Biocon is a goood long term stock to buy in the pharma sector that has potential to double your investment in 4 to 5 years. Biocon is leading bio-pharma company in India.  Because bio-pharma products are relatively difficult to manufacture, there is comparatively lesser competition. Biocon’s focus...

For the Q3 of FY 2011-2012, Hero Motocorp has reported a YoY growth of 17% in sales and 43% in net profits. The growth in net profits is mainly on account of lower raw material costs and other expenditure. Results Summary Revenues grow by 17% YoY during the quarter led by an 11% increase in sales volumes....

Larsen & Toubro reported 22.8% YoY and 18.0% YoY growth in sales and net profits respectively in the third quarter results of FY2011-2012 Results Summary Standalone net sales grow by 22.8% YoY during 3QFY12. Operating margins fall to 9.6% YoY in 3QFY12. However, operating profits increase 9.5%...

In the third quarter of FY 2011-12  TCS has reported a 13.5% quarter-on-quarter growth in its sales and an 18.4% QoQ increase in its net profits. Results Analysis: Net sales grew by 13.5% QoQ in 3QFY12, mainly due to depreciation of rupee as the growth in volumes was 3.2% QoQ during the quarter. Sales...

HDFC Ltd has reported a growth of 39% in interest income and 10% growth in net profits YoY during the results declared for Q3 FY 2012. Results Summary HDFC reported a 39% YoY growth in Interest income in the first 9 months of FY12 on the back of 21% YoY growth in advances. Net Interest Margin (NIM)...

Infosys came out with Q3 results for FY 2011-2012 and reported a 24.4% increase in its net profits and 14.8% growth in its sales Q-o-Q. Summary of Q3 FY12 Results: Sales grew by 14.8% on the back of a 3.1% Q-o-Q growth in volumes. For the nine months ended December 2011, sales grew by 22.9% Y-o-Y.The...

Axis Bank’s balanced growth, superior margin profile and consistency in fee income bring its growth trajectory closest to some of the most successful banks globally. A high provision coverage ratio also makes it a safe play in a poor credit appetite and volatile interest rate scenario. These factors...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)  reported a 6.3% QoQ growth in sales and a 7.9% QoQ decline in net profits in its Q1 FY 2011-2012 (1QFY12) results. Performance at a Glance Net sales grew by 6.3% QoQ in 1QFY12, largely driven by 7.5% growth in volumes.  Operating margins declined by 2.4% QoQ due to...

Infosys, the second biggest IT services company in India, has reported a 3.2% Q-o-Q growth in its sales but a decline of 5.3% Q-o-Q in its net profit in Q1 FY2011-12 results. Here is our analysis of the results. Q1 FY 2011-2012 Results Analysis Sales grew by 3.2% QoQ during 1QFY12. Operating margins...

Mr Aditya Puri, the CEO of HDFC Bank, one of India’s most profitable and respected financial institutions, beleaves that the Indian growth story will push the stock markets higher and a Sensex of well over 30,000 not far away. He argues that even with our existing economic and social problems,...