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Easy Cash, Listing Gains Hunt Driving Current IPO Market, Says Emkay Wealth Management
|Current IPO market behavior: increased liquidity, investors seeking listing gains. Q2 results may be muted. Attractive sectors: tech, pharma, BFSI.
Always On Lookout For Synergetic Acquisitions, See Strong Growth Potentional In Insurance Segment, Says BLS E-Services' COO
|In this conversation, Lokanath Panda, chief operating officer, shares insights on the IPO process, business performance, upcoming plans, and the company's vision for growth.
Markets May See Heavy Correction Post-Diwali On Lacklustre Earnings, Says Chola Securities' Dharmesh Kant
|"This earnings season is likely to be lackluster," says Kant, reflecting on the outlook for the Nifty 50. "As far as Nifty EPS (Earnings Per Share) is concerned, I expect a modest growth of around 5% to 6%. Last year, the EPS was about 250 for this quarter, so the best-case scenario now would be around 260 or 263."
Religare Broking's Ajit Mishra Suggests Watching Out For These Cues Ahead Of Q2 Print
|"Investors are encouraged to focus on accumulating fundamentally strong stocks during downturns, particularly those with robust balance sheets and growth potential, to weather market fluctuations effectively," Mishra advised.
Mutual Funds Sitting On Cash Due To Market Timing, Says Motilal Oswal's CBO
|Record high cash holding in mutual funds suggests sector rotation and market timing says Executive Director of Motilal Oswal. Chaturvedi said AIFs and PMSes have been performing well and has potential for growth.
Muted Private Consumption Growth A Concern, Says This Fund Manager
|Founder Kislay Upadhyay points to muted earnings growth in Q1 results even as markets hover around all-time high.
Market Cycle Has Shifted To Quality From Value, Says Sorbh Gupta Of Bajaj Finserv AMC
|The market cycle has shifted from value stocks to quality-oriented ones, says Bajaj Fiserv AMC. Bajaj Finserv's large cap fund is underweight on IT, positive on staples, pharma and rural consumption.
Five Star Business CFO Sees Growth Continuing At Over 30%, Plans To Add 175 To 200 Branches In FY25
|"We are guiding you for 30% plus growth for this full year while we did about 36% for year-on-year in this quarter. I think this number will be more like around 30-32% for this financial year, " the CFO told Benzinga India.
AUM Growth Seen At 25%-30%, Asset Quality To Improve In 2nd Half Of FY25, Says Chola Finance CFO
|"AUM growth would be in the range of around 25% to 30%, provided that the monsoon comes in you know as expected or as predicted," said Arul Selvan.
FMCG Sector Poised For Growth Amid Positive Earnings And Budget 2024 Measures, Says Religare Broking's Ajit Mishra
|Economic indicators are showing a steady recovery, and there have been no negative surprises from the earnings front so far. However, global economic uncertainties and inflationary pressures pose challenges.
Shailesh Saraf Of Value Stocks Sees Big Opportunity In Green Energy Stocks Tata Power, Suzlon, Others As Power Demand Stays Sky High
|Shailesh Saraf of Dynamic Equities prefer investing in energy companies like Tata Power, Suzlon, PFC, REC, IREDA due to the high power demand in the country.
Chola Securities' Dharmesh Kant On Earnings Season, Budget And Record Inflows
|"As far as the budget is concerned I think if they don't change anything and just go by the interim budget whatever announcements were there it would be good for the markets," Kant told Benzinga India.
'More Balanced Taxation Framework': CoinDCX's Sumit Gupta On Expectations From The Budget
|Gupta thinks that crypto assets should be treated similarly to equities. "You have stocks on one side and then you have crypto on another side, the properties are similar, the risks are similar, so the treatment should also be similar," the CEO told Benzinga India.
Motilal Oswal Expects Up To 16% Earnings Spurt For Nifty, Sees Strong Momentum Over Next 3-6 Months
|Indian stock market set to continue bull run due to earnings growth, normalised monsoons, strong GDP & government capex says Motilal Oswal.
