“I think the time has come for them to really take charge or take lead or join the overall bullish camp and that is what is sort of happening. A lot of people have started to relook at HDFC Bank,” says Rohit Srivastava, Strike Money Analytics & Indiacharts.What are you reading of this kind of … Read more
“There are no free lunches. Only if you are there will you participate in this. But a large part of the market is now, particularly the over-owned PSUs are now looking a little frothy,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities.Yesterday, FII were buying. They were very big buyers. So, are you saying we should sell?Of … Read more
“The fact bond yields went down when you had that big dividend payout, I think there was a bit of an outperformance. So, I think you could look for some more outperformance at least over the next 6 to 12 months,” says Hemang Jani, Independent Market Expert.But the interesting bit is despite the fact that … Read more
Ramesh Mantri, CIO, WhiteOak Capital AMC, says when we look at combined fundamentals and valuation, there are some sectors where fundamentals are very strong, but valuation is very high like industrials, capex related and then smaller industry segments like defence, electronics and manufacturing. The fundamental corporate earnings have been good but the valuation is high. … Read more
The corporate earnings scorecard for 4QFY24 has been in line so far. The earnings spread has been decent, with 70% of our Coverage Universe either meeting or exceeding profit expectations. However, growth has primarily been led by the BFSI and Automobile sectors. The earnings growth was fuelled by the domestic cyclicals, such as BFSI and … Read more
On a sequential basis, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank reported a faster growth in deposits for the March quarter compared with the credit growth while IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank showed marginally lower growth in deposits than advances. Synopsis While these lenders were able to increase deposits at a faster clip during the … Read more
While bulls aren’t yet ready to give up on the potential of PSU bank stocks given the sharp earnings turnaround, the case for the underdogs is getting louder as the valuations of PSU banks are at historical highs while private banks are languishing near decade-long lows. Private banks are trading at a price-to-book (P/B) valuation … Read more
