Rajiv Batra, Head of Asia Pacific ex JP/CN, Equity Strategy and Head of India & Southeast Asia Equity Strategy, JPMorgan, says the second quarter of this fiscal year will not give great joy because the extreme heatwaves season will be replaced by torrential rainfalls which could be impacting some amount of demand. But that does … Read more
“If you look at the last three years, I think the compounded returns are upwards of 25-30% compounded. So, markets have definitely delivered what we were looking forward to over the last three-four years and that is where as investors we would always be a little bit tempted of taking something off the table,” says … Read more
Sunil D’Souza, MD & CEO, Tata Consumer, says the retail landscape will change dramatically. Modern trade will take off because India is still under-penetrated. It is primarily driven by kiranas. Modern trade will take off. But e-commerce will also take off. In India, just 5% of retail spend happens online. In Brazil, it is 15%, … Read more
Brokerages increased target prices up to Rs 180 for the auto components maker Samvardhana Motherson International as the company posted a two-fold jump in its net profit to Rs 1,444 crore for Q4FY24. The company’s total revenue from operations also rose to Rs 27,058 crore for the period under review as compared to Rs 22,517 … Read more
Harsh Gupta Madhusudan NSE Gift City, says FIIs have been unable to topple the Indian market and as soon as the FII headwind becomes a tailwind, that is where the real equity party in India will begin. For that to happen, it is just a matter of a few months at most because it is … Read more
Niranjan Gupta, CEO, Hero MotoCorp, says: “We are focusing on brands, models, portfolios, focusing on stores, premia stores, a lot of action at our end. Effectively, given the strong platform that we have, it is about changing gears and moving with speed, powered by the four S – speed, scale, synergy and simplification.”I must say … Read more
Shailesh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO, Arvind Fashions, says “the markets are behaving the way they were behaving in Q3 and we hope that we will continue to grow our offline channel at close to 10% growth. We have done a destocking in our B2B online wholesale business and that has led to a one-time sales … Read more
Led by robust subscriber additions and higher average revenue per user (ARPU) on the back of premiumisation, telecom major Bharti Airtel is expected to report a consolidated net profit of Rs 38,068 crore according to average estimates of four brokerages. This will be a 6.3% year-on-year (YoY) jump in the reported quarter versus 35,804.40 crore … Read more
