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 […]
Private, Public and Public Listed Companies
Private Companies: As the name suggests, companies which are owned by a small, private group of people or entities – company’s founders, management or a group of private investors. Transfer of shareholding is restricted unless agreed to by all the shareholders. What is a public Limited Company in India? Public Companies: Public companies are owned by […]
Financial research and analytics of Indian companies
What exactly should you be concerned about before diving into a business, either to buy or to operate as your own? What do you have to do to run a fund house? A brokerage firm? A small scale manufacturing unit? Or, a service oriented business? Equally important is to understand the laws, rules and regulations […]
What do Credit Rating Agencies do?
“Credit rating agency Moody’s has assigned a ‘Baa3’ rating to India, with a stable outlook”. You must have read/heard this news. Do these AAAs, Baa3s, Cas, CCCs make any sense to you? Just like a school report card, these grades serve as a marking system /score card designed to inform interested parties about the creditworthiness […]
Future Outlook of stocks in the Indian Automobile Industry
Outlook and Key stats Indian automobile industry is a key contributor to India’s GDP. At US $ 80 billion, the automobile industry accounts for ~7% of India’s GDP *. While the Indian economy has grown at ~8% p.a. in the last 5 years (2009-2013), the Indian automobile industry has grown at ~15% during the same period […]
What’s with Infosys financials & high employee attrition?
Last week witnessed the 10th big departure from Infosys in little over a year as president and board member B.G. Srinivas made his exit. In December last year, V. Balakrishnan, Infosys’ head of BPO operations had quit. He was one of the front runners to become the CEO at Infosys after the current CEO, S. D. […]
Investing Groups in Social Media – 6 Tips for Finding the Best Groups
A social group is a place for like minded people to get together and share ideas and knowledge about their common interests. Social groups across a wide range of interests including finance and investing are active all over the world. While the practice of joining stock investing groups is not new, the spread of social […]
Best stocks to buy – 3 things to look at when buying a stock
If I could make a list of the best stocks to buy in any market environment and such list was approved by everyone whoever buys a share, then very soon, that list will become a list of stocks to avoid or the “worst stocks to buy”. What exactly does that mean? If you put on […]
Ratio Analysis: 6 Important Points to Keep in Mind
Ratio analysis involves a mathematical interpretation of the financial records of a company, in order to understand its past performance and future prospects. Ratio analysis is an important tool for understanding the financial health of a company and for analyzing the progress of the business. While conducting ratio analysis it is important to keep some key […]
Gaming Industry in India
The factors considered below present an overview of the gaming industry in India. The analyses below are based on the circumstances of Delta Corp Limited which runs the largest casino operations in India. WHAT’S DRIVING THE STOCK Rising internal consumption and favorable demography Over the last few years, domestic consumption in India has kept the economy insulated from […]