These are best & worst large-cap stocks of 2020

These are best & worst large-cap stocks of 2020

Geyatee Deshpande
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Several stocks seem to have rebounded after the market crash, which was witnessed in March 2020. In recent months, a strong rally in the broader markets, mainly in small-cap stocks, was seen. With the steam now cooling off, investors seem to ponder over returning to large-cap stocks.

The majority of the large-cap stocks belonging to the healthcare sector have had a fantastic year so far. A strong buying interest in quality large-cap stocks was seen with investors accumulating the scrips for short-term or mid-term. Analysts strongly believed that as these stocks come out of their correction phase, a strong bounce could be seen.

Several stocks touched their 52-week high in 2020 while around 14 stocks touched their respective 52-week highs only in the month of September 2020.

Clearly defensives outperformed in 2020 with pharma and IT taking the lead while FMCG underperforming within the defensive space. Apart from pharma stocks, RIL and Britannia managed to surprise investors with their superlative returns.

Following is the list of top-performing large-cap stocks on a YTD basis:

Company Name Sector Adjusted PE (x) Returns (per cent)
1 month Since March 23 YTD
Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd. Healthcare 17.63 16.57 83.81 76.57
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. Healthcare 12.92 -2.56 170.61 73.79
Divis Laboratories Ltd. Healthcare 38.43 -5.54 65.13 68.04
Cipla Ltd. Healthcare 14.71 3.39 101.87 60.12
Cadila Healthcare Ltd. Healthcare 19.36 2.49 38.34 52.13
Reliance Industries Ltd. Crude Oil 22.82 7.54 156.4 50.11
HCL Technologies Ltd. IT 13.22 17.66 94.47 42.07
Infosys Ltd. IT 17.54 10.49 91.81 37.09
Hero MotoCorp Ltd. Automobile & Ancillaries 8.76 6.03 96.48 30.57
Lupin Ltd. Healthcare 36.72 5.07 68.81 29.48
Wipro Ltd. IT 12.94 14.59 82.8 25.69
Britannia Industries Ltd. FMCG 43.58 -1.12 74.93 22.73
Avenue Supermarts Ltd. Retailing 105.6 -4.89 16.67 16.67
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Healthcare 26.32 -3.2 56.05 16.44
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. IT 20.55 10.78 49.6 14.63
*Data as on September 30, 2020

 

Most underperforming large caps can be seen from the banking sector.

Following is the list of worst performing large cap stock on YTD basis

Company Name Sector Adjusted PE (x) Returns (per cent)
1 month Since March 23 YTD
IndusInd Bank Ltd. Bank 5.51 -14.57 59.34 -63.88
Bank Of Baroda Bank 45.3 -13.04 -23.35 -59.4
Punjab National Bank Bank 64.83 -16.28 -18.05 -55.1
General Insurance Corporation of India Ltd. Insurance 19.13 -16.34 35.88 -45.85
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Crude Oil 6.39 -12.85 14.39 -45.72
Bandhan Bank Ltd. Bank 10.85 -10.68 56.29 -45.61
State Bank Of India Bank 12.13 -15.18 1.87 -44.67
Coal India Ltd. Mining 7.65 -11.87 -7.87 -44.48
Axis Bank Ltd. Bank 65.77 -12.16 38.4 -43.02
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Crude Oil 57.08 -11.62 -7.36 -40.51
Bajaj Finserv Ltd. Finance 109.53 -7.55 27.61 -37.32
NMDC Ltd. Mining 6.79 -14.33 31.22 -35.49
ICICI Bank Ltd. Bank 26.48 -8.73 25.73 -33.5
DLF Ltd. Realty 15.03 -3.79 22.77 -32.01
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Infrastructure 16.96 -6.3 23.69 -31.67
*Data as on September 30, 2020
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