Automobile industry to find growth a bit more challenging this year: Mahantesh Sabarad

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Auto sales are rising sharply due to the pent-up demand caused by the Covid effect, but many auto companies have not met expectations in terms of results..

On the other hand, electronic manufacturing services have seen strong growth, driven by the new PLI scheme and a sharp increase in demand for electronic components and items.ETMarkets.com..

Mahantesh Sabarad, independent market expert, says although auto stocks have done well compared to what they were doing last year, there is a definite growth both in terms of top line and bottom line but that is not enough when it comes to the expectations and that is why some of these stocks are running out of steam...

It will be muted both in terms of volumes as well as in terms of profitability growth, so one has to take a further deeper call in terms of what other prospects lie ahead for automobile companies both in terms of let us say new plant announcements or new model announcements and things like that...

So, one thing you should remember, there is the new PLI scheme that has kicked in well for most of these manufacturing companies, particularly on the electronic side and you will also notice that India has started exporting a lot of electronic components as well as electronic manufactured items..

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