Cafe Coffee Day- IPO Review
Key Facts: [1] Diversified Business – Coffee Day Enterprises Limited (“Coffee Day” or the “Company”) operates in the following divisions: Coffee and related businesses – Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), Cafe Coffee Day Lounge, Cafe Coffee Day Square, Coffee Day Xpress, CCD International and coffee vending machines; Leasing of commercial office space – Technology parks and Special Economic Zone […]
L&T Finance Holding Stock Analysis
L&T Finance Holding Limited (“L&T Finance” or the “Company”) is promoted by one of India’s leading construction companies- Larsen & Toubro (L&T). L&T Finance is registered with the RBI as an Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) and a Core Investment Company (CIC). The Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of financial products and services through its […]
How do E-commerce Companies Make Money?
E-commerce companies around the world are running in losses; By any measure, E-commerce industry commands the most extreme valuations; Having received million in private equity funding over the years, big E-commerce companies in India are planning their IPOs; Most big companies in India including Amazon, Flipkart, e-Bay and Snapdeal are focusing on developing high end […]
Vedanta Cairn Merger: The Good, Bad and the Ugly
VIDEO UPDATED AS ON 22 JULY, 2015 Ever since news of Vedanta Cairn merger started doing rounds in brokerage houses and among the helpless retail investor community, analysts and experts have given all sorts of views on things ranging from valuation to regulation. This is typical of big mergers. On the one hand, PR firms […]
Unitech Limited – Stock Analysis
Unitech shares crashed 35.27 % on June 03, 2015. Speculations that lenders were planning to sell off pledged shares of the promoters led to this massive decline in share price. While 90.32 % of promoter’s equity is pledged (as on 31 March, 2015), the promoters on have denied any sale / prospective sale from any lender. […]
Tech Mahindra Limited – Stock Analysis
Tech Mahindra Limited (“TechM” or the “Company”) operates mainly in two sectors – Telecom business and Enterprise Solutions business. Telecom business provides: (1) consulting-led integrated portfolio services to telecom equipment manufacturers and telecom service providers; (2) IT infrastructure services, business process outsourcing as well as enterprise services to various industries such as banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), […]
Colgate vs. Procter & Gamble – Market Positioning Analysis
India offers huge potential growth opportunities to global companies like Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Colgate-Palmolive being one of the fastest-growing consumer markets. According to Deloitte, factors which drive India’s growth are: Young demographic profile Rise in India’s middle class Rising income level of the Indian middle class By 2020, Deloitte expects India to be the world’s largest middle […]
Top 10 Listed IT Companies in India
Broad Trends in IT Industry for 2015: Globally corporations are increasingly turning to offshore service providers to meet their demand for higher quality and cost competitive technology solutions. With its contribution to the country’s exports, foreign exchange earnings and employment generation, the Indian IT industry is one of the most significant growth drivers for the […]
Tata Global Beverages Limited – Stock Analysis
Tata Global Beverages Limited (Tata Global or the Company) is a global beverages company engaged in the production and distribution of tea, coffee and water. The Company has branded beverage business operations in India, Europe, United States, Canada and Australia, plantation business in India/Sri Lanka and extraction business mainly in United States and China. The Company’s business […]
How to Select the Best Stock to Buy
As an investor you may face the dilemma of selecting 1 out of 2 or 3 (or even more) stocks. This typically happens when an investor already has a diversified stock portfolio and does not want to add more than 1 new stock. While it may be tempting to add equal quantity of all 3 […]