Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Sales expansion also down 4.4%
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
Half of the sharp rise in stocks in 2014 was driven by re-ratings - rise in price-to-earning ratios on hopes the new government would turn around the economy which will reflect in corporate earnings.
Maruti has improved its sales in the recent past.
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The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
Maruti is expected to post double-digit growth on product launches and good demand for entry-level cars.
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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.
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Since the cash flows will be impacted in a big way, DLF will have to resort to selling non-core assets in a substantial and significant manner through the next few quarters.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
