Nifty Auto index stocks: Selectively not secularly bullish

As the headwinds for the auto sector start to slow and the nifty auto index continues to outperform some of the other sectoral indices, we take a look at what analysts' views are on segments and sub-segments of the auto industry. Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, is a comprehensive research report that evaluates five key components of 4,000+ listed stocks - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores.

One more reason why the auto index is important to look at is the fact that while it is not an absolutely correct substitute for the transportation index available in some western countries, an auto index is something which can give an advance indication of how things are happening on ground in the economy.

Capital good companies had faced tough times for many years. Given the fact that hardly any capacity buildup was taking place in any industry, a number had to change their product portfolio and had to live with very low margins. But all the efforts have now started to show some results. Given the performance of the stock, a large majority of these stocks have hold recommendations from the analysts.

The Nifty IT index is probably the only sectoral index which has not formed a new high in recent weeks. The reason, it is one sector where analysts are least bullish in terms of expecting any upside over the next 12 months. However, the way stocks have moved in the last few days, it is clear that analysts were caught on the wrong foot. Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, is a comprehensive research report that evaluates five key components of 4,000+ listed stocks - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum to generate standardized scores.

However if one looks at the history of financial markets, there are phases where multiple challenges have come up for the sector at the sametime. But given the savings matrix which Indian’s have, despite all that may have happened, on an overall basis the financial services industry has grown and some select stocks have given decent returns to their shareholders.

In some segments like cars and two wheelers do have witnessing rising sales in festive season. But this time in case of even in these two segments, what would be more interesting to watch would be the fact how much sales the EV segment is able to get. If there is a sharp jump in EV numbers then it would mean that the final inflection point as far as the price is concerned will be higher than what has been estimated earlier. Which means early adoption. So when companies announce their sales numbers for the following months, October, November and December, it would throw a light on possible winners for next year.

Textile is one of the oldest industrial sectors in India. However, right from labour issues to smaller Asian countries becoming more competitive in terms of cost of production, different segments of the textile industry have faced more headwinds than tailwinds in their history of existence. This list is drawn from Stock Reports Plus, powered by Refinitiv, with over 4,000 listed stocks along with detailed company analysis focusing on five key components - earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum.