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Identify the company?

Can you identify the company? I have provided some clues to help you decipher the name of the company.

  • The stock seen its high in Dec 2017, there are 1000s of stocks that did so 🙂
  • The stock is trading at ~60% of its peak price
  • The market cap to sales ratio is less than half
  • The last 10 years average operating margin is more than 10%
  • It is a leader in its category, innovative products, global operations
  • It is trusted more by global MNCs, many of them are leading FMCG giants, than by stock investors
  • The company has entered into a new category and if successful could drive significant growth
  • The interesting part is one of the global funds was holding more than 1% till Mar 2018 is no more in the list of 1% category in Jun 2018 quarter. This fund was holding for a long time.
  • The others in more than 1% category are still holding or have increased their holding %
  • If we research more then we come to know that this global fund is acquired by another fund in Dec 2017 and selling by them started after the Mar quarter. One of the possibility is that the mandate for the fund could have changed.
  • The stock started recovering from August onwards. Was it because the selling of the fund got over or is it because of the general mood of the market?

Let’s name the stock. We will let you know the name of the company by next week. Till then we look forward to your response.

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The information herein is used as per the available sources of bseindia.com/nseindia.com, company’s annual reports & other public database sources. Aurum Capital is not responsible for any discrepancy in the above-mentioned data. Investors should seek the advice of their independent financial advisor prior to taking any investment decision based on this report or for the necessary explanation of its contents.

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View on INR Depreciation and its impact on Stock Market

The INR has weakened off late to about INR70 to a dollar. In the last 5 years, the difference in inflation between India and the US was about 3.95% (the US had lower inflation). The rupee depreciated be a little less than 2%. So, a depreciation was due. What we have observed is that in 5 years or so, Rupee does find its level vis-a-vis the dollar. Last time it was in 2013 and before that in 2008.

We also have to see this in the context of dollar strengthening and yuan and other emerging market currencies depreciation against the dollar. Exports have suffered due to Rupee being strong. CAD has widened in last 1 year, and this called for a depreciation of the rupee. We think that 70-71 is par for the course.

The silver lining is that crude has come down, which is a positive for India. Exports may now get a fillip. Rupee weakening will help the companies doing exports. So keep an eye on those. Companies which have imports might get adversely affected.

In a nutshell, crude coming down is a long-term positive for India. The import of electronic items is the largest in terms of forex outgo now. The government needs to put the impetus on domestic manufacturing of electronics. Some positives on this front are visible, but a lot more needs to be done.

Investors need not panic and look for opportunities which a depreciating rupee and fall in crude provide. At Aurum Capital, we do keep an eye on these events and look for opportunities arising out of these.

Happy investing.

Regards,
Aurum Capital
SEBI registration No: INA000011024
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Interesting times in equity markets

Dear All,

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After a stellar run in 2017, broader equity markets have given a very good correction. A handful of index stocks are up, and hence index is at a new high. The founders of Aurum Capital have been giving their views about the markets for more than a decade, trying to help investors make better decisions.

We had anticipated a correction in small and midcaps as a lot of froth had built up. The fall has been severe and sharper than even our expectations. We had moved significant funds to cash and into safer stocks in Dec and Jan.

Reading of the markets is important and if we can get it reasonably right, we can outperform. The reasons for the fall in small and midcaps were:

  • Over-valuations due to frenzy and euphoria among investors, ignoring fundamentals
  • New regulations of reclassification of mutual funds, which resulted in the money entering into few large-caps and away from mid/small caps
  • Regulatory measures like ASM, GSM
  • The feeling of political uncertainty
  • Macros turning bad – high crude prices, current account deficit widening, rupee depreciating, higher US interest rates resulting in selling by FII’s
  • Geopolitical events like the possibility of trade and currency wars
  • Increase in commodity prices
  • Interest rate hike

Some of these are still valid and can be a challenge in the future. On the other side, we are seeing micros improving

  • GST rollout has more or less stabilized. Collections are improving. Recent rate cuts in GST slabs give a leg to growth
  • Compliance in taxation increasing meaning that revenues for the government will increase
  • Good monsoon prediction
  • Huge focus on infrastructure by the government
  • Consumer discretionary spends increasing
  • No major negative surprises in corporate earnings so far

Some good signs emerging are that crude has started moderating, growth is coming back. The economy is much more robust and major disruptions are over, and we believe steps taken by the government will put the Indian economy on a very good growth path.  We believe valuations in quite a few of the large caps are not sustainable and there could be time or price correction or both. We, at Aurum Capital, believe in value investing and are very particular about the price we want to pay, howsoever great a company maybe. We believe a lot of companies have corrected well and look good at current valuations. We might have short-term hiccups, but we definitely believe in the long-term story of India and remain positive.

Many have asked questions like “skin in the game” in the stocks we are planning to recommend. The founders of Aurum Capital believe this. They may be buying or holding the stocks recommended to the clients. This will be in line with the guidelines prescribed by the regulator. What we think is good for our subscribers, has to be good for us too. Our interests will be aligned.

We are working on a few stock ideas while expecting the market to get stabilized. Our first recommendation will be coming soon.

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We look forward to your comments. Wishing you a very happy investing journey.

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Aurum Capital
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