For wealth creation: 5 largecap stocks with right mix of ROE & ROCE

When the nifty is forming a new high everyday, risks are increasing on the street. In such times, it would be better that while looking at stocks one also focuses on reducing the risk by taking a hard look at some numbers which are critical indicators. Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus which lists stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .

In the correction that markets saw in the last four trading sessions, the financial sector stocks, right from banks to other players also declined. But if one looks at the magnitude and the internal breadth of the sector it was much better as compared to a month back when the market correction was started by HDFC bank. There was a bit of profit booking in the PSU bank space, but once again after a small corrective move, things were back with a strong intraday recovery. The way things are panning out in the industry with regulatory tightening taking place, there is very likely that we might see a divergence in performance of different segments of this sector which has the highest correlation with the GDP growth. Better balance sheets and strong franchise are likely to be the differentiating factors. The factor which is largely technical in nature is the shareholding patterns that will also impact the performance of the stocks from this sector.

A software company with a net margin of 10 percent is probably not worth looking at but if an infrastructure and construction company has a net margin of 10 percent it is not bad at all. The best construction player in India strives to get double digit numbers, but it has been able to create wealth for its stakeholder. Every industry has its own matrix which should be taken into account before investing. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .

Every industry has different operating conditions which have high correlation with the kind of ROE companies in the industry generate. The bigger question is how sustainable that number is. Of all the stocks, which our algorithms come up with, we took companies from, FMCG, software, financial services and speciality chemical. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .

Would rapidly rising use of artificial intelligence tools bring more risk to software companies as some of them may lose their relevance or it would be adding more value to the manufacturing sector. This debate will dominate the street for some time to come.ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or strong buy .