India Inc s December quarter earnings showed weakening profit momentum at an overall level but we filtered out a list of 16 smallcap companies which reported over 100% growth in sales and profit on a YoY basis. Waaree Renewable Technologies, Advait Infratech, Cressanda Railway Solutions, and Swelect Energy Systems were among the top performers. 14 out of 16 of these stocks have already given multibagger returns in last one year.
Automobiles and financials continued to propel the overall earnings growth, while they were also joined by global cyclicals such as oil and gas and metals. The only heavyweight sector to disappoint was information technology, with the overall earnings seeing a decline for the first time in 26 quarters.
This isn t a hypothetical example to understand the link between stock price reaction and concentrated ownership but a reality in the world of PSU stocks on Dalal Street.
An ETMarkets poll of 23 analysts from Dalal Street shows that most analysts see Nifty ending at 23,000. In the base scenario, Axis Securities sees Nifty at 23,000 in December 2024 by predicting that earnings will grow at 14% CAGR over FY23-26
NTPC is currently trading at 13.8x FY25 earnings per share estimate, while the firm believes it should not be more than 9x for its existing coal-based portfolio and how it has historically