deependra.sinha said:
hi Karthik,
i am new to trading ,will please explain me what r future prospects of lok housing & adani exports.
Hi Deependra
Looks like I am back on duty after a long vacation
. Let us look at Lok housing first.
Since you wanted to know the future perspective let us look at the background and fundamentals.
Lok Housing has been a loss making company till recently and in the quarter ending March 2006 the company made a net profit of 22 Cr. The sales jumped 200% from 14 Cr in the previous quarter to 61 Cr. Also in April the company merges Lok shelters ltd with itself.
For the year ending 2006 march, the sales increased 86.6 Cr. from 34 Cr the previous year. The PAT was 22.2 Cr. compare to -.3 the previous year. The EPS shot up from 0.03 to 19
All these development saw the share move from double digit to Rs.660 !!.The company has not paid any dividend so far. In the current correction the share price fell to 314 which is more realistic at p/e multiple of about 16 times compared to a 33 times at the peak.
The construction sector was one of the sectors, which got badly hit during the correction.
The biggies of the construction sector including L&T , Gammon , IVRCL, Hindustan Const, etc got a hit of about 30%. The smaller ones like PBA infra, ERA Const. Etc got hit more that 40 to 50%. (maybe more today..The comparison I made yesterday)
The story for the Construction sector has not changed very much. The outlook for the next two years is still bright. However the construction stocks were very highly over valued. In my opinion when the correction does get over the biggies will be available at very good prices. I would recommend to go for good value picks and refrain from the small players especially one which just turned around. Also the floating stock is limited and the lack of liquidity make theme prone for manipulation which is evident from the way the stock was hitting the circuit so often. Also the company just turned around. Can it sustain the huge jump in profitability?
So I would suggest looking out the strong ones in the construction sectors. There are many at bargain prices. Wait a little to pick them.
We will look at your other query about Adani Exports soon.
Regards
Karthik