Bs 1000

Companies seek growth momentum: BS1000 analyses financial performance

Companies with higher FSI ranking have stronger balance sheets, better profit to cashflow conversion, high return on capital, and also reward their shareholders with generous equity dividends

Ather Energy to Zepto: More than 20 startups prepare for IPOs in 2025

Companies increasingly prefer to make India their base, driven by strong liquidity, a booming digital economy and global investor interest in the country

Slowdown suspense: India Inc trails without a macroeconomic crisis

Companies are struggling to improve revenue and profit even as there's no macroeconomic crisis. Sectors as varied as consumer goods and cement are affected

Masters of the unlisted universe: Indian units of global giants shine

The large share local subsidiaries of global MNCs have in the league table shows the role foreign companies and capital play in the Indian economy

Startups wait for spring: Funding winter appears over but challenges ahead

After battling funding winter and scandals, the sector focuses on profitability

New Age Company of the Year: Zoho, a different kind of Indian start-up

Zoho Corporation has used its engineering capability to build a truly world-class product

Company of the Year: Titan Company wins gold for outstanding performance

Even as India Inc struggled with the two Covid waves in 2021-22, the jewellery-to-watches maker posted strong growth and continued adding stores

Star SME: Fine Organic Industries sets its sights firmly on the future

Fine Organic Industries' R&D strengths have helped it forge ahead in the chemicals business

Star MNC: From Smartphones to laptops, Samsung's strong India play

The Korean company has invested heavily in its 28-year journey in the country, which has helped capture consumers' attention

CEO of the Year: How Hindustan Unilever grew well under Sanjiv Mehta

During Mehta's tenure in HUL, the share of women in the management has gone up to 45 per cent, from under 20 per cent earlier

Star PSU: HAL's productivity gains, overhaul business driving growth

Productivity gains and the overhaul business are driving growth. HAL is also tapping into opportunities in civil aviation

Opportunities & challenges: The jury is out on what, how India Inc achieves

BS1000 companies' combined revenues rose by Rs 24.5 trillion in FY22, while their net profit was up by Rs 3.24 trillion

How Titan Company MD sees other businesses growing over the next 5 years

'Ethnic wear, women's bags and fine fragrances are categories which I see contributing much more significantly to customer share and revenue share in the next five years'

How Nandan Nilekani seeded path-breaking initiatives for Digital India

He is among those who laid the foundation of India's information technology services industry, and seeded several path-breaking initiatives for Digital India

BS Annual Awards: A high-powered jury selects India Inc's best seven

Seven leading decision-makers met virtually to pick the outstanding achievers in seven categories

India Inc faces new challenges to maintain growth momentum in FY23

The interest burden on India's public finances will be even bigger if the RBI hikes rates further to tame inflation

A year of reality checks for start-up valuations amid fall in funding

With a dramatic fall in venture capital and private equity funding, Indian start-ups are pulling up their socks, cutting losses, and trying to turn profitable

BS 1000: From SII to JCB India, here're top 30 unlisted companies in India

The top 30 list has four pharmaceutical and health care companies - unsurprising, since the Covid-19 pandemic sent the demand for health care products and services soaring

An astonishing recovery

The rise in corporate earnings in FY21 was largely led by a handful of big companies in price-sensitive sectors such as metals and mining, and oil and gas.

Zomato to Nykaa: India's unicorns face the m-cap test as IPOs loom

Investors have been tripping over one another to fund a host of Indian startups. Will the stock markets show the same enthusiasm when some of them launch IPOs this year?