Should you buy, sell or hold Cipla, Fortis Healthcare, Bharti Airtel, BPCL, ONGC shares today?

Brokerages are bullish on celebrity investor Rekha Jhunjhunwala-owned Fortis Healthcare citing the company's good growth outlook. They are divided on telecom stocks such as Bharti Airtel and Indus Towers, and skeptical on energy company stocks such as BPCL and ONGC.

What brokerages recommend on Cipla, Fortis Healthcare, Bharti Airtel, BPCL and ONGC. | Image: Pixabay

Brokerages are upbeat on Cipla despite the pharma company receiving eight observations from US drug regulator FDA for its Pithampur facility in Madhya Pradesh. They are bullish on Rekha Jhunjhunwala-owned Fortis Healthcare citing the company's good growth outlook, and divided on telecom stocks, such as Bharti Airtel and Indus Towers.

Here's what top brokerages make of some of the key stocks in focus today:

Cipla shares

JPMorgan and Macquarie are upbeat on Cipla. According to the brokerage, the Pitampura unit is one of the company’s key manufacturing facilities besides Goa and the Invagen plant in the US.

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Brokerage	Rating	Target price
JPMorgan	Overweight	Rs 1,210
Macquarie	Outperform	Rs 1,215

Macquarie points out that Cipla manufactures respiratory products like Proventil Brovana and Pulmicort at the Pithampur plant.

Samvardhana Motherson shares

Jefferies maintains a ‘hold’ rating on Samvardhana Motherson with a target price of Rs 70 per share, as the company’s subsidiary acquires a 100 per cent stake in Germany's SAS Autosystemtechnik, a global provider of cockpit module assembly and logistics services to auto original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

According to the brokerage, the acquisition will add 10-15 per cent to Motherson’s revenue and EBITDA.

Telecom

Goldman Sachs maintains ‘buy’ on Bharti Airtel and ‘neutral’ on Indus Towers. The brokerage reduces its target price for Bharti Airtel to Rs 870 apiece from Rs 875. It recuced the target for Indus Towers to Rs 200 apiece from Rs 230 per share.

Shriram Finance

Morgan Stanley maintains an ‘overweight’ stance on Shriram Finance with a target price of Rs 1,580 per share citing the company's strong Q3 earnings and fundamentals.

According to the brokerage, the valuation discount to historical mean and to peers has widened. Morgan Stanley expects the stock to rally after supply overhangs.

Fortis Healthcare

Nomura maintains a ‘buy’ call on Fortis Healthcare with a target price of Rs 325 per share as against Rs 319 apiece earlier. The brokerage is positive on traction in the company's hospital business with scope for further improvement, and its investments toward technology upgrades.

Energy space

Nomura is skeptical on energy stocks such as BPCL and ONGC. It has a ‘reduce’ rating each on the stock with target prices of Rs 295 and Rs 120 per share.

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