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Value Research

December 2015
Volume IX, Number 6

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MARKET
C MPASS BIG MOVES: LARGE CAPS
The large-cap universe consists of 86 large companies, constituting the top 70 per
cent of the total market cap. Trend lines indicate the rebased prices of the stocks
against the Sensex over three months.
Bank of Baroda PRICE `174 BHEL PRICE `178

-1.75% -31.15%

TTM SALES (` cr) 43,913 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 2,109 TTM SALES (` cr) 29,184 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 930
MKT CAP (` cr) 40,807 P/E 19.35 MKT CAP (` cr) 44,081 P/E 47.40
One of its branches accused of money laundering Continuous decline in profitability

Cairn India PRICE `131 Essar Oil PRICE `217

-15.12% 15.11%

TTM SALES (` cr) 5,913 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 27 TTM SALES (` cr) 65,362 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 1,862
MKT CAP (` cr) 24,711 P/E 9.44 MKT CAP (` cr) 30,902 P/E 16.60
Crude prices remain low To delist; Rosneft acquires 49% stake

Motherson Sumi Systems PRICE `273 Punjab National Bank PRICE `137

-19.12% -10.47%

TTM SALES (` cr) 37,206 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 1,640 TTM SALES (` cr) 47,644 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 2,423
MKT CAP (` cr) 36,417 P/E 31.75 MKT CAP (` cr) 27,530 P/E 11.36
Volkswagen-emission-scandal fallout Asset-quality concerns

Tata Motors PRICE `403 Vedanta PRICE `87

15.30% -15.58%

TTM SALES (` cr) 39,638 TTM PROFIT (` cr) -3,317 TTM SALES (` cr) 70,601 TTM PROFIT (` cr) -12,240
MKT CAP (` cr) 1,16,268 P/E 15.23 MKT CAP (` cr) 26,252 P/E
Improving JLR sales Global commodity meltdown

Data as on November 13, 2015

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MARKET
C MPASS BIG MOVES: MID CAPS

The mid-cap universe has 218 mid-sized companies, making the next 20 per cent of
the total market cap. Trend lines show rebased stock prices against the BSE Midcap
index over three months.
Central Bank of India PRICE `67 Force Motors PRICE `3,296

-34.95% 24.94%

TTM SALES (` cr) 26,610 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 628 TTM SALES (` cr) 2,623 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 135
MKT CAP (` cr) 11,285 P/E 17.96 MKT CAP (` cr) 4,435 P/E 32.97
Gross NPAs remain over 6% Improving profitability; Q1 profit up over 80% YoY

Godfrey Phillips India PRICE `990 IDBI Bank PRICE `86

37.08%
69.82%

TTM SALES (` cr) 2,503 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 174 TTM SALES (` cr) 28,902 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 903
MKT CAP (` cr) 5,886 P/E 33.85 MKT CAP (` cr) 14,147 P/E 15.66
Rally in the stock; cigarette price hike; GST to benefit the company Government to privatise it

IFCI PRICE `26 Rajesh Exports PRICE `698

14.16% 22.75%

TTM SALES (` cr) 3,613 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 537 TTM SALES (` cr) 91,062 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 894
MKT CAP (` cr) 4,338 P/E 8.07 MKT CAP (` cr) 20,569 P/E 23.01
To sell part holding in NSE Gets fresh orders; Valcambi buy a positive

Reliance Communications PRICE `66 Vakrangee PRICE `123

9.52%
-20.98%

TTM SALES (` cr) 21,946 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 594 TTM SALES (` cr) 2,893 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 347
MKT CAP (` cr) 16,751 P/E 21.98 MKT CAP (` cr) 7,517 P/E 21.68
To merge with Sistema Shyam (MTS brand) Abrupt sell-off
Data as on November 13, 2015

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MARKET
BIG MOVES: SMALL CAPS C MPASS

The small-cap universe (minimum market cap = `400 crore) has 599 small-cap
companies, making the last 10 per cent of the total market cap. Trend lines indicate
rebased prices of the stocks with BSE Small Cap index over three months.
Amtek Auto PRICE `43 Castex Technologies PRICE `23

-70.22% -79.65%

TTM SALES (` cr) 3,982 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 117 TTM SALES (` cr) 3,022 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 15
MKT CAP (` cr) 954 P/E 2.64 MKT CAP (` cr) 849 P/E 4.62
Non-disclosure of financial information; bond credit rating suspended Amtek Group, the parent, embroiled in financial troubles

Ester Industries PRICE `62 GM Breweries PRICE `706

121.96% 117.14%

TTM SALES (` cr) 835 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 9 TTM SALES (` cr) 332 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 37
MKT CAP (` cr) 545 P/E 60.82 MKT CAP (` cr) 785 P/E 21.16
Strong growth in Q1 and Q2 profits Multifold growth in Q1 and Q2 profits

Gold Line International Finves PRICE `184 Kellton Tech Solutions PRICE `136

92.90%
-53.92%

TTM SALES (` cr) 6 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 1 TTM SALES (` cr) 238 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 22
MKT CAP (` cr) 953 P/E MKT CAP (` cr) 620 P/E 28.09
Companys name appears in a stock-price manipulation scam Strong growth in Q1 and Q2 profits; targets `2,000 crore revenue

Kesar Petroproducts PRICE `64 Rollatainers PRICE `39

-66.65%
195.19%

TTM SALES (` cr) 166 TTM PROFIT (` cr) 8 143


TTM SALES (` cr) TTM PROFIT (` cr) 19
MKT CAP (` cr) 453 P/E 54.62 475
MKT CAP (` cr) P/E 25.36

Q1 and Q2 profits grow 39% and 51%, respectively Amtek Group, the parent, embroiled in financial troubles

Data as on November 13, 2015

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WORDS WORTH
WISDOM

ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY!


Here is what some famous personalities have to say about money

If money is your hope for


independence you will never
have it. The only real security
that a man will have in this
world is a reserve of knowledge,
experience, and ability.
HENRY FORD

When I was young I thought Financial peace isnt the


that money was the most acquisition of stuff. Its learning
important thing in life; now to live on less than you make, so
that I am old I know that it is. you can give money
OSCAR WILDE back and have money to invest.
DAVE RAMSEY

The art is not in making


Frugality includes all the money, but in keeping it.
other virtues. CICERO ANONYMOUS

The management of
money is, in much, the
management of self. The lack
Wealth consists not in having EDWARD BULWER LYTTON of money
great possessions, but in is the
having few wants. Wealth is root of all
evil.
EPICTETUS the ability to
fully experi- MARK
Never spend your money ence life. TWAIN
before you have earned it. HENRY DAVID
THOMAS JEFFERSON THOREAU

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MARKET
C MPASS

Institutional moves
Tracking increase/decrease in stakes by institutions, viz., FIIs, mutual funds
and insurance companies
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Large caps
Mutual funds: Increase in stakes Mutual funds: Decrease in stakes
Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
IndusInd Bank Bank 55,797 9.82 7.58 2.24 Indiabulls Housing Finance 33,193 0.81 1.83 -1.02
Bank Of Baroda Bank 42,235 9.32 7.60 1.72 REC Finance 27,022 3.01 3.85 -0.84
Vedanta Iron & Steel 25,230 3.44 1.75 1.69 Bharat Electronics Electricals 27,289 7.93 8.67 -0.74
Yes Bank Bank 30,553 10.26 8.61 1.65 Torrent Pharma Healthcare 25,381 5.95 6.62 -0.67
Cipla Healthcare 51,222 5.92 4.31 1.61 BPCL Crude Oil 61,437 5.79 6.44 -0.65

Insurance companies: Increase in stakes Insurance companies: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Indian Oil Crude Oil 97,628 11.15 3.47 7.68 Bank Of Baroda Bank 42,235 10.25 11.36 -1.11
PFC Finance 30,368 9.36 6.13 3.23 Eicher Motors Automobile 48,290 0.82 -0.82
Tata Motors Automobile 86,169 12.30 9.56 2.74 BPCL Crude Oil 61,437 3.90 4.69 -0.79
Ambuja Cements Const. Materials 31,915 9.91 8.25 1.66 IndusInd Bank Bank 55,797 1.00 1.49 -0.49
GAIL Gas Transmission 38,321 12.73 11.15 1.58 Britannia Industries FMCG 36,987 3.25 3.62 -0.37

FIIs: Increase in stakes FIIs: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Indiabulls Housing Finance 33,193 44.57 39.15 5.42 Ambuja Cements Const. Materials 31,915 19.96 26.35 -6.39
BPCL Crude Oil 61,437 19.67 18.13 1.54 Cipla Healthcare 51,222 14.31 18.29 -3.98
Glenmark Pharma Healthcare 29,597 36.83 35.86 0.97 Sun Pharma Healthcare 208,992 19.80 23.76 -3.96
Bharti Infratel Telecom 67,284 25.27 24.30 0.97 Yes Bank Bank 30,553 41.26 44.42 -3.16
HPCL Crude Oil 26,230 19.75 18.86 0.89 M&M Automobile 78,301 29.97 32.99 -3.02

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MARKET
C MPASS

Mid caps
Mutual funds: Increase in stakes Mutual funds: Decrease in stakes
Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Thomas Cook Hospitality 7,395 7.83 2.33 5.50 Strides Arcolab Healthcare 7,295 10.80 13.16 -2.36
PVR Media & Ent. 3,797 13.99 8.89 5.10 Dewan Housing Finance 6,419 1.56 3.52 -1.96
Tata Motors DVR Automobile 11,019 32.05 29.10 2.95 Shriram Transport Fin. Finance 20,976 1.46 2.88 -1.42
Redington Cons. Durables 4,410 15.82 13.20 2.62 Cyient IT 6,285 11.09 12.29 -1.20
Mphasis IT 8,603 4.86 2.31 2.55 Page Industries Textile 14,760 5.18 6.32 -1.14

Insurance companies: Increase in stakes Insurance companies: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
JK Cement Const. Materials 4,589 5.55 1.10 4.45 Tata Communications Telecom 11,771 0.59 5.16 -4.57
Kirloskar Oil Engines Automobile 4,052 4.04 2.51 1.53 Corporation Bank Bank 4,355 20.14 23.90 -3.76
Hindalco Industries Metals 14,589 13.56 12.23 1.33 J&K Bank Bank 4,365 3.17 -3.17
Voltas Consumer Durables 8,878 13.95 12.86 1.09 Bank Of India Bank 10,734 14.25 17.13 -2.88
Strides Arcolab Healthcare 7,295 1.19 0.36 0.83 Andhra Bank Bank 4,367 8.29 9.23 -0.94

FIIs: Increase in stakes FIIs: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
L&T Finance Holdings Finance 11,488 8.27 3.59 4.68 UPL Chemicals 19,626 37.10 48.84 -11.74
Suzlon Energy Capital Goods 10,234 16.25 12.30 3.95 Edelweiss Financial Finance 4,699 18.04 25.53 -7.49
PVR Media & Ent. 3,797 25.41 21.85 3.56 Cholamandalam Inv. Finance 10,119 10.04 16.97 -6.93
GSPL Gas Transmission 6,628 13.76 11.28 2.48 Tata Motors DVR Automobile 11,019 45.03 51.57 -6.54
DCB Bank Bank 4,045 17.04 14.79 2.25 Sequent Scientific Healthcare 4,065 13.75 19.78 -6.03

Small caps
Mutual funds: Increase in stakes Mutual funds: Decrease in stakes
Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Mutual funds (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Titagarh Wagons Automobile 1,188 18.37 7.57 10.80 Sasken Comm. IT 414 0.42 10.03 -9.61
KEI Industries Electricals 747 10.89 0.12 10.77 Tara Jewels Diamond & Jewel. 83 2.11 10.91 -8.80
Pantaloons Fashion Retailing 2,028 10.17 0.08 10.09 Omkar Speciality Chemicals 396 4.51 11.74 -7.23
Insecticides Chemicals 833 7.94 1.30 6.64 Himatsingka Seide Textile 2,047 7.73 14.86 -7.13
Astrazeneca Pharma Healthcare 2,914 6.01 6.01 Mcdowell Holdings Finance 36 4.20 9.21 -5.01

Insurance companies: Increase in stakes Insurance companies: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) Insurance (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Dredging Corporation Logistics 935 8.75 5.21 3.54 Titagarh Wagons Automobile 1,188 4.84 -4.84
Gujarat Ind. Power Power 1,094 11.26 9.61 1.65 PTC India Power 1,766 13.78 16.71 -2.93
The Byke Hospitality Hospitality 660 6.96 5.99 0.97 Punjab Chemicals Chemicals 242 0.13 2.43 -2.30
VA Tech Wabag Infrastructure 3,637 0.77 0.06 0.71 TRF Capital Goods 231 0.04 2.16 -2.12
HSIL Const. Materials 1,939 0.51 0.51 Kalindee Rail Capital Goods 185 1.68 -1.68

FIIs: Increase in stakes FIIs: Decrease in stakes


Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change Mkt cap (` cr) FIIs (%) Change
Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points) Company name Sector Sep-15 Sep-15 Jun-15 (% points)
Safari Industries Plastic Products 339 20.87 0.04 20.83 Indiabulls Real Estate Realty 2,946 13.89 25.58 -11.69
KDDL Consumer Durables 282 13.90 0.53 13.37 Forbes & Company Automobile 1,837 0.48 9.38 -8.90
Salzer Electronics Capital Goods 306 11.52 0.76 10.76 Mcdowell Holdings Finance 36 21.14 29.97 -8.83
Sasken Comm. IT 414 16.19 6.61 9.58 The South Indian Bank Bank 3,058 19.34 28.16 -8.82
Castex Technologies Automobile 834 20.88 11.39 9.49 Future Consumer Ent. FMCG 2,519 10.02 18.50 -8.48
Data as per the latest (ended September 2015) shareholding pattern

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Market barometer
Key ratios can give an indication as to whether a stock or the market is
valued fairly at any given point
O YOU KNOW THE LEGENDARY INVESTOR 7ARREN MARKET PUNDITS LIKE "UFFETT HAVE THEIR OWN FAVOURITE

$ "UFFET SWEARS BY THE MARKET CAP TO '$0 RATIO


)NFACT HEONCEFAMOUSLYSAIDTHATITISPROBABLY
THE SINGLE BEST MEASURE OF VALUATIONS AT ANY POINT
RATIOS4HEYLIKETOUSETHEMOFTENTOGETANIDEAOF THE
VALUATIONS !LL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND OUT THESE KEY
NUMBERSANDFOLLOWTHEGENERALRULETOFIGUREOUTWHAT
)NSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR TIPS FROM SOME TALKING HEADS THEYINDICATE9OUWOULDBESURPRISEDHOWCLEARLYTHEY
INVESTORS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SOME HISTORICAL DATA AND INDICATE THE VALUATIONS IN THE MARKET 7E HAVE
FINDTHERELATIONSHIPBETWEENTHEMTOMAKETHEIRBUY HIGHLIGHTED SOME IMPORTANT POINTERS WHICH WILL HELP
ANDSELLDECISIONSWITHBETTERCONVICTION)NFACT MOST YOUGETANIDEAOF MARKETVALUATIONSWI

Sensexs price/earnings
30 SCALE The historical average Sensex P/E, like
any average, is used to put in perspec-
High 28.57 tive the current scenario. A general
26 guideline to help understand the valua-
tion is:
P/E > 24 = Dangerously
22
overvalued
P/E > 20 < 24 = Overvalued
Historical average 19.27
18 P/E > 16 < 20 = Fairly valued
Median 19.16 P/E > 12 < 16 = Undervalued
P/E < 12 = Highly underval-
14 ued (mouthwater-
ing valuations)
Currently, the Sensex P/E stands at
10 20.52, slightly above the historical
November 2005 November 2015 Min 10.36 average P/E.

Sensexs price/book value


7 SCALE Price to book value tells us how many
times an investor is ready to pay for a
High 6.93 rupee of net assets.
6
Since book value is stable and less
volatile than earnings, some consider it
better than P/E as a measure of
5
valuation. If
P/BV > Average P/BV = Overvalued
4 P/BV < Average P/BV = Undervalued
Historical average 3.67 Currently, P/BV stands at 2.74, way
below its historical average.
3 Median 3.42

2
November 2005 November 2015 Min 2.20

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Sensexs earnings yield (%)


10 SCALE This is is the inverse of the P/E ratio,
discussed earlier, turned into
High 9.65% percentage. It is calculated by taking
8 the earnings per share (EPS) and
dividing it by the stock price. A high
earnings yield indicates that the stock is
6 undervalued. Some investors abroad
also compare earnings yield with yield
Historical average 5.3% on government securities before
4 making investment decisions. However,
Median
critics point out that in India the
5.22% government bond yields typically hover
2
above the earnings yield of stocks.
At the moment, earnings yield is
0 hovering around 4.87 per cent, which is
November 2005 November 2015 Min 3.50% slightly below the average yield of 5.3
per cent.

Sensexs dividend yield (%)


2.5 SCALE It is nothing but the return an investor
gets, in form of dividend, on his invest-
High 2.17% ment. It is measured as dividend per
2.0 share divided by price per share.
Generally speaking, when stocks are
cheap, dividend yields are high.
1.5
If
Median 1.32% Dividend yield >
1.0 Historic dividend yield = Undervalued
Historical average 1.34% Dividend yield <
Historic dividend yield = Overvalued
0.5
Currently, dividend yield is at 1.43 per
cent, signalling an undervalued picture
0 as it is slightly above its average of 1.34
November 2005 November 2015 Min 0.80% per cent.

Market cap to GDP


175 SCALE This measure is Buffetts personal
favourite! He said, It is probably the
High 156.48% single best measure of where valuations
140 stand at any given moment.. Here it
considers the market cap of all the listed
companies on the BSE.
105
If
Historical average 82.28% Market cap > GDP = Market
70 overvalued
Market cap < GDP = Market undervalued

35 Median 82.38%
Currently the market cap to GDP stands
at 83.82 per cent, which is near its
0
historical average of 82.28 per cent.
Min 53.15%
Sources : RBI, BSE
November 2005 November 2015

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Betting on IPOs
In comparison with the pitiful long-term prospects of IPO investments, the
chances of making short-term returns are much higher
NTER'LOBE!VIATION,TD ORSIMPLY)NDI'O HASHAD )NCOMPARISONWITHTHESEPITIFULLONG TERM

) ADREAMDEBUTONTHEBOURSES)TSSHARESARE
TRADINGABOVETHEISSUEPRICEOF `/NTHE
OTHERHAND INVESTORSFOUNDTHEVALUATIONOF #OFFEE
PROSPECTSOF )0/INVESTMENTS THECHANCESOF MAKING
SHORT TERMRETURNSAREMUCHHIGHER/VEROF
THESESTOCKSLISTEDWITHDOUBLE DIGITGAINS!NDONLYA
$AY%NTERPRISES,TDTOOHOTTOHANDLE)TSSHARESARE FIFTHENDEDTHEFIRSTDAYOF TRADINGINTHERED
TRADINGBELOWTHEISSUEPRICE 7HATEVERTHEPURISTSMAYSAY HOWCANONEBLAME
0URISTSSAYTHATGETTINGEXCITEDABOUTTHESO CALLED )NDIANINVESTORSFORPREFERRINGTORIDETHEIRLUCKWITH
LISTINGPOPDOESNTMAKEMUCHSENSE ANDWHAT PROSPECTIVELISTINGGAINS
MATTERSMOREISLONG TERMRETURN4HATSHOULDGO )TSEVIDENTFROMTHEPOORLONG TERMPERFORMANCE
WITHOUTSAYING"UTINITIALPUBLICOFFERINGS)0/S THAT)NDIAN)0/SARE BYANDLARGE OVERPRICED
DATASUGGESTSTHATINCENTIVESARESKEWED ANDPROMOTE 'IORDANO#OGLIATIETALFROMTHE5NIVERSITYOF
ACULTUREOF SHORT TERMOPPORTUNISM "ERGAMO )TALY HADFOUNDINA&EBRUARYSTUDYTHAT
/NLYTHREEINEVERYSTOCKSHAVEDELIVEREDDOUBLE THEMEDIAN)0/COMPANYIN&RANCE )TALYAND'ERMANY
DIGITANNUALRETURNSFORALONG TERM)0/INVESTOR&IVE ISOVERVALUEDATTHEOFFERINGISSUEPRICE BY
STOCKSDELIVEREDNEGATIVERETURNS ANDINTHE 7HATABOUTTHECORRELATIONBETWEENLISTINGGAINS
REMAININGTWO INVESTORSMAYHAVEBEENBETTEROFF ANDLONG TERMPERFORMANCE
PARKINGTHEIRFUNDSINSAFERFIXED INCOME )NTERESTINGLY ITTURNSOUTTHATSTOCKSWHICHGAIN
INSTRUMENTS MEANINGFULLYONLISTINGSTANDABETTERCHANCEAT

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PROVIDINGDECENTLONG TERMRETURNS!MONGSTOCKS Overpriced IPOs and harried investors


THATGAINEDOVERONLISTING TWO FIFTHS OR Only three in 10 stocks generated decent long-term returns vis-a-vis their
ENDEDUPWITHDOUBLE DIGITANNUALRETURNSINTHE IPO issue price. Listing gains, however, were handsome for a majority.
LONGRUN!MONGTHEOTHERSTOCKSTHATDIDNTDOTOO
WELLONLISTING ONLYAROUNDHAVEMANAGED
DOUBLE DIGITANNUALRETURNSTILLDATE4HEDATAISFOR
THEPASTYEARS EXCLUDESSTOCKSWITHAMARKET
CAPITALIZATIONOF UNDERRUPEESCROREATTHETIME
OF LISTING ANDTHOSETHATDONTHAVEATRADING
HISTORYOF ATLEASTFIVEYEARS)TALSODOESNOTINCLUDE
RETURNSFROMDIVIDENDINCOME
)NOTHERWORDS )NDI'OSSHAREHOLDERSHAVEAHIGHER
CHANCEOF EARNINGDECENTLONG TERMRETURNS
COMPAREDWITHSHAREHOLDERSOF #OFFEE$AY
%NTERPRISES4OBESURE THEDATAALSOSHOWSTHATTHIS
CANTBETAKENFORGRANTED)NFACT TWO FIFTHSOF THE
STOCKSWITHHANDSOMELISTINGGAINSENDEDUPWITH NEARLYHALVINGWHENITLISTEDIN!PRIL"UTUSING
NEGATIVERETURNS WHILEONEFIFTHGENERATEDONLY ITSISSUEPRICEASTHEBASE AVERAGEANNUALRETURNS
MEDIOCRERETURNS&ORINSTANCE 3UZLON%NERGY,TDS HAVEBEENANIMPRESSIVE
SHARESHADGAINEDOVERONLISTING BUTITSCURRENT 3ADLY RETURNSSUCHASTHESEAREFEWANDFAR
VALUATIONISJUSTONE FIFTHOF ITS)0/ISSUEPRICE BETWEENWI
!MONGSTOCKSTHATPERFORMEDDISMALLYONLISTING -OBIS0HILIPOSE\)NARRANGEMENTWITH
#ADILA(EALTHCARE,TDSTANDSOUT WITHITSSHARES (43YNDICATION\-).4

