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.
Largecaps look better as smallcaps price in strong growth: Franklin Templeton’s Arihant Jain
Largecap stocks offer a better risk-reward balance than mid- and small-caps as higher growth expectations are already priced into smaller companies, according to Arihant Jain