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If one looks at the history on how organised retailing in India has evolved, more players have gone down the drain as compared to ones that survived. Most prominent one which went down after years of existence was Future group companies. There are many industrial houses which tried their hands on retailing but sooner than later they realised that it is a very heavy capital intensive business and not their cup of tea. On the other hand, there have been retailers focussed on one single category of...

The introduction of new molecules based on complex chemistry has created growth opportunities for the company which caters to the agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors. The company is in the process of launching 10 new molecules each of which may add about ₹15 crore annually to the top line. The company is expected to report ₹150 crore of incremental revenue in FY24. The total new molecule count so far has reached 58 at the end of September.

When investing in small caps, there are two challenges which investors face. First, finding the right stock and second when the stock does not perform for some period of time, holding it in the portfolio. When investing in small caps one should be aware that they are the riskiest place to take espouse when it comes to equity, so the holding period of that stock might get extended due to overall market conditions. So a space with the highest risk and highest reward. ET screener powered by Refini...

After a phase of relative under performance, will the year 2024 bring back the large cap into limelight. The valuation differential between, mid and large cap stocks has increased very sharply in the last one year, especially in the last nine months. Will the next few quarters see a mean reversion on this valuation gap as has happened in the past many times. Remember that the large size of the balance sheet has its own advantage, especially in time of correction, which one cannot rule out due to...

In the last many decades of up and down which markets have seen, one thing has remained constant and that is fundamentals finally rule the stock prices. Yes in the short term, liquidity, narrative do impact the stock prices, but that is one needs to be cautious. So while there is nothing wrong in being bullish given the fact that policy continuity is the next theme on the street. However, just keep your head on your shoulder while being bullish.While at this point of time, there are many reasons...

As margin benefits are peaking, we have identified stocks that are expected to report EBITDA margin improvement in the December 2023 quarter. The aim is to identify stocks that have improved y-o-y EBITDA margins in the September quarter and are expected to report an improvement in margins in the December quarter on a y-o-y basis. There are 60 such companies. In the past year, the average return of this group has been 42.3%, compared with 21.7% by the Nifty 500 index.

While it should always be followed as the basic principle of investing, in markets when valuations are high it becomes extremely important for an investor to look at a company and their operating and valuation matrix separately. The reason, when there is a change in the operating matrix, the valuation matrix gets impacted more. The reason to be cautious is that when a correction takes place, and it does, stocks which have seen an improvement due to fundamental reasons tend to perform relatively ...

While the recent performance of stocks like REC, PFC and recently listed IRDEA has brought focus back to one segment of power companies. But the fact is that in the last few years, the sector has been going through a consolidation. Some of it was forced by the banks due to many companies going under the IBC and some due to the fact that any industry which has gone through a troubled phase of almost a decade, the players who are able to survive tend to get more attention because they have learnt ...

Stay bullish, but just add an element of caution which means stay with quality. There is quality in every segment of the markets, but when one is buying midcap stocks it is more important to focus on quality as these companies and also their stocks may have relatively less ability to withstand a corrective phase, either because of the nature of the business or because of technical reason like shareholding pattern. Following stocks have come from Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus which lists s...

Why do multinational companies, whose half of the products are outsourced to much smaller manufacturing units still enjoy a higher multiples than many others. Simple answer, they own the brands and hence the pricing power. There are many sectors where brands play an important role. Branded apparel space has seen many tailwinds, right from implementation of GST which removed the tax arbitrage between organized and unorganized players to something which is not heard much on the street, which is Ch...