Performance of the last few issues


Subscription Issue size Issue Listing Adj listing Current Return since listing (%)
Company name ratio (` cr) price (`) Listing date gain (%) price (`) price (`) Stock Sensex
SH Kelkar & Co 27.08 517 180 16-Nov-15 23.33 222 217 -2.48 8.96
Interglobe Aviation 6.15 2,304 765 10-Nov-15 11.90 856 1,146 33.85 9.03
Coffee Day Enterprises 1.82 1,194 328 2-Nov-15 -4.57 313 260 -16.82 5.68
Prabhat Dairy 0.77 474 115 21-Sep-15 0.00 115 138 20.35 7.15
Sadbhav Infrastructure 2.24 294 103 16-Sep-15 7.52 111 96 -13.23 8.10
Pennar Engineered Building 1.15 159 178 10-Sep-15 -15.73 150 162 8.00 9.54
Shree Pushkar Chemicals 1.34 75 65 10-Sep-15 -7.69 60 73 21.92 9.54
Navkar Corporation 2.85 443 155 9-Sep-15 -1.94 152 187 22.76 9.13
Power Mech Projects 273 640 26-Aug-15 -6.25 600 609 1.54 9.15
Syngene International 32.05 550 250 11-Aug-15 18.00 295 365 23.73 0.72
Manpasand Beverages 1.40 441 320 9-Jul-15 -9.06 291 394 35.33 1.79
Syngene International 32.05 550 250 11-Aug-15 18.00 295 365 23.73 0.72
Manpasand Beverages 1.40 441 320 9-Jul-15 -9.06 291 394 35.33 1.79
PNC Infratech Ltd 0.01 488 378 26-May-15 0.79 381 533 39.96 1.95
UFO Moviez India 2.04 610 625 14-May-15 -4.00 600 559 -6.88 3.16
MEP Infrastructure 1.11 324 63 6-May-15 0.00 63 51 -19.76 5.05
VRL Logistics 74.26 474 205 30-Apr-15 40.49 288 412 43.19 3.91
Inox Wind 18.60 1,060 325 9-Apr-15 23.08 400 369 -7.70 -2.83
Adlabs Entertainment 0.60 366 180 6-Apr-15 -6.69 168 114 -31.88 -1.53
Ortel Communications 0.75 217 181 19-Mar-15 0.00 181 185 2.21 -1.41

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Subscription Issue size Issue Listing Adj listing Current Return since listing (%)
Company name ratio (` cr) price (`) Listing date gain (%) price (`) price (`) Stock Sensex
Monte Carlo Fashions 7.83 350 645 19-Dec-14 -9.30 585 448 -23.44 2.54
Shemaroo Entertainment 7.39 132 170 1-Oct-14 5.88 180 259 37.78 4.96
Sharda Cropchem 59.97 352 156 23-Sep-14 62.88 254 244 -3.52 4.16
Snowman Logistics 59.75 197 47 12-Sep-14 59.57 75 91 17.98 3.12
Wonderla Holidays 38.06 181 125 9-May-14 31.80 165 394 76.74 13.90
Just Dial 1.88 719 530 5-Jun-13 11.32 590 805 13.47 15.81
Repco Home Finance 1.65 270 172 1-Apr-13 -4.07 165 685 71.58 16.27
V-Mart Retail 1.20 80 210 20-Feb-13 2.86 216 437 29.31 13.88
Bharti Infratel 1.30 4,156 220 28-Dec-12 -9.36 200 393 26.28 13.53
PC Jeweller 6.85 609 135 27-Dec-12 2.96 136 387 43.66 13.76
Credit Analysis And Research 40.98 540 750 26-Dec-12 25.34 949 1,329 12.31 13.55
Tara Jewels 1.98 157 230 6-Dec-12 5.22 242 32 -49.49 13.15
VKS Projects 1.03 55 55 18-Jul-12 1.45 2 0 -56.36 15.82
Speciality Restaurants 2.54 150 150 30-May-12 2.00 153 122 -6.38 16.91
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri 1.15 200 120 9-May-12 -4.17 115 104 -2.78 16.27
NBCC 4.93 121 101 12-Apr-12 -0.70 100 928 85.50 14.30
MT Educare 4.80 88 80 12-Apr-12 7.56 86 132 12.53 14.30
Olympic Cards 0.00 25 30 28-Mar-12 -0.17 30 14 -18.21 14.52
MCX 54.13 568 1,032 9-Mar-12 34.40 1,387 858 -12.19 13.62
Indo Thai Securities 1.18 30 74 2-Nov-11 1.35 75 19 -28.57 12.43
Vaswani Industries 4.16 49 49 24-Oct-11 -31.73 33 4 -40.55 13.20
Ujaas Energy 1.57 93 186 20-Oct-11 -3.23 18 17 -1.39 13.16
Taksheel Solutions* 2.99 83 150 19-Oct-11 4.93 157 3 -82.97 25.42
Flexituff International 1.17 105 155 19-Oct-11 0.00 155 229 10.02 12.91
Onelife Capital Advisors 1.53 37 110 17-Oct-11 4.55 115 58 -15.36 12.99
Tijaria Polypipes 60 60 14-Oct-11 3.33 62 5 -46.96 12.87
RDB Rasayans 1.50 36 79 7-Oct-11 7.59 85 25 -25.80 14.21
Prakash Constrowell 2.21 64 138 4-Oct-11 5.07 15 2 -35.12 14.82
PG Electroplast 1.34 121 210 26-Sep-11 -4.76 200 125 -10.71 14.41
SRS 1.25 203 58 16-Sep-11 -5.17 28 21 -6.68 12.86
TD Power Systems 2.92 227 256 8-Sep-11 -1.72 252 285 3.00 12.42
Brooks Laboratories 1.60 70 100 5-Sep-11 10.00 110 73 -9.39 13.11
Tree House Education 1.85 109 129 26-Aug-11 2.95 133 233 14.21 14.45
L&T Finance Holdings 5.34 1,236 52 12-Aug-11 0.00 51 65 5.90 12.70
Inventure Growth 4.58 82 117 4-Aug-11 1.71 30 11 -20.18 11.34
Bharatiya Global Infomedia 2.06 55 82 28-Jul-11 2.44 84 4 -51.53 10.55
Kridhan Infra 1.68 35 108 13-Jul-11 6.48 23 95 38.34 9.91
Rushil Decor 2.62 41 72 7-Jul-11 12.85 81 269 31.54 9.23
Birla Pacific Medspa* 1.18 65 10 7-Jul-11 1.00 10 0 -59.55 10.24
Timbor Home* 1.01 23 63 22-Jun-11 14.29 72 2 -55.08 11.39
Data as on November 19, 2015. Returns for the periods more than one year are annualised. *No longer traded.

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The Coffee Can Portfolio


Why the buy-and-forget approach to investing is more effective than churning
your portfolio in search of better returns

SAURABH MUKHERJEA

Churning your portfolio, i.e., buying least earned the highest returns. The implication here
and then selling stocks frequently is one of the easiest is that people who might have suffered the most from
ways to produce sub-optimal returns in the stock mar- myopic loss aversion and acted upon it by selling
ket. This point has been made by several investment stocks did less well much less well than those who
gurus. For example, in his highly readable book, were able to resist the natural impulse and instead
Investing: The Last Liberal Art (2013), Robert hold their ground.
Hagstrom says: Appreciating the destructive power of churn, most
In 1997, Terence Odean, a behavioural economist at thoughtful investors have tried different ways to
the University of California, published a paper titled, reduce churn and thus hold stocks for much longer
Why Do Investors Trade Too Much?. To answer his periods of time. Amongst the more novel attempts in
question, he reviewed the performance of 10,000 this regard has been the Coffee Can Portfolio con-
anonymous investors. struct created by Rob Kirby of Capital.
Over a seven-year period (19871993), In his 1984 paper, Kirby narrated an
Odean tracked 97,483 trades among ten incident involving his clients husband
thousand randomly selected accounts of
INSIDE CCP who had purchased stocks recommend-
a major discount brokerage. The first We used two simple ed by Kirby in $5,000 denomination each
thing he learned was that the investors
rules to create our CCP. but did not ever sell anything from the
sold and repurchased almost 80 percent portfolio. This process led to enormous
of their portfolios each year (78 percent We looked for stocks wealth creation for the client over a
turnover ratio). Then he compared the which over the period of about ten years, mainly on
portfolios to the market average over
preceding ten years had account of one position transforming to
three different time periods (four a jumbo holding worth over $800,000,
months, one year and two years). In generated an ROCE of which came from a zillion shares of
every case, he found two amazing at least 15 per cent and Xerox. Impressed by this approach of
trends: (1) the stocks that the investors
revenue growth of at buy and forget followed by this gentle-
bought consistently trailed the market, man, Kirby coined the term Coffee Can
and (2) the stocks that they sold actually least 10 per cent. Portfolio (CCP) the concept harkens
beat the market . back to the Wild West, when Americans,
Odean wanted to look deeper, so he next examined before the widespread advent of banks, saved their
the trading behaviour and performance results of valuables in a coffee can and kept it under a mattress.
6,465 households. In a paper titled, Trading Is At Ambit, my colleagues and I have discovered that
Hazardous to Your Wealth (2000), Odean, along with this approach works well in the Indian stock market.
Brad Barber, professor of finance at University of We used two simple rules to create our CCP. We looked
California, Davis, compared the records of people who for stocks which over the preceding ten years had gen-
traded frequently versus people who traded less often. erated return on capital employed (ROCE) of at least
They found that, on average, the most active traders 15 per cent and revenue growth of at least 10 per cent.
had the poorest results, while those who traded the Using this approach, we constructed CCPs in each of

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ITC Marico
Asian Paints Page Industries
Lupin Amara Raja Batteries
HCL Tech Berger Paints
Cadila Healthcare eClerx Services
Britannia Astral Poly Technik
Colgate-Palmolive V-Guard Industries
GSK Consumer Cera Sanitaryware

THEPASTYEARS3O FOREXAMPLE INTHEYEAR WE EXERCISES ACTUALLY REDUCES RETURNS BECAUSE THE
USEDDATAFROMTOTOIDENTIFYTHECOMPANIES INVESTOR IS SELDOM ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE STOCK
WHICHPASSEDTHETWOFILTERSMENTIONEDABOVEANDWE BEFORE IT BEGINS ITS ASCENT 3O FOR EXAMPLE WHILST
THEN KEPT THIS PORTFOLIO UNTOUCHED OVER THE NEXT TEN ,UPINSSHAREPRICEHASGENERATEDPERCENT#!'2
YEARS7HATWEFOUNDISTHATEACHOF THE##0SCREATED OVERTHEPASTDECADE THEREHAVEBEENTWOLONGPERI
OVERTHEPASTYEARSINCLUDINGTHESEVEN##0SWHICH ODS OF AROUND THREE YEARS EACH IN WHICH THE STOCK
HAVE COMPLETED A FULL TEN YEAR CYCLE HAVE OUTPER HAS RETURNED ONLY   PER CENT PER ANNUM !N
FORMEDTHE3ENSEX USUALLYBYnPERCENTAGEPOINTS INVESTOR WHO SOLD ,UPIN IN THESE SIX YEARS OF WEAK
PERANNUM)NFACT NOTONLYHASTHIS@BUYANDFORGET RETURNSWOULDHAVE INALLLIKELIHOOD MISSEDOUTON
APPROACH TO INVESTING HANDSOMELY OUTPERFORMED THE THEPERCENT#!'2
3ENSEX EVEN IN RISK ADJUSTED TERMS IE ACCOUNTING 3O WHAT WOULD A ##0 CREATED TODAY CONTAIN (ERE
FORMAXIMUMDRAWDOWN OUTOF THEITERATIONSOF ARE THE COMPANIES WHICH OVER THE PAST DECADE HAVE
THE##0HAVEOUTPERFORMEDTHE3ENSEX DELIVERED 2/#% OVER  PER CENT EVERY YEAR AND REV
%VEN MORE INTERESTINGLY MY COLLEAGUES FOUND THAT ENUE GROWTH OF GREATER THAN  PER CENT EVERY YEAR
INVESTMENT RETURNS ARE BETTER IF YOU BUILD A ##0 IN )4# !SIAN 0AINTS ,UPIN (#, 4ECH #ADILA
YEART ANDLETITRUNUNTOUCHEDUNTILT RATHERTHAN (EALTHCARE "RITANNIA #OLGATE 0ALMOLIVE '3+
TRYING TO ANNUALLY REBALANCE THE PORTFOLIO AS IS THE #ONSUMER -ARICO 0AGE )NDUSTRIES !MARA 2AJA
NORM IN THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY  4HIS "ATTERIES "ERGER0AINTS E#LERX3ERVICES !STRAL0OLY
COUNTERINTUITIVE RESULT ARISES FROM THE FACT THAT THE 6 'UARD)NDUSTRIESAND#ERA3ANITARYWAREWI
SHORT TERM IN THIS CONTEXT ONEnFOUR YEARS FINANCIAL Saurabh Mukherjea is CEO - Institutional Equities at Ambit Capital and
DATAONWHICHINVESTORSBASESUCHANNUALREBALANCING the author of Gurus of Chaos: Modern Indias Money Masters.

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Small is beautiful in pharma


With high numbers of ANDAs, mid-rung pharma companies could
outperform their larger peers in the future
HEPHARMACEUTICALSECTORHASHADASUCCESSFUL !UROBINDO0HARMATOPSTHELISTOF HIGHEST!.$!

4 RUNFORQUITESOMETIMEINTHEMARKETS!
STRENGTHENING!.$!ACRONYMFOR
!BBREVIATED.EW$RUG!PPLICATIONANAPPLICATION
APPROVALSAMONG)NDIANFIRMSINTHEFIRSTHALF OF
THISCALENDARYEAR WITHAPPROVALSSOFAR!LMEBIC
0HARMAISTHIRDINTHELISTOF HIGHEST!.$!
FORGENERICDRUGAPPROVALINTHE53 PORTFOLIOAND APPROVALSTHISYEARBEHIND,UPIN WITHNINE
HIGHEREARNINGSGROWTHVISIBILITYHAVEBEENTHE APPROVALS FOLLOWEDBYEIGHTOF 'LENMARKSEETHE
MAINBOOSTERSFORTHEPHARMA CHARTBELOW 
SECTORSOUTPERFORMANCE %VENCUMULATIVELY MID RUNG
"IGPHARMACOMPANIES LIKE3UN PHARMACOMPANIESARERACING
0HARMA ,UPIN $R2EDDYS HAVE AHEADWITHHIGHERNUMBEROF
BEENINHIGHDEMANDANDARE !.$!FILINGSnEVENAHEADOF
MARKETFAVOURITES(IGHEARNINGS LARGERPLAYERS!UROBINDO0HARMA
VISIBILITYANDSECULAREARNINGS AGAINTOPSTHELISTWITHAPIPELINE
GROWTHMEANTTHATLARGE CAP OF !.$!SFOLLOWEDBY#ADILAS
PHARMASTOCKSWEREPREFERRED SEETHESECONDCHARTBELOW 
OVERTHEIRMID RUNGPEERS4HIS !NOTHERADVANTAGEGOINGMID
HASTAKENVALUATIONSOF LARGE CAP RUNGPHARMACOMPANIESWAYIS
PHARMASTOCKSTOHEATEDLEVELS VALUATIONS30"3%(EALTHCARE
/NTHEOTHERHAND THEOFTEN INDEXTRADESATTIMESEARNINGS
IGNOREDMID RUNGPHARMASTOCKS ,ARGE CAPPHARMASTOCKSTOOTRADE
HAVEBEENCHUGGINGALONG INASIMILARRANGE)NCONTRAST
INCREASINGTHEIREARNINGS !UROBINDO0HARMATRADESAT
VISIBILITYWITHASTEADYBUILD UPOF THEIR!.$! TIMESEARNINGS #ADILAATTIMESEARNINGSAND4ORRENT
PORTFOLIOS!SPATEOF MID RUNGPHARMACOMPANIES ATTIMESEARNINGS4HISBEGSTHEQUESTIONISITTHE
INRECENTTIMES HASSEENAHIGHERRATEOF !.$! TIMEFORMID RUNGPHARMASTOCKSTOTAKETHELEADWI
APPROVALSASCOMPAREDTOTHEIRLARGERPEERS Ekramul Haque ekramul@valueresearch.in

Mid-rung pharma stocks lead in ANDA Mid-rung pharma companies also lead from
approvals this calendar the front in ANDA pipeline

Source: Axis Capital Source: Axis Capital

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DIARY

Dragons steel woes


With slowing economic growth, Chinas steel demand has decreased,
which means harder times ahead for the steel industry
HU*IMIN WHOISTHEDEPUTYHEADOF THE#HINA

: )RON3TEEL!SSOCIATION SAIDh#HINASSTEEL
DEMANDEVAPORATEDATUNPRECEDENTEDSPEEDAS
THENATIONSECONOMICGROWTHSLOWEDv
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MAKEUPPERCENTOF THE'$0 THATISA
WORRYINGSIGN3TEELISAVITALINGREDIENTIN#HINAS
GROWTHSTORYANDPRIMARYRAWMATERIALFORMANY
INDUSTRIES INCLUDINGREALESTATE!SLOWDOWNINSTEEL
DEMANDTHUSSIGNALSASLOWDOWNINTHECORE
ECONOMYASWELL
3TEELDEMANDCONTRACTEDPERCENTIN3EPTEMBER &ALLINGLOCALDEMANDTHATHASNOTBEENMETWITHA
THISYEAR9O9 0RODUCTIONTHATPEAKEDAT MATCHINGCUTINSUPPLYHASMEANTTHATSTEELPRICES
MILLIONMETRICTONNELASTYEARSOUNDSAFAR AWAY HAVENOSEDIVED-ANUFACTURERSnBOTHLOCALANDFROM
TARGETFROMTHEMILLIONTONNEPRODUCEDINTHE ROUNDTHEWORLD ASIN"RAZILAND!USTRALIAnINABID
FIRSTNINEMONTHSOF THISYEAR3TOCKPILEDINVENTORIES TOINCREASETHEMARKETSHAREHAVEREDUCEDPRICES
nAHEADACHEFORPRODUCERSnAREUPPERCENTTO FURTHER)NTHELASTONEYEARALONE IRONOREPER
MILLIONTONNEASOF /CTOBER8U,EJIANG CENTCONTENT HASCRASHEDFROMPERMETRICTONNE
#HAIRMANOF "AOSTEEL THECOUNTRYSSECONDLARGEST ANDRECENTLYTOUCHEDTHEMARK
STEELPRODUCER WITHOUTGIVINGATIMEFRAME HAS
WARNEDTHATSTEELOUTPUTISLIKELYTOFALLPERCENT More trouble ahead
"OTH'OLDMANAND#ITIGROUPHAVEPROJECTEDORE
Steel prices lowest since 2009 PRICESTOHITPERMETRICTONNEBY-ANY
#HINAISTHEWORLDSLARGESTSTEELPRODUCER CHURNING LARGEANDMEDIUM SIZEDMILLSAREALREADYREPORTING
OUTHALF OF THEWORLDSANNUALSTEELPRODUCTION9OU LOSSES)NTHENINEMONTHSOF THISYEAR #HINASSTEEL
CANGAUGEHOWBIG#HINASSTEELINDUSTRYISWITHTHIS INDUSTRYHASREPORTEDLOSSESTOTHETUNEOF 
FACT#HINAPRODUCESMORESTEELTHANTHE5NITED BILLION!CCESSTOFINANCEANDDEBTREPAYMENTAND
3TATES THE%UROPEAN5NION 2USSIAAND*APAN RESTRUCTURINGHASBECOMESEVERELYAFFECTEDASTHE
COMBINED BANKINGINDUSTRYRESTRICTSLENDINGTOTHEINDUSTRY
!NOTHERHEADACHEISTHECOUNTRYSTRANSITIONTOA
CONSUMPTION LEDGROWTH4HATWILLMEANTHECOUNTRY
Movement of iron-ore prices
LOOKSATOTHERCONSUMER FOCUSEDSECTORSFORTHENEXT
90
LEGOF GROWTHANDNOTINFRASTRUCTUREANDSTEELASIT
HASTRADITIONALLY4HATALSOMEANSNEWHOUSING
80
Prices in $ per metric tonne

CONSTRUCTIONANDMANUFACTURINGCOULDREMAINUNDER
PRESSURE KEEPINGACHECKONSTEEL PRICEREBOUND
70 4HISALSOPUTSINTODOUBTTHEECONOMICGROWTH
RATEOF THECOUNTRY#HINAHASTARGETEDPERCENT
GROWTHTHISYEAR WHICHMANYANALYSTSHAVE
60
QUESTIONED4HOUGHSTEELPRICESAPPEARUNLIKELYTO
RECOVERMUCH THISMETRICWILLREMAINAKEY
50
BAROMETEROF THECOUNTRYSECONOMICHEALTH WI
October 2014 September 2015
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How to spot current performers


The Piotroski F-Score, a nine-point scale, helps you figure out the
outperforming stocks in the last one year
HE0IOTROSKI& 3COREWASDEVISEDBY*OSEPH

4 0IOTROSKI APROFESSOROF ACCOUNTINGATTHE


5NIVERSITYOF #HICAGO0IOTROSKIBELIEVEDTHAT
FINANCIALSTRENGTHCOULDBEDETERMINEDBYUSINGDATA
SOLELYFROMFINANCIALSTATEMENTS4HEMETHODOLOGY
WASFIRSTPUBLISHEDIN4HE3COREDETERMINESTHE
FINANCIALSTRENGTHOF ACOMPANYUSINGNINECRITERIA
&OREVERYCRITERIONTHATISMET THECOMPANYISGIVEN
ONEPOINT)F ACRITERIONISNOTMET NOPOINTSARE
AWARDED4HEPOINTSARETHENADDEDUP!COMPANYIS
RATEDONASCALEOF ZEROTONINE NINEBEINGTHEBEST
3INCETHESCOREISBASEDONRECENTPERFORMANCE WE
CANSAYITFILTERSOUTTHE@CURRENTOUTPERFORMERIN

