India Inc Earnings

India's new foreign trade policy is pragmatic and positive, and has set a stage for exporters to increase the country's share in global trade, industry bodies and experts said. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal unveiled a 'dynamic and responsive' Foreign Trade Policy 2023 on Friday with the objective of raising the country's outward shipments to USD 2 trillion by 2030, pushing the rupee trade and incentivising e-commerce exports. Director General of industry chamber CII Chandrajit Banerjee said with many innovative measures, the new FTP will go a long way to help India achieve USD 2 trillion in exports of goods and services and is in line with the many policy announcements to promote exports in the recent past. "At a time when the world is looking for resilient global value chains, FTP 2023 will facilitate the regulatory environment, foster globally competitive firms and make exports more inclusive," he said. Commenting on the policy, Assocham Secretary General Deepak Soo

Adani Ports, Hindalco among stocks with 100 per cent 'Buy' rating by analysts.

India Inc's operating profit margin narrowed by a sharp 2.37 per cent in the December quarter to 16.3 per cent on an annual basis due to inflation and rising energy costs, a domestic ratings agency said on Monday. When viewed sequentially, the operating profit margin for the December quarter expanded by 1.80 per cent over the preceding September quarter, Icra Ratings said, attributing the same to the easing in input costs and also price hikes by many companies. Going forward, while price hikes and sequential input cost reductions can boost margins in the near term, geopolitical tensions, recessionary concerns, and forex volatility continue to pose risks, the agency said. The revenue of companies, excluding those in the financial sector, grew 17.2 per cent, which was as per expectations, the agency said, adding that hotels, oil and gas, auto, airlines, and power sectors led the way. However, the revenue growth was a muted 1.4 per cent from a sequential perspective due to inflationar

Dealmaking activity witnessed a huge decline in January, with only 145 transactions worth USD 2.7 billion being undertaken by India Inc, a report said on Monday. By value, the overall flows suffered due to the absence of any big-ticket deal and were 56 per cent down as compared to USD 6.12 billion in the year-ago period, and 62 per cent down compared to the previous month, the report by consultancy firm Grant Thornton said. The volumes were down 41 per cent when compared with 244 deals in January 2022, while the same were down by 3 per cent as compared to the preceding month of December. "India managed to account for record deal values last year (2022), which made investors hopeful about the future. However, the deal momentum in January 2023 did not match the expectation and witnessed a declining trend," its partner Shanthi Vijetha said. The mergers and acquisition (M&A) deal volumes declined by 62 per cent at 26 deals worth USD 311 million, an 88 per cent decrease compared to ...

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Ratio for manufacturing firms at 9-quarter low of 0.93%

The combined gross borrowings of the 760 companies excluding banking, finance, insurance and stock-broking firms were up 12.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) during April-September 2022 (H1FY23)

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The combined net profit of 2,725 listed companies across all sectors was down 6.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q2 -the first contraction after eight consecutive quarters of YoY growth

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India Inc is expected to report a three per cent year-on-year decline in profits for the July-September period, a report said on Wednesday. This fall in profitability will be the fourth straight quarter of the decline in profits for the listed companies, rating agency Crisil's research wing said. "Profitability...is seen declining 300 basis points (bps) due to elevated commodity prices," the report, based on research of 300 companies from 47 sectors, said. "Rising revenue momentum is not translating into profit margin proportionately," Crisil Research's associate director Sehul Bhatt said. The revenues are expected to rise by 15 per cent during the quarter when compared to the year-ago period, the report said, attributing it to moderate price hikes and steadily rising volumes. It can be noted that starting earlier this week, major companies have been reporting their earnings for the July-September period. On a sequential basis, that is when compared with the performance in Q1, th

The July-September quarter (second quarter, or Q2) of 2022-23 (FY23) could mark the end of the period of an unprecedented rise in India Inc's earnings in the aftermath of the pandemic

Ajay Argal of Franklin Templeton believes that any change in stance to lower the pace or the quantum of rate hikes could provide an interim positive trigger for the markets.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is mooting a stricter framework for identifying "beneficial owners (BOs)" of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) in the country

India Inc saw a 39 per cent jump in top lines during April-June quarter but their operating margins declined 213 basis points to 17.7 per cent due to input cost inflation, a report said on Monday. While companies passed on higher input costs in the form of commodity and energy cost, leading to revenue growth, the same led to margin compression, rating agency Icra said in a note based on the analysis of 620 listed companies, excluding financial sector entities. Margin compression was attributed to the supply chain disruptions triggered by the war in Ukraine. The report expects margins to recover from the second half. The sample 620 companies reported an aggregate revenue growth of 39.1 per cent on-year in the June quarter, which was optically aided by the low base of the previous year impacted by the second wave of the pandemic. Another major reason for the massive growth is price hikes across several sectors, the agency said. But sequentially, the top line grew by 1.5 per cent and

Corporate earnings grew in double digits during the April-June 2022 (Q1FY23) quarter but the momentum waned

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI hiked the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4 per cent - a three-year high - owing to inflation concern

The early-bird results for the April-June 2022 quarter hinted at a decline in earnings, even as corporate revenue continued to grow at a fast clip

First sequential contraction in corporate earnings after 4 quarters of expansion