Indian Equity Research and Investment Strategy
Indiainfoline is recommending a BUY on Patel Engineering Ltd [PEL]. The company enjoys 22% market-share in Hydro Power construction in India. The company has an order book of Rs 5,400 crore. Though majority of the power sector investments in India will be Nuclear fuel based, hydro power will also see some investments and their are only handful of players in the segment.
PEL owns a land bank of 1200 acres in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, (more…)
Kotak Securities just a while ago has changed the recommendation on Gas Authority of India Ltd from ADD to REDUCE. There is no real reason for the re-rating of the stock.
The increase to the street’s expectations of likely steep increase in GAIL’s earnings from its proposed investment (Rs180 bn) in new pipelines. Expect GAIL’s gas transportation volumes to jump up sharply beyond FY2010E but our view of the stock is tempered by (1) potential inimical gas pipeline transportation regulations, (2) unsustainable nature of earnings of LPG and petrochemical businesses and (3) short-term negative surprise from potential increase in subsidy burden.
Here is the Sum of the Parts Valuation of GAIL and Target Price (more…)
Credit Suisse continues to be optimisitc about the performance of Capital Goods Sector in India. Here are the top recommendations form the sector and their TARGET PRICES.
For ABB, around 33% of revenue and 43% of PAT accrue in the last quarter of the year. During the nine months ended September, ABB has registered revenue of Rs40.9 bn, which, extrapolated for the full year, is in line with our estimates. The stock is relatively stable and maintain OUTPERFORM rating with a DCF-based (more…)
With Anil Ambani’s nexus in the Telecom Ministry becoming obvious form out of turn favors Reliance is receiving, causing a huge loss to Government exchequer. Sunil Mittal is not going to sit quiet this time and refused to withdraw the petition filed against DoT.
However, here are some mixed views from Research Analysts on the stocks of Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications.
HSBC Global Research:
Solid 2Q08 results; strong subscriber growth and margin expansion offset by 6% q-o-q drop in ARPU. Increase capex forecast; more towers to be built to meet higher subscriber targets imposed by regulator. Maintain Overweight but trim DCF-based target price by 3% from (more…)
ICICI Direct has initiated coverage on two of North India’s large realty players, Parsvnath Developers and Unitech Ltd with a Outperformer and Performer rating.
Parsvnath Developers:
Parsvnath Developers is developing more real estate than any other realty company in India. Parsvnath has a pan-Indian presence across 47 cities in 17 states. It is developing 153 million sq ft of saleable real estate over the next 4-5 years. Its land bank is mostly fully paid up and has clear title. Further, the cost of its land under development is about Rs 260 per sq ft.
The 153 million sq ft the company is developing is spread over 33 residential project (32.63 million sq ft), 22 commercial project (4.73 million sq ft), 18 integrated townships (77.55 million sq ft) and 4 IT parks (6 million sq ft). ICICI believes the company will be able to withstand any downturn in any segment by having presence in all segments. (more…)
It’s Diwali weekend and I received this report by Morgan Stanley marked high priority. Here is the interesting part of the report.
I have modified the chart to suit the requirements of this article. The market has been through nine corrections over the past four years. (more…)