Apr 09 2024, 09:11
As pharma,IT sectors run their course,hunt for the next performer is on. Will banking stand out?
Pharma and IT sectors led the big bull rally of 2020, but now their returns seem to have maxed out. Over the last three months, pharma has been on a free-fall, and IT underperformed the Nifty, ET Prime looked at the large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap universe to find out falling stocks that may not give best returns in future.
Pharma and IT stocks have turned out to be the 'avengers' of the post-Covid-19 world. Over the last one year, the NSE Pharma Index is up 52% while the IT index has jumped 61% as against a 32% gain in Nifty 50. All major pharma and IT stocks are part of the Nifty 50. For instance, just one pharma stock (Dr Reddy's) and five IT stocks account for around a combined 22% weightage in the Nifty 50. However, this may not be the best time to invest in sectors that have already gone up with their valuations skyrocketing.
Considering you have been an investor in the pharma index since 2015, what kind of returns would you have made? The answer is a mere 0.32% annually. For the IT index, it would be 12% as against Nifty 50's 10%.
While pharma and IT stocks have given good returns over the last 12 months, cracks are now emerging. Over the last three months, the pharma sector has been on a free-fall. Both IT and pharma sectors are underperforming the benchmark index. We at ET Prime looked at the data of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks to find out what has been happening to companies that gave the best returns over the last one year, and whether they can perform next year.
The large-cap universe
Company name
Company market cap (INR crore)
Price close (INR)
52-week returns
6-month returns
3-month returns
below 52-week high
TCS
1,081,677
2.924.2
47.42
30.09
8.21
13.34
Infosys
537,663
1267
75.5
35.44
13.94
10.02
HCL Technologies
Wipro
252,466
930.35
72.63
30.18
11.07
14,77
226,219
414.4
85.7
51.16
17.32
12.23
UltraTech Cement
183,587
6,365.05
45.37
50.52
27.34
7.19
Hindustan Zinc
126,823
300.15
107.84
42.99
29.52
9.41
Mahindra and Mahindra
97,762
819.45
77.16
27.72
11.69 15.3
JSW Steel
97,430
405.1
69.51
40.88
12.92
7.3
Adani Transmission
83,371
758.05
197.74
172.08
99.31 8.54
Grasim Industries
83,121
1,265.95
75.79
71.26
37.12 6.84
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
73,899
4,453.4
52.2
1.19
-8.33
19.7
Eicher Motors
69,871
2,556.15
51.75
12.87
-1.42
17.73
Havells India
69,617
1,112.15
82.07
73.38
38.3
10.26
Hero MotoCorp
66,930
3,350.2
61.79
7.51
5.8 11.16
Info Edge (India)
63,160
4,909.8
89.34
44.85
14.03
16.49
source: et
Apr 10 2024, 08:52