Which sector will lead the next market rally? Jyotivardhan Jaipuria answers
Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, Founder & MD, Valentis Advisors, says after the correction, they are getting a little more constructive on the market. He is no longer worried about high valuations of the Indian market because relatively, the valuations are looking okay. Now, we trade at around 65% premium to emerging market PEs, which is more or less in line with global averages and way below what it was six months back. As for earning growth, the March quarter will likely be closer to 8% and next year it may be 11-12%. Once earnings growth picks up, the market will feel relatively better and start moving up.
Jaipuria also says he likes banks, pharma and in the consumption space the three picks are white goods, travel and probably auto ancillaries.
Do you think banks will lead this rally going ahead and that is the sector to be in at this point in time because we have a lot of them saying yes, because the valuations are now reasonable, it is attractive, and banks is where one should be.
Jyotivardhan Jaipuria: We also like banks and unfortunately, we are with the consensus here. The reason we like banks is valuations. If we do 10-year valuations for all sectors, banks are the only sector where valuations currently are below the 10-year valuations. So, to that extent, there is a lot of margin of comfort there because at low valuations, you need fundamentals to improve a bit, and then you can get decent share price performances, so that is why we like the banks.
As we move into the course of the year, there has been NIM
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