Here are the top stocks to track today:
Tech Mahindra: The IT major on Monday reported net profit of Rs 1,081 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2021, up 34.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY). On a sequential basis, the figure was down 17.4 per cent from Rs 1,309.8 crore. The company misses estimates of over 50 per cent jump in Q4 PAT.
SBI Card: SBI Cards and Payment Services (SBI Card) reported a net profit of Rs 175 crore in the March quarter of FY21, up 110 per cent compared to Rs 84 crore in the same period last year due to lower provisions and a significant jump in other income and income from fees and services.
Here are the top stocks that are likely to be in focus today:
ICICI Bank: The private sector lender reported a nearly four-fold jump in its March quarter consolidated profit to Rs 4,886 crore as against Rs 1,251 crore in the year-ago period, and spoke of “calibrating” growth in the near term given the second wave of COVID-19 infections.
HCL Technologies: The IT company on Friday posted a 6.1 per cent decline in consolidated net profit in March quarter to Rs 2,962 crore but said it is confident of logging double-digit growth in FY22 revenue on the back of a strong deal pipeline.
Earnings Today: Tech Mahindra, HDFC Life Insurance Company, SBI Card and Castrol India are among 15 companies slated to post their March quarter results today.
ICICI Bank reported net profit of Rs 4,403 crore in Q4-2021, up 260.61% compared with net profit of Rs 1,221 crore in Q4-2020. Total income during the quarter increased by 2.2% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 23,953.02 crore.
Provisions (excluding provision for tax) were Rs 2,883 crore in Q4-2021 compared to Rs 5,967 crore in Q4-2020. Provision coverage ratio was 77.7% at 31 March 2021.
HCL Technologies reported 25.6% drop in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,962 crore on 1.8% rise in revenues to Rs 19,642 crore in Q4 FY21 over Q3 FY21. The IT firm s consolidated net profit declined 6.1% while revenues jumped 5.7% in Q4 FY21 over Q4 FY20.
With respect to FY22 guidance, the company expects revenue to grow in double digits in constant currency for FY 22. It expects EBIT margin to be between 19% and 21% for FY 22.
Shares of Hathway Cable and Datacom advanced 3.4 per cent to Rs 22.4 apiece on the BSE on Monday as promoter group Reliance Industries launched an offer for sale (OFS) to pare stake in the DTH firm. At 10:53 am, the stock was quoting at Rs 22 per share on the BSE, up 2 per cent, as against a 1 per cent gain in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. A combined 3.2 million equity shares had changed hands on the counter on the BSE and NSE till the time of writing of this report. The OFS is open for non-retail investors today while the same will open for retail investors on Tuesday, April 27.
April 26, 2021
Positive Asian markets, flattening of Covid cases lift sentiment
Indian stock markets are likely to open this week positive, thanks to bullish global cues. As Covid cases are stabilising in major States such as Maharashtra, analysts are hopeful that things will come under control quickly.
The SGX Nifty is ruling at 14,517 points, almost a 180-point gap up opening for Nifty futures, which on Friday closed at 14,338. Asia-pacific stocks such as Japan, Korea, China, Australia and Taiwan are up between 0.3 per cent and 1 per cent in early deal on Monday. The US markets too on Friday ended with sharp gains.