Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
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Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
A full-blown recovery remained elusive for India Inc in the July-September quarter, even as it overcame the challenge of achieving profitable growth.
With mutual funds, promoters turning net-buyers, foreign investors may have to bid up prices to raise holdings.
The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
India Inc gets about Rs 67,000 crore worth of fresh orders in the Sept quarter, a rise of 45% sequentially.
China has cast a long shadow on India's economy.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Mid- and small-cap funds dominate the list, opening up opportunity for investors to make contra bets in large-cap funds
Many say Tata Motors has perhaps paid the price for being too ambitious.
Their share in overall market capitalisation of BSE stocks has risen to a four-year high
Top companies in China are valued at 7.7 times the trailing 12-month earnings against a P/E ratio of 18.6 times for Nifty 50 companies.
Shree Cement beats ACC in market value, Lupin ahead of Dr Reddy's Labs
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
Companies with contrasting financial ratios enjoy similar credit ratings; agencies say they look at many other metrics.
Leverage ratio falls to under 1; but group heavily dependent on TCS & Tata Motors.
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
The same set of companies had reported 3.8 per cent annual net profit growth in the previous quarter and 7.5 per cent annual growth in the same quarter last financial year.
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