Kotak Institutional Equities highlighted the company’s significant deleveraging over the past five years, efficient capital deployment, and strong growth in cargo and logistics operations as key drivers of its positive outlook
Kotak Institutional Equities warns that consumption stocks are being mispriced by the market, urging a reassessment of valuation frameworks due to fundamental changes in the sector
Retail investors have possibly become net sellers in the cash market on a direct basis after being perennial buyers, said Kotak Institutional Equities.
Kotak analysts added Dr Lal PathLabs to their recommended portfolio, while weightings have been reduced for Indigo Aviation and Zomato
Volume and value growth for consumer staples companies is likely to be weak for the next few quarters, as urban demand remains muted, weighing on sales.
Kotak Institutional has issued a ‘Sell’ call on NMDC with a price target of Rs 55, projecting a downside of 15.4 percent from the last closing price of Rs 65 per share.
Retail investors' behavior in the coming weeks will be crucial for the Indian market, according to Kotak Institutional Equities
CAMS and KFin Tech shares have fallen by ~35 percent from their respective peaks, as the starting valuations must have been high.
Given the widening disparity of risk between current prices and fair value of stocks across the board, the odds of correction increases, say analysts
Kotak's new target price of Rs 970, set for Uno Minda, suggests a potential downside of nearly 17 percent from the current level.
OEMs are faced with pricing pressures and lower profitability of BEVs due to various factors including sub-scale production, said the report.
Kotak believes that Lupin has a bunch of great products lined up, which will ensure a remarkable year for the company's US sales in FY26.
Describing the Indian stock market as a 'jungle', analysts at Kotak emphasised that it is a place where egos do not belong, and where the jungle itself reigns as the ultimate king
Analysts believe that the 'new' government will continue to focus on affordable healthcare, housing, energy transition, infrastructure development, and manufacturing
Kotak expects the government to maintain its focus on affordable healthcare, housing, energy transition, infrastructure development, and manufacturing.
Kotak analysts recommend reassessing this valuation method in these high capex sectors since earnings do not translate well into free cashflow or dividends
In FY24, 987 cases entered the insolvency process as compared to 1,263 in FY23
While adhering to the fiscal-consolidation path now becomes easier, the transfer gives the government space to alter its budgeted receipts and expenditure, the analysts noted.
Identifying value within the market has become a formidable task, says the Kotak report, with numerous sectors and stocks trading at levels of valuation ranging from full-to-rich to outright outlandish, divorced from fundamental anchors
LIC, among the listed players, reported a substantial 45 percent year-on-year (YoY) APE growth in April 2024
None of the companies saw their promoters pledging more than 75 percent of their holdings in the March quarter, similar to the previous two quarters.
The brokerage's analysts noted that imports fell 12 percent YoY
Analysts at Kotak expect Cello World to register 15 percent/18 percent/17 percent revenue /EBITDA/PAT CAGRs over FY24-27E
Kotak Institutional Equities' analysts believe that the client budgets may not change materially, but AI projects will see higher allocation
One of the anomalies from this strategy is in the market capitalisation of sectors and discounting absurd price, volume and profitability assumptions in perpetuity, they wrote