The best performers as per the F-Score


Net profit CFO ROA (%) Debt to equity Current ratio EBITDA margin (%) Asset turnover Piotroski
Company name CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY Score

Allcargo Logistics 247 154 430 311 6.7 4.5 0.32 0.55 1.04 0.95 9.5 8.9 1.52 1.42 9

Bharat Forge 764 522 1,029 716 9.7 6.9 0.74 0.95 1.80 1.37 20.3 16.8 0.99 0.91 9

Birla Corporation 175 130 282 359 3.5 2.8 0.50 0.56 3.65 2.58 12.4 11.0 0.75 0.74 9

Emami 485 402 534 428 32.6 30.2 0.03 0.04 2.96 2.65 28.0 27.3 1.52 1.39 9

Eveready Industries 49 14 72 93 4.4 1.2 0.36 0.38 0.86 0.74 9.5 8.2 1.19 1.09 9

Force Motors 102 78 226 116 5.1 4.0 0.01 0.02 1.63 1.50 8.1 6.8 1.31 1.17 9

Grindwell Norton 104 84 106 106 11.8 10.4 0.02 0.03 1.95 1.87 16.3 15.1 1.38 1.29 9

Gujarat Pipavav Port 387 192 444 290 19.5 10.8 0.00 0.22 2.00 1.80 62.5 52.8 0.44 0.29 9

JSW Energy 1,377 776 3,393 2,269 6.7 3.7 1.24 1.54 1.05 0.94 41.1 39.7 0.46 0.42 9

Kansai Nerolac Paints 275 209 309 195 11.8 9.6 0.03 0.05 2.14 1.79 11.1 10.0 1.83 1.73 9

Max India 365 209 2,579 2,160 1.1 0.8 0.17 0.23 1.03 0.83 5.0 4.3 0.46 0.43 9

Navneet Education 130 115 162 59 15.7 14.8 0.26 0.49 2.15 1.64 24.2 23.7 1.20 1.16 9

NHPC 2,798 1,633 4,061 3,824 4.5 2.6 0.67 0.74 2.01 1.84 81.6 70.1 0.13 0.12 9

Nirlon 33 32 205 175 1.3 1.3 3.00 3.06 0.18 0.15 77.6 77.5 0.10 0.08 9

Relaxo Footwears 103 66 110 125 13.7 10.6 0.65 0.72 1.20 1.10 13.4 12.2 2.00 1.97 9

Solar Industries 156 130 230 170 11.4 10.5 0.48 0.74 1.67 1.41 18.1 17.7 1.07 0.99 9

Star Ferro and Cement 120 5 261 160 5.5 0.2 1.29 1.44 1.22 1.05 29.6 22.0 0.67 0.55 9

VRL Logistics 91 57 232 203 9.4 5.9 1.24 1.65 0.51 0.40 16.8 14.6 1.73 1.54 9

Whirlpool Of India 211 123 300 204 12.3 8.3 0.00 0.00 1.64 1.46 8.9 6.8 2.44 2.37 9

CY: Current year; PY: Previous year; CFO: Cash flow from operations

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TERMSOF PROFITABILITYANDFINANCIALIMPROVEMENTOVER CONSIDEREDSTRONG)F THESCOREADDSUPTOANUMBER


THEPASTPERFORMANCE BETWEENZEROANDTWO THESTOCKISCONSIDEREDWEAK
&OLLOWINGARETHENINECRITERIAOF THE& 3CORE4HE 0IOTROSKIS!PRILPAPER @6ALUE)NVESTING4HE5SE
FIRSTFOURCRITERIAMEASUREPROFITABILITY4HENEXTTHREE OF (ISTORICAL&INANCIAL3TATEMENT)NFORMATIONTO
MEASURETHEHEALTHOF THEBALANCESHEETINTERMSOF 3EPARATE7INNERSFROM,OSERS DEMONSTRATEDTHATTHE
DEBTANDTHENUMBEROF SHARESOUTSTANDING4HELAST 0IOTROSKISCOREWOULDHAVESEENAPERCENTANNUAL
TWOFACTORSLOOKATOPERATINGEFFICIENCY RETURNBETWEENANDIF THEEXPECTEDWINNERS
WEREBOUGHTANDEXPECTEDLOSERSSHORTED7ITHANY
 0OSITIVENETINCOMEINTHECURRENTYEAR INVESTMENTSYSTEM LOOKINGATPASTRESULTSDOESNT
 0OSITIVEOPERATINGCASHFLOWINTHECURRENTYEAR ALWAYSMEANSITWILLWORKINTHEFUTURE BUTHAVINGAN
 (IGHERRETURNONASSETS2/! INTHECURRENTYEAR INVESTMENTPLANISNEVERABADIDEA
THANTHE2/!INTHEPREVIOUSYEAR
 #ASHFLOWFROMOPERATIONSGREATERTHANNETINCOME Our take
 ,OWERRATIOOF LONG TERMDEBTTOEQUITYINTHE 3INCETHE0IOTROSKI& SCOREISBASEDONRECENT
CURRENTPERIODASCOMPAREDTOTHEVALUEINTHE PERFORMANCEANDCOMPARESTHECURRENT YEAR
PREVIOUSYEAR NUMBERSTOTHOSEOF THEPREVIOUSYEARANDTHATTOO
 (IGHERCURRENTRATIOINTHECURRENTYEARAS ONRELATIVEBASIS ITPOINTSMORETOWARDSRECENT
COMPAREDTOTHEONEINTHEPREVIOUSYEAR PERFORMERS)F ACOMPANYHASALOWSCORE THATDOES
 .ONEWSHARESISSUEDDURINGTHELASTYEAR NOTNECESSARILYMEANTHATITSFINANCIALPOSITIONIS
 (IGHERGROSSMARGINTHANTHATINTHEPREVIOUSYEAR WEAK"UTYES THEYHAVENOTPERFORMEDINTHE
 !HIGHERASSET TURNOVERRATIOASCOMPAREDTOTHE CURRENTYEAR4HEREFORE THE0IOTROSKI& 3CORECOMES
ONEINTHEPREVIOUSYEAR HANDYTOFINDOUTTHECOMPANIESWHICHHAVE
PERFORMEDORUNDERPERFORMEDRECENTLYASCOMPARED
Decoding the F-Score TOTHEIRPERFORMANCEINPREVIOUSYEAR WI
)F ACOMPANYHASASCOREOF EIGHTORNINE ITIS Vikas Vardhan vikas@valueresearch.in

The worst performers as per the F-Score


Net profit CFO ROA (%) Debt to equity Current ratio EBITDA margin (%) Asset turnover Piotroski
Company name CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY CY PY Score

ABG Shipyard -901 -227 -880 -221 -7.2 -1.9 8.36 3.97 1.30 1.18 -62.3 28.0 0.04 0.14 2

Astrazeneca Pharma -21 -1 -46 -1 -5.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.01 1.13 -1.1 -0.8 1.27 1.34 2

Bajaj Electricals -14 -5 88 -7 -0.5 -0.2 0.60 0.50 1.03 1.03 2.6 2.4 1.57 1.65 2

Cipla 1,254 1,417 1,173 1,563 7.8 10.5 0.16 0.12 1.95 2.20 20.3 23.3 0.72 0.76 2

Escorts 76 247 5 343 2.2 7.0 0.27 0.24 1.00 1.05 5.4 7.1 1.19 1.87 2

Future Consumer -95 -15 -249 -79 -7.0 -1.5 0.88 0.14 1.36 2.32 -1.2 3.5 0.96 0.80 1

Godrej Industries 382 296 -1,050 -394 3.1 2.9 1.88 1.50 1.17 1.18 6.6 7.3 0.75 0.78 2

Godrej Properties 236 236 -941 -689 3.4 4.1 1.89 1.40 1.46 1.50 18.5 30.3 0.26 0.21 2

HCL Infosystems -215 -80 -798 257 -3.8 -1.4 0.77 0.60 1.20 1.47 0.4 0.9 1.40 1.60 2

IVRCL -1,568 -882 -332 -493 -11.0 -6.4 12.15 4.28 0.94 0.81 -4.2 5.8 0.27 0.36 2

Larsen & Toubro 4,964 4,875 -669 -7,143 2.7 3.1 2.31 2.25 1.22 1.25 18.1 17.5 0.51 0.54 2

M&M 2,593 4,323 1,055 -244 2.8 5.3 1.47 1.52 1.18 1.44 12.3 13.6 0.83 0.95 2

Network 18 Media -688 -75 -46 -38 -17.7 -1.8 0.20 0.15 0.06 0.25 -7.9 -17.2 0.02 0.02 2

Oberoi Realty 317 311 -971 -517 5.0 5.8 0.19 0.02 2.77 3.18 67.1 61.9 0.15 0.15 2

Tech Mahindra 2,659 3,062 2,409 1,596 15.2 25.1 0.06 0.04 1.77 1.82 18.8 22.8 1.29 1.54 2

CY: Current year; PY: Previous year; CFO: Cash flow from operations

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Caught in the crossfire


How the governments bid to tackle the mounting losses of power-
distribution companies may hit power-finance companies
HEGOVERNMENTSETABOUTTOADDRESSANAILING How fortunes change!

4 POWER DISTRIBUTIONSECTOR4HEMUCH NEEDED


REFORMSHAVETAKENTHESHAPEOF THE5$!9
SCHEME(ERESHOWTHESECTORWILLGETAFFECTEDANDHOW
The impact on PFC and REC on implementation of UDAY

PFC (STANDALONE)
PROFIT & LOSS FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E FY18E
THESCHEMEMAYHITPOWER FINANCECOMPANIES
Net interest income (` cr) 8,553 9,887 10,359 9,811 9,244
What is UDAY? !TITSCORE THE5$!95JWAL$)3#/-
NII growth (YoY; %) 37.00 15.60 4.80 -5.30 -5.80
!SSURANCE9OJANA SCHEMECALLSUPONSTATE
PAT (` cr) 5,418 6,524 6,843 7,148 7,358
GOVERNMENTSTOTAKEOVERALLOF THEDEBTOF POWER
PAT growth (YoY; %) 22.60 10.00 9.20 2.70 0.50
DISTRIBUTIONCOMPANIESnPERCENTOVERTHENEXTTWO
Loans growth (YoY; %) 18.00 14.70 12.60 -0.70 13.30
THREEYEARSANDTHEREMAININGPERCENTBACKEDBY
STATEGUARANTEES3TATESWILLALSOBEREQUIREDTOBEARANY YIELDS/MARGINS (%)

FUTURELOSSESOF DISTRIBUTIONCOMPANIES Interest spread 3.48 3.41 2.98 2.30 1.73

Why has the government taken this route? 0OWER DISTRIBUTION Net interest margin 4.82 4.79 4.39 3.74 3.16
COMPANIESHAVERACKEDUPLOSSESTOTHETUNEOF AN PROFITABILITY (%)
ESTIMATED` CRORE7HATMAKESMATTERSWORSEIS Return on assets 2.97 2.81 2.70 2.49 2.25
THATDISTRIBUTIONCOMPANIESINANUMBEROF STATES Return on equity 20.78 19.64 18.14 16.04 14.39
CANNOTHIKERATESTOCOVERTHETARIFF LOSSESOF PREVIOUS
REC (STANDALONE)
YEARS!SARESULT OVERTHEYEARS LOSSESHAVEPILEDON
PROFIT & LOSS FY14 FY15 FY16E FY17E FY18E
9ET IF FULLYIMPLEMENTED THISSCHEMEISEXPECTEDTO
Net interest income (` cr) 7,271 8,703 9,525 8,813 8,234
RESULTINREDUCTIONOF LOSSESBY` CRORE
NII growth (YoY; %) 33.10 19.70 9.40 -7.50 -6.60
Bad news for some 4HE5$!9SCHEMEMAYAPPEARJUST
PAT (` cr) 4,684 5,260 6,397 5,983 5,591
WHATTHEDOCTORORDEREDFORPOWER DISTRIBUTION
COMPANIES)T HOWEVER SPELLSTROUBLEFORANOTHERSETOF PAT growth (YoY; %) 22.70 12.30 21.60 -6.50 -6.50

POWERSECTORCOMPANIESnTHEFINANCIERS SPECIFICALLY Loans growth (YoY; %) 16.70 20.70 17.80 -8.00 12.30

0OWER&INANCE#ORPORATION0&# AND2URAL YIELDS/MARGINS (%)


%LECTRIFICATION#ORPORATION2%# 4HESETWOSTATE Interest spread 3.79 3.83 3.44 2.51 1.88
ENTERPRISESLORDEDOVERLOSS MAKINGDISTRIBUTION Net interest margin 5.18 5.23 4.81 3.86 3.24
COMPANIES GENERATINGHIGHERYIELDSFORLOANSMADEOUT PROFITABILITY (%)
TOTHESELOSS MAKINGCOMPANIES Return on assets 3.30 3.12 3.20 2.60 2.18
)F THE5$!9SCHEMEISIMPLEMENTED DISTRIBUTION Return on equity 24.20 22.70 23.20 18.60 15.30
COMPANIESWILLSEEANIMPROVEMENTINOPERATING Source: JM Financial
PERFORMANCETHATMAYREDUCETHEDEMANDFORLOANSFOR
COVERINGLOSSES4HEREQUIREMENTFORLOANS ASARESULT BETWEEN&9AND&9 SAYS*-&INANCIAL3ECURITIES
COULDALSOSEEADECLINE TOAROUNDPERCENTANDPERCENT#!'2 RESPECTIVELY
)NADOUBLE WHAMMYBLOWTOPOWER FINANCE BETWEEN&9ANDSEETHETABLES 
COMPANIES BETTEROPERATIONALPERFORMANCEOF 2ETURNSONEQUITY2/% FORTHESETWOPOWER
DISTRIBUTIONCOMPANIESWOULDLEADTOTHEIRRATINGS FINANCIERSAREALSOEXPECTEDTOSPIRALDOWN0&#COULD
IMPROVEMENT WHICHINTURNCOULDTHENALLOWTHEM SEEITS2/%FALLFROMPERCENTIN&9TOANESTIMATED
ACCESSTOBANKS AWAYFROMTHETRADITIONALGO TOGUYS PERCENTIN&9*-&INANCIALESTIMATES 2%#COULD
0&#AND2%# SEEITS2/%FALLFROMPERCENTTOPERCENTINTHE
,OANGROWTHFORPOWER FINANCECOMPANIES THEREFORE SAMEPERIOD)TREMAINSTOBESEENHOWTHESETWO
ISLIKELYTOTAKEAHIT4HEANNUALLOANGROWTHFOR0&# SALVAGETHEIRPASTPERFORMANCEWI
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Yes, this is a bull market


For every industry that is down, two are commanding premium valuations.
There is scope for discovering value as well.
HE)NDIANSTOCKMARKETOFFERSAMIXEDBAGOF SEETHETABLES 4HATMEANSMARKETSAREWILLINGTOPAY

4 INDUSTRIESnSOMETHATAREDOINGWELL OTHERSTHAT
AREBITINGTHEDUST6ALUATIONSAREA
COMMONINDICATOROF HOWMUCHASECTORISIN
UPMOREFORHIGHERGROWTHTHANREMAINRISK OFF
4HEPREMIUMLOTISTHECRMEDELACRMEOF
)NDIA)NC4HESEARETHEINDUSTRIESWITHSALES
DEMAND4HEREARETHREEDISTINCTVALUATION GROWTH EARNINGSGROWTHANDMOMENTUMON
GROUPSVISIBLEINTHEMARKETSTODAY THEIRSIDE4HEYARETHETOASTOF THE
4OGETACLEARERPICTUREOF WHEREEACH MARKETSANDINVESTORSALIKE
INDUSTRYSTANDS WESEGREGATEDTHEM 4HEPREMIUMLOTISINHABITEDWITH
BASEDON0%VALUATIONS4HEINDUSTRIES MUCHOF THEUSUALSUSPECTSnMEDIA
TRADINGATA0%OF ORABOVEMAKETHE &-#' PHARMAANDTELECOM3URPRISE
PREMIUMLOT4HOSETRADINGATORBELOW ENTRANTSINCLUDECEMENTANDINDUSTRIALS
BELONGTOTHEDOWN AND OUTLOT!NDTHE 4HOUGHTHEHOUSINGSECTORISDOWN CEMENT
REMAININGCONSTITUTETHEIN BETWEENERS STOCKSHAVERALLIEDONTHEBACKOF THE
4HERESULTSAREREMARKABLE4HEPREMIUMLOT GOVERNMENTS@(OUSINGFOR!LLAND@3MART#ITIES
BEATSTHEDOWN AND OUTCATEGORYBYACLEARMAJORITY SCHEMES)NINDUSTRIALS FALLINGEARNINGSWITHOUTA
CORRESPONDINGFALLINSHAREPRICESHASRESULTEDINHIGHER
Whats hot, whats not VALUATIONMULTIPLES
The market has more industries in the premium lot, sig- 7ITHINTHEPREMIUMLOT MEDIAISTHEMOSTEXPENSIVE
nalling rising valuations and hence a bullish sentiment ATTIMESEARNINGS!CHARGEDPOLITICALENVIRONMENT
THE PREMIUM LOT (P/E ABOVE 25) ANDAPENCHANTFOR)NDIANSTOENJOYSOAPSHAVECREATED
Industry P/E P/B Div. yield (%) RoE (%)
HIGHEARNINGSGROWTHFORMEDIACOMPANIES4HE
MARKETSLOVEMEDIASPERFORMANCETODAY DISPLACING
Media 42.6 6.3 0.8 14.7
&-#' THETRADITIONALMOSTEXPENSIVESECTOR
Consumers 32.4 11.9 1.8 36.6
4HENTHEREISTHEDOWN AND OUTLOTnTHOSECOMPANIES
Industrials 31.9 2.4 1.0 7.5
THATARENOTMARKETFAVOURITESANDDONOTEXTOLANY
Pharmaceuticals 31.4 5.8 0.6 18.4
ADMIRATION%NERGYISTHEMOSTUNLOVEDSECTOR&ALLING
Cement 26.5 2.6 1.0 9.7
CRUDEPRICES WHILEPOSITIVEFORSOME HAVEDISTURBEDTHE
Telecom 25.2 2.1 0.8 8.3
ECONOMICSOF OTHERSLIKEOILEXPLORERS4HEREISNO
TELLINGWHERECRUDEWILLSETTLE GIVINGLITTLECLARITYON
THE DOWN-AND-THE-OUT (P/E BELOW 15)
HOWMUCHEARNINGSOF DRILLERSANDTHEIRASSOCIATED
Industry P/E P/B Div. yield (%) RoE (%)
INDUSTRIESWILLFALL
Energy 10.6 1.1 2.6 10.8
5TILITIESANDMETALSPICKTHESECONDANDTHIRDMOST
Utilities 12.1 1.4 2.2 11.3
UNLOVEDSPACES7HILEARBITRARYGOVERNMENTPOLICIES
Metals & Mining 14.2 1.5 3.6 10.8
ANDFREEDOLESHAVEWRECKEDTHEBOOKSOF UTILITIES METAL
COMPANIESREELFROMTHEGLOBALCRASHINPRICESFOLLOWING
THE IN-BETWEENERS
ASLOWDOWNIN#HINA
Industry P/E P/B Div. yield (%) RoE (%)
!NDTHENTHEREARETHEIN BETWEENERSnINDUSTRIES
Banking 16.8 2.2 1.3 13.3
THATBELONGTONEITHERCAMP!UTOMOBILES TECHNOLOGY
Technology 18.8 4.9 2.0 26.0
ANDBANKINGTAKETHISSPACE4HISISASPACETHATHAS
Automobiles 18.9 3.4 1.0 18.2
SHOWNEARNINGSGROWTH ESPECIALLYINAUTOAND
Infrastructure 19.6 4.4 0.6 22.4
TECHNOLOGY ANDWHEREVALUATIONSHAVENOTHITTHEROOF
All data are for FY16E 6ALUECANBEFOUNDHEREWI
Source: Kotak Institutional Equities report, November 9, 2015
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-BCPVSJOH VOEFSMBXT
The maze of labour laws in India has made it difficult for the country to
rejuvenate its manufacturing sector

