SBI, ONGC to lead Nifty earnings growth in June quarter: Morgan Stanley

Based on consensus estimates and their own analysis, earnings for the Sensex and Nifty indicate a growth of 4% and 6% YoY, respectively at the aggregate level.

As India Inc prepares to report its April-June 2019 quarter numbers for financial year 2019-20 (Q1FY20), analysts at Morgan Stanley expect the financial sector to lead earnings growth. For the recently concluded quarter, they peg the earnings growth for the companies they cover (ex-financials) to fall 4 per cent year-on-year (YoY), but rise 29 per cent YoY if the oil PSUs are excluded from the aggregate.

“Financials sector is the biggest driver of the acceleration in earnings while the energy sector, particularly the oil marketing companies, are the biggest negative contributors to the earnings growth,” wrote Ridham Desai, their India equity