Recovering after a sharp sell-off in later afternoon trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 104.25 points or 0.18 per cent higher at 59,307.15.
Analysts believe ITC would continue to grow in its core business of Cigarettes and FMCG with stable taxation & softening of raw material prices.
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The stock of packaged foods company quoted higher for the seventh straight trading day and has rallied 9 per cent during the period.
In Q2FY23, ITC is expected to witness strong growth across segments considering lower sales in the base quarter of cigarettes, hotels & agri business.
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The company expects their EBITDA to decline in mid-teens in the September quarter of FY23, due to consumption of high-cost inventory, high marketing spends and weak Indonesia performance
However, the counter has lost over 5 per cent from its recent high of Rs 346.25 hit on September 23, 2022 and has underperformed the S&P BSE Sensex, which has lost nearly 2 per cent since then
In the past six months, the stock has rallied nearly 40 per cent, as against 0.34 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.
After rising over 320 points in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex pared all gains to settle 48.99 points or 0.08 per cent lower at 59,196.99.
With commodity prices deflating from their March peak levels, analysts expect the margin profile across consumer goods companies to improve going ahead.
In July, they were net-buyers after nine consecutive months of selling
Analysts, on average, expect the company to post a 2 per cent drop in core profit-after-tax (PAT) to Rs 378 crore in Q1FY23 from Rs 387 crore in the year-ago period.
The current chart formation is akin to 2011, provided ITC ends August on a positive note. Post which, the stock can potentially double from current levels.
Analysts believe ITC would be able to continue to grow in high single digit in cigarettes & log a double-digit growth in all the other segments going forward.
The company had fixed July 22, 2022 as the record date for the purpose of sub-division of every 1 equity share of the face value of Rs 10 each into 5 equity shares of the face value of Rs 2 each.
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A stable tax environment for cigarettes in recent years has allowed ITC to calibrate price increases to avoid a disruption in demand.