The board of ITC on Monday approved the Hotel demerger, with share entitlement ratio of 10:1 for the demerged entity.
Barring Varun Beverages that reached a new all-time high and Colgate Palmolive (India), other FMCG stocks trade fragile.
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Some investors may have preferred a vertical split (100 per cent direct). This move will not likely have a big implication for ITC's share price, wrote analysts at Jefferies in a note
The move to demerge the hotel business into a separate entity by ITC has brought back focus on hotel stocks, which have already seen a good run thus far in FY24.
The FMCG index has breached previous reversal support, igniting fear of caution among retail traders. This move emerged after the index reached a new historic peak a few sessions ago.
The move may improve ITC's ROCE by 2,000 bps
The demerger will however have only a marginal negative impact on ITC overall earnings and share price given the hotel division miniscule contribution to its consolidated finances
While the medium-term outlook remains highly optimistic, the stock may remain choppy in the near-term
Thus far in calendar year 2023, the share price of ITC has appreciated by 48 per cent, while HUL's stock price has gained 1.3 per cent and the Sensex 8.8 per cent, respectively.
At ITC, the number of crorepati employees jumped by 36 per cent year-on-year to 257 in FY23 from 189 in the previous year. In HUL, 205 managers earned more than Rs 1 crore in annual salary in FY23
Analysts at Jefferies beleive the stock could top the Rs 600-mark, an upside of over 34 per cent from current levels
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Thus far in the calendar year 2023, the stock has outperformed the market by surging 25 per cent, as compared to 0.55 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Sensex.
The ITC stock closed at Rs 419.65 on the BSE, down 1.87 per cent
The FMCG index has risen 10 per cent since the start of the current year, with ITC, Nestle India, Radico Khaitan, and Varun Beverages zoomed 31 per cent, 12 per cent, 11 per cent and 10 per cent each
Thus far in calendar year 2023, ITC surpassed Infosys, HDFC, SBI, Bharti Airtel, Adani Enterprises and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in market-cap ranking.
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