Nov 14 2023, 07:48
6 home finance stocks with an upside potential up to 33%:
The NBFC crisis of 2018 has just completed its 5 years. If one looks at the root cause of the NBFC crisis, beside the lending issues by Yes Bank, it was housing finance companies which were at the centre of the crisis.
If one looks globally also, either directly or indirectly, they have been at the root of a financial crisis or a scam. One of the reasons why this sector carries such risk is that the underlying asset, which is real estate itself, is both cyclical and non- transparent.
Housing finance is a business where perception is that because it is largely secured lending, chances of companies going down under are very low.
There are enough local companies and global corporations which have gone down under in the housing finance space. One of the biggest wealth creators in the history of the Ind stock market has been a housing finance company, HDFC which now merged with HDFC bank.
It is a sector which one should own but should take care of one thing that management is conservative enough to ensure that at certain times, there would be a slowdown in the real estate sector and hence.
Look at 6 stocks, 3 of them are backed either by PSU bank or insurance company, its own plus and minus but overall basis is still a plus to have a strong parent. A number of them have also implemented tech solutions both from growth and controlling non performing assets NPAs, even during covid and after related issues which emerged post covid.
For the purpose of this report, the stocks must have an overall rating of either a "Strong Buy" or a "Buy". The list has then been sorted with the highest potential stock coming on the top of the list.
NBFC - Housing Finance - Upside potential
Nov 13, 2023
Upside Potential
Inst Stake %
Company Name
Avg Score
Analyst Count
Market Cap Type
Market Cap Rs Cr
Reco
Can Fin Homes
8
Buy
18
33.6
33.9
Mid
10,068
LIC Housing Finance
10 10
Buy
28 28
32.8
74.9
Large
24,912
PNB Housing Finance
4
Buy
9
27.8
51.7
Mid
19,405
Home First Finance
Co
5
Buy
1171
26.8
19.1
Mid
8,413
Aptus Value
Housing Finance
4
Buy
133
26.5
57.6
Mid
15,250
Repco Home Finance
8
Buy
11
18.7
32.5
Small
2,757
Calculated from highest price target given by analysts
source: et
Nov 14 2023, 13:21