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HDFC Bank’s Shashidhar Jagdishan is focused on profitable growth. Will investors buy his vision?
Synopsis
On January 17, shares of HDFC Bank crashed over 8%, on a single day, following its disappointing Q3 earnings. Amid this fall, mutual funds bought the stock. However, analysts feel investors must not go by the past track record and come with a long-term horizon as HDFC Bank pre- and post-merger are two different entities.
On January 17, 2024, the HDFC Bank stock fell 8.4% to close at INR1,537.50. It was the biggest decline since the pandemic-induced market crash in March 2020. A negative sentiment was built in the options market where the ‘put-call’ ratios started to go up, but some fund managers, who tilted towards the quality factor (higher ROE, high dividend-paying stocks usually having higher valuations), were happy. "We will stay invested. Perhaps, look to
( Originally published on Feb 26, 2024 )
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