When valuing Indian financial stocks, traditional methods like discounted future cash flows are impractical due to their lack of free cash flows. Dalal Street’s top stock picker Saurabh Mukherjea recommends using the “residual income” model instead. The model calculates return on equity (ROE) minus cost of equity (CoE) to determine the economic value add of a financial services company.
Dull loan growth, margin pressure, credit cost to weigh on bank earnings
State Bank of India anticipates lackluster Q1 results due to margin dips and slow loan growth, while HDFC Bank projects a profit increase driven by