The HDFC-HDFC Bank merger impact
For shareholders of HDFC, should you continue holding the stock post its merger with HDFC Bank?
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For shareholders of HDFC, should you continue holding the stock post its merger with HDFC Bank?
The HDFC-HDFC Bank merger impact Read More »
When a company, especially an MNC, discloses little by way of scheduled earnings calls or business information, save for its AGM, its stock price can also react only to earnings or move on visibility in prospects of the company. We took that risk in one such company which is in the business of automation, in late 2021.
Prime Stock update: This automation play may be in takeoff mode Read More »
With consumer companies having pulled through a period of demand slump, the worst appears to be behind. Signs of a recovery in rural demand can help broad-base the overall consumption improvement. This consumer company gets a strong foundation in its household brand names. But it has been evolving from building up its own health and
Prime Stock Recommendation: A consumer stock on a compounding journey Read More »
Pharma companies in the API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) space in India have struggled in the past couple of years, confronted by rising input costs, poor price realization and competition from China even while remaining dependent on China for inputs. All these also impact the even-otherwise modest margins.
Some of these challenges appear to be abating, providing an opportunity to pick select API players in the pharma space.
Prime Stock recommendation: A steady player in the challenging API business Read More »
With a return of over 50%, one of our stock recommendations – on a small finance bank – may now provide less entry opportunity for new investors even as existing investors can continue to hold it. Read to know what drove this small finance bank’s stock to current valuations and what prospects it still holds.
Prime Stock recommendation: Moving this small finance bank to a HOLD Read More »
The company is an auto ancillary player catering primarily to two wheeler components in the domestic market, which forms three-fourth of its total business.
Prime Stock Recommendation: Play the 2-wheeler recovery Read More »
It has been a rough ride for the Indian API industry in the past 2 years. A combination of factors including price erosion in US generics, destocking, demand fluctuation, elevated raw material costs and freight costs have hit the margins of many API plays including market favourites such as Divi’s, Laurus and Aarti Drugs. Their growth has also remained at low single digits in this period.
Still, if a company has managed to remain resilient in this period and yet corrected to valuations that make it attractive, it deserves to be noticed.
Prime Stock Recommendation: An R&D focused company in the API space Read More »
A 14% fall in INFOSYS (INFY) in just a week is not something that you expect, especially when the index itself fell under 1% over the same period. But then, when markets are disappointed, they don’t cry, they rage.
Stock alert: Narratives and numbers – what to do with Infosys? Read More »
Picking a stock in the pharma space is not easy. The businesses are complex and can leave you feeling like you are preparing for a mini-MBBS. What’s more – no two companies are alike. To compound matters, it is also a heavily regulated space (and rightly so) with complex supply chains very often, heavily reliant on China. Not only do most end products have names that sound like tongue twisters but can be governed by complex patent regulations.
Prime Stock recommendation: A pharma stock available at a bargain Read More »
When markets make merry, many stocks have seemingly compelling stories even for entering at peak valuation. And the market is fine with stretched valuations to accommodate such stories. In other words, every market-favoured stock appears to scream – buy me at any price.
But when challenges emerge, the same market starts reacting so sharply that investors who bought into the story midway start making losses. Yes, there isn’t a bigger disaster for stock market investors than earnings and PE multiples contracting together.
Entering a stock at peak valuation? – 5 questions to ask Read More »
In February last year, we had issued a buy call on the stock of a premier fashion player housing a vast number of national brands. The steps this company had taken to expand its offering range, a return of focus on margins, and the consumption promise all propelled the call. the stock rallied handsomely as well, post our call.
However, owing to two factors, the stock has since given up nearly 40% from its high and is currently about 25% below our original call price.
Prime Stock: An averaging call on this fashion player Read More »
Indian markets have corrected about 10% (Nifty 50) from the last peak in December 2022. But many stocks have fallen much more than the bellwether index. This has provided an opportunity to revisit some of our recommended stocks – to either identify averaging opportunities or move them to a BUY from a HOLD.
Prime Stock alert: Shifting this auto stock from HOLD to BUY Read More »
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