Should you buy, sell or hold Tech Mahindra, Nykaa, MGL, oil stocks?

Brokerages have reviewed their ratings on Britannia, Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL), GAIL, Tech Mahindra, Nykaa and a few stocks from the oil & gas basket. They are divided on Britannia Industries with a downgrade to ‘sell’ from ‘underperform’ by CLSA and a reiterated 'buy' by Nomura. Here's how the brokerages rate these stocks a day ahead of the Holi holiday:

Brokerages have a bullish view on companies such as ONGC, Oil India and Reliance. Image: Pixabay

Brokerages have reviewed their ratings on a slew of stocks including Britannia, Mahanagar Gas, GAIL, Tech Mahindra and Nykaa as Dalal Street enters a holiday-truncated week. They are divided on Britannia Industries with a downgrade to ‘sell’ from ‘underperform’ by CLSA and a reiterated 'buy' by Nomura, and are positive on stocks such as ONGC, Oil India and Reliance after the government's latest action on the windfall tax.

Here's how the brokerages rate stocks such as Britannia, Tech Mahindra, GAIL, ONGC and MGL a day ahead of the Holi holiday:

Britannia Industries

According to CLSA, high inflation in wheat and milk is likely to impact the Bengaluru-based FMCG company's margin. The brokerage has reduced its target price for the Britannia stock to Rs 4,060 from Rs 4,525.

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Brokerage	Rating	Target price
CLSA	Sell	Rs 4,060
Nomura	Buy	Rs 5,350

Mahanagar Gas

Citi has retained a ‘buy’ rating on Mahanagar Gas with a target of Rs 1,030 per share. The gas distribution company has made its inorganic foray by acquiring a 100 per cent stake in Ashoka Buildcon arm Unison Enviro.

CLSA on oil & gas space

CLSA has given a ‘buy’ rating on upstream companies such as ONGC, Oil India and Reliance.

Stock	Rating	Price Target
ONGC	Buy	Rs 225
Oil India	Buy	Rs 300
Reliance	Buy	Rs 2,970

The government has slashed the windfall profit tax on diesel exports to a record Re 0.5 per litre. It has removed the levy on jet fuel (ATF) and raised it marginally on domestically-produced crude oil.

GAIL

Brokerage	Rating	Target price
Jefferies	Hold	Rs 90
Nomura	Neutral	Rs 100

Tech Mahindra

CLSA expects Tech Mahindra to report a weaker set of finanical results than peers for the quarter ending March 2023.

Brokerage	Rating	Target price
CLSA	Underperform	Rs 1,100
Morgan Stanley	Overweight	Rs 1,120
JPMorgan	Neutral	Rs 1,100
Jefferies	Hold	Rs 1,030
Nomura	Buy	Rs 1,260

Nykaa

Macquarie has initiated coverage on Nykaa with an ‘underperform’ rating and a target price of Rs 115 per share.

According to the brokerage, the company faces a risk to the beauty segment margin as growth moves to smaller towns. In the fashion segment, experience from physical retail makes the brokerage cautious on the company’s owned brand focus and curation-led positioning.

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