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A review of the historical performance of smallcap stocks in January showed that at least seven of them have given positive returns for five consecutive years.
It is a global phenomenon, when any new sector emerges, it gets extremely high valuation, then too much money flows into it. Then soon comes a phase of realization that it has become too hot to handle and then correction takes place which might take years. Microfinance companies have gone through this cycle. More than a decade back, first listing of a micro finance company was a massive success though it is a different matter very soon it was embroiled in a controversy and finally taken over by a large private bank. Since then a number of finance companies have got listed and after a phase of ...
Given the fact that the differential between, mid and large cap stocks has increased very sharply in the last one year, especially in the last nine months. If the market remains under the control of bulls there is a probability that over the next few quarters markets may see a mean reversion. It might happen in both ways, mid-cap witnessing some profit booking and large caps doing relatively well in the corrective phase of the markets. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recom...
The movement of nifty and sensex needs to be delinked with what has happened in the last quarter and what might happen to mid-cap in the coming quarter. There is no way one can fight with liquidity, if it is going to mid caps and they are moving up irrespective of valuations or quality of stocks one cannot argue. But the only thing which as an investor one can do is to be careful when taking exposure to this segment of the market. Now how does one do it, simple, have a look at fundamentals and it is not very tough, having a look at some of the critical ratios like ROE and ROCE would help in co...
Cement has been a sector where most of the analysts have been caught off guards. The stocks have done well and a large number of analysts have been sticking to their stands that pricing and capacity utilization is an issue. What they probably ignored was the fact that any industry which has been facing headwinds for a long time tends to sort the issues and few players are able to make a comeback as consolidation takes place. Pretty much what we have seen in power. Due to government focus on infrastructure for the last nine years, a number of cement players have been able to improve their balan...