“The market definitely wants the larger number of sectors to play. Engineering R&D is one sector where you have likes of Tata Elxsi; you have likes of Cyient Technology, KPIT, LTI MindTree. Some of these companies which are having their niche position in that and that also adds into the Tata Technology kind of companies.”
“The conditions are basically playing a major role in giving a good amount of business to most of the hospitality players – be it Indian Hotels, East India Hotels or even the mid-tier small hotel segment. Be it ITC, be it Indian Hotels, the hospitality heroes have all been following the asset-light model strategy now, wherein most of the properties that they are working on now is on an operational management contract, vis-à-vis earlier situation of owning the assets.”
Investors are being drawn to underpriced public sector enterprises and mid-tier technology players for long-term investment opportunities, according to Deven Choksey of KRChoksey Holdings. However, he added that such sectors had been perfected in the short-term and it was increasingly challenging for investors to pick value from them. Choksey also discussed higher demand from rural India generating growth in FMCG companies and the efficient use of fintech by NBFC firms to disburse loans.