Macro tailwinds continue; 7 hotel stocks from large, mid and smallcap space, one with upside potential of up to 27%
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9 months ago
Thirty years back in 1994, when the Indian market witnessed the first round of bull run after the Harshad Mehta scam, the sector which was on top gainer list was the hotel sector. In those days, the logic given in the brokerage research reports, which used to come out very infrequently and were miniscule in numbers, was that as the Indian economy opens up, more foreign business travellers would be coming to India. That will lead to higher occupancy and it is not easy to set up a 5 star hotel so the demand supply equation would be in their favour. Today there is an element of foreign travellers but more importantly, the unstoppable traveling Indians along with domestic business travellers who are creating a situation where once again demand is higher than supply leading to a situation which is favorable for the bottomline of hotel companies. The question is are the valuations cheap, surely not, but is the growth likely to be stronger and stable? The answer is probably yes. We take a look at 7 stocks, some of which are not rated, but their over score is positive to neutral.
Economic Times