The number of stocks on the NSE Nifty 200 index with a consensus ‘buy’ rating totaled 61 as of Tuesday, the lowest in at least a decade, data analyzed by Bloomberg show. LIC Housing Finance Ltd., Sun TV Network Ltd. and Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd. are among stocks that saw multiple downgrades this quarter, putting their average analyst rating at ‘hold’.
The Nifty 200 index is valued at about 24 times its 12-month forward earnings estimates, versus last decade’s mean of about 19 times. Corporate profits, which partly drove the valuation multiples, are set to slow. Kotak Institutional Equities estimates earnings for the benchmark Nifty 50 firms to grow at 8.4% in the current fiscal year ending March 2025, against 20% last year.
The wariness hasn’t stopped investors from bidding up stocks despite the high valuations. Domestic and foreign investors have plowed over $10 billion each in local equities during this quarter. Ellen DeGeneres has stopped caring what people think of her after being left devastated when she was branded "mean".OSB GROUP PLC ISIN: GB00BLDRH36025 September 2024 LEI number: 213800ZBKL9BHSL2K459 OSB GROUP PLC Transaction in Own Shares The Company announces that on 24 September 2024 it had purchased a total of 140,000 of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange, through the Company's broker Citigroup Global Markets Limited as detailed below.
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