 "StatsGuru: Taking stock of the real estate sector")
As the Centre moves to create a regulator for the real estate market, how is the sector doing?
As Table 1 shows, it has solidly underperformed the Sensex in the past 2 years.
As Table 3 shows, profit growth among the majors has been variable, but often negative.
Nor has sales growth been robust, especially for DLF, as Table 4 shows. This is in spite of the fact that house costs have not notably increased of late, according to Table 5.
Meanwhile, as Table 6 reveals, debt growth continues to be a problem for many companies
Table 7 shows how indebted companies like DLF are. Still, interest cost growth seems under control now, according to Table 8.
As Table 1 shows, it has solidly underperformed the Sensex in the past 2 years.
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Some individual companies, such as NCC, have done well, as Table 2 shows; but others, like Unitech, continue to lose value. This is not surprising.
As Table 3 shows, profit growth among the majors has been variable, but often negative.
Nor has sales growth been robust, especially for DLF, as Table 4 shows. This is in spite of the fact that house costs have not notably increased of late, according to Table 5.
Meanwhile, as Table 6 reveals, debt growth continues to be a problem for many companies
Table 7 shows how indebted companies like DLF are. Still, interest cost growth seems under control now, according to Table 8.
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