Stock Analysis – Gulf Oil Lubricants
Gulf Oil Lubricants India CMP- 735 (12-01-24) Gulf Oil Lubricants is the fastest-growing lubricant major in India. It is India’s 2nd-largest lubricant company after Castrol Gulf Oil achieved 10-12% CAGR volume growth in the last decade, significantly outperforming the lubricants Industry growth rate. ~25% CAGR PBT growth in the last decade The Company has gained […]
Unmanned Skies: Droneacharya Aerial Innovations
How Drones Are Changing the Business World Drone use has gone well beyond last-mile package delivery. Drones are already being used to improve a variety of tasks and industries. Despite the regulatory hurdles, the economic implications of commercial drone use are undeniable: Monitoring the Earth’s surface, In the agricultural sector, Medicine, and Logistics—and that’s just […]
United Spirits Ltd. – Riding High on Market Enthusiasm
United Spirits CMP – 1046.45 An Overview of United Spirits’ Financial Performance United Spirits is a great example of how a company can make more money even when its sales grow slowly. United Spirits’ revenue has only increased by a CAGR of 3.07%. But, because United Spirits has become good at controlling its costs, its […]
Laurus Labs Stock Analysis
We believe that Laurus Labs is poised to enter the club of major pharmaceutical players in India and capture a significant market share. UPDATED REPORT ON LAURUS LABS AS OF 23-05-2024 Valuation Particulars FY 20-21 FY 21-22 FY 22- 23 FY 23- 24 FY 24- 25 […]
Unpacking Paytm’s Revenue Model
UPDATE: 1 February 2024 – Yesterday, RBI imposed certain sanctions against paytm whereby it restricts Paytm from offering certain key services from 29 February 2024. These mainly include – Paytm payments bank credit transactions. While this will have a materially negative impact on Paytm in the short term, I am of the view that there […]
All About Stock Selection Criteria
When selecting stocks, it is difficult to review the massive amount of data available from various sources for assessing equity fundamentals. Developing a good stock selection criteria for evaluating stocks can make this tedious task much less stressful. That being said, a bigger problem these days is to select a stock selection criteria. Just type […]
Concentrated Portfolio of Stocks
6 years ago I had written an article on the benefits of having a concentrated portfolio of stocks. Some of the things what I had mainly discussed in that article was 2 things: [1] How to select stocks: How should you zero in on a list of stocks (i.e. Universe of Stocks) [2] How to […]
3 Stocks That Did Not Work – The Mess In My Portfolio!
Disclaimer: I am holding these stocks in my portfolio. Over the past few months, I have been asked much about the stocks that I recommended and which did not perform in comparison to stocks that outperformed even my own estimates. Of course, every portfolio will have some underperformers. So, here’s the top 3 stocks that […]
Demonetization: Impact on stock markets
For a week now demonetization of high value notes has been polarizing the country between those who totally support the idea and those who are against it. The move has had a big impact on the stocks markets. A lot of investors are withdrawing capital from stocks. Some because they are out of funds (since […]
Making money in stocks is often not about stock market investing
There are times when anyone who has read half a book on finance can tell you that stock prices are unreasonably high. Of course, it is possible that prices keep moving higher despite such assurance. For this reason, it is often a good approach to stay invested irrespective of stock prices and over time . […]