Blue chip companies in India17 Jan 2023 15:35
Looking through a couple of blue-chip companies in India in the sector and noted this one.
I’m not for one minute, suggesting this is one of the three, but, it does match with its suggestion of investment.
Reliance Industries Ltd.
Reliance Industries is India’s largest company. The company is primarily engaged in the business of oil exploration, refining of petroleum and marketing & distribution of the same along with operations in petrochemicals. Reliance has diversified further by foraying into the retail, telecom and technology space with Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio, respectively. With all the businesses combined, the company pulled in revenues of over Rs. 6.98 crores in FY212. A majority of the company's cash flows come from the oil sector, but it has been aggressive in diversifying into companies that may help it achieve rapid growth and utilize its size in the proper sequence while mitigating the risks associated with the oil business. The company has rolled out its 5G services under Reliance Jio Infocomm. Apart from this, it has been focusing on its Retail business under Reliance Retail. It has made a couple of acquisitions under the brands such as that if Campa Cola and Independence. The company has plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 thereby focusing on diversifying across energy and other industries while continuing to invest in the oil business. 2022 witnessed high volatility in the prices of oil globally due to which the Return ratios have been suppressed yet reporting a 9.5% RoCE. It has also successfully become net debt free which is positive as peers are usually more debt laden at the given scale. The company currently has an EV/EBITDA of 13.8 and a PE ratio of 26.4x which values the company fairly given the efficiency in the oil business vs. peers. The company announced that it will invest Rs. 75,000 crores in its New Energy business over the next three years. The stock is expected to offer diverse growth opportunities over the long term. Along with this, the company has Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail among other digital investments which have been effectively contributing to the margins and growth of the company. Reliance has also successfully raised about Rs. 2 trillion by Jio stake sale, BP stake sale and a rights issue, which helped in making the company net debt free back in 2020.