VIVEK KAUL
&BSMJFS UIJT ZFBS JO "QSJM  XIJMF SMALL !ND GIVEN THIS 0ANAGARIYA UNDERSTANDS WHAT
ADDRESSING BUSINESSMEN AT A MEET ORGANISED BY THE THEREALPROBLEMISFOR)NDIANMANUFACTURING
BUSINESS LOBBY #ONFEDERATION OF )NDIAN )NDUSTRIES !S "HAGWATI AND 0ANAGARIYA WRITE h4HE MINISTRY
#)) !RVIND 0ANAGARIYA THE 6ICE #HAIRMAN OF THE OF LABOUR LISTS AS MANY AS FIFTY TWO INDEPENDENT
.)4)!AYOG SAIDh(EREISMYCHARGETOYOUIF )LOOK #ENTRAL GOVERNMENT !CTS IN THE AREA OF LABOUR
AROUND NONE OF YOU INVEST IN INDUSTRIES IN SECTORS !CCORDINGTO!MIT-ITRATHEFINANCEMINISTEROF 7EST
THATWOULDGENERATELOTSOF EMPLOYMENTALLOF YOUJUST "ENGAL AND A FORMER BUSINESS LOBBYIST THERE EXIST
RUNAWAYFROMHIRINGPURPOSEv!S0ANAGARIYAFURTHER ANOTHERSTATE LEVELLAWSIN)NDIA4HISCOUNTPLACES
SAID h%VERY YEAR  MILLION ENTER THE LABOUR FORCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LABOUR LAWS IN )NDIA AT
7HATISYOURPLANFORTHECOUNTRYSOTHATMOREPEOPLE APPROXIMATELYv
ARE EMPLOYED 7E REALLY NEED TO THINK 9OU KNOW THE &URTHER THESE MULTITUDE OF LAWS ARE hNOT ENTIRELY
GROUND CONDITIONS WHY YOU ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER LEADING A
INVESTING IN SECTORS WHICH ARE MORE WITTOREMARKTHATYOUCANNOTIMPLEMENT
LABOUR INTENSIVESUCHASFOODPROCESSING
THE CURE-ALL )NDIAN LABOUR LAWS  PER CENT WITHOUT
ELECTRONICASSEMBLY LEATHERPRODUCTSv Success in VIOLATINGPERCENTOF THEMv
0ANAGARIYA OF COURSE KNOWS THAT 4HISSURFEITOF LABOURLAWSESSENTIALLY
SUCCESS IN MANUFACTURING IS IMPORTANT manufacturing is ENSURES THAT MOST )NDIAN
FORANYCOUNTRYTOSUCCEEDECONOMICALLY important to succeed MANUFACTURINGFIRMSSTARTOF SMALLAND
TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY AND NOT
economically, to draw REMAIN SMALL 4AKE THE CASE OF THE
CONTINUE TO BE A DEVELOPING COUNTRY OR GARMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY )NDIA
TO PUT IT MORE EUPHEMISTICALLY AN people out of poverty BARELY HAS ANY BIG FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR
EMERGINGMARKET and not continue to be a !S 4 . .INAN WRITES IN HIS BOOK 4HE
!S -ATT 2IDDLEY WRITES IN 4HE
developing country 4URNOFTHE4ORTOISE 4HE#HALLENGEAND
%VOLUTIONOF%VERYTHINGh4OTHISDAY IT 0ROMISEOF)NDIAS&UTURE h2IGIDLABOUR
IS VERY HARD FOR A COUNTRY TO BECOME A LAWSPREVENTFLEXIBILITYINMANNINGFORA
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY WITHOUT BEING AN AGRICULTURAL SEASONAL INDUSTRY AND HARDLY ANY LARGE SCALE
SUCCESS AND THEN A MANUFACTURING SUCCESS FIRSTx )TS OPERATIONEXISTSTHATCOULDDELIVERECONOMIESOF SCALE
THEPATHTHAT"RITAINAND!MERICAFOLLOWEDATAMORE 4HE COUNTRY HAS ONLY THREE OR FOUR GARMENT MAKERS
LEISURELY PACE IN THE EIGHTEENTH NINETEENTH AND WITHTURNOVERINEXCESSOF MILLIONv
TWENTIETHCENTURYv 4HELABOURLAWSCOMEINTHEWAY)NFACT THINGSHAVE
!T THE SAME TIME 0ANAGARIYA WAS PERHAPS BATTING NOW REACHED A STAGE WHERE "ANGLADESH EXPORTS MORE
FOR THE CURRENT POLITICAL DISPENSATION THAT HE IS CLOSE GARMENTS THAN )NDIA )N  "ANGLADESH EXPORTED
TO )N HIS BOOK )NDIAS 4RYST 7ITH $ESTINY WRITTEN GARMENTS WORTH  BILLION )NDIA WAS AHEAD AT 
WITH *AGDISH "HAGWATI HE EXPLAINS IN GREAT DETAIL BILLION "ETWEEN THEN AND  WHILE "ANGLADESHS
WHY )NDIAN MANUFACTURING DOESNT SCALE UP OR WHY GARMENTEXPORTSJUMPEDTOBILLION )NDIASWENTUP
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WAY BEHIND THOSE OF "ANGLADESH #HINAS GARMENT INDUSTRY WOULD ADD MORE THAN  MILLION JOBS 4HE
EXPORTS MEANWHILE JUMPED FROM  BILLION TO  NUMBER WOULD GROW TO A TOTAL OF  MILLION JOBS IF
BILLIONDURINGTHESAMEPERIOD )NDIAREACHED"ANGLADESHSEXPORTTARGETFOR
4HE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO CATER TO EXPORT BILLION 4HATTRANSLATESINTOMILLIONADDITIONALJOBS
MARKETS NEEDSTODELIVERLARGEORDERSATAQUICKPACE EVERYYEARFORTHENEXTFIVEYEARSv)NFACT THEGARMENT
!S-IHIR33HARMAWRITESIN 2ESTART 4HE,AST#HANCE MANUFACTURING SECTOR CAN EMPLOY A LARGE NUMBER OF
FOR THE )NDIAN %CONOMY h2EALLY LONG ASSEMBLY LINES WOMENASWELL
STILL MATTER IN TEXTILES IN SOME CASES  PEOPLE CAN 4OCONCLUDE THEREISAPROBLEMANDITHASASOLUTION
SEQUENTIALLY WORK TO MAKE A PAIR OF TROUSERS IN LEAST 4HESOLUTIONISWELLKNOWNIMPROVETHELABOURLAWS
TIME)N"ANGLADESH THEAVERAGENUMBEROF PEOPLEINA "UTNOTHINGMAJORHASBEENDONEONTHATFRONTBYTHE
FACTORY IS BETWEEN  AND  IN THE 3OUTH )NDIAN .ARENDRA-ODIGOVERNMENT
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Mohammed Ekramul Haque

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AUTOMOBILES

In top gear 19.2% 7.7%


EBITDA growth
(YoY)
Revenue growth
(YoY)

UTOMOBILEMANUFACTURERSAREAHAPPYLOTTHESEDAYS0ASSENGERCARSSAWSALESJUMPPERCENT ACCORDINGTOA
! RELEASEBYTHE3OCIETYOF )NDIAN!UTOMOBILE-ANUFACTURERS3)!- MARKINGTHETHCONSECUTIVEMONTHLY
IMPROVEMENTINVEHICLESALES4HEINDUSTRYSAGGREGATE%")4$!GROWTHWASTHEHIGHESTAMONGMAJORINDUSTRIES
,IGHTCOMMERCIALVEHICLESANDSCOOTERSSAWMOMENTUMPICKUP WHILEMEDIUMANDHEAVYCOMMERCIALVEHICLES
TRAILED-OTORCYCLESANDTRACTORSSAWSUBDUEDPERFORMANCE ESPECIALLYINRURALAREAS AFTERAWEAKMONSOON

MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA WHIZZING AHEAD All data as per TTM numbers. ROCE and debt to equity as per FY15 numbers.

)TSNOTASURPRISETHENTHATTHECOUN OF THEFESTIVESEASON SALESWILLBEHIGH


TRYSLARGESTPASSENGERVEHICLEMANUFAC ER4HETHIRDQUARTERISAMONGTHEBEST 1,40,461 31.18
Market cap (` cr) P/E
TURERENJOYSTHERESURGENCEINAUTO FORAUTOMANUFACTURERSINTHECOUNTRY
SALES-ARUTIREPORTED%")4$!GROWTH 4HENEWRELEASE"ALENOISDOINGWELL Latest 5Y CAGR
OF PERCENTINTHELASTMONTHS WHILETHE3 #ROSSISYETTODELIVER Revenue
(` cr) 52,189 11.54
WHICHISFANTASTIC CONSIDERINGTHATTHE -ARUTIOPENED.%8!SHOWROOMS
SECTORSUFFEREDTHEWORSTSLUMPINA WITHMOREADDITIONSPLANNEDTHIS EBITDA 8,973 39.62
(` cr)
DECADEJUSTTHREEYEARSAGO YEAR2URAL)NDIACONTINUESTOPUSHUP
#RITICALTOAUTOSALESAREVOLUMENUM VOLUMEGROWTHATTWICETHERATEOF Net profit 4,505 44.38
(` cr)
BERS-ARUTIHASREITERATEDDOUBLE DIGIT URBANVOLUMES
VOLUMEGROWTHTHISYEAR7ITHTHESTART -ARUTICOULDREPORTVOLUMEGROWTH
Latest 5Y average
OF PERCENT#!'2BETWEEN&9AND
6000 Maruti Suzuki India Sensex EBITDA 14.62 13.50
&9 ACCORDINGTO+OTAK3ECURITIES margin (%)
4500 WITHANNUALEARNINGSPERSHARE Net 7.48 6.64
Sensex rebased to margin (%)
GROWTHPEGGEDATPERCENT!N
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3000 companys stock price


INDUSTRY LEADINGVOLUMEGROWTH
1500 RoCE (%) 21.42 18.85
EXPECTEDINTERESTRATECUTSAND
0 IMPROVEMENTINTHEECONOMYSHOULD Debt
to equity 0.03 0.07
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 KEEP-ARUTIINHIGHGEAR

FORCE MOTORS SETTING OUT ON ITS OWN TRAX


2ACINGNECKANDNECKINTHE%")4$! CIALVEHICLEBRANDSANDTHE"ALWANAND
GROWTHGAMEWITH-ARUTIISTHECOMMER THE/RCHARDAREITSTRACTORS 4,438 33.00
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CIAL VEHICLEMANUFACTURER&ORCE-OTORS 4WOPRIMARYVERTICALSDRIVE&ORCES
WHICHREPORTEDAN%")4$!JUMPOF  REVENUES4HEAUTOMOTIVEVERTICALBRINGS Latest 5Y CAGR
PERCENTINTHELASTMONTHS INPERCENTOF REVENUESANDCOMPO Revenue
(` cr) 2,597 7.88
4HELIGHTCOMMERCIAL VEHICLESEGMENT NENTS PERCENT&ORCEUNDERTAKESCON
IS&ORCESTERRAINITHASAMARKETSHARE TRACTMANUFACTURINGOF COMPONENTSFOR EBITDA 261
(` cr) 20.71
OF PERCENT)NTHESUB SEGMENTOF FIVE -ERCEDESAND"-7 ASSEMBLINGENGINES
TONNES ITHASANEVENHIGHERSHAREOF  FORINSTANCE FORTHESELUXURY CARMANU Net profit 135 -45.48
(` cr)
PERCENT4HE4RAX THE4RAVELLERANDTHE FACTURERSINTHECOUNTRY.EWGROWTH
4RUMPCOMPOSETHECOMPANYSCOMMER DRIVERS&ORCEISLOOKINGATINCLUDEOPPOR
Latest 5Y average
TUNITIESINAMBULANCES SCHOOLBUSES FIRE
4000 Force Motors Sensex EBITDA 9.78 8.22
ENGINESANDSHUTTLEBUSES margin (%)
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MONTHANDISTRADINGONLYPERCENT
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2000 companys stock price


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INJUSTFOURMONTHSSINCE*ULYTHISYEAR
0 !LLOWEARNINGSTODOSOMECATCHINGUP Debt
to equity 0.01 0.02
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 BEFOREHITCHHIKINGONTHIS"ALWAN

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PHARMA

Going strong 16.0% 8.9%


EBITDA growth
(YoY)
Revenue growth
(YoY)

IGHTONTHEHEELSOF THERESURGENTAUTOSECTOR PHARMAFOLLOWSWITHTHESECOND HIGHESTEARNINGSGROWTHOF 


2 PERCENT4HE53 THELARGESTMARKETINTHEWORLDFORPHARMACOMPANIES OFFEREDMIXEDRESULTS/NTHEONE
HANDWHILELARGECOMPANIESLIKE3UN0HARMAAND$R2EDDYSFACEINCREASINGHEATFROMTHE53&OODAND$RUG
!DMINISTRATION53&$! SMALLERONESLIKE!LEMBICAND4ORRENTAREDOINGVERYWELL!STRINGENT53&$!ISNOT
)NDIANPHARMASONLYHEADACHE$OMESTICSALESSOFTENEDFORANUMBEROF PLAYERS

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4ORRENT0HARMATOPSTHEPHARMASEC LONG TERMSUSTAINABLESALES OF ABOUT


TOR WITHEARNINGSGROWTHOF PERCENT MILLIONOVER&9n)TALSOHAS 25,856 19.68
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44- 9O9 4HISISHIGHERTHANEVEN FIVEMOREDRUGSTHATAREGENERICSOF
THEINDUSTRYLEADER3UN0HARMA BLOCKBUSTERS INCLUDINGTHEINFAMOUS Latest 5Y CAGR
4ORRENTHASFOUNDITSCALLINGINFOL 6IAGRA Revenue
(` cr) 5,831 27.54
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OF DRUGSWITHANNUALSALESWORTHBIL REPORTEDSTELLARPERFORMANCEASINTHE EBITDA 2,331 60.20
(` cr)
LIONORMORE4ORRENTHASTHREESUCH 53)NDIAREVENUESWEREFLATINTHELAT
DRUGSn!BILIFY #YMBALTAAND.EXIUM ESTQUARTER9O9 WHEREAS,ATIN Net profit 1,314 64.74
(` cr)
.OMURA2ESEARCHSAYSTHATTHEYCAN !MERICAANDRESTOF THEWORLDREPORTED
GENERATEEXCESSREVENUESINEXCESSOF DECLINEINSALES Latest 5Y average
4HE53WILLCONTINUETODRIVE
2000 Torrent Pharma Sensex EBITDA 36.59 29.40
4ORRENTSFORTUNESFORSOMETIME margin (%)
1500 2EVENUESFROMTHE53AREEXPECTEDTO Net 22.05 18.00
GROWPERCENT#!'2BETWEEN&9 margin (%)
Price (`)

1000
Sensex rebased to AND&9 SAYS.OMURA PUSHINGTHE
500 companys stock price RoCE (%) 26.98 31.23
OVERALLANNUALREVENUERUNRATETOPER
0 CENT%ARNINGSPERSHAREISLIKELYTOGROW Debt
to equity 1.10 0.73
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 ATPERCENT#!'2INTHISPERIOD

ALEMBIC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED-COMPETITION GAINS


4ORRENTISNOTTHEONLY)NDIANCOMPANY FILINGSWITHPENDINGFORAPPROVAL
RAKINGITINWITHG!BILIFY@GSTANDSFOR !LEMBICHASASTRONGPRESENCEINTHE 12,399 24.81
Market cap (` cr) P/E
@GENERIC SALES!LEMBICGIVESITCOMPA DOMESTICBRANDEDSPACE WHICHHASSEEN
NY!LEMBICSAWTHESECONDHIGHESTEARN ITSCONTRIBUTIONTOTOTALDOMESTICSALES Latest 5Y CAGR
INGSGROWTH ATPERCENT DURINGTHE RISEFROMPERCENTIN&9TOPER Revenue
(` cr) 2,603 20.33
LASTONEYEAR CENTIN&9
,IMITED COMPETITIONPRODUCTSAREITS 7ITHCLOSETOTENANNUALLAUNCHESPER EBITDA 680 44.09
(` cr)
BUZZWORD.OTABLEAMONGTHEMARE YEAR !LEMBICS53REVENUESCOULDGROW
G!BILIFY G#ELEBREX G%XFORGEAND BYPERCENT#!'2BETWEEN&9AND Net profit 499 53.56
(` cr)
G-ICARDIS OUTOF WHICHTHEFIRSTTWOARE &9 SAYS)#)#)3ECURITIES4HEDOMES
BLOCKBUSTERDRUGS!LEMBICHAS!.$! TICSPECIALTYSEGMENTISSLATEDTOGROWAT
Latest 5Y average
PERCENT#!'2DURINGTHESAMEPERI
800 Alembic Pharma Sensex EBITDA 25.74 21.57
OD TAKINGTHEANNUALTOTALREVENUE margin (%)
600 GROWTHTOPERCENT Net 18.95 15.06
!LEMBICHASACLEANBALANCESHEET margin (%)
Price (`)

400
Sensex rebased to WITHTHEDEBTEQUITYRATIOOF ANDA
200 companys stock price RoCE (%) 37.54 37.71
RETURNONCAPITALEMPLOYEDOF PER
0 CENT'IVENITSGROWTHDRIVERS ITISLIKELY Debt
to equity 0.30 0.28
Sep11 Jul12 May13 Mar14 Jan15 Nov15 TOKEEPBUZZINGINTHEYEARSAHEAD

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TELECOM

Bracing for Jio 12.7% 5.2%


EBITDA growth
(YoY)
Revenue growth
(YoY)

HESEARETOUGHDAYSFORTELECOMOPERATORS0LENTYOF BADPRESSWITHTHECALL DROPISSUENOWTHREATENSTO

4 INVITEFINANCIALPENALTIES4HISCOMESRIGHTBEFORETHELAUNCHOF 2ELIANCE*IO ANOPERATORBELIEVEDTOBE


CAPABLEOF CHANGINGTHEGAME"USINESSINTHEMEANTIMEISDOINGWELLFORTELECOMPLAYERS4HEINDUSTRY
REPORTEDTHETHIRDHIGHESTGAINSIN%")4$!44- AFTERTHEAUTOANDTHEPHARMASECTORS(EREARETWOVERYDIFFER
ENTCOMPANIESFROMTHETELECOMSECTORTHATHAVEREPORTEDTHEHIGHEST%")4$!GAINSTHISYEAR

IDEA CELLULAR COUNTING ON DATA All data as per TTM numbers. ROCE and debt to equity as per FY15 numbers.

)DEAISTHECOUNTRYSTHIRDLARGESTWIRE NESSFORTELECOMOPERATORS"OTH
LESSOPERATOR WITHAREVENUEMARKET INCREASEDPENETRATIONANDNEWMOBILE 46,903 13.60
Market cap (` cr) P/E
SHAREOF AROUNDPERCENT)THASSERVIC LAUNCHESTHATOFFER'SPEEDSHAVE
ESINALLTELECOMCIRCLESINTHECOUNTRY FUELLEDTHEDEMANDFORDATA!LLPLAYERS Latest 5Y CAGR
)NTHELASTMONTHS )DEAREPORTED RECOGNISETHISOPPORTUNITYANDARE Revenue
(` cr) 33,878 16.96
%")4$!GROWTHOF PERCENT44- n INVESTINGININFRASTRUCTURETODEVELOP
MUCHHIGHERTHANINDUSTRYLEADERAND BOTH'ANDTHENEXTGENERATION' EBITDA 12,578 31.27
(` cr)
GIANT"HARTI!IRTELSPERCENT THOUGH THROUGHOUTTHECOUNTRY4HESECOND
THELATTERSEARNINGSWEREAFFECTEDBY QUARTERSAWDATABRINGINGCLOSETOPER Net profit 3,449 55.68
(` cr)
OVERSEASOPERATIONS CENTOF )DEASREVENUESnUPBASIS
$ATAISTURNINGOUTTOBEABIGBUSI POINTS9O9 Latest 5Y average
4HEBIGGESTTHREATTHATESTABLISHED
250 Idea Cellular Sensex EBITDA 33.45 33.80
PLAYERSLIKE)DEAHAVEEVERFACEDINTHE margin (%)
200 COUNTRYISTHEUPCOMINGLAUNCHOF TELE Net 10.17 9.23
COMSERVICESBYTHE-UKESH!MBANI margin (%)
Price (`)

150
Sensex rebased to CONTROLLED2ELIANCE*IO.OONEREALLY
100 companys stock price RoCE (%) 13.77 11.86
KNOWSWHATKINDOF PRICINGSTRATEGIES
50 2ELIANCEWILLINDULGEINTOGRABMARKET Debt
to equity 1.17 1.13
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 SHAREFROMTHEINCUMBENTS

BHARTI INFRATEL PLAYING THE TOWER GAME


4HEHIGHDECIBELDISCUSSIONONTHECALL CENT AND)DEAPERCENT )NDUSHAS
DROPISSUEANDTHEGOVERNMENTSTHREAT  TOWERSAND ACCORDINGTO"HARTI 70,025 31.55
Market cap (` cr) P/E
OF IMPOSINGFINESISMUSICTOTHEEARSOF )NFRATEL HASAMARKETSHAREOF PER
TOWEROPERATORSLIKE"HARTI)NFRATEL)T CENTINTHECOUNTRY Latest 5Y CAGR
SIMPLYMEANSMORETOWERSWILLBENEED "HARTI)NFRATELREPORTED%")4$! Revenue
(` cr) 11,949 6.83
EDTOCOVERMOREAREA GROWTHOF PERCENTINTHELASTTWELVE
"HARTI)NFRATEL ANINFRASTRUCTURESUB MONTHS THESECONDHIGHESTEARNINGSIN EBITDA 5,931 15.45
(` cr)
SIDIARYOF "HARTI!IRTEL OWNSPERCENT THESECTORAMONGLISTEDPLAYERS)NFRATEL
OF )NDUS4OWERS)NDUS INTURN ISOWNED HASNETCASHOF AROUND` CROREASOF Net profit 2,219 36.67
(` cr)
BYTHETOPTHREE'3-OPERATORS"HARTI 1%")4$!MARGINSSTANDATPER
HOLDSPERCENT 6ODAFONEALSOPER CENT44- UPFROMPERCENTINTHE
Latest 5Y average
CORRESPONDINGPERIODLASTYEAR
500 Bharti Infratel Sensex EBITDA 47.47 46.54
4HETOWERINDUSTRYISSETTOENTERA margin (%)
400 HIGHCOMPETITIVEPHASEINTHECOMING Net 18.57 16.56
YEARSASOPERATORSINCREASEINVESTMENTS marging (%)
Price (`)

300
Sensex rebased to INTOWERSINABIDTOIMPROVECALLQUALITY
200 companys stock price RoCE (%) 16.31 13.06
ANDALSOTODEVELOPADEEPERPENETRATION
100 2ELIANCE*IOSENTRYTHREATENSTOSHAKE Debt
to equity 0.15 0.18
Dec12 Oct13 Aug14 Jun15 Nov15 UPTHETOWERINDUSTRYASWELL

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MEDIA

Magic of media 11.3% 10.3%


EBITDA growth
(YoY)
Revenue growth
(YoY)

CHARGEDPOLITICALENVIRONMENTISGOODNEWSFORNEWSPAPERCOMPANIES)TMEANSMOREADSFROMRIVALPOLITI

! CALPARTIESASEACHSETSOUTTOOUTDOTHEOTHER)TSNOSURPRISETHENTHATTHEMEDIASECTORHASSEENTHESEC
ONDHIGHESTREVENUEGROWTHAFTERTECHNOLOGY .OTMANYINDUSTRIESCANBOASTOF ADOUBLE DIGITREVENUE
GROWTHINTHEOTHERWISESUBDUEDECONOMICENVIRONMENT

JAGRAN PRAKASHAN UP ON ADS All data as per TTM numbers. ROCE and debt to equity as per FY15 numbers.

