is where people would start spending,” says Sumit Poddar, Founder & CIO, Tikona Capital.Help us with your take on the broader end of the markets because for Nifty … Read more
“I think investors are beginning to understand that there are cheaper alternatives which give them similar growth profile, similar earnings growth profile in the medium term but available at far lower valuations,” says Manishi Raychaudhuri, Veteran Investor In Asian Equities. They say that if you are a long-term bull, ETF is the best and the … Read more
“The large private sector banks is one such pack, while there are of course near term headwinds, credit growth has slowed down, there are pockets of asset quality stress, and margins have been under pressure, we believe that the valuations for that largecap banking space specifically the private sector banks is possibly more than capturing … Read more
Marking the highest-ever monthly selling spree, the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in India offloaded a staggering Rs 1,13,858 crore through the exchanges in the month of October. However, they remained active buyers in the primary market for the month. As opposed to the huge sell-off in the secondary market, the FPIs invested Rs 19,842 crore … Read more