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IT companies' valuation hits 5-year low amid selloff by investors

The sector is trading at a discount to the BSE Sensex and trailing price/earning (P/E) multiple for the first time in the past four years

From TCS to Wipro, India's top IT companies a gravy train for shareholders

Top Indian IT firms returned over ₹6.4 trillion to shareholders in 10 years while reinvesting just ₹1.2 trillion, raising questions amid slowing growth and AI-led churn

Q1 early-bird results: Revenue, profit performance worst in 16 quarters

Q1 results indicator: One-time gains boost overall income

Reliance Q1 profit soars 78.3% on windfall from Asian Paints stake sale

FMCG arm to be demerged from Reliance Retail

How rising market power is driving India Inc's post-pandemic profit boom

Market concentration in sectors like cement, steel, telecom and cars is now near all-time highs, fuelling corporate India's most profitable decade in recent history

Nadar family tops cash-rich promoter dividend income list in FY25

The Nadar family earned ₹9,906 crore from HCL Technologies in FY25, up from ₹8,585 crore a year earlier

BSE rides global rally, strong revenue streams; attracts analyst scrutiny

Its remarkable ascent positions it as world's priciest exchange, inviting valuation scrutiny from analysts

Single-digit earnings growth likely for India Inc in June quarter

Brokerages however expect a further slide in revenue growth due weak demand in key sectors such as Banks, IT Services, FMCG, Automobile, Oil & Gas and mining & metals

Cement makers struggle despite robust growth of construction sector in GDP

The cement industry combined net sales declined to Rs 2.1 trillion in FY25 from Rs 2.22 trillion in the previous year

Low interest rate in India is coming at the cost of rupee exchange rate

There is high negative correlation between the India 10-year and US 10-year bond yield spread and rupee-dollar exchange rate

Corporate India's revenue growth underperforms GDP expansion again

The combined revenues of BS1000 companies grew by 6.4 per cent in FY25 against 9.8 per cent growth in GDP at current prices

Grasim Industries paints fresh coat, drains market colour from rivals

Firm's mcap surges 84% in 4 years; combined mcap of rivals slips 23%

Grasim: Investors bet on paints, ignore weakness in core business

Investors and analysts are betting on a fast ramp-up in paints division and its e-commerce venture of selling construction goods

India Inc's dividend payout rises 11% to record ₹5 trillion in FY25

But payouts to shareholders grew slowest in five years

Tata Sons dividend income may have slipped in FY25 for first time in 9 yrs

Tata Sons reported standalone operating income of Rs 43,767 crore in FY24 up 25.3 per cent from Rs 34,917 crore a year ago

India Inc's Q4FY25 earnings beat Street estimates, but growth slows

The combined net profit (adjusted for exceptional gains and losses) of 1,555 companies (excluding their listed subsidiaries) grew 6.6% Y-o-Y in Q4FY25, well above most brokerage estimates

Tata group earnings mirror India Inc show as FY25 profit dips marginally

The combined consolidated adjusted net profit of listed Tata group fell 0.1 per cent Year-on-Year to Rs 90,547 crore in FY25 from Rs 90,630 crore in the previous financial year

Changing course: Nifty's valuation edge erodes as US Treasury yields surge

Historically, there is a negative correlation between US 10Y treasury bond yield and Nifty 50 valuation

Sky high: Investors pile into defence stocks with all guns blazing

In FY25, revenue expenditure accounted for 65 per cent of total defence sector allocation and this ratio has been 62.4 per cent on average since FY21

Tata Consultancy Services emerges payout master in India's IT industry

TCS has cumulatively returned about ₹2.06 trillion to shareholders since 2020-21 (FY21), nearly matching its ₹2.07 trillion in net profit over the same period