*AGRAN0RAKASHANISTHEPUBLISHEROF $UNIYA AND MID DAY WHICHHAD


$AINIK*AGRAN COUNTEDASTHEMOST REPORTEDLOSSESFORTHEPASTTWOYEARS
READNEWSPAPERINTHEWORLD HAVETURNEDBLACK4HESETWOPAPERS 4,904 18.10
Market cap (` cr) P/E
)NTHEFIRSTHALF OF THECURRENTYEAR WHICHRESULTEDINLOSSESTOTHETUNEOF
*AGRANREPORTEDANACCELERATEDADVER `CROREIN&9AND`CROREIN&9 Latest 5Y CAGR
TISEMENTREVENUEGROWTHOF PERCENT REPORTEDANOPERATINGPROFITOF ` Revenue
(` cr) 1,670 10.25
ASCOMPAREDTOTHEPERCENTAYEAR CROREIN1
AGO)NDUSTRIESTHATCONTRIBUTEDTOTHE 0RINT ADREVENUESAREALSODEPENDANT EBITDA 503 14.58
(` cr)
ADGROWTHINTHELATESTQUARTERINCLUDE ONGOVERNMENTADVERTISEMENTS REAL
THERESURGENTAUTOMOBILESECTOR WHITE ESTATEANDEDUCATIONSECTORS!STEADY Net profit 236 4.12
(` cr)
GOODSANDE COMMERCESITES IMPROVEMENTINTHEECONOMYISLIKELY
4HEPUBLISHERSOTHERPAPERS .AI TOBOOSTADSFROMTHESESECTORSASWELL
Latest 5Y average
*AGRAN0RAKASHANISLIKELYTOREPORT
210 Jagran Prakashan Sensex EBITDA 26.43 27.74
REVENUEAND%")4$!GROWTHOF PER margin (%)
Sensex rebased to
170 companys stock price CENTANDPERCENT#!'2 RESPECTIVE Net 13.76 14.82
LY BETWEEN&9AND SAYSAREPORT margin (%)
Price (`)

130
BY)#)#)3ECURITIES'IVENHOWCHARGED
90 RoCE (%) 28.16 24.02
THEENVIRONMENTHASBECOMEANDOUR
50 PENCHANTFORSOAPS THISINDUSTRYLOOKS Debt 0.57 0.53
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 to equity
LIKEALONG TERMPERFORMER

ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES ADS, DRAMA, ACTION


7E)NDIANSLOVEOURDAILYSOAPS4HISIS GAINSANDHIGHERPRICING!SINPRINT
SOMETHINGBROADCASTERSLIKE:EEARE MEDIA E COMMERCESITESAND&-#'COM 36,377 35.30
Market cap (` cr) P/E
EXPLOITING4HELAUNCHOF :EES46HAS PANIESLEADADGROWTHFROMTHEFRONT
BOLSTEREDADREVENUESBYPERCENT 4HECOMPANYTHOUGHDIDSUFFERFROM Latest 5Y CAGR
9O9 INTHELATESTQUARTER7HATALSO SOMEHICCUPSnSTARTUPLOSSESARISINGOUT Revenue
(` cr) 5,436 16.82
PITCHEDINTHESTRONGADGROWTHWASTHE OF 46RESULTEDIN%")4$!MARGINS
COMPANYSIMPROVEDMARKETSHAREIN CRASHINGABOUTBASISPOINTS9O9 TO EBITDA 1,553 16.88
(` cr)
REGIONALCHANNELSANDANIMPROVING PERCENTIN14HECOMPANYHASGUID
INDUSTRYDYNAMICS%VENEXCLUDINGTHE EDMARGINSOF PERCENTTHISYEAR/N Net profit 1,027 16.77
(` cr)
LAUNCHOF 46 :EESAWROBUSTADGROWTH THEPLUSSIDE THESPORTSBUSINESSHAS
OF PERCENT9O9 INMARKET SHARE REMAINEDINBLACKASITHASFORTHEPAST
Latest 5Y average
THREEQUARTERS
500 Zee Entertainment Sensex EBITDA 27.80 29.82
#ONTINUEDMOMENTUMINADGROWTH margin (%)
400 WITHUPCOMING'LAUNCHESANDFURTHER Net 18.89 19.67
DIGITISATIONIN0HASES)))AND)6 SAYSA marging (%)
Price (`)

300
Sensex rebased to REPORTBY-OTILAL/SWAL ISEXPECTEDTO
200 companys stock price RoCE (%) 27.48 29.06
RESULTINEARNINGSPERSHAREGROWTHOF 
100 PERCENT#!'2BETWEEN&9AND&9 Debt
to equity 0.00 0.00
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 :EESGOODSHOWLOOKSSETTOCONTINUE

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TECHNOLOGY

Turn of the mid caps 4.34% 11.3% EBITDA growth


(YoY)
Revenue growth
(YoY)

ID SIZETECHNOLOGYCOMPANIESAREBACKWITHAVENGEANCE REPORTINGHIGHEREARNINGSGROWTHTHANTHEIR

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NIESWITHTOPEARNINGSGROWTHINTHETECHNOLOGYSPACE

TATA ELXSI EMBEDDED GROWTH All data as per TTM numbers. ROCE and debt to equity as per FY15 numbers.

4ATA%LXSIHASSALESCLOSETO` CRORE TIONS WHICHBRINGSINPERCENTOF REV


44- ANDMARKETCAPITALISATIONOF ENUES4HEAUTOMOTIVESEGMENTISSETTO 5,602 42.36
Market cap (` cr) P/E
` CRORE)TDERIVESTHEMAJORITYOF ITS GAINFROMHIGHERELECTRONICUSAGEIN
REVENUESPERCENT FROMTHESOFTWARE VEHICLESnUPFROMPERCENTOF THETOTAL Latest 5Y CAGR
DIVISION7ITHINTHESOFTWAREVERTICAL VALUEOF THECARINTOPERCENTAT Revenue
(` cr) 960 18.59
EMBEDDEDSOFTWARECONSTITUTESPER PRESENT4HISISEXPECTEDTOGOUPTO
CENTTOTHETOTALREVENUES7ITHINTHIS PERCENTBY4HEBROADCASTSEGMENT EBITDA 226 44.08
(` cr)
VERTICALARETHREEMAINREVENUESOURCES ISEXPECTEDTOGAINFROMINCREASINGSERV
AUTOMOTIVE WHICHBRINGSINPERCENT ICESFROMOPERATORS Net profit 132 78.31
(` cr)
OF EMBEDDEDREVENUESBROADCAST WHICH 4HENEXTGROWTHDRIVERSINCLUDETHE
BRINGSINPERCENTANDCOMMUNICA @INTERNETOF THINGSSPACETHATAIMSTO Latest 5Y average
CONNECTEVERYDAYDEVICESANDMAKETHEM
2400 Tata Elxsi Sensex EBITDA 23.55 21.41
SMART4HESEINCLUDESMARTAPPLIANCES margin (%)
1800 LIKESMART46S SMARTHOMES SMART Net 13.78 11.71
TRANSPORTATION ETC4ATA%LXSIISEXPECT margin (%)
Price (`)

1200
Sensex rebased to EDTOPOSTANNUALREVENUEGROWTHOF 
600 companys stock price RoCE (%) 60.02 40.93
PERCENT#!'2AND0!4GROWTHOF PER
0 CENT#!'2 RESPECTIVELY OVER&9n Debt
to equity 0.00 0.10
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 -OTILAL/SWALESTIMATES 

MINDTREE DIGITAL GAINS


'IVING4ATA%LXSICOMPANYINTHERACE QUARTER1 (I TECH THEBIGGESTVERTI
FORTHEHIGHESTEARNINGSGROWTHIS CAL WHICHBRINGSINPERCENTOF REV 12,409 22.51
Market cap (` cr) P/E
-INDTREE ANOTHERMID CAPFIRMWITHREV ENUE GREWATASTRONGPERCENTn
ENUESOF ` CRORE&9  FASTESTSINCETHEFIRSTQUARTEROF &9 Latest 5Y CAGR
-INDTREESTOPVERTICALSINCLUDEHI 7HATISCATAPULTING-INDTREEAHEADOF Revenue
(` cr) 3,846 20.38
TECHANDMEDIA MANUFACTURING CON ITSPEERSISTHEOUTPERFORMANCEOF ITSDIG
SUMER PACKAGEDGOODS#0' ANDRETAIL ITALVERTICAL WHICHCONSTITUTESPER EBITDA 829 25.48
(` cr)
AND"&3) WHICHTOGETHERACCOUNTFOR CENTOF THECOMPANYSREVENUESANDIS
PERCENTOF THEREVENUES-ANUFACTURING CURRENTLYGROWINGATPERCENT9O9  Net profit 551 23.74
(` cr)
AND"&3)REPORTEDGROWTHOF PERCENT )NTHELATESTQUARTER1 DIGITALACCOUNT
ANDPERCENT RESPECTIVELY INTHELATEST EDFORHALF OF THECOMPANYSORDERSAND
Latest 5Y average
ALSOWITNESSEDDOUBLINGOF THEIRSIZES
1600 Mindtree Sensex EBITDA 21.55 21.86
-INDTREESMANAGEMENTHASGUIDED margin (%)
1200 THATITWILLBEAT.ASSCOMINDUSTRYREV Net 14.34 14.75
ENUEGUIDANCEOF nPERCENTTHISYEAR marging (%)
Price (`)

800
Sensex rebased to !CCORDINGTO)#)#)3ECURITIES -INDTREE
400 companys stock price RoCE (%) 37.76 37.62
ISLIKELYTOREPORTREVENUEAND0!4
0 GROWTHOF PERCENTANDPERCENT Debt
to equity 0.00 0.01
Nov10 Nov11 Nov12 Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN&9AND&9WI

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5IJTUJNFJUTEJGGFSFOU
It may not be. Given China-related recessionary concerns and the
commodity crisis, the bomb may already be ticking.

SANJEEV PANDIYA

.PTU NBSLFUNFO CFMJFWF JO UIF 0ROFITABILITY IN MOST COMMODITY SECTORS IS AT
PRINCIPLEOF REVERSIONTOTHEMEAN7HATGOESUPMUST HISTORICLOWS REACHINGTHEPOINTTHATDEBTSERVICINGIS
COME DOWN AND ALL THAT &ROM THAT COMES THE OTHER POSSIBLEONLYIF DEBTLEVELSAREKEPTMODERATE0EAK OF
PATTERN AT THE TOP OF A MARKET COMES THIS CONSENSUS THE CYCLE INVESTMENTS INCLUDING MERGERS AND
THAT @ITS DIFFERENT THIS TIME 4HIS IS TO SUSTAIN ACQUISITIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE REPAID IF THEY HAVE
IRRATIONAL VALUATIONS TILL THE PARCEL HAS BEEN PASSED BEENFUNDEDWITHDEBTCURRENTPROFITABILITYDOESNOT
ONTO THE BIGGEST FOOLS THEN BAM 4HE BUBBLE POPS ALLOWFORTHAT3OANYINVESTMENTSMADEBETWEEN
ANDTHEDEAD RABBITFALLSINTOYOURLAP AND  WILL SEE HAIRCUTS IN DEBT REPAYMENT 0RE
!S)SAID THISISMOSTLYSEENCLOSERTOAMARKETTOP BOOM INVESTMENTS WILL PULL THROUGH MAINLY BECAUSE
WHILE)AMBRINGINGTHISUPCLOSERTOWHATLOOKSLIKEA HALF THEDEBTREPAYMENTSHAVEALREADYBEENMADE)N
MARKET TROUGH IF NOT A BOTTOM  3ENSIBLE PEOPLE ARE EVERY CASE IF A COMPANY IS PULLING THROUGH IT IS
TALKINGABOUTAGLOBALRECESSIONNEXTYEARIE PER BECAUSE OF THE @PAST EQUITY EMBEDDED IN OLDER
CENT GLOBAL GROWTH WITH MANY ECONOMIES SLIPPING PROJECTS WHICH ARE STILL GENERATING FREE CASH FLOWS
INTOTHENEGATIVETERRITORY 7HILETHE53SEEMSTOBE WHICHAREBEINGUSEDTOSUBSIDISEDEBTREPAYMENTSON
COASTING ALONG #HINA COULD PULL THE WORLD INTO THE NEW PROJECTS ! RATIONAL DECISION MAKER WOULD WANT
RECESSIONARY TERRITORY )N SMALL INCREMENTS MOST TO EVALUATE EACH PROJECT AND SEE WHETHER THAT
FORECASTSFORGLOBALGROWTHARESHIFTINGDOWNTOPER PARTICULARPROJECTISMEETINGITSCOSTOF CAPITALBUTIN
CENT ANDITWILLTAKEJUSTSOMESMALLAFTERSHOCKSFROM THEREALWORLD EACHCOMPANYWILLWANTTOPROTECTITS
#HINA TO BRING THE WORLD CRASHING DOWN INTO ITS FIRST @BABYWITHWHATEVERITHAS3OA(INDALCOWILLUSEITS
RECESSIONAFTERTHEGLOBALFINANCIALCRISISOF  2ENUKOOT CASHFLOWS TO SUBSIDISE THE .OVELLIS
-OST TRADERS WOULD TEND TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT GOES ACQUISITION RATHERTHANEVALUATEWHETHERSAVINGTHE
DOWN MUST COME UP AND ALMOST ALL BABY WILL KILL THE MOTHER )N MEDICAL
MARKETSAREATORBELOWTHEIRLONG TERM ETHICS IT HAS NOW BEEN CLEARLY
AVERAGE VALUATIONS WHETHER IN 0% OR
0"6TERMS"OTTOM FISHERSWOULDTEND
WARNING BELLS ESTABLISHED THAT THE LIFE OF THE @UNBORN
CHILD IS SECONDARY TO THE LIFE OF THE
TOBELIEVETHATTHEMARKETHASBOTTOMED Global growth forecasts MOTHER "UT THE SAME PRINCIPLE IS NOT
BUTTHEYWOULDDOWELLTOKEEPINMIND are shifting down to 3 USEDTOMANAGETHEBUSINESSCYCLE
THAT THE COMMODITY SUPERCYCLE HAS
TROUGHED BUTITMAYNOTCOMEBACK
per cent. It will take just COMPANIES
4HIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN
EVEN SECTORS FOR TIME
-OST OF THE DAMAGE IS IN THE some small aftershocks IMMEMORIAL BUT THIS TIME IT IS
COMMODITY SECTOR WHICH HAS BEEN from China to bring the HAPPENING AT THE LEVEL OF COUNTRIES
DECIMATED BY THE #HINESE DEFLATIONn
DEPRESSION SCENARIO 4HE GLOBAL !LL
world crashing down WHICH IS GOING TO AFFECT MACRO
ECONOMICS -OST OF THE SURPLUS
#OMMODITIES )NDEX IS AT A  YEAR LOW into a recession. CAPACITY IN THE WORLD IS IN #HINA )N
BACK WHERE IT STARTED IN  ALUMINIUM #HINA ACCOUNTS FOR  PER

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CENTOF THEWORLDPRODUCTION WHILETHEWORLDSURPLUS ABOUT THE END OF THIS COMMODITY SUPERCYCLE /NE IT
IS ABOUT n PER CENT @3URPLUS IS DEFINED AS THAT MIGHT NOT BE PLAYED OUT COMPLETELY AT THE
PART OF WORLD CAPACITY WHICH MUST CLOSE DOWN TO MICROECONOMIC LEVEL AND TWO THE MACROECONOMIC
BRINGSECTORALPROFITSBACKTOTHEPOINTWHERETHEYCAN DIMENSIONS MIGHT SPIN OUT OF CONTROL INTO THE GEO
SERVICE THE COST OF CAPITAL WHICH NEEDLESS TO SAY POLITICAL SPACE WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES &OR
WOULD INCLUDE THE SERVICING OF DEBT  )F THAT NUMBER MOST OF US THE FIRST IS OF IMPORTANCE WHILE THE
IS  PER CENT IT MEANS SOME  PER CENT OF #HINESE SECOND IS OF NOT MUCH INTEREST BECAUSE WE ARE ALL
CAPACITY MUST CLOSE DOWN )N A NORMAL FRAGMENTED DEADANYWAY
PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE @COMMODITISED SECTOR THIS 7ATCHING THIS PLAY OUT WILL GIVE US IMPORTANT
WOULD HAPPEN ON ITS OWN WITH BOTTOM  PER CENT INSIGHTS INTO MAJOR TECTONIC MOVEMENTS IN THE
DROPPINGOUT"UTTHISISNOTGOINGTOHAPPENBECAUSE CURRENCY MARKETS /NE #HINAS OFFER OF A VIABLE
#HINAS DIRECTED INVESTMENT AND ITS CO ORDINATED COUNTERBALANCE TO THE DOLLAR IN FACT AN ALTERNATE
MANOEUVRINGWILLENSURETHATITSWEAKESTPLAYERSWILL RESERVECURRENCY WILLBEJUSTANOTHER2AMLILASHOW
RIDE OUT THE BOTTOM WHILE THE WEAK PLAYERS OF OTHER !FTER THE FIREWORKS THERE WILL BE NOTHING WORTH
COUNTRIESWILLCLOSEDOWN REPORTING EXCEPT THE FIREWORKS THEMSELVES !ND
3OINALUMINIUM ITISTHE!MERICAN!LCANCLOSING OUTSIDERS LIKETHE-ARTIANS WILLNOTUNDERSTANDTHE
DOWNITSICONIC YEAR OLDSMELTERCAPACITY)NSTEEL POINTOF ITALL)MEAN WHYWOULDACOUNTRYFIGHTSO
IT IS %UROPEAN"RITISH STEEL PLANTS AND THE )NDIAN HARD TO BECOME A RESERVE CURRENCY AND
MINNOWS THAT ARE CLOSING DOWN WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKE ACTION TO DEVALUE
THE PEAK OF THE CYCLE #HINESE THE CURRENCY OR SEE CAPITAL FLIGHT
INVESTMENTS WILL SURVIVE BECAUSE 7HY WOULD YOU WANT INVESTMENTS TO
#HINA WILL SUBSIDISE THE CARRYING COST
BAILING OUT COME IN AND HOLD YOUR DEAD DUCKS
OF ITS PLANTS 4HE NATURAL $ARWINIAN Chinas co-ordinated WHILE YOUR CURRENCY LOSES REPUTATION
LAW OF @SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST WILL BE
manoeuvring will ensure ASASAFEHAVENBECAUSEOF APREVAILING
VITIATED BECAUSE TOO MUCH OF THE CULTUREOF MALINVESTMENTS
CAPACITY THAT NEEDS TO BE MOTHBALLED that its weakest players ) AM SAYING ALL THIS ON THE
LIES IN THE HANDS OF AN @IRRATIONAL will ride out the bottom, PRESUMPTION THAT #HINA WILL GO THE
PLAYER 4HIS CAPACITY OVERHANG OF THE
while the weak players *APAN WAY BUT THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE
WEAK PLAYERS WHO REFUSE TO DIE WILL 4IMEANDAGAININTHEPAST #HINAHAS
LIKELYENSURETHATTHERECOVERYISWEAK of other countries will SHOWN GREATER VISION AND DILIGENCE
ANAEMICANDSHORT LIVED close down THAN EVEN THE BEST DEMOCRACY )F IT IS
4HE REGULAR INJECTIONS OF LIQUIDITY FACINGTHEMUSICTODAY ITISBECAUSEOF
WHETHER NEWLY PRINTED MONEY ALLCENTRALLYPLANNEDPOLICIES ANDTHEY
QUANTITATIVE EASING OR THE RECALL OF THEIR SAVINGS HAVE MANAGED TO PUSH BACK THE DAY OF RECKONING
PARKED ABROAD FOREX RESERVES SELLING SHOULD IDEALLY BUT NOT FOREVER )F HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE #HINA WILL
BE USED TO PROMOTE CONSUMPTION WHICH WOULD BE COME BACK FASTER AND STRONGER IN ITS NEW
VALUE ACCRETIVE "UT IT IS LIKELY TO GO INTO HOLDING UP CONSUMERISTAVATARTHANANYOF USWOULDGIVETHEM
ZOMBIE COMPANIES IN THE COMMODITY SECTORS WHICH CREDIT FOR )F IN THE PROCESS IT FINDS DEMAND FOR ITS
WILLBEVALUE DESTRUCTIVE)F TOOMUCHOF THESEFOREX MORIBUNDEXCESSCAPACITYINVARIOUSCOMMODITIES IT
RESERVES END UP IN MALINVESTMENTS IT COULD PUSH WOULDHAVEBELIEDTHEDOOMSAYERSYETAGAIN
#HINAINTOADEPRESSIONANDTHEWORLDINTOARECESSION %VENTUALLY IT IS JUST A DEBT PROBLEM $EBT
#HINAWOULDBETHENEXT*APAN WITHITSZOMBIESTEEL DESTRUCTIONCREATESCAPITALLOSSANDDESTROYSINVESTOR
AND METALS SECTORS FOR EXAMPLE WHILE THE WORLD SENTIMENT WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS THE INVESTMENT
PASSESITBY DEMAND )F THE RESULTANT SLACK IS PICKED UP BY AN
!NINCREASINGLYIRRELEVANT#HINAISNOTJUSTGOING UPTICK IN CONSUMER DEMAND THE WORLD WILL NOT
TOSTEPBACKANDWATCH)TWILLBECOMEASERIOUSGEO NOTICETHECHANGEOF TRACKS
POLITICAL THREAT WHICH IF IT PRECIPITATES A COUPLE OF 3O FINALLY IT WILL BOIL DOWN AGAIN TO LEADERSHIP AND
SERIOUS WARS COULD CREATE ENOUGH DIVERSION AND HUMANBEHAVIOUR4HOSEWHOAREWATCHINGFORTHERIGHT
DESTRUCTIONTOTHEPOINTTHATTHISTIME THEREMIGHT SIGNALSWILLSEETHEMCOMINGANDBEABLETOJUMPOUTOF
NOTBEA0LANET%ARTHWAITINGFORUSATTHEENDOF ITALL THEWAY ORRIDETHEWAVE ASTHECASEMAYBEWI
3O THESE TWO MAJOR POINTS MUST BE KEPT IN MIND The author teaches, trades and writes at spandiya.blogspot.com.

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(PMEJOBOFXBWBUBS
The gold bond scheme converts a play on asset prices into an income +
asset price play. It is a step in the right direction.

