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Thinking beyond PIN codes, how Mahindra Lifespaces is outperforming Nifty50, realty peers.

Thinking beyond PIN codes, how Mahindra Lifespaces is outperforming Nifty50, realty peers.
Thinking beyond PIN codes, how Mahindra Lifespaces is outperforming Nifty50, realty peers.
Arvind Subramanian, managing director & CEO of Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd and a member of the group executive board of the Mahindra Group; image courtesy: company.

Synopsis

At a price-to-book value of over four times, investors are putting Mahindra Lifespaces in the league of large-cap realty stocks like Macrotech and Godrej Properties. The company is getting deeper into a few markets than going wide in many and is focusing on faster execution. While sales are rising in line with its aggressive growth strategy, return ratios hold the key.

“The question is, you know as an entrepreneur, where is the return on capital? Blue chips have a return on capital between 18% and 25%, so one has to take steps to accentuate returns. Up till now, the real-estate companies have only burned capital,” late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala had said at a CII conference in February, leaving real-estate companies stunned. Jhunjhunwala had his reasons. Typically, real-estate companies tend to buy large land parcels
( Originally published on Sep 02, 2022 )
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The Economic Times