Nov 19 2023, 08:04
4 stocks from natural gas sector with upside up to 20%:
An announcement about pushing the electric vehicle (EV) more aggressively in Delhi, brought pressure on the stocks like IGL. While there is no doubt that over a period of time, EV will dominate, does it mean the end of the business of the gas companies? The answer is probably no, there are many other use cases and narrative about negative impact might be over stretched.
Utility stocks, like a power distributor or a city gas distributor normally don't attract much attention. What gets ignored is the fact that despite all the challenges which they face due to flip flop in policy, these companies are able to have stable income streams. They don't normally witness any sharp spike in profit but also don't witness any sharp decline.
After facing many headwinds, the gas sector had started to see some respite. Some impact of reforms undertaken by the government in the last couple of years is showing an impact on their bottom line. Now again, there are headwinds in terms of EV growing and getting a policy push. What might be getting ignored is that beside the sales to passenger cars through pumps, there is another chunk of business, which is supplying to home and also industrial uses, which at least does not face any technology or policy threat at this point of time.
One more thing which needs to be taken into account is that valuation adjustments have taken place in the last two years. Some of these stocks had done extremely well between 2017 to 2021. Now after a phase of consolidation, the valuations have normalised, rise in earnings have brought the price earning multiples down.
Gas utility stocks - Upside potential
Nov 18, 2023
Company Name
Avg Score
10
Reco
Analyst Count
24
30
28
GSPL
Buy
Buy
Upside Potential%
20.0
19.6
Inst Stake %
32.3
29.7
Market Cap Type
Market Cap Rs Cr
Mid
Large
15,547
IGL
MGL
Gujarat Gas
Buy
11.6
39.5
Mid
27,164
Hold
8.7
14.6
Large
10,363
29,253
9
10
6
27
source:et
Nov 20 2023, 15:26