'We Plan To Add 3,000 New Customers In FY25': TAC Infosec's CEO Plans To Become World's Leading Vulnerability Management Company
|Talking about the company's expansion plans, Arora said that by the end of March 2025, the company is aiming to bring 3,000 new customers on board.
How Jeff Bezos' Theory Helped This Oberoi Exec Quit Job And Follow His Passion
|Kapil Chopra revealed the final decision to quit the Oberoi Group was made after reading Jeff Bezos' regret minimization theory.
'Strong Performance Despite Slowdown In Developed Markets': eClerx Services CEO On Q4-Print
|"We have given a guidance of 24-28% for our EBIDTA and will stay in the top quadrant for both revenue and margin," Jain told Benzinga India.
Faster Growth, Steady Margins: LatentView Analytics CFO Reveals Strategy Post-Q4 EBITDA Surge
|"The plan for the next year is to definitely grow at a faster rate than what we did this year while overall for the full year, maintaining an EBITDA margin between 21.5% to 23%," Venkatesan told Benzinga India.
After A Strong FY24, Five Star Business CFO Expects 30% Growth In FY25, NIMs At 15-16%
|Five-Star Business Finance reported a 40% increase in its profit after tax for the January-March quarter, reaching ₹236 crore compared to ₹169 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Total disbursements during the quarter also saw a growth of 20%, reaching ₹1,336 crore compared to ₹1,110 crore in the same period last year.
Ending FY24 On A High, Chola Finance CFO Expects 20-25% Growth In FY25
|"We'll endeavour to do a 20-25% assests growth in the coming year, that's our target while all the businesses will grow in a sort of a seamless manner," CFO Arul Selvan told Benzinga India.
Chola Securities' Dharmesh Kant On Markets As Earnings Kickoff: 'This Market Is Discounting That Nothing Can Go Wrong'
|"My Nifty EPS target of around 1,020, 1,050 for FY24 is likely to be met when this quarter's earnings are rolled out because the latest swing in the input prices will not be reflected in any of the companies because there's a time lag. So Q1 of FY 25 would be a difficult one. But Q4 FY24, I think we will pass through with flying colours," Kant told Benzinga India.
This Fintech Company Is Helping Small Businesses Fix Their Short-Term Cash Flow Needs
|VoloFin offers invoice financing and supply chain solutions to SMEs in Singapore and India. CEO Roshan Shah talks about the company's growth and impact in an interview.
Prorata Car's Sanjeev Jain On Life After Shark Tank: 'The Real Happiness Is...'
|The Shark Tank is a great place to find out about the different and innovative startups that are coming up in the country. One such startup, that has gained a lot of eyeballs with their appearance on the tank is Prorata Car.
'We Want To Be A Pan-India Brand By 2024': The Hosteller's CEO On Expansion Plans
|"We are focused heavily on the southern part of the country for the next six months. Once we stabilize ourselves over there, then I think our portfolio will be equally divided between North and South. And early next year we plan to move to the northeast part of the country as well," Dangi told Benzinga India.
Exclusive: Zoomcar CEO Eyes Strong Revenue Growth, Expects 70%-100% Jump
|Talking about the outlook going forward, Moran said that the company is looking at a 70 to 100% Jump in revenue between $17 to $20 million for this coming year.
Five Star Business CFO Confident Of Closing FY24 On A High On Back Of Improved Disbursals
|"Both in Q2 and Q3, we disbursed a little over ₹1,200 crores. I think that we should at least clock 8% to 10% growth, or maybe a little more than that for Q4, which will lead to an AUM growth of close to 38% to 40% for the full year," CFO Srikanth Gopalakrishnan tells Benzinga India.
After Strong Q3, Chola Finance CFO Confident Of Ending FY24 On A High
|"We should look at around 30%-32% YoY growth this year and next year again, because this year has been very good, and you will have a larger base to handle. So I would conservatively put it in the range of around 20% plus for the next year," Arul Selvan told Benzinga India.
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