ANAND TANDON

*OEJB JTUIFMBSHFTUDPOTVNFSPGHPME  AFTERWHICHPRICESSOFTENEDAGAIN


IN THE WORLD /N AVERAGE )NDIA IMPORTS  BILLION !SANAVERAGE IF ONEHADINVESTEDINGOLDSINCE
WORTHOF GOLDAYEAR AMOUNTINGTOALMOSTPERCENT ONWARDSFORANYEIGHTYEARS INOUTOF THEPERIODS
OF THE TRADE BALANCE OF THE COUNTRY %CONOMISTS HAVE TILL ONEWOULDHAVELOSTVIS VISINFLATION WHILE
LONG DERIDED THE TENDENCY OF PEOPLE TO USE GOLD AS A GAININGOVERTHERESTOF THEPERIODS!LSO AVERAGED
SAVING INSTRUMENT $ESPITE THE EMERGENCE OF MANY OVER THE ENTIRE  YEAR PERIOD GOLD RETURNS EXCEEDED
ALTERNATIVEINSTRUMENTS THEAVERAGE)NDIANSLOVEFOR INFLATIONBYABITOVERPERCENT
GOLDCONTINUESUNABATED'OVERNMENTSHAVELONGTRIED
TOCONVERTGOLDINTOFINANCIALSAVINGSINTHEHOPETHAT Gold bond
MONEYSAVEDCANBEMORE@PRODUCTIVELYUSED$ESPITE 4HE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GOLD BOND OFFERS AN INTEREST
THIS PHYSICAL GOLD HOLDINGS CONTINUE TO REMAIN A RATEOF PERCENTTOINVESTORS)SSUEDWITHATENOROF
PREFERRED INVESTMENT OPTION )N THIS CONTEXT THE EIGHTYEARS THEREASONFORTHEEIGHT YEARANALYSISISIN
RECENTLY LAUNCHED GOLD BOND IS AN INTERESTING THE EARLIER PARAGRAPH THE INSTRUMENT HAS AN EXIT
INVESTMENTOPTION OPTION AFTER FIVE YEARS 4HE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT AN
INVESTOR WILL BUY A GOLD BOND REPRESENTING 8 GM OF
Gold does beat inflation much of the time GOLD ATTHEMARKETPRICEOF GOLDONTHEDATEOF ISSUE
! KEY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY INVESTMENT METHOD TO BE /N REDEMPTION HE GETS A VALUE EQUAL TO PREVAILING
ATTRACTIVEISTHATITSHOULDBEATINFLATIONOVERTHELONG PRICEOF GOLDONTHESALEDATEFORTHE8GMHEOWNS)N
TERM )NDIA TILL RECENTLY HAS SUFFERED FROM SUSTAINED OTHER WORDS THE BOND REPRESENTS A FIXED AMOUNT OF
INFLATIONARYPRESSURES/FTEN BANKDEPOSITRATESHAVE PHYSICALGOLD)NADDITION WHILEHEHOLDSTHEBOND IT
LAGGED BEHIND INFLATION DELIVERING NEGATIVE REAL CONTINUESTOPAYPERCENTPERANNUM
RETURNSTOSAVERS
'OLD A PHYSICAL ASSET HAS Hedging the instrument
APPRECIATED OVER TIME THOUGH IN A &OR AN ISSUER TO OFFER THIS INSTRUMENT
PATCHYMANNER&OREXAMPLE IF YOUHELD GOLD BOND THEISSUERWOULDRECEIVETHEBONDVALUE
ONTOGOLDFORAPERIODOF EIGHTYEARS)LL FROM INVESTORS FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT
EXPLAIN WHY EIGHT YEARS IN A WHILE
z Interest rate: 2.75 per YEARS )N RETURN THE ISSUER HAS TO PAY
STARTING  ONWARDS RIGHT UNTIL  cent COUPON RATE  PER CENT AND PAY OUT
THE INVESTMENT WOULD HAVE z Tenor: Eight years (exit AN EQUIVALENT OF THE UPSIDE IF ANY IN
UNDERPERFORMEDINFLATION4HISWASALSO GOLD PRICES OVER THAT PERIOD .OTE THAT
THE TIME WHEN MANY CENTRAL BANKS IN
option after five years) THEISSUERWILLNOTACTUALLYBUYTHEGOLD
THE WORLD DECIDED TO PARE DOWN THEIR z Benefits: Annual )N EFFECT THE ISSUER HAS TO HEDGE HIS
GOLDHOLDINGS LEADINGTOSOFTGOLDPRICES interest and value of POSITIONBYCREATINGASYNTHETIC@BOUGHT
4HIS CHANGED POST  AS GOLD CALL OPTION POSITION WITH THE MONEY
WITNESSED AN UNPRECEDENTED RISE IN
gold on the RECEIVEDANDGENERATEINCOMEUSINGTHE
PRICES LEADINGTOAFIVE FOLDINCREASETILL redemption date RESTTOPAYCOUPON

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)N THIS CASE THE ISSUER IS THE 'OVERNMENT OF )NDIA GOLDFORTHELONGTERMFORWHATEVERREASONSHOULDFIND
'O)  &OR SAKE OF SIMPLICITY LET US ASSUME THAT 'O) THISANO BRAINER)TCONVERTSAPLAYONASSETPRICESINTO
BORROWSEIGHT YEARMONEYATPERCENT)TPAYS AN@INCOME ASSETPRICEPLAY!SAPUREINVESTMENTFOR
PER CENT TO HOLDERS OF GOLD BONDS )N OTHER WORDS INVESTORS WHO ACTIVELY ALLOCATE MONEY ACROSS ASSET
GOVERNMENTSAVESPERCENTPERCENTMINUS CLASSES ASSUMPTIONSONTHEDIRECTIONOF GOLDPRICEWILL
PER CENT PER ANNUM WHICH IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO BEMOREIMPORTANT)F THEVIEWISNEGATIVE ONESHOULD
@PURCHASEACALLOPTIONONGOLD STAYAWAY
!ROUGHCALCULATIONSUGGESTSTHATANOPTIONONGOLD 4HE DIRECT BENEFIT OF THIS PLAN IS THAT IT REDUCES
FOREIGHTYEARSSHOULDBEVALUEDATABOUTPERCENTOF REQUIREMENT TO IMPORT GOLD TO THE EXTENT OF
CURRENT PRICES #OMPENSATING FOR THE TIMING OF CASH SUBSCRIPTION 4HIS WILL REDUCE PRESSURE ON FOREIGN
FLOWS IT IMPLIES THAT 'O) IS MAINTAINING ITS COST OF RESERVES!NOTHERBENEFITISTHATTHISBONDISLIKELYTO
BORROWINGATTHECURRENTLEVEL BE A POPULAR GOVERNMENT SECURITY WITH RETAIL
)NTHEORY THEGOVERNMENTCOULDHAVEMADETHEBOND INVESTORS )T WILL WIDEN THE BASE OF GOVERNMENT
EVENMOREATTRACTIVEBYOFFERINGTHEFULLBENEFITOF THE BORROWING n SOMETHING THAT THE 2") HAS ATTEMPTED
IMPLIED @CALL OPTION TO THE INVESTOR WITHOUT AN TIMEANDAGAINANDFAILEDMISERABLY
ADDITIONAL COST 7HAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT !S A MEANS OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE INTO FINANCIAL
INVESTORSWOULDNOTLOSEMONEYIF GOLDPRICESFELLBUT SAVINGS AS OPPOSED TO PHYSICAL SAVINGS IT IS A STEP IN
WOULD GAIN IF THEY ROSE 4HEY WOULD ADDITIONALLY GET THE RIGHT DIRECTION #OMPANIES LENDING AGAINST GOLD
THECOUPONRATE4HISMAYWELLHAVERESULTEDINAVERY JEWELLERY MAY SUDDENLY FIND THEIR MARGINS UNDER
LARGEPORTIONOF GOVERNMENTBORROWINGTRANSFORMING THREAT AS LENDING AGAINST GOLD BONDS BECOMES LESS
INTOGOLDBONDSnPROBABLYNOTWHAT'O)DESIRES RISKY AND LESS CUMBERSOME NO PHYSICAL
&OR THE GOVERNMENT A CUT IN INTEREST RATES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO VALUE GOLD OR STORE GOLD
LONG BOND WILL MEAN THAT THE PRICING OFFERED IS LESS ORNAMENTS (IGHERSAFETYFORLENDERSWILLOPENUPTHE
ATTRACTIVE !DDITIONALLY IT REQUIRES THE 2") TO MARKET IN TERMS OF NEWER LENDERS OFFERING LOANS
CONSTANTLYHEDGEPOSITIONS)TISLIKELYTHATTHE2")WILL AGAINSTSUCHBONDS
HEDGE ONLY PARTIALLY AND TAKE A POSITIONAL VIEW OR -ANY JEWELLERS AND GOLD LOAN COMPANIES OFFER
ENGAGEIN@DELTAHEDGINGnADYNAMICHEDGINGMETHOD @SAVINGPLANSINTHEFORMOF SYSTEMATICINVESTMENTIN
)N EITHER CASE GAINS OR LOSSES WILL DEPEND ON MARKET GOLD)F AVAILABLEONTAP THESEBONDSHAVETHEPOTENTIAL
THETIMINGSKILLSOF 2")SDEALINGDESK TO ELIMINATE THESE DUBIOUS PRACTICES 4HE SCOPE TO
TRANSFORM SMALL SAVINGS AND BRING SMALL INVESTORS
Who should buy these bonds? INTOTHEFORMALSYSTEMISEXTREMELYLARGEWI
!NYONE WHO IS A BULL ON GOLD PRICES OR PLANS TO HOLD Anand Tandon is an independent analyst.

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#BTFFGGFDU IBMMVDJOBUJPOT
The base effect can distort the real picture at times. The need is to go
beyond it and find out the real causes.

DEVANGSHU DATTA

$PSQPSBUFSFTVMUT JO +VMZo4FQUFNCFS "UT THE BASE EFFECT OVERSTATES THE DOWNTREND #RUDE
WERERATHERDISAPPOINTING!CROSSASAMPLEOF   PRICESSTARTEDFALLINGIN3EPTEMBER TOWARDSTHEEND
ODD COMPANIES WITH A CUT OFF MINIMUM SALES OF ` OF THE*ULYn3EPTEMBERQUARTER)N*ULY "RENTWAS
CRORE TOTAL SALES FELL BY  PER CENT ,OOKING A LITTLE TRADING AT AROUND BARREL AND IT TRADED AT AROUND
DEEPER RAWMATERIALCOSTSFELLBYPERCENTANDTHECOST  IN LATE 3EPTEMBER 3O THE PRICES WERE PRETTY HIGH
OF PURCHASED GOODS FELL BY  PER CENT )NTEREST OUTGO THROUGHTHATPERIOD AVERAGINGABOUT
INCREASED BY  PER CENT .ET PROFITS DROPPED BY  PER )N THE CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF *ULYn3EPTEMBER
CENTAND0"$)4WASUPBYPERCENT  PRICES AVERAGED AROUND  ! PURE 9O9
4HEEASIESTANDMOSTPOPULARWAYTOJUDGETRENDSINA COMPARISON WOULD SUGGEST THAT CRUDE WAS TRENDING
PARTICULARVARIABLEISTOCOMPARETHELATESTVALUESTOTHE STEEPLYDOWNDUETOTHEBASEEFFECT!STHEPRICECHART
VALUESTAKENAYEARAGOSOMETIMESAQUARTERAGO "UT INDICATES HOWEVER CRUDE PRICES HAVE ACTUALLY RANGE
IF THE INITIAL BASE VALUE IS UNUSUALLY HIGH OR LOW THAT TRADED AND MOVED MORE OR LESS SIDEWAYS SINCE
YEAR ON YEARCHANGEMAYBESOMEWHATMISLEADING$UE *ANUARY WHENTHEYSEEMEDTOHAVEHITSOMESORT
TOTHEPOTENTIALFORDISTORTIONTIME SERIESVARIABLESSUCH OF BOTTOMINTHERANGEOF n
AS INFLATION INDICES INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 4HEBASEEFFECTALSOCOMPLICATESTHEWAYANOTHERKEY
EXPORTS IMPORTS ETC MUSTALLBETREATEDWITHCAUTION ECONOMIC VARIABLE INFLATION LOOKS WHEN COMPARING
&OREXAMPLE TAKEALOOKATCRUDEPRICESOVERTHEPAST THOSE TWO QUARTERS 4AKE A LOOK AT THE CHART OF THE
COUPLE OF YEARS 4HE INTERNATIONAL PRICE OF OIL WAS 7HOLESALE0RICE)NDEX70) 
AROUND BARREL OF "RENT GRADE CRUDE BY .OVEMBER 4HE 70) STARTED FALLING IN THE *ULYn3EPTEMBER
 DOWN FROM OVER BARREL IN EARLY  3O THE QUARTER  PRECISELY BECAUSE OIL AND OTHER
TRENDHASVERYCLEARLYBEENNEGATIVE COMMODITIES STARTED TO DROP IN PRICE )T HAS ACTUALLY

Movement of Brent crude ($/barrel) Movement of the WPI

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Year-on-year change (%) in the WPI Movement of the rupee in dollar terms

MOVEDUPSOMEWHATSINCE&EBRUARYWHILESTAYING RANGEDBETWEENANDVERSUSTHE53$ WITHAN


WELL BELOW  LEVELS "ETWEEN *ULY AND 3EPTEMBER AVERAGE VALUE OF  )N *ULYn3EPTEMBER  IT
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DIFFERENT IMPRESSION 4HE 70) CHANGE HAS BEEN IN THE DEPRECIATIONOF ABOUTPERCENT
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IF WELOOKAT*ULYn3EPTEMBER ITAPPEARSASTHOUGH AGAIN3ALESFELLOVERALLBYPERCENT4HISISPARTIALLY
THETRENDISBOUNCINGOFF ALOW ALTHOUGHITREMAINSWELL EXPLAINEDBYFALLINGINFLATION THOUGHITSUGGESTSALACK
IN THE NEGATIVE TERRITORY 4HIS IS PROBABLY OVERSTATING OF DEMAND2AWMATERIALEXPENSESANDCOSTOF FINISHED
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OPERATING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SOON "Y *ANUARY AGAIN AT LEAST PARTIALLY EXPLAINED BY FALLING INFLATION
 CRUDE WAS BOTTOMING OUT )T IS VERY LIKELY THAT 4HE BASE EFFECT WILL BE LESS PRONOUNCED WHEN
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4HE 2") WHICH TRACKS THE #ONSUMER 0RICE )NDEX COMPARED TO /CTOBERn$ECEMBER  BECAUSE THE
RATHER THAN THE 70) HAS CUT THE POLICY RATE SEVERAL DIFFERENCESBETWEENCRUDEPRICES INFLATION ETC ARELESS
TIMES BYABOUTPERCENT"ETWEEN*ULYn3EPTEMBER PRONOUNCED#OSTDIFFERENTIALSARELIKELYTOBESMALLERIN
 AND *ULYn3EPTEMBER  THE POLICY RATE DROPPED THENEXTQUARTER
BYPERCENT4HATWASNOTFULLYTRANSMITTEDBYTHE 2ISINGINTERESTCOSTSAREACAUSEOF SERIOUSCONCERNIN
COMMERCIALBANKINGSYSTEMBUTINTERESTRATESDIDCOME THE CIRCUMSTANCES )F SALES HAVE NOT RISEN AND INTEREST
DOWNACROSSTHEBOARD RATESHAVEFALLEN WHYSHOULDINTERESTCOSTSHAVERISEN
4HEREISALSOACURRENCYFACTORTHATISWORTHBEARING )NVESTMENT HAS NOT RISEN MUCH BANK CREDIT IS UP BY
IN MIND "ETWEEN *ULY AND 3EPTEMBER  THE RUPEE ONLYPERCENT WHICHISAMONGTHELOWESTLEVELSSEEN

Net profits of oil companies Net profits of power companies

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Net profits of infrastructure companies Net profits of IT companies

IN THE LAST  YEARS 4HE INTEREST BURDEN GOING UP IN 4HE TOP FIVE GENERATED OVER  PER CENT OF THE
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IS PROBABLY A SIGN OF HIGHER INDUSTRY TURNOVER AND SAW  PER CENT RISE IN NET
WORKINGCAPITALCOSTS4HATISABADSIGNALINDEED PROFITS AND  PER CENT RISE IN TURNOVER IN RUPEE
4HEFALLINCRUDEPRICESWASMATCHEDBYSIMILARFALLS TERMS /NCE YOU FACTOR IN THE CHANGES IN THE
IN THE PRICES OF GAS AND COAL )MPORTED COAL AND SPOT EXCHANGERATE WITHTHERUPEEFALLINGPERCENT THE
CARGOESOF ,.'BECAMECHEAPER#OALDESPATCHESFROM PERFORMANCEISMUCHLESSIMPRESSIVE
#OAL)NDIAALSOIMPROVED4HISHADINTERESTINGIMPACTS 4HE PHARMA INDUSTRY IS ANOTHER KEY EXPORTER SO
ONTHEENERGYSECTOR RUPEE DEPRECIATION HAS SOME BEARING )T IS FACING
2EFINERIES AND MARKETERS DID BETTER THROUGH THE REGULATORY ISSUES WITH THE 53 &OOD AND $RUGS
QUARTER AS THEIR COSTS DROPPED )/# REDUCED LOSSES !DMINISTRATIONGIVINGNEGATIVEREPORTSONMANYEXPORT
WHILE"0#,AND%SSAR/ILSAWEXPANDINGPROFITS#RUDE FACILITIES0HARMAALSOHASISSUESOF CONSOLIDATIONAND
OILPRODUCERSSAWREDUCEDPROFITSONTHEOTHERHANDSEE LITIGATIONSREGARDINGINTELLECTUALPROPERTY
THEGRAPHONTHEPREVIOUSPAGE  4HE PICTURE IN THE COMMODITY SECTOR REFLECTS THE
4HEPOWERGENERATIONSECTORWASAMAJORBENEFICIARY SHARP DROP IN PRICES AS WELL AS THE DROP IN DEMAND
OF LOWER FUEL COSTS AND BETTER SUPPLY %VERY MAJOR 3TEEL CEMENTANDNON FERROUSMETALSnALLSAWSERIOUSLY
COMPANYSEEMSTOHAVEBENEFITEDFROMTURNAROUNDSIN REDUCED PROFITS 4HE BASE EFFECT MIGHT BE EXAGGERATING
SEVERALCASESSEETHEGRAPHONTHEPREVIOUSPAGE  THENEGATIVEIMPACT7EWONTKNOWTILLTHENEXTQUARTER
!TTHESAMETIME THEINFRASTRUCTURESECTORAPPEARED /VERALL THEREARESERIOUSISSUESINTERMSOF DEMAND
TOBEINABADSHAPE4HECOMPANIESINTHESECTORSHOWED AND SEVERAL SECTORS ARE FINDING IT HARD TO COPE WITH A
SIGNS OF DECLINING PROFITS AND ARE ALSO STRUGGLING WITH DIFFICULTENVIRONMENT"UTWEWILLNOTBEABLETOASSESS
HIGHERINTERESTCOSTS-OREDELEVERAGINGISREQUIRED THESITUATIONCLEARLYUNTILTHEBASEEFFECTEASESOFFWI
4HE )4 INDUSTRY DID REASONABLY WELL ON THE SURFACE The writer is an independent financial analyst.

Net profits of pharma companies Net profits of commodity sectors

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THOMAS RUSSO, Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner VALUE GURU

Warren Buffett,
newspapers and more
This adjunct to the four-part interview published in the earlier issues of Wealth
Insight presents the remaining titbits of the conversation Ekramul Haque had
with Thomas A Russo, which are a bonus for any value investor
Are you a proponent of buy-and-hold-
forever like Buffett?
-YPREFERENCEWOULDBETOHAVEA
BUSINESSTHATCANUNFOLDWITHOUT
MYNEEDTOUNLOAD4HATREQUIRES
THATTHEYHAVETHE@CAPACITYTO
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@CAPACITYTOSUFFER ANDTHATTHEY
HAVEINTERNALREDEPLOYMENTOF
CAPITALINAWAYTHATWILLDRIVETHE
GROWTHANDINTRINSICVALUEONA
PERSHAREBASIS!COUPLEOF THINGS
IF THEBUSINESSSLOWSDOWNITS
ORGANICGROWTHSOTHATTHEYCAN
BUYBACKSTOCKATADISCOUNTFROM
INTRINSICVALUE THATWILLHELPKEEP
THEINVESTMENTFROMLANGUISHING
ANDWELIKEITWHENTHATHAPPENS
4HENIF FORSOMEREASONTHE
REINVESTMENTRATEDRIESUPOR
MANAGEMENTINSOMEWAYFAILSTO
CONTINUETODELIGHTUS WEARE
PERFECTLYWILLINGTOSELLAND)THINK
THATISWHATYOUWOULDHAVESEEN
USUNLOADSHARESDURINGTHE
PERIODOF TIME

How do you ensure Buffetts caveat


not to cut flowers and water weeds?
How do you identify value traps?
)FELLPREYTOVALUETRAPSINTHE
WORLDOF NEWSPAPERS)NTHEVALUE
TRAPINTHEWORLDOF NEWSPAPERS
THATWEOWNEDINTHELATESWAS
THATTHEEARNINGSONWHICHTHEY
SEEMEDCHEAPWEREOVERSTATEDBYA
CATEGORYOF OPERATINGPROFITSAND
WASATRISKBECAUSEOF TECHNOLOGY)
REMEMBERATTHETIMETHAT

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SOMEONEASKED7ARRENABOUT NOTGONEBACKTOREDISCOVERTHIS You bought MasterCard at 12 times


