4 mid caps that raced up to 46% in a year, but remain cheap

What if you could get your hands on market winners that are still available at cheap valuations? We’ve identified four mid caps that strike this rare balance – combining robust market momentum with attractive valuations. These stocks rank six or above on Value Research’s Momentum and Valuation Scores, denoting both the market’s favour and reasonable pricing.

Here are the four standouts.

4) Bombay Burmah Trading Corp

Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a key Wadia Group company since 1863, operates across diverse sectors including tea plantations, auto electric components, healthcare, real estate, and food products. The company earned nearly all its Q4 FY25 revenue from the food, bakery and dairy product segment, given its majority 50 per cent stake in FMCG giant Britannia Industries.

3) UTI Asset Management

UTI Asset Management is a key player in India’s asset management space, managing UTI Mutual Fund schemes. As of March 2025, it had a 5 per cent market share in the mutual fund industry (by quarterly average AUM). Its subsidiary, UTI Pension Fund, dominates the National Pension System with a commanding 26 per cent market share, making it one of India’s top three pension fund managers. Its Portfolio Management Services (PMS) made up 65 per cent of the group AUM as of March 2025, followed by the pension fund segment at 17 per cent and mutual fund at 16 per cent.

2) City Union Bank

City Union Bank is predominantly present in South India, with 73 per cent of its business (550 branches) coming from Tamil Nadu alone. The bank’s lending focuses on MSMEs, which accounted for 41 per cent of its loan book as of FY25, followed by the agriculture sector that made up 17 per cent of the loan book and non-agri jewel loans that made up 12 per cent. These loans are provided to individuals using gold as collateral.

1) Chambal Fertilisers

Chambal Fertilisers is India’s largest single-location urea manufacturer, responsible for nearly 13 per cent of India’s total urea output. It primarily operates from its three plants in Gadepan, Rajasthan. Its business spans three key segments: Own manufactured fertilisers (mainly urea), complex fertilisers (including DAP, MOP and NPK), and crop protection chemicals & specialty nutrients.

The four high-scorers

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