The overall growth has been pricing-led with material cost inflation eating into the company’s profitability. There has been a 24% jump in raw material costs and a 20% increase in other expenses over the same quarter a year earlier. The management, in the company’s earnings call, mentioned 2022 inflation being five times the past trend.
Positive macro already priced in, market needs fresh earnings trigger: Sanjeev Prasad
Kotak Institutional Equities’ Sanjeev Prasad observes the Nifty 50 index is range bound. Valuations are expensive, but macroeconomics are decent. Earnings growth faces challenges from