NEWSPAPERSANDHESAIDTHATHE INDUSTRYSINCE)WASBURNEDAND) one-year forward earnings. What is
LOVEDTHEBUSINESS3OMEONESAID SORTOF HAVEBEENTWICESHYBUT) the maximum you are willing to pay?
THATTHEPUBLICCOMPANIESWERE AMPREPAREDTOPAYAND)AM How long will you wait for valuations
TRADINGATALOWERPRICETHANTHE PREPAREDTOPAYALOTANDYOU to come down to those levels?
PRIVATEMARKETVALUEWHICHWAS UNDERSTANDTHATIF THEYENDUP )DIDHAVETHEGREATOPPORTUNITYIN
TENTIMES%")4!ANDHESAID DELIVERINGWHATTHEYDELIVER TOESTABLISHAPOSITIONATA
h7HATMAKESYOUTHINKTHATTHATIS WITHOUTPRINT SOMEPERCENTOF TIMEWHENTHESHARESOF
ACERTAINTYv(EWASRIGHT4HE THECOSTSTRUCTUREGOESAWAYIF -ASTER#ARDCOLLAPSEDALONGSIDE
MULTIPLEWENTDOWNOF WHATYOU THEYARENOLONGERDELIVERING 6ISASSHAREPRICEDUETOTHE
WOULDBEPREPAREDTOPAYATTHE PRINTANDSOWEWILLSEE)TISA $URBIN!MENDMENTTHREATENED
SAMETIMEASTHE%")4!THATITWAS VERYEXPENSIVEPROPOSITIONSO REGULATIONONDEBITINTERCHANGE
APPLIEDTOWENTDOWNBECAUSE LONGASITISSTILLPRINTING FEES-ASTER#ARDSEEMEDILL TREATED
TECHNOLOGYTHEINTERNET ERODED ANYTHING4HELASTEDITIONTHAT ATTHETIMEBECAUSESOMUCHMORE
THEADVERTISINGCLASS GETSPRINTEDISGOINGTOBEARTHE OF ITSBUSINESSWASINTERNATIONAL
-YVALUETRAPWASTHAT)HADSEEN ENTIRECOSTOF THEPRINTERSUNION THAN6ISA WHICHBYTHEWAYDOES
THENEWSPAPERBUSINESSOVER ANDTHEPRINTINGMACHINEANDTHE NOTEVENOWNA%UROPEANNETWORK
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GENERATIONTECHNOLOGYSUCCESSFULLY 6ISAIN%UROPE-ASTER#ARDSOLVED
ANDBYDOINGSORETAINITSVALUE)N THATPROBLEM4HEYOWNTHEENTIRE
THISCASE THEUNWILLINGNESSOF THEM WORLDINTHEIR-ASTER#ARD
TODEALINAFRIENDLYFASHIONWITH FRANCHISE ANDTHEYAREMORE
THEEARLYOVERTURESFROM!MAZON By the time the news- EXPOSEDTOTHEDEVELOPINGAND
ANDE"AY FOREXAMPLE MEANTTHAT papers realised that EMERGINGMARKETS ANDLESS
BYTHETIMETHENEWSPAPERSREALISED they needed to do EXPOSEDTODOMESTICTROUBLESTHAT
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But a number of publications like the KNOWSTHATHECOULDSELLTHE CAREER IN)NDIA)THINKHEISONEOF
NYT or FT are going the online route MACHINESTO4AIWANORSOMEPLACE THEMOSTCLEVER CONSCIENTIOUS
where they can now reach far greater IF HENEEDEDTO(ECOULDSELL CAREFULANDCREATIVEEXECUTIVES)
number of potential customers THEMASSCRAPPROBABLY)THINKAT KNOWANDSOWHENTHESHAREPRICE
globally by subscription than they THEHEART HEHASABELIEF THAT COLLAPSEDAND)CERTIFIEDTHATTHE
could ever have done before? Does WHATYOUSUGGEST THATTHECONTENT GROWTHINTHEINTERNATIONALMARKET
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)TISAVERYGOODQUESTION)HAVE LIKESTHEBUSINESSES THE#%/ )BOUGHTSHARES)DIDNOT

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BUYUNTILHEWASAPPOINTED#%/ THEINNOCENTWHOAREATRISKAND UNDERVALUEDANDTHEREISA


BECAUSEPARTOF THESTORYWASTHAT INSTEADOF THATIF YOUHAVEA MIGRATIONFROMTHEOVERVALUETO
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INVESTEDINSEPARATEPROGRAMS THAT!JAYHASUNDERWAYANDSINCE DOHAVEOPPORTUNITIESTOREBALANCE
MANYOF WHICHARERUNBY HEISSOGLOBALANDHEHASSUCHA ANDWETRYTOTAKEADVANTAGEOF
MILLENNIALSWHOWORKIN3ILICON NETWORKANDTHEABILITYTOMEET THOSE)DOTHINKITADDSVALUEOVER
6ALLEYOUTSIDEOF THEMAIN WITHTHEHEADSOF THOSECOUNTRIES TIME)THASNOTTRIGGEREDMUCH
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PAYMENTSYSTEMSANDPAYMENT FIRSTMOVERADVANTAGEASITCOULD INTOTAXATIONANDEVENWITHINTHAT
SECURITYDEVICESANDALLTHEREST GETQUITEHIGH)HAVENOTSOLDTHE REBALANCINGITDOESNOTSEEMTO
(EHASINVESTEDENORMOUS SHARES4HEYAREATA PERCENT BECOMEBURDENSOME
AMOUNTSOFF HISINCOMESTATEMENT POSITIONANDTHEPROFITSHAVEGONE
TODEVELOPPRODUCTSANDATTRIBUTES UPSHARPLY WHICHALLOWSMETO Is there a threshold limit for a single
TOHISNETWORKTHAT)THINKWILLPAY CONTINUETOHOLDAPOSITIONBUTITIS stock?
OFF HANDSOMELYFORYEARSTOCOME )TENDTOCHECKOUTAROUNDPER
4HEMEASUREBYWHICHHEIS CENT MAYBETHATISMYUNLUCKY
INVESTMENTSPENDINGISTHEMEASURE NUMBERAND)FIGURE)MIGHTAS
BYWHICHHISOPERATINGMARGINHAD WELLNOTGOABOVEIT)HAVEHELD
NOTGROWNDESPITETHESTRONG STOCKSINTOBACCOCOMPANIESFORA
GROWTHOF REVENUES4HEREHASNOT LONGTIMEANDTHROUGHTHAT
BEENNEARLYENOUGHOPERATING EXPERIENCE)HAVEWITNESSEDTHE
LEVERAGEASTHERESHOULDBEINTHAT FACTTHATTHEREISACERTAINAMOUNT
FIXED COSTBUSINESS4HATISMAINLY THATALWAYSREMAINSUNKNOWABLE
BECAUSEHEHASBEENSPENDINGBACK 4HETOBACCOINDUSTRYHASALWAYS
THEINCREASEDOPERATINGPROFITSTHAT BEENABOUTONEMORELAWSUIT ONE
HAVECOMEFROMSCALEANDGROWTHIN MOREWAYTHEGOVERNMENTISTAXING
VOLUMEINTHEFORMOF INVESTMENT PEOPLE ONEMOREWAYOF DISRUPTING
INNEWBUSINESSES)SEE!JAY WHATSEEMSTOBEFAIRLYCERTAINAND
PARTNERINGWITHGOVERNMENTSTO WITHTHATEXPERIENCEANDTHOSE
INCREASETHEAMOUNTOF COMMERCE SCARS)HAVEBECOMEHUMBLEDIN
DONEINEACHCOUNTRYBETWEEN MYBELIEF OF HOWDEEPLY)CAN
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BECAUSECASHTRANSACTIONSTENDTO How many stocks on average are you INBACK
BECORRUPTTRANSACTIONS4HEYTEND comfortable holding? What is your
NOTTOBEREPORTEDANDTHEYDONOT portfolio balancing strategy? What is your average holding period?
PAYTAX SOGOVERNMENTSAREALIGNED 9ES )WOULDSAYTHATTHETOPTEN !LMOSTEVERYTHINGINTHEPORTFOLIO
WITH!JAYTOTRYTOSHIFTTHE HOLDINGSAREPERCENT)HAVEA HASBEENHELDATLEASTFORFIVEYEARS
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4HEYALSOWANTTOSHIFTALONG AREBEINGBUILTORAREBEINGSOLD SOMETHINGCALLED *#$ECAUX WHICH
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THAT-ASTER#ARDPROVIDESASFORMS PORTFOLIOAROUNDPOSITIONSTHAT &RENCHBASEDWITHAVERYHIGH
OF DISPERSINGSOCIALBENEFITSDOWN HAVEGONEUPANDHAVEBECOME SHARE PERCENTOF DEVELOPINGAND
TOANATIONSPOORESTCITIZENS OVERWEIGHTWHILETHEYBECOMELESS EMERGINGMARKETS WHERETHEUSEOF
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THATCHECKTOPEOPLEWHOPREYUPON EVENTHOUGHTHEYHAVEBECOME IMPORTANTBECAUSEOF THEMASS

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AMOUNTOF TRAFFICTHATYOUHAVETO PARTNERED-OSTRECENTLY )AM ,OOMIS -R"UFFETTSLONG TIME


ENDUREINTHOSEMARKETS BILLBOARDS READING%RIK"RYNJOLFSSONSBOOK EDITORFORHISANNUALREPORTS
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NEWSPAPERSFROMAROUNDTHE NEEDSTODOTOSTAYRELEVANTTOITS FINANCEINDUSTRYREVEALEDBY
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Our scorecard
O Performance
VERTHEYEARSWEHAVEANALYSEDANDRECOMMENDEDSEVER
ALSTOCKS4HETABLEBELOWSHOWSOURPERFORMANCESINCE
*ULY  9ES WE HAVE A FEW FAILURES BUT WE ALSO HAVE Total returns* since July 2011

25.4% 11.8%
MANYSUCCESSFULPICKS!PORTFOLIOCOMPRISINGTHESTOCKSBELOW
HAS DELIVERED AN )22 OF  PER CENT INCLUDING DIVIDENDS
ASSUMINGONEHADINVESTED ` INEACHOF THESTOCKSATTHE
TIME OF THE RECOMMENDATION )N ALL ONE WOULD HAVE INVESTED
`  4HECURRENTVALUECOMESTO`  INCLUDINGDIVI
DENDS ON.OV  WHEREASINVESTINGTHESAMEAMOUNTIN Stock Analysts Choice CNX Nifty
THE.IFTYWOULDHAVEGENERATED`  INCLUDINGDIVIDENDS
YIELDINGPERCENT ASPERTHETOTALRETURNSINDEXWI *As on November 16, 2015

Recommended Current Value of `10K


Recommendation date price (`) price (`) invested (`) Total return (% per annum)

Jul-11 Asian Paints 295.2 807.2 27,346 26.83


Bosch 6,916.9 19,375.0 28,010 27.24
Castrol India 244.5 439.7 17,985 15.93
Colgate-Palmolive 458.0 944.6 20,623 19.97
CRISIL 692.9 1,914.1 38,281 27.66
Cummins India 480.9 984.3 20,468 20.00
Exide Industries 149.5 148.1 9,910 1.21
ITC 184.9 346.4 18,740 17.49
Larsen & Toubro 1,095.0 1,355.7 12,380 6.20
Nestle India 3,887.9 5,978.9 15,378 11.41
NMDC 257.7 92.9 3,621 -16.86
Pidilite Industries 159.4 534.5 33,539 32.83
Titan Company 228.9 357.6 15,618 10.87
Aug-11 Lupin 460.6 1,827.0 39,670 38.08
Opto Circuits 213.0 13.0 608 -47.02
Sep-11 Bank of Baroda 151.6 174.4 11,499 4.15
Castrol India 254.4 439.7 17,282 15.47
Power Grid Corporation 102.7 129.9 12,650 8.04
Rural Electrification 173.2 235.7 13,605 12.73
Tata Coffee 70.5 92.7 13,148 7.12
Torrent Power 211.3 190.7 9,025 -1.19
Zee Entertainment Ent. 123.5 383.3 31,049 31.56
Oct-11 CMC# 858.4 2,032.3 23,674 25.67
Graphite India 77.5 72.5 9,355 2.42
Zylog Systems 196.7 3.1 155 -61.57
Returns for less than one year are absolute. Total returns include dividend income. Returns as on November 16, 2015. Transactional fees not taken into account.
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Recommendation date price (`) price (`) invested (`) Total return (% per annum)

Nov-11 Godrej Consumer Products 396.5 1,219.3 30,751 32.69


Tata Consultancy Services 1,086.6 2,387.8 21,974 24.68
Transformers & Rectifiers 197.0 180.0 9,136 -2.00
Dec-11 Gujarat State Petronet 92.2 123.8 13,435 8.69
Noida Toll Bridge 23.3 24.9 10,687 8.89
Tata Motors 179.5 403.6 24,503 24.88
Jan-12 GAIL 388.3 299.8 7,719 -3.95
Mahindra Lifespace 245.1 482.4 19,681 21.51
MRF 6,859.0 38,903.0 56,682 56.23
Mar-12 Bajaj Finance 828.2 5,240.0 70,232 66.60
Gabriel India 22.8 87.6 38,505 45.09
Opto Circuits 220.9 13.0 586 -52.85
Apr-12 Shriram Transport Finance 581.5 874.0 15,031 13.11
TTK Prestige 2,646.6 4,105.5 15,511 13.42
May-12 Bata India 422.7 470.8 11,136 3.86
GSK Consumer Healthcare 2,770.2 5,842.0 21,090 24.26
Swaraj Engines 394.9 933.0 23,626 33.75
Jun-12 Ajanta Pharma 75.4 1,357.3 180,002 129.54
Elecon Engineering 53.3 79.0 14,826 14.46
Kirloskar Pneumatic 470.0 530.0 11,277 5.88
Aug-12 Hero Motocorp 2,082.0 2,583.0 12,406 9.98
Supreme Industries 236.7 625.9 26,448 37.09
VST Industries 1,694.8 1,624.9 9,589 2.39
Sep-12 Amara Raja Batteries 195.1 898.2 46,036 61.14
Redington India 71.5 114.0 15,955 16.64
Oct-12 Lupin 567.4 1,827.0 32,202 45.43
MindTree 343.8 1,454.1 42,290 60.38
Solar Industries 983.7 3,280.0 33,358 47.48
Nov-12 Grindwell Norton 260.0 713.1 27,432 41.06
KPIT Technologies 120.1 155.5 12,953 9.61
Mcleod Russel 306.0 177.0 5,784 -14.35
Dec-12 City Union Bank 53.1 85.6 17,412 19.11
Petronet LNG 157.5 209.6 13,305 11.33
Wockhardt 1,646.6 1,538.0 9,341 -1.53
Feb-13 Balkrishna Industries 290.3 636.7 21,931 32.69
KEC International 63.8 146.5 22,980 35.23
Torrent Pharmaceuticals 365.4 1,528.6 41,833 69.18
Mar-13 Emami 410.2 1,001.6 24,414 39.96
Gruh Finance 107.8 244.9 22,708 36.44
Returns for less than one year are absolute. Total returns include dividend income. Returns as on November 16, 2015. Transactional fees not taken into account.

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Recommended Current Value of `10K
Recommendation date price (`) price (`) invested (`) Total return (% per annum)

Apr-13 Berger Paints India 96.2 221.3 23,011 37.55


Innoventive Industries 103.2 4.2 408 -69.93
May-13 Kaveri Seed Company 251.7 404.2 16,055 21.37
Navneet Education 57.3 88.5 15,445 22.33
V-Guard Industries 485.1 888.0 18,307 27.45
Aug-13 Cairn India 295.7 133.3 4,508 -25.62
Indraprastha Gas 308.9 474.1 15,350 22.47
Nesco 729.9 1,665.0 22,812 43.16
Nov-13 Bajaj Corp 237.5 424.1 17,858 35.92
HCL Technologies 580.6 857.4 14,767 23.35
Dec-13 Voltas 89.4 263.2 29,451 73.32
Feb-14 J&K Bank 135.2 86.6 6,401 -20.44
Tata Consultancy Services 2,213.1 2,387.8 10,788 7.12
Mar-14 Cummins India 433.5 984.3 22,708 63.65
Swaraj Engines 621.6 933.0 15,010 32.83
Apr-14 AIA Engineering 559.9 937.1 16,736 37.38
Godrej Consumer Products 763.8 1,219.3 15,962 33.23
May-14 Rallis India 167.1 198.0 11,849 12.81
Titan Company 255.7 357.6 13,986 24.65
Jun-14 Finolex Cables 164.0 263.0 16,036 38.56
NBCC Ltd. 297.0 913.0 30,741 114.47
Aug-14 Gateway Distriparks 231.5 329.0 14,211 32.63
GMDC 153.9 75.4 4,896 -38.67
V-Guard Industries 656.9 888.0 13,518 26.33
Sep-14 Finolex Industries 296.8 301.0 10,143 3.64
Hindustan Media Ventures 155.1 276.8 17,849 60.61
Oct-14 Mahindra Holidays & Resorts 298.6 390.0 13,063 26.85
Tata Coffee 93.4 92.7 9,930 0.52
Nov-14 Infosys 966.3 1,062.1 10,990 9.91
Tata Motors 482.2 403.6 8,745 -16.32
Jan-15 Apollo Tyres 207.9 161.7 7,778 -22.22
Mar-15 Ipca Laboratories 680.9 732.8 10,763 7.63
Voltas 256.3 263.2 10,269 2.69
Apr-15 Astral Poly Technik 449.0 411.0 9,155 -8.45
VST Tillers Tractors 1,379.8 1,352.0 9,798 -2.01
May-15 Just Dial 1,253.4 805.1 6,423 -35.77
Shriram Transport Finance 1,099.3 874.0 7,951 -20.49

PORTFOLIO TOTAL 19,82,057 25.45%


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Ideas to delve deeper


S
OUND INVESTMENT METHODS OUTLAST CYCLES AND THEM TO YOUR PORTFOLIO %ACH STOCK IDEA EXPLAINS THE
FADS AND GENERATE PROFITS OVER THE LONG RUN REASONBEHINDTHESTOCKANDITSSUITABILITYTOINVESTORS
6ALUE 2ESEARCH PRESENTS STOCK IDEAS BASED ON WHICH OVER TIME WILL HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR OWN
TIME TESTEDPRINCIPALSTHATHAVEBEENVALIDATED INVESTINGRULES!SWEWILLBEEVOLVINGSUCHMODELSAND
FOREVERYTYPEOF INVESTOR IMPLEMENTINGCHANGESTOTHEMETHODOLOGYTOBEINLINE
)NEACHISSUE WESHAREALISTINGOF ATTRACTIVESTOCKS WITH ECONOMIC AND MARKET CYCLES THE LIST WILL BE
BASEDONOBJECTIVEPRINCIPLESOF SOUNDINVESTMENT7E DYNAMICANDUPDATEDPERIODICALLY
APPLYSTOCKFILTERSCAREFULLYCRAFTEDBY6ALUE2ESEARCH )N THE FOLLOWING PAGES OF @3TOCK )DEAS WE PRESENT
ANALYSTS ON THE UNIVERSE OF )NDIAN STOCKS TO IDENTIFY FIVESTOCKIDEASTHATCOLLECTIVELYLISTUNIQUESTOCKS
THESE ATTRACTIVE STOCKS 4HE FILTERS ARE DEVISED TO THAT HAVE STRONG REASONS TO FIND A WAY INTO YOUR
IDENTIFYSTOCKSOF THEFOLLOWINGKIND PORTFOLIO 7ITH THESE YOU WILL BE WELL EQUIPPED TO
!TTRACTIVEBLUECHIPS SELECTSTOCKSTOBUILDYOUROWNPORTFOLIO)F YOUTHINK
#OMPANIESWITHMOATS THATTHISISALOTOF HARDWORK YOUCANGETSTARTEDWITH
3TOCKSAVAILABLEATASTEEPDISCOUNTTOBOOKVALUE THESTOCKIDEASANDWITHTIMEUNDERSTANDTHEWAYTHE
(IGHDIVIDEND YIELDSTOCKS IDEAS ARE SHAPING TO MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT ON
'ROWTHSTOCKSAVAILABLEATREASONABLEPRICES STOCK SELECTION 'REAT INVESTMENTS ARE NOT EASY TO
7EBELIEVETHATSTOCKSLISTEDINTHISSECTIONAREAGOOD FIND BUT PRACTICE PATIENCE AND SOUND PRINCIPLES ARE
STARTING POINT TO START A CLOSE SCRUTINY BEFORE ADDING ALLTHATYOUNEED

Glossary
Current ratio. It is the ratio of a companys current assets (the most liquid Debt-equity ratio (DE Ratio). The debt-equity ratio is calculated as the ratio
assets, such as cash and cash equivalents, account receivables, etc.) to its current of total outstanding borrowings of the company to its total equity capital. The DE
liabilities (liabilities that are closest to maturity and hence need to be paid back ratio essentially tells which companies use excessive leverage to achieve growth.
first). By comparing the latter with the former, an investor can get an idea of how Conventionally, the DE ratio of less than two is considered safe.
liquid a companys assets are. Return on equity (RoE). This is measured by taking profit after tax as a per-
However, in certain circumstances, a high current ratio could be due to the fact centage of net worth of the company. It indicates how efficiently the company has
that the company is facing problems in recovering its receivables. Alternatively, it been able to utilise investors money.
could be facing a problem in selling its inventory, which is why the current ratio may
Net worth. Net worth is the net value of the company that shareholders can claim
be unusually high.
in case of a bankruptcy. It is composed of broadly the equity capital and the
Universe companies (867). We have revised our universe. We checked if the reserves held by a company. One risk in using this indicator is that companies
companies traded on all the days for the last two quarters. We considered the com- could potentially inflate this figure by issuing more equity at regular intervals.
panies with a market capitalisation of more than `400 crore. Stock return (stk return). Stock return is calculated by taking the percentage
Price to book value (P/BV). Price to book value is the ratio of the price of a change in the price of the stock adjusted for bonus or split.
stock to the book value per share of the company. It shows how much premium Dividend yield (yield). This is defined as the percentage of the dividend paid
investors are willing to pay for the underlying net assets of the company. per share to the current market price of the stock. Since the denominator in this
Price to earnings (P/E). The price-to-earnings ratio, or the P/E ratio, is sim- ratio is the market price, a stocks dividend yield changes every day.
ply the ratio of the price of a stock to its earnings per share. It shows in multiples Price-earnings to growth (PEG). This ratio demonstrates how high a price we are
how much investors are willing to pay for the earnings. The thumb rule of valuing a paying for the growth that we are purchasing. It is the ratio of price to eanings to EPS
stock is that a high-growth stock will have a high P/E ratio, while a value stock will growth of the stock. In all our analyses, we have taken five-year historic EPS growth.
have a relatively lower P/E ratio.
Dividend payout ratio (DPR). This is the total dividend paid to the sharehold-
Earnings per share (EPS). Earnings per share, or EPS, is calculated by divid- ers as a percentage of net profit
ing the companys net profit with the total number of outstanding shares.
Operating profit margin (OPM). OPM is operating profit as a percentage of
Net sales. This is simply the income that a company derives by net sales.
selling the goods and services that it produces.
Net profit margin (NPM). NPM is the net profit as a percentage of total
The downside of taking sales as an indicator of growth is that it may not be income (sales plus other income)
matched by a similarly scintillating bottom-line performance. A company may be Growth Value
earning revenue at a high rate. But if it is doing so by incurring a very high cost,
Stock style. It indicates the style of the
the bottom line may not grow in proportion to the growth in the top line.
stock. It is derived from a combination of Large
the stocks valuation growth or value
Interest coverage ratio (ICR). This indicator is generally used to gauge whether a and its market capitalisation large, mid
company has the ability to service its debt. The interest coverage ratio is calculated as and small. For example, on the right we
Mid
the ratio of operating profit to interest outgo. A company with ICR of more than two have shown the stock style of a large-cap
implies that it can service more than twice its current interest charges. growth stock. Small

