A slowdown in the IT services sector is expected to impact the growth of overall corporate earnings in the coming quarters
The industry's core operating margins (that exclude other income) declined to 22 per cent of net sales in Q2FY24 from 22.4 per cent a year ago and the five-year average of 23.6 per cent of net sales
Krishna Kant & Ram Prasad Sahu suggest stocks of non-BFSI firms with the right blend of low valuation, positive cash flow, good earnings visibility
Earnings up 21.8% Y-o-Y; top line a worry
Historically, there is a strong positive correlation between the growth of compensation (salary, wages, etc) in the IT sector and the growth of PFCE in the economy
Tata Sons' deal with Temasek is expected to value Tata Play at around $1 billion, or around Rs 8,300 crore
Brokerages see profit growth at 19.6%, slower than Q1
This increase in the US bond yield, the most significant in roughly four decades, is consequential
Metal stocks continued to rally last week, despite weakness in the overall market
This makes Indian bonds less attractive to foreign investors
Weak demand, global slowdown add to their woes
The Sensex had an earnings yield of 4.11 per cent on Friday against 4.47 per cent yield on 10-year US government bonds
Largecaps are trading at a valuation discount to mid and smallcap stocks and this has made them attractive
According to data, the combined forex revenue of listed IT companies grew by 20.7 per cent to reach Rs 5.14 trillion in FY23
A slowdown in fresh investments has resulted in a steady decline in the contribution of the corporate sector to overall capex and its share in GPD
Growth in forex revenue continues to lag increase in forex expenses
Tata-owned fashion retailer's P/E ratio at 150 times is far ahead of DMart's 101 times
Sector could run out of steam, given sharp slowdown in the industry revenue growth
Combined net sales of listed firms in these groups slowed to 2.2%
Tata Sons also made a fresh equity investment worth around Rs 1,800 crore in Tata Electronics in the past two years