Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
The analysis is based on the free-float market capitalisation.
Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
There are a few factors that can spoil the party
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
The Indian indices also offer one of the lowest dividend yields.
144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
What worked for the markets was favourable global investor sentiment and encouraging flows into the emerging markets following stimulus measures taken by central banks.
Did top Indian business groups miss the e-commerce opportunity by focusing on replicating the Walmart model instead of following the Amazon model of online shopping?
Patanjali, to a large extent, has penetrated the target group for its products. As a result, increasing the consumer base and revenue by 100 per cent in FY18 will be a stiff challenge.
In India, bond yields have fallen nearly 70 basis points in the last one year.
The Street was hoping that investors will lap up shares of high-dividend companies on optimism that their payouts will increase further, thanks to the 20 per cent tax saving. However, the trade failed to materialise as wealthy investors stayed away fearing high tax outgo, and experts raised doubts on whether companies would actually increase cash dole outs.
Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
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.
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.
The company plans to overhaul business and rationalise costs in a bid to reach parent Unilever's new profit targets, reports Viveat Susan Pinto.
World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.
The event will also hurt PNB's asset quality in the March 2018 quarter. While the finer details of the fraud have not been provided, making it difficult to gauge the exact impact, analysts say it will dent the bank's financials.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
The BSE Sensex and Nifty fell more than 2 per cent on Tuesday, heading for their biggest daily loss since the midst of the rupee crisis in 2013
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
Indian companies have raised $1 billion so far this year - almost four times what they raised last year.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
New strategy for Infosys by October, says Nandan Nilekani. New chairman's other priorities: Hiring CEO, reviewing Panaya probe reports.
The Reserve Bank of India held its policy rate at 7.25 percent on Tuesday.
In the long run, the decision could bring clearer rules to a sector that has failed to provide India with enough power because it has been so hamstrung by confusion and scandals over concessions allegedly handed to government cronies.
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