PSU stocks like IRCTC, BPCL, RCF, and RITES have not seen aggressive selling pressure. A small recovery may see a strong bullishness going forward
Attractive valuations not enough to be positive on the entire sector, say experts
It has reacted negatively to her previous two budgets. This time too, it has come off over 5 per cent from the highs
Many stocks in this group are grossly undervalued, the fund managers told the Centre
IT Services has been the biggest beneficiary of Covid-19 pandemic and is now a mainstream growth driver rather than a one-off line item
Half a dozen PSU stocks have gained over 15% each
In the past decade, total market cap of top 17 PSUs has dropped 41% vis-a-vis a 91% rise in Sensex
In a Q&A, Naveen Kulkarni says earnings growth for F21 could go down to minus 15 per cent, depending on the extent of extension
Government companies' numbers look even worse if State Bank of India is excluded. SBI has been an outperformer with 18.4 per cent annualised growth in market capitalisation in last three-years.
After the election-related fiscal blowout, India needs to scale back fiscal spending and roll out aggressive reforms
Proceeds of the issue will be utilised towards working capital requirements, repayment of loan taken by the company, and for general corporate purpose
Market players say privatisation buzz, hopes of hefty dividends post tax cut, and buyback arbitrage had kept many of the PSU counters ticking
BHEL, Hindustan Copper, MMTC and The New India Assurance surged more than 11%, while MOIL, NBCC, NLC India, GIC Re and SAIL were up in the range of 5-10%.
The PSU stocks, though, could see risk due to greater disinvestment for fiscal 2020, global financial firmBank of America Merrill Lynch said
The government plans to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore from this tranche of the CPSE ETF, which tracks shares of 11 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).
The 69 listed-PSUs together reported net profit of Rs 340 billion in FY18, down two-thirds from the previous year and lowest in at least a decade
Thus far in the calendar year 2018, the S&P BSE PSU index has slipped 18%, against 4.6% rise in Sensex.
It is impossible to be a passive investor and avoid holding PSU exposure
The basic problem lies with the promoter. Governments tend to be bad at running businesses
Going ahead, analysts suggest investors be selective while investing in PSU stocks.