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Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12 and to date is quite Interesting

Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12  and to date is quite Interesting ….What provoked this post is Sameer’s counter argument in my earlier post…he is bullish in the short term,citing the favourable upmoves in the Pharma,Cement and Auto Sectors…I’m looking at the Bigger Picture and I’m not so excited really as Macros are clearly playing up and this Government is unlikely to push big ticket reforms…we need to await 2014 General Elections,which I fear may yet again through up a fractured verdict…but I hope with a more reform friendly and decisive coalition !

Have a Look at the Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12 and to date…Quite Interesting…The Reds & Greens signal fall or rise/holding up from over a year ago  

The Alltime High & Low Columns are quite revealing

  • FMCG,Healthcare and Auto Indices  have registered All time Highs this Month…with consistent Wealth Creation in the 21st century in FMCG and Healthcare while a huge surge in the last four years in the Auto Sector
  • Quick and huge  wealth destruction in the IT sector in 2000/2001,the Metals and Power Sector inside Ten months in 2008 between January and October and in the Realty Sector between Jan 2008 and March 2009  

PERFORMANCE OF BSE SECTOR INDICES AS ON APRIL 26,2012

Sector

Valuation

Current Close

April 26,2012

A Month Ago

A Year Ago

52 Week

All Time

%

Mkt Cap

PE

PBV

Index

%

Index

%

High

Low

High

Low

IT

9

19.4

6

5509

6011

(8.4)

6244

(11.8)

6361

4639

8678

Feb 2000

835

Sept 2001

Teck

12.6

23.4

3.5

3239

3516

(7.9)

3764

(13.9)

3799

2982

4188

Oct 2007

547

Sept 2001

FMCG

7

35

14

4806

4386

9.6

3739

28.5

4834

3562

4834

April 2012

706

April 2003

Consumer Durables

0.7

20

2.7

6509

6377

2.1

6491

7097

5063

7370

Nov 2010

414

Sept 2001

Metals

9.4

14

2.4

10981

10978

16723

(34.3)

16723

9191

20495

Jan 2008

3807

Oct 2008

Oil & Gas

11.7

16.9

1.8

7896

7910

10093

(21.8)

10102

7495

14269

Jan 2008

2529

Aug 2004

Capital Goods

3.8

15.9

3.1

9424

9933

(5.1)

13710

(31.3)

14108

7807

21021

Nov 2007

481

Sept 2001

HealthCare

4.4

57

4.4

6747

6391

5.6

6191

9

6879

5757

6879

April 2012

985

April 2001

Bankex

9.8

13.3

2.1

11666

11571

13520

(13.7)

13501

8947

15108

Nov 2010

1614

June 2003

PSU

25.7

13.8

2

7160

7235

9169

(21.9)

9254

6204

11205

Jan 2008

734

Sept 2001

Auto

4.9

22

4.8

10745

9861

0.1

9678

11

10829

7814

10829

April 2012

2128

Dec 2008

Realty

1.2

20.9

1.4

1677

1726

(2.8)

2346

(28.5)

2311

1348

13848

Jan 2008

1298

March 2009

Power

7.2

15.3

2

1991

2082

(4.4)

2724

(26.9)

