Top 5 Stocks to buy during the Coronavirus pandemic

The Corona-virus pandemic has taken a massive toll on people all around the world. The stock market has been tanking over the last 4 weeks with many stocks and funds dropping 30–50% or more. If you have a stable job or income, you have an amazing opportunity to start buying into the market. It is impossible to know exactly when the market will “bottom out,” but you can start getting ready and make moves for your portfolio. Some of my best investments opportunity to make investments to build wealth for you and your family in Indian stock and NASDAQ stocks.

1. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

TCS is Asia’s largest IT company with a solid cash balance. Since developed countries are likely to come out of lock downs ahead of India, while order flows to TCS may reduce, the Indian Rupee’s depreciation could help. The RBI’s significant rate cut means the Rupee is likely to depreciate further making TCS a good defensive bet in this market.

Current price-  2048 (17 jun 2020)

Expected future price- 2250

2. HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank has efficiently focused on retail business and has garnered strong liability franchise to yield superior profitability over the years. Seasoned portfolio and management experience has led to higher-than-industry advances growth at 24 per cent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) in the financial year 2018-2019, which means the stock will be a safe bet for the foreseeable future.

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited is an Indian financial services company based in Mumbai, India. It is a major provider of finance for housing in India. It also has a presence in banking, life and general insurance, asset management, venture capital, realty, education, deposits and education loans.

Founder: Hasmukhbhai Parekh
Founded: 1977
CEO: Keki Mistry (1 Jan 2010–)
Headquarters: Mumbai
Number of employees: 2,840 (2019)
Subsidiaries: HDFC Life

Current price- 1793

Expected future price- 2400

3. ITC

One of the top under performers in the FMCG pack, ITC is very attractive at its current valuation as the downside looks very limited with the opportunity of both capital appreciation and decent dividend income. The company has witnessed operating margin improvement in the FMCG segment from 4.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2018 to 7.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2019. The company will be holding cash and investment of Rs 16,000 crore as on September 2020.

ITC Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. Established in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited, the company was renamed as the India Tobacco Company Limited in 1970 and later to I.T.C. Limited in 1974.

CEO: Sanjiv Puri (5 Feb 2017–)
Customer service: 033 2288 9371
Headquarters: Kolkata
Founded: 24 August 1910, Kolkata
Revenue: 52,035 crores INR (2019, US$