India may be closer to a double-digit earnings growth for FY25 versus a mid-teen growth anticipated earlier, Jitendra Sriram believes.
Going ahead, Milan Vaishnav expects Lupin to resume its upmove from the current levels and go on to test Rs 2,300-2,350 levels.
In Samvat 2081, India’s equity markets face a mix of growth opportunities and risks, said Siddharth Vora.
Poly Medicure has just given a breakout of the Rounding bottom pattern. Also, since October 28 not a single candle has given a close below previous day's low which suggests strength in trend.
Jimeet Modi of Samco Group expects some FPIs related selling to continue, however, the good thing is that FPIs are not selling from their long only funds.
After earnings below expectations in Q2FY25, Nilesh Shah of Kotak Mahindra AMC believes earnings should recover in the 2H FY25.
Atul Mehra of Motilal Oswal AMC believes some of private banks stocks are quite attractively valued today; and offering compelling outperformance.
Indian markets may enter a period of consolidation in the short term, but continue to remain exciting due to their long-term growth prospects, said Hari.
When comparing Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, their current valuations are quite close, said Vivek Goel of Tailwind.
One of India’s often touted fundamental strengths is the demographic dividend i.e, millions of young people joining the workforce and contributing to economic growth. If the government is unable to provide employment, this is unlikely to materialise as expected, said Pramod Gubbi.
The festive season should turn out to be good for consumer discretionary companies, jewellery stocks and tourism related sectors, said Vijay Bharadia of Wallfort PMS.
According to Sandip Bansal, there is likely to be a sequential improvement in earnings in subsequent quarters on the back of good monsoons supporting rural revival, pick-up in government ordering and spending which is currently lagging the budgeted run-rate, likely acceleration in exports, among other drivers.
Weak earnings and external pressures indicate that the Nifty 50 may face ongoing challenges rather than a swift recovery in the near term, Amit Jain of Ashika Global said.
However, Kotak Alternate Asset Managers still remains constructive on the commercial vehicle financing space and also positive on rural demand recovery plays such as tractors, said Jitendra Gohil
After registering strong double-digit earnings growth over past few years, of late, there have been some concerns over sustainability of this earnings growth over next few quarters, said Jyoti Vaswani of Canara HSBC Life Insurance.
25% of SurveyMonkey's R&D efforts will happen in India by 2025, Johnson said. The online survey platform has moved the development of several functions like market research and audience to the country.
Despite ongoing global uncertainties, including the threat of a global recession, geopolitical tensions, and the upcoming US elections, the market appears to have stabilized, says Sonam Srivastava.
Instead of recommending PSUs as a whole, Nitin Bhasin prefers PSU Banks which stands out on asset quality and credit cost in the current cycle.
The recent passing of the Biosecure Act in the US further aided the positive sentiment, especially for some CDMO players in the pharma space, Milind Muchhala of Julius Baer said.
According to Sudeep Shah, given the technical weakness, FMCG and Auto sectors are likely to underperform in the near term.
Tamohara has been incrementally buying financials (private banks largely), select chemicals and pharma names, said Sheetal Malpani.
Due to major earnings cut for commodities, MOFSL has reduced Nifty EPS estimates by 4 percent and 3.6 percent to Rs 1,072 and Rs 1,269 for FY25 and FY26, respectively, said Gautam Duggad.
Higher interest rates do make vehicle financing more expensive, impacting the purchasing power of fleet owners and small businesses, says the CEO
India is a growth market. Small-caps are companies which have survived their high-risk startup phase and now the focus is primarily on growth. Thus, small-cap companies are often in the highest growth phase of their lifecycle, said Mihir Vora.
For the equity market, Vikas Gupta of OmniScience feels the near-term concerns driven by the US elections, Middle East tensions, China’s stimulus, and the Fed’s remaining meetings for the year may persist.