2714

1725

4929

Jan 2008

1275

Oct 2008

  • IT  shows a Drop,but TCS has outperformed Infosys ,which has slumped and the latter holds 48% weightage in the Index ! against just 29% by TCS !…this needs to be rectified by BSE rightaway…more so as the Market Cap of TCS is Rs 233301 crs against just Rs 135415 crs of Infosys !….The Index tracks the share price of  10 Companies with 88% weightage of just three …Infosys,TCS and Wipro …Other interesting constituents are Oracle Finance and Financial Technologies 
  •   Techk comprises of 30 IT,Telecom,Media and Communication Companies and has mirrored IT fall
  • FMCG has been the years Darling with ITC (55% weightage) and HUL (18% weightage) outperforming to allow the Index to hit Alltime Highs…11 Companies constitute this Index…Interesting ones are the two Kingfisher Group Companies,United Spirits and United Breweries…. and Tata Global (spotted this at Rs 80 late in 2011) and the huge 2010/2011 winner Jubilant Foods (Dominoes Pizza)
  •  Consumer Durables has heavyweight Titan with 51% weightage in the Index…It’s been a flat year
  • Metals has seen a bad year…In fact this Index has slumped the highest @ 35% over last year…75% Index weightage is in Five scrips led by Tata Steel with 22% followed by Coal India,Jindal Steel,Sterlite and Hindalco
  • Oil & Gas too has seen a bad year…Reliance with a 54% weightage and ONGC with a 22% weightage aggregate a skewed weightage of 76% in the Index
  • Capital Good Giants,India Proxy Larsen and Toubro and BHEL have a weightage of  54% and 16% respectively in the Index that monitors the share price of  17 companies,that also include Siemens,Suzlon,Havells,Thermax,ABB and Punj Lloyd…it’s been a shocking year for both,Larsen and BHEL on the bourses and the steep fall has unnerved even the aggressive Investors
  • Healthcare has held up well in 2011/12…19 Healthcare and Pharma Companies comprise the Index with Sun Pharma (18%),Dr Reddys (17%) and Cipla (12%) leading the weightages
  • 14 Banks comprise the Bankex with the top three weightages given to HDFC Bank (26%),ICICI Bank (25%) and State Bank of India (16%)…it’s been a very challenging year for the Banks given the slowdown in the Economy and high interest rates affecting credit offtake…the rising level of NPAs remains a threat
  •  PSU ~ The Index has 60 PSU Companies in it ! with Coal India and ONGC leading at 14% each in weightages followed by State Bank of India with 9% and NTPC with 8%…Interestingly these 60 Comnpanies have an aggregate  Market Cap of Rs 1561821 crs currently….and this smartly and significantly  constitute nearly 26%,that’s over one fourth of the Total Current Market Cap of BSE of Rs 6108734 crs 
  • The Auto Index covers 10 Companies across the sector spectrum of leading four HMV and LMV wheelers & Two Wheelers,Battery (Exide) & Engine (Cummins) Manufacturers and Tyres (Apollo)…Aggregate 86% weightage is given to top Five Vehicle Players led by Tata Motors with a 31% weightage .Interestingly and encouragingly too,this Index has held up well,largely due to outperformance by Tata Motors…However Index aggregate Market Cap is below 5% of total market cap 
  • Realty Index tracks the share price of 12 realty companies…DLF lead weightages with 33% followed by Unitech (17%),Oberoi (10%) and HDIL (10%)…Shobha,Godrej Properties,Phoenix,D B Realty are some others in this Index…it’s continued to be a sliding year for this sector that’s been saddled with huge crippling debt,huge inventories and delayed projects….but how much more lower can it go !…search for contrarion winners in this sector over the long term…had spotted Orbit at Rs 20 + late last year and early this year…Price has doubled to @ Rs 48 currently…and even Indiabulls Real Estate at Rs 45 + levels after demerger of Indiabulls Power….it surged to Rs 80 levels before reacting now to Rs 62 …But Both do not form part of this Index 
  • Power Sector is battling  Source Feed Supplies of Coal and Gas that’s crippling Operations and resulting in lower output and capacity underutilisation….Implementation of both,Public and Private Mega Projects too has been delayed for a host of reasons …This Index tracks 19 companies in the Sector that cover Generators,Transmitters and Distributors as also others that supply Equipment like BHEL which has the second largest weightage of 15% …NTPC with a 20%  leads the weightages….Incidentally Private Power Players like Reliance Power  and Adani Power have a weightage of 4% and 3%  respectively….Given the Challenges faced,the Year has been quite unkind to this Sector…the Index has slumped @ 27% in the past year…anyone for a Contrarion Bull Play here !? 

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3 thoughts on “Performance of the BSE Sector Indices in 2011/12 and to date is quite Interesting”

  1. Hi Gaurav, I was not trying to predict anything.I was just talking about past data and last 2-3 months contain unusal movements in different stock prices not at all captured in sensex/nifty.

    Regards
    Sameer

  2. I must thank you Sameer for your responses….I keep reiterating that The Key is to be scrip selective and not play the Indices or Sectors which are impacted by some heavy macros currently…interestingly in the IT Sector, TCS has held Rs 1200 levels on yoy but Infosys has declined @ Rs 1000 or @ 30% yoy from levels of Rs 3300 to Rs 2300…Infosys’s unjustified higher weightage in the BSE IT Index has skewed the Index performance….In other words a successful Bottom Up Approach will provide you the winners rather than a Top Down Strategy…Cheers,
    Gaurav

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