Jan 07 2024, 08:27
These IT stocks can gain up to 19% in one year:
This year a large foreign brokerage and the impact on the IT stocks is visible as they stand out in green territory. One of the basic principles of figuring out whether the stock prices have bottomed out or have topped out is how they react to the negative and positive news. It is after a long period of time that IT stocks have reacted to positive news. When news is bad and most are skeptical it is time to look at businesses which have a track record of delivering and have strong balance sheets.
If one looks at the recent earnings, some stocks have moved back into the normal value zone, if not cheap. But when compared on a relative basis to other sectors, they are far better. Also the quality of balance sheet in this sector is far better as compared to many others. There is another way to look at things, when a stock stop reacting to bad new, it is probably a time to have a look at it. Now let's use the same thing on Infy, two bad news in quick succession, first the resignation of the CFO and then more than a billion US dollars getting canceled.
Then came the news of cancellation of a sizable contract, the impact, just 1.2% cut in stock price. Now compare with a time when a marginal miss in quarterly numbers lead to a cut of more than 5% in stock price and wipes out billions of dollars in market cap. While it might be contrarian buy, there is high probability that IT stocks perform better than most in bearish market conditions. Just because of the relative valuation trade and investors might take tactical trade.
We take a look at what analysts are saying for all the NIFTY IT index stocks. The following list of stocks in the NIFTY IT index were given a "Buy/Hold/Sell" recommendation in the latest Stock Reports Plus report dated Jan 5th, 2024. Analysts' recommendations are provided using Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) to provide you actionable insights.
NIFTY IT Stocks - Upside Potential
Jan 5, 2024
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Company Name
Infosys
Avg Score
8
Reco
Buy
Analyst Count
42
Upside Potential%
32.2
Inst Stake
47.0
%
Market Cap 627,631
Rs Cr
Company Name
Coforge
Avg Score
6
Reco
Hold
Analyst Count
27
Upside Potential%
24.5
Inst Stake 73.5 %
Market Cap 36,755
Rs Cr
Company Name
LTIMindtree
Avg Score 9
Reco
Hold
Analyst Count
37
Upside Potential%
24.3
Inst Stake 14.5
%
Market Cap 173,656 Rs Cr
Company TCS Name
Avg Score 8
Reco
Hold
Analyst Count
40
Upside Potential%
20.5
Inst Stake 15.9 %
Market Cap 1,341,774
Rs Cr
Company Name
HCL Tech
Avg Score
9
Reco
Hold
Analyst Count
39
Upside Potential%
19.7
Inst Stake %
25.5
Market Cap 385,245 Rs Cr
Calculated from highest price target given by analysts
source: et
Jan 08 2024, 07:25