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Attractive blue chips


B
LUE CHIPSTOCKSARESHARESIN PURCHASEBLUECHIPSATANYRATEAND
THE LARGEST MOST VALUATION )T IS FOR THIS REASON THAT
CONSISTENTLY PROFITABLE AND WE HAVE INCLUDED STOCKS WITH FIVE
MOST PRESTIGIOUS YEAR AVERAGE RETURN ON EQUITY OF
COMPANIES4HESESTOCKSCOMMANDA
VALUATIONPREMIUMBECAUSEOF THEIR
MORE THAN  PER CENT WITHOUT
DECLININGMORETHANPERCENTINA
REASONS TO INVEST
CONSISTENCY AND THE FACT THAT THESE YEAR AND PRICE TO EARNINGS GROWTH
Liquidity
STOCKSHAVEALREADYBEENDISCOVERED 0%' OF LESSTHAN4HISMONTHS Large companies in
/UR STOCK SELECTION IS BASED ON LISTHASFOURNEWENTRANTS4HEYARE respective businesses
STOCKS THAT HAVE OVER A  PER CENT AS FOLLOWS !MARA 2AJA "ATTERIES Strong balance sheets
#!'2 ON %03 OVER THE PAST FIVE $IVIS ,ABS %ICHER -OTORS AND
YEARS DEBT EQUITYRATIOOF LESSTHAN :ENSAR4ECHNOLOGIES WI Liked by institutions
TWO AND INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO OF
MORE THAN TWO 4HERE IS A BELIEF
THAT SUCH STOCKS ARE LESS RISKY AS THE FILTERS
COMPARED TO SMALLER STOCKS WHICH Companies with a capitalisation of above `4,086 crore
IS TRUE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE
Annual earnings growth of more than 20 per cent over the past five years
THEINTRINSICRISKISLOWASMANYOF
THESE HAVE HIGH MARKET SHARES AND Debt-equity ratio of less than two
STRONGBALANCESHEETS Interest coverage ratio should be more than two
(OWEVER BLINDLY BUYING A BLUE Five-year average return on equity above 20 per cent
CHIP IRRESPECTIVE OF THE VALUATIONS
Average ROE should not have fallen more than 20 per cent in any year
MAY CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD
4HE RISK OF CAPITAL LOSS MAY PEG of less than 1.5
ACTUALLY BE HEIGHTENED WHEN YOU

Attractive blue chips


Stock Debt-equity Int coverage RoE avg EPS growth Mkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/E PEG ratio ratio 5Y (%) 5Y (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Adani Ports & SEZ 22.74 0.80 1.66 3.1 24.22 28.37 56,423 272 375-262
Port

Ajanta Pharma 34.10 0.59 0.09 78.0 32.82 58.20 11,744 1,335 1,720-842
Pharmaceuticals & Drugs

Amara Raja Batteries 33.70 1.32 0.04 2531.5 29.50 25.57 15,141 886 1,132-693
Batteries

Atul 19.95 0.70 0.29 13.7 21.69 28.42 4,849 1,635 1,805-1,034
Chemicals

Britannia Industries 47.88 0.90 0.12 247.0 49.88 53.16 34,131 2,845 3,435-1,576
Consumer Food

Divis Laboratories 30.32 1.35 0.01 373.6 26.44 22.49 29,971 1,129 1,242-787
Pharmaceuticals & Drugs

Dr. Reddys Laboratories 24.46 0.25 0.44 27.8 24.40 97.55 59,715 3,501 4,383-3,010
Pharmaceuticals & Drugs

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Stock Debt-equity Int coverage RoE avg EPS growth Mkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/E PEG ratio ratio 5Y (%) 5Y (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Eicher Motors 50.24 1.27 0.02 102.5 27.14 39.52 41,514 15,295 21618-13725
Automobiles-Trucks/Lcv

HCL Technologies
IT - Software
16.39 0.41 0.05 70.1 31.02 39.57 118,039 839 1,058-725

Hexaware Technologies
IT - Software
20.28 0.71 0.00 230.6 23.91 28.65 7,729 256 335-191

Kajaria Ceramics
Ceramics/Marble/Granite
33.67 1.05 0.33 9.6 28.09 32.19 6,809 857 925-541
Mindtree
IT - Software
22.51 0.87 0.00 6909.0 27.51 25.84 12,409 1,480 1,605-1,112
TCS
IT - Software
22.31 1.05 0.01 253.4 41.57 21.21 464,278 2,375 2,810-2,348
Torrent Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals & Drugs
19.68 0.56 1.10 6.4 32.26 34.93 25,856 1,528 1,720-941
Vakrangee
IT - Software
21.91 0.42 0.44 7.5 22.41 52.08 7,596 144 172-87
Zensar Technologies
IT - Software 14.25 0.71 0.15 33.8 31.45 20.16 4,400 989 1,020-564
Data as on November 16, 2015. Growth rates are all annualised. Indicates new entrants.

High dividend-yield stocks


F
ALLING MARKETS GIVE LITTLE PROFITABLE OPPORTUNITIES OR NEW
ROOM FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO INVEST IN /R MAYBE ITS
APPRECIATION (OWEVER PROFITS HAVE ZOOMED DUE TO A
INVESTORS CAN BENEFIT BY TEMPORARYDIPINCOSTS
INVESTING IN COMPANIES THAT PAY
DIVIDENDS (IGH DIVIDEND PAYING
"LINDLY CHASING THE CURRENT YIELD
WOULD BE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER 7HEN
REASONS TO INVEST
STOCKSWITHSOLIDFUNDAMENTALSAREA LOOKING FOR HIGH DIVIDEND YIELD
Cushion against volatility
SAFEWAYTOGENERATEASOLIDRETURNIN STOCKS LOOK FOR COMPANIES WITH A Higher total return
THE MARKET "UT PICKING A STOCK THAT SUSTAINED DIVIDEND PAYOUT 7E Generate regular
BOASTS OF THE HIGHEST DIVIDEND YIELD SHORTLISTEDCOMPANIESWITHSUSTAINED tax-free income
DOES NOT HELP 9OU NEED TO GO DEEPER PER SHARE DIVIDEND KEEPING IN MIND
AND EXAMINE THE REASONS BEHIND THE THEFACTTHATYIELDSHOOTSUPWHENTHE
HIGH DIVIDEND PAYOUT -ANY TIMES A
COMPANYTHATPAYSHEALTHYDIVIDENDS
CAN HAVE WEAK FUNDAMENTALS WHICH
WILLKEEPTHESTOCKPRICEDOWN
THE FILTERS
Stocks with sustained per share dividend and amount over the past five years
&OR INSTANCE THE COMPANY COULD
HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTING THE PROFITS Dividend payout ratio of less than 40 per cent
BECAUSE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY INCOME Stocks with a current dividend yield of more than 3 per cent
OR BECAUSE THERE IS DEARTH OF

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SHAREPRICEDROPS7EALSOFACTOREDIN DIVIDEND PAID AS PER CENT OF TOTAL
A DIVIDEND YIELD DIVIDEND PER SHARE PROFITS CAN PUT THE FUTURE GROWTH OF
AS PER CENT OF SHARE PRICE OF  PER THE COMPANY IN DARK AS THE
CENT AND THE COMPANYS PAYOUT RATIO COMPANIESARELEFTWITHLESSFUNDSTO
BEFOREMAKINGTHEFINALLIST REINVEST ALTHOUGHMATURECOMPANIES
! VERY HIGH DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO MAYAFFORDTODOSOWI

High dividend yield


Stock Dividend Dividend Dividend pay- Avg div Mkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/E PEG per share (`) yield (%) out ratio (%) 5Y (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Chambal Fertilisers 7.19 2.33 1.90 3.38 26.70 19.00 2,337 56 77-54
Fertilizers

Gujarat Industries Power


Power Generation/Distribution
8.68 7.23 2.50 3.36 29.94 25.00 1,127 75 94-66

GMDC
Mining & Minerals
6.85 4.68 3.00 4.02 19.07 150.00 2,372 75 152-61

Hinduja Global Solutions


BPO/ITeS
6.95 1.28 20.00 4.35 25.11 200.00 953 460 699-407

Hindustan Zinc
Metal - Non Ferrous
7.10 0.47 4.40 3.05 22.73 144.00 60,908 144 190-117

JM Financial
Finance - Investment
9.22 0.54 1.35 3.30 32.01 89.00 3,222 41 59-39

NALCO
Aluminium Products
8.63 7.32 1.75 4.76 34.12 26.00 9,484 37 63-28

Neyveli Lignite
Power Generation/Distribution
7.84 1.56 2.80 3.53 29.74 27.00 13,296 79 94-65

Power Finance
Finance Term Lending
4.60 0.27 9.10 4.10 20.01 72.20 29,312 222 316-185

PTC India
Power Generation/Distribution
8.78 0.53 2.20 3.50 25.41 17.60 1,859 63 105-50
Rashtriya Chem. & Fert.
Fertilizers
9.92 3.57 1.80 3.83 28.80 14.60 2,593 47 75-40
REC
Finance Term Lending
4.19 0.21 10.70 4.53 19.77 86.90 23,329 236 371-211
SJVN
Power Generation/Distribution 7.85 0.76 1.05 3.68 25.90 9.46 11,810 29 30-22
Karnataka Bank
Bank - Private 5.17 0.38 5.00 4.02 20.87 39.00 2,342 124 158-108
Tourism Finance Corp
Finance Term Lending 7.42 0.89 1.80 3.17 24.14 13.20 458 57 96-44
Data as on November 16, 2015. Growth rates are all annualised. Indicates new entrants.

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IDEAS

Discount to book value


E
VERYONE LOVES A GOOD BY SUBTRACTING DEBT AND OTHER
BARGAIN 7HO DOESNT LIABILITIES FROM ASSETS &AMED
ENJOY FINDING SOMETHING INVESTORS LIKE THE LATE "ENJAMIN
THEY WANTED ON SALE "UT 'RAHAMUSEDBOOKVALUEASAGAUGE
BARGAINS CAN MANY TIMES LAND YOU OF LIQUIDATION VALUE "UYING A REASONS TO INVEST
INTOASITUATIONWHEREYOUBUYALOT STOCKBELOWBOOKCANPROVIDEWHAT Really cheap
OF THINGS THAT YOU DONT WANT OR 'RAHAMCALLEDA@MARGINOF SAFETY
NEED 6ALUE INVESTORS HUNTING FOR ! STOCK TRADING NEAR OR BELOW
Relatively undervalued
INEXPENSIVE STOCKS OFTEN FACE A BOOKVALUEISOF MOSTINTEREST SINCE Companies with assets
DAUNTINGCHALLENGEINBULLMARKETS SUCH A COMPANY CAN BE BOUGHT FOR
3INCE THE MARKET HAS ALREADY RUN CLOSETOOR BETTERYET LESSTHANWHAT
UP SIGNIFICANTLY IT IS DIFFICULT TO ITISWORTH4HELISTBELOWCOMPRISES
SPOTVALUEBUYS THESTOCKSTHATMEETOURCRITERIA WI
4HE IDEA OF @VALUE CAN DIFFER
FROM PERSON TO PERSON &OR
INSTANCE FORSOMEINVESTORS THE
PER CENT LESS THAN THE BOOK VALUE
THE FILTERS
PER SHARE WOULD SEEM TO BE A Price at least 10 per cent below the book value
DISCOUNT WHILE MANY MAY FIND OUR Return on net worth of more than 10 per cent in the most recent year
 PER CENT FIGURE CONSERVATIVE Debt-equity ratio of less than 1.5 per cent
7HATINVESTORSNEEDTOUNDERSTAND
IS THAT BOOK VALUE IS A MEASURE OF Companies must have a five-year earnings growth of more than 10 per cent
SHAREHOLDER EQUITY AND IS DERIVED

Discount to book value


Stock Dividend Debt-equity Mkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/B P/E PEG yield (%) ratio (%) RoE (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Noida Toll Bridge 0.84 5.35 0.25 12.12 0.04 16.14 461 25 37-23
Engineering - Construction

GE Shipping 0.73 5.85 0.49 2.76 0.88 10.54 5,999 398 422-327
Shipping

Karnataka Bank 0.65 5.17 0.38 4.02 0.31 14.03 2,342 124 158-108
Bank - Private
Prices as on November 16, 2015. Growth rates are all annualised. Indicates new entrants.

Reasonably priced growth stocks


G
ROWTHATAREASONABLEPRICE GROWTH AND VALUE INVESTING SEEKS
'!20 ISACOMBINATIONOF COMPANIESHAVINGTHEIRPRICESBELOW
BOTH GROWTH AND VALUE THEIR INTRINSIC VALUE GROWTH AT A
INVESTING 4HIS STRATEGY REASONABLEPRICE ASASTRATEGY HUNTS
WAS POPULARISED BY 0ETER ,YNCH FOR STOCKS THAT HAVE BOTH GROWTH
7HILE A GROWTH STRATEGY IS MORE POTENTIAL AND ARE ALSO TRADING AT A
FOCUSED ON A COMPANYS EARNINGS REASONABLE PRICE ! TYPICAL '!20

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COMPANIES THAT HAVE HAD A POSITIVE 4HIS MONTHS LIST HAS  NEW
PERFORMANCEOVERTHEPASTFEWYEARS STOCKS WHICHPROVIDEAMPLEOPTIONS
ANDALSOHAVEPOSITIVEPROJECTIONS TOINVESTORSWI
!SOLIDBENCHMARKTOSPOTA'!20
STOCK IS THE 0%' RATIO OR THE
REASONS TO INVEST
PRICEEARNINGS GROWTH RATIO 0%' THE FILTERS All-weather investment
SHOWS THE RATIO BETWEEN A Earnings growth of: style
COMPANYS0%RATIOVALUATION AND At least 20 per cent in the past Works in all markets
ITS EXPECTED EARNINGS GROWTH RATE five years Companies with strong
OVERTHENEXTSEVERALYEARS!'!20 At least 20 per cent in the trailing 12 fundamentals
INVESTOR WOULD SEEK OUT STOCKS THAT months YOY
HAVE A 0%' OF ONE OR LESS WHICH At least 20 per cent in latest quarter Greater stability vis-a-vis
HELPSFINDREASONABLYPRICEDSTOCKS YOY value or growth
'!20 INVESTING MEETS AN
Stocks with a price-to-earning (P/E) of
ADMIRABLE SET OF CRITERIA IN FINDING
less than 15
COMPANIES WITH GOOD GROWTH
PROSPECTS AND MINIMAL RISK AND A

Reasonably priced growth stocks


Stock Industry Quarterly EPS TTM EPS EPS growth Mrkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/E P/E PEG growth (%) growth (%) 5Y (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

BPCL 9.56 12.72 0.27 119.3 45.9 35.2 64,958 898 987-622
Refineries

Garware-Wall Ropes
Textile
14.48 23.19 0.68 41.6 49.7 21.3 759 347 387-145

Genus Power Infra


Electronics - Components
10.20 26.51 0.18 1158.6 76.8 55.8 847 33 39-20

Hindustan Media Ven


Printing And Publishing
12.40 18.07 0.41 43.1 33.7 29.9 2,012 274 290-193

Indiabulls Real Estate


Construction - Real Estate
8.25 25.84 0.26 84.9 112.5 31.4 2,786 60 87-41

JK Tyre & Industries


Tyres & Allied
5.06 10.19 0.19 40.0 107.0 26.7 2,196 97 163-78

Manali Petrochemicals
Petrochemicals
10.17 9.67 0.48 26.8 53.2 21.0 563 33 37-13
MBL Infrastructures
Engineering - Construction
10.11 22.59 0.40 45.2 55.7 25.4 856 206 330-170
MRF
Tyres & Allied
10.30 10.19 0.30 45.4 74.1 34.6 16,105 37,974 46405-31374
Nandan Denim
Textile 9.58 23.19 0.29 30.5 31.3 33.0 566 124 174-44
Pokarna
Ceramics/Marble/Granite 13.92 25.42 0.23 241.9 125.5 60.9 633 1,020 1,425-501

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Stock Industry Quarterly EPS TTM EPS EPS growth Mrkt cap Share 52-week
Company style P/E P/E PEG growth (%) growth (%) 5Y (%) (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

PTC India FinServices 6.86 18.98 0.18 454.0 40.9 37.3 2,355 42 73-37
Finance - NBFC

R Systems International
IT - Software
8.14 19.39 0.20 186.7 56.1 39.9 865 68 100-59

Technocraft Industries
Steel & Iron Products
9.48 19.36 0.38 34.2 27.9 25.2 728 231 285-149

Lakshmi Vilas Bank


Bank - Private
9.63 18.91 0.35 41.8 78.4 27.4 1,519 85 111-64

TVS Srichakra
Tyres & Allied
13.11 10.19 0.35 86.9 109.5 37.3 2,073 2,707 3,249-1,408

Welspun India
Textile
11.70 23.19 0.28 32.6 31.5 41.2 7,492 746 963-293

Yes Bank
Bank - Private
13.97 18.91 0.55 25.7 27.2 25.4 31,473 751 910-590
Zensar Technologies
IT - Software
14.25 19.39 0.71 34.1 33.1 20.2 4,400 989 1,020-564
Data as on November 16, 2015. Growth rates are all annualised. Indicates new entrants.

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Moat companies
Stock TTM earning EPS 1Y return (%) Market Share 52-week
Company style P/E PEG RONW (%) growth (%) growth 5Y (%) over Sensex* cap (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Asian Paints
Paints
49.20 3.63 32.51 19.62 13.55 27.52 76,913 802 925-675

BHEL
Electric Equipment
46.93 -1.68 4.31 -67.46 -27.96 -19.43 43,641 178 300-176

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STOCK
IDEAS
Stock TTM earning EPS 1Y return (%) Market Share 52-week
Company style P/E PEG RONW (%) growth (%) growth 5Y(%) over Sensex* cap (` cr) price (`) high/low (`)

Bharti Airtel
Telecommunication
23.28 -3.70 7.53 49.66 -6.29 -5.33 134,273 336 452-316

Bosch
Auto Ancillary
57.46 10.71 19.61 -2.86 5.37 23.82 60,185 19,168 27,989-16,650

Castrol India
Lubricants
35.53 6.53 76.04 29.38 5.44 6.64 21,546 436 544-416

Coal India
Mining & Minerals
15.14 2.06 33.17 -5.12 7.36 1.03 209,135 331 447-301

Colgate-Palmolive
Household & Personal Products
45.60 10.04 81.59 11.00 4.54 3.98 25,798 949 1,099-851

CRISIL
Ratings
51.22 7.74 35.25 0.12 6.62 6.91 13,773 1,926 2,365-1,772

Cummins India
Diesel Engines
35.71 5.65 28.83 11.00 6.33 26.89 27,886 1,006 1,247-810

Exide Industries
Batteries
22.96 -7.12 17.06 4.87 -3.22 -0.29 12,538 148 207-136

Hero MotoCorp
Automobile
20.20 5.17 38.62 7.35 3.90 -3.74 52,147 2,611 3,272-2,252

Hindustan Unilever
Household & Personal Products
39.57 2.89 117.12 7.84 13.70 11.78 169,810 785 979-744

ITC
Cigarettes/Tobacco
28.01 1.79 33.21 4.51 15.61 0.03 271,544 338 410-295

Larsen & Toubro


Engineering - Construction
27.85 3.77 12.78 -11.78 7.38 -8.13 126,384 1,357 1,893-1,326

Maruti Suzuki
Automobiles - Passenger Cars
31.18 2.53 16.55 45.04 12.34 47.48 140,461 4,650 4,763-3,250

Nestle India
Consumer Food
81.67 -135.31 45.51 -38.03 -0.60 2.88 57,694 5,984 7,500-5,499

NMDC
Mining & Minerals
7.60 -73.22 20.58 -32.10 -0.10 -32.86 36,158 91 155-90

Pidilite Industries
Chemicals
43.97 2.79 24.09 31.64 15.78 36.88 27,358 534 638-415

Titan Company
Diamond & Jewellery
45.40 2.85 29.12 -11.02 15.91 4.08 31,885 359 448-303

Zee Entertainment
TV Broadcasting
35.30 2.50 31.21 18.48 14.11 8.95 36,377 379 440-300
Data as on November 16, 2015. Growth rates are all annualised. *Return over Sensex means stock return less Sensex return.

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WORDS WORTH
NOW

Indias economic growth is likely to be at


7.5% this year and [we will] achieve a
growth rate of 8% plus next year.
NARENDRA MODI Prime Minister of India, The Economic Times, November 16, 2015

Today everybody wants to make steel and Chinas economy is still coping
sell wherever they can. It is a capital- with the complicated
intensive industry. In order to minimise internal and external
their fixed cost, steel companies across the environment,
world are maintaining their volumes... and considerable
their governments are supporting them by downward pressure
way of indirect subsidies... Our government and the temporary
needs to take steps to avoid unfair pain of deep
competition... There is no level-playing reforms.
field for the domestic industry to compete. XI JINPING President of China, Business
Standard, November 19, 2015
SESHAGIRI RAO Joint MD, JSW Steel, Business Line,
November 16, 2015

Whatever Reliance does, I think what the prime [On acquiring


it does on a scale that is minister [Narendra Reifencom] It will enable
always big and impactful. Modi] is doing is Apollo to improve its mix
That is exactly what setting the stage for of distribution channels
Reliance is planning to do long-term growth in in Germany and Europe
in the telecom India. And you do that and aid in increasing the
sector... by taking some tough visibility of Apollo and
SUNIL MITTAL decisions... He is not Vredestein tyres in
Chairman, Bharti Airtel, making short-term offline and especially
The Financial Express,
November 17, 2015 decisions to get instant fast growing online retail
gratification. space.
TOM NIDES Vice-Chairman, Morgan NEERAJ KANWAR Vice-Chairman and MD,
Stanley, The Economic Times, November Apollo Tyres, The Economic Times, November
18, 2015 17, 2015

The Lok Sabha has passed it [GST]. The day it is discussed and put to vote in
the Rajya Sabha, I have not the least doubt that it will be approved. we have
the numbers on our side. In fact, elections like Bihar wont adversely impact
GST. the best beneficiary of GST is going to be Bihar as it is a completely
consuming state and does not produce any industrial products.
ARUN JAITLEY Finance Minister, Business Line, November 18, 2015

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