The Ben Graham Way

We tweak Benjamin Graham's simple formula for finding approximate valuations for growth stocks to make it work for Indian investors

The road to Rs 15 lakh crore market cap

The rise in the stock price of Reliance Industries over the last few months on the back of stake sale in Jio Platforms has renewed investor interest in the company. Here is Reliance's story

10 Great Twitter accounts for investors to follow

Following these 10 Twitter handles is a great way to learn and stay updated as you invest

Margin masters

While their revenues have fluctuated, the following companies have remarkably maintained the operating margin

No competition

Companies that are the unquestionable market leaders of their respective sectors in terms of profit share

Don't buy stocks without understanding the underlying business

If complex businesses don't make sense, buy companies that have simple businesses

Blue Star vis-à-vis Voltas

In the air-conditioning space, while Blue Star is the preferred vendor for institutional clients, Voltas is the preferred name for retail clients

Growth without fuel

Five companies in the BSE 500 universe have managed to improve their earnings profile without incurring much capex

Let magic formula cast a spell on your investments

Famed value fund manager Joel Greenblatt compounded his fund by 30.8 per cent every year for 17 years using the magic formula. Here's his technique and how you can use it to improve your investment results

9 PSUs worth looking at

Here we profile nine PSUs that stand out in their universe thanks to their business strength and financial might

Assessing life insurance companies

Year 2017 saw the listing of two large life insurers, SBI Life and HDFC Standard Life. Here's how you analyse them

The after-effect of new accounting standard Ind AS 116

Impact of the accounting standard Ind AS 116 on companies such as Interglobe Aviation that were heavily dependent on operating leases

Multibaggers of the decade

Here are the stories of the decade's top wealth creators to help you spot the next ones

20 biggest wealth destroyers

Lessons from companies whose stocks crashed big time

Holding Companies that are Worth Holding

Maharashtra Scooters & TIC are two holding companies that can turn out to be good alternate investments if used well

Companies operating with wide margins

Companies that operate with such a high share of industry profits that their nearest competitors end up playing nothing more than second fiddle to them

Best of both worlds: profits and dividends

Companies that have grown their profits over the last three years while also distributing dividends consistently

Finding value in FMCGs

Only four FMCG companies have shown a consistent rise in operating margin and revenues in the past 5 years

Sectors with fragmented profits

Sectors where it is difficult for a single company to corner a significant share of industry profits

Are these companies really bargains?

Enterprise value less than the market cap may look like a bargain. But the devil is in the detail

Leaping ahead: comparing Bata and Relaxo

Here is how Bata and Relaxo, two leading footwear companies in India, stand with respect to each other

Give and take policy in life and in relationships

The tendency of humans to reciprocate both favours and disfavours has both bright as well as dark sides

Indian IT: Decline and Fall?

The publicity around TCS sacking employees is just the tip of the iceberg. The IT industry may be in deeper trouble and India could be headed for its first post-industrial labour crisis

Picking cold stocks and converting them to cool ones

Chirag Setalvad likes to invest in non glamorous companies that have sound cash flows and are backed by competent managements

The small cap maven

Specialising in mid and small caps, R Janakiraman talks to all stakeholders before investing in a company

Plyboard specialists

Here is how the top two plyboard makers, Century Ply and Greenply, stand in comparison to each other

What's cooking?

Here is how Hawkins and TTK Prestige, two leading pressure-cooker and cookware manufacturers, stand with respect to each other

Bearings barons: Schaeffler and SKF

Schaeffler and SKF together command about 44 per cent of India's bearings market. Here is how they compare with each other

Trouble in the making

The companies listed below have contingent liabilities higher than equity

Bullish promoter?

A rise in promoter stake doesn't always mean that the promoter is bullish about the business's prospects