The company's net profit soared 157.5 per cent YoY to Rs 610.66 crore in Q1FY23, while total income surged 64.4 per cent to Rs 3,446.12 crore.
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The bullishness stems from a positive long-term outlook for automakers
In the past three months, the stock of TVS Motor outperformed the market as it surged 46 per cent, as compared to marginal 0.34 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
The demand for MHCV Trucks is expected to increase, driven by pickup in fleet utilization levels and supported by replacement demand in-line with recovery in economic activity and government spending.
Bajaj Auto Q1 review: Auto major Bajaj Auto clocked 8.3 per cent rise year-on-year (YoY) in total revenue from operations to Rs 8,004.97 crore in June quarter results (Q1FY23) on a standalone basis.
Analysts, on average, expect the revenue to fall up to 7 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to Rs 7,416 crore in Q1FY23.
Shares of TVS Motor and Eicher Motors have rallied up to 20 per cent each in the last one month as against a 6 per cent rise on the Sensex.
Tata Steel, Power Grid, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Dr Reddy's and Axis Bank were the laggards
Analysts expect 2Ws to reflect strong volumes in Q2FY23 amid strong pent-up demand, and improved mobility in June quarter 2022 (Q1FY23)
CLOSING BELL: Axis Bank, HCL Tech, SBI, Tech M, TCS, Wipro, Infosys, and Ultratech Cement were the top large-cap laggards
Stocks to watch today: Tata Elxsi, L&T Infotech will report their June quarter results 2022 on Thursday July 14; Mindtree posted 37.3 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 471.6 crore for Q1FY23.
Volume recovery, market-share gains, and EV plans are other triggers
FPIs increased their allocations to the oil and gas sector by 44 bps and the power sector by 21 bps
The strong outperformance in auto sector is mainly due to pick up in pace of monsoons, cut in excise duty on fuels, and decline in global crude prices
The company expects the positive trend to continue in the coming months, on the back of a decent monsoon, and encouraging farm activity.
Overall, the management believes that the worst is behind the two-wheeler industry and expects the industry to get back on its growth path.
In the past, the stock had soared up to 7-fold on two instances, a similar trend seems to be playing on the long-term charts currently.
According to the technical charts, auto ancillary stocks, like Talbros Automotive, Jupiter Wagons and Minda Industries are likely to rise another 15 per cent in the upcoming trading sessions.
The stock traded lower for the third straight day has fallen 9 per cent during this period; it aslo turned ex-dividend for Rs 7 per share on Thursday.