Despite bouts of volatility, domestic barometer indices have been on an uptrend and record-making spree over the last six months. Many stocks rallied and traded near to their life time high. Within the AMFI defined 150 midcap stocks, about 52 percent of the stocks were more than doubled in the last three years. Here are the most sold midcap stocks by Portfolio Management Services (PMS) in August, as per the Finalyca PMS Bazaar – an all-in-one investment analytics platform for PMS, AIF, MF & ULIP investments. Fund managers at various PMS may have chosen to sell their holding because of stocks reaching their in-house target prices, or an unfavourable change in underlying investment idea making the stock unattractive or the fund manager coming across a better placed stock offering higher potential upside. PMS managers exited as these stocks either got attained their target prices or turned unattractive due to weak prospects. Data as of August 2023.
Tube Investments of India
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 7
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: TATA - Emerging Opportunities and Motilal Oswal – VALUE
Cummins India
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 6
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Bonanza – Growth and QED Capital – Alphabets
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Info Edge (India)
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 4
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: True-Equity Factor Quant and ICICI Prudential - ACE Portfolio
Persistent Systems
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: True-Equity Factor Quant and QED Capital - Alphabets
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Astral
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: MOAT - UpperCrust Wealth Fund and Composite India - Emerging Star Fund
Timken India
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Hanut - Fundamental Quant and Green Portfolio - Special
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Abbott India
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Accuracap – Alphagen and Motilal Oswal - Multifactor Equity PMS
Sundram Fasteners
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Microsec - Opportunities Fund and Hanut - Fundamental Quant
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AIA Engineering
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: NJ – Multicap and Samvitti-PMS Active Alpha Multicap
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 3
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: 360 One - Phoenix PMS and 360 One - Multicap PMS
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IDFC First Bank
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 2
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Chanakya Capital - Chanakya PMS and MOAT - Aggressive Leaders Fund
P I Industries
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 2
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: TATA – ACT and TATA - Enterprising India Investment
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Syngene International
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 2
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Concept Investwell – Dynamic and Geojit - Dakshin Portfolio
Tata Elxsi
No. of PMS strategies exited the stock in August: 2
Sample of PMS strategies that exited the stock in August: Jainam Share Consultant - Bharat 5T and True-Equity Factor Quant
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