Jiten Parmar, Partner, Aurum Capital, says “some of these stocks are trading at multiples of like 50 times at probably peak margins with EBITDA margins of more than 25% which we believe is unsustainable. Also, we have to understand that there is a lot of capacity coming up, so that always kind of basically makes us cautious. Many of the names are doing expansions and whenever there is expansion by a host of names or most of the players in the industry, we have seen through our cyclical investing and experience that a glut happens and then the sector goes and stocks go for a toss for quite a few years. We do not want to get caught into that situation.”
Before we talk about markets, I want to understand the psychology of the market right now. In smallcap, midcaps and largecaps – there seems to be an underlying nervousness on the Street, whatever could be the reason. Lower voter turnout, a firm stand by RBI on lenders –there could be a variety of reasons. How should one approach the market right now? Jiten Parmar: Short-term, the reasons could be anything. In this frothy market, the primary reason according to me is overvaluation and then we assign reasons to corrections. But yes, there could be some political nervousness because of the lower voter turnout as you mentioned, that could be one of the reasons why the market wants to be a bit on the sidelines and maybe some people are taking some money off the table.
But my view is that we should think long term. Long term, I do not think there is any issue unless there
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