Q3 Earnings: PL overweight on banks, underweight on metals; lists Astral, Safari among high conviction picks

Excluding the Oil & Gas sector, it sees a 10.2 percent growth in EBITDA and 15.1 percent growth in PBT for its coverage universe. According to PL, Auto, Capital Goods, Pharma, Metals, Building Materials, Housing Finance Companies, and Travel will lead growth, however, Chemicals, Media, Education and Telecom will beRead More →

2024 top stock picks: IIFL lists Axis Bank, BPCL, Bajaj Finance, Nykaa among ‘buys’; TVS Motor among ‘sells’

In a recent note, brokerage house IIFL Securities forecasted that it expects 1) Indian GDP growth sustaining at 6%+, 2) globally declining inflation and yields, but 3) weakening global growth thanks to monetary tightening over the last 2 years causing commodities price softness. While monetary easing normally suggests commodities buoyancy,Read More →

Earnings in focus for Coforge with stake sale overhang out of the way

The wait is over for investors in the Coforge Ltd stock. On Thursday, the midcap inform-ation technology (IT) services comp-any said existing promoter HULST B.V. (Baring Private Equity Asia) sold its entire 26.63% stake in Coforge. This development allays some investor concerns and is sentimentally positive. As analysts from Nuv-amaRead More →

LTTS investors see a ray of hope but valuations can be a bother

The stock of L&T Technology Services Ltd (LTTS) hit a new 52-week high of ₹4,408.95 on Wednesday. The company’s management recently met analysts and spoke about the improving near-term demand outlook. According to management, barring a few pockets of weakness such as telecom (semiconductors), deal pipeline is improving. Although paceRead More →

All cloud, no silver lining for Infosys

There are no silver linings in Infosys Ltd’s results for the March quarter. Constant currency (CC) revenue fell by 3.2% sequentially, against the widely-held expectation of a marginal growth. For perspective, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) had seen 0.6% CC sequential revenue growth. Both information technology (IT) services firms sawRead More →