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RIL remains a laggard on bourses amid sharp six-month stock price sell-off

Analysts attribute the company's poor show in the bourses to its lack-lustre financial performance in recent quarters

Salary, wage expenses growing faster than revenues for India Inc

The analysis is based on a common sample of 667 companies from BSE 500, BSE Mid Cap and BSE Small Cap Index excluding their listed subsidiaries

Sharp drop in India-US 10-year bond yield spread in the past 4 years

Yield spread low despite rise in retail inflation in India

India's market capitalisation-to-GDP ratio third-highest despite correction

The current ratio is slightly lower than the all-time high ratio of 154 per cent at the end of September this year. It is the highest on record after December 2007 and September

Corporation tax paid by listed companies at 4-year low in Q2 FY25

Tax payment by listed companies was down 7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in Q2FY25, their worst showing in the last four years and the first decline in corporate tax in seven quarters

Slower corporate wage growth impacts consumer demand in India

Effects of single-digit salary growth for 3 qtrs on consumer spending are now palpable

Sharp decline in Adani group mcap, valuation in the last two years

The decline started months before Hindenburg report in Jan 2023

Adani group firms' debt to equity ratio at 15-year low in H1 FY25

In post-Covid period, their net worth has grown at a faster clip than borrowing

Gautam Adani family net worth falls 20% to around Rs 7.8 trillion

At its peak, it was worth $136.3 bn at the end of July this year

Q2FY25 corporate earnings split sectors between strong growth and slowdowns

Four of the 10 largest sectors - oil & gas, automotive, power, and FMCG - saw year-on-year profit declines, while six sectors posted double-digit earnings growth

India Inc's Q2FY25 numbers show growing dependence on BFSI sector

Analysts attribute BFSI companies' rising share in corporate revenues and profits to this sector's consistent double-digit growth, unlike other sectors of the economy

EPS forecasts: Here are the biggest winners and losers for FY25 and FY26

Generally underwhelming Q2FY25 results pushed the earnings per share (EPS) downgrade-to-upgrade ratio to 2.14, dampening market sentiment.

FMCG sector's defensive cloak feels tear of forces in stock market

The sector's stocks fail to shield portfolios in current market selloff

Q2 results review: Corporate earnings decline, a first in two years

Net sales growth weakest in a year, too; BFSI sector emerges an outlier

BS BFSI Summit: General insurance companies see signs of growth revival

Top CEOs see green shoots of growth driven by a slew of new initiatives taken by regulator Irdai and the govt

Sensex trailing P/E declines to 22.9x, lowest in the past 12 months

The benchmark index was down 1.18 per cent on Monday and closed at 78,782 compared to Friday's close of 79,724

Cement companies' valuation hits new peaks despite weak earnings

A continued slowdown in revenue growth and the recent contraction in profit have created an imbalance between cement companies' earnings fundamentals and market capitalisation

Early bird result for Q2FY25 signals a continued slowdown in India Inc

7% top-line growth in Q2 slowest in 5 qtrs; bottom-line expands 5%

Changing scenario: Debt-free Tata Sons has firepower for newer biz

A low leverage ratio, such as in 2005-06 and 2014-15, has been followed by a spurt in Tata Sons' equity investment in various listed and unlisted ventures

Tata Sons prioritises funding new ventures over increasing dividend payouts

Tata Sons has however scaled-up dividend pay-out in the post pandemic period in line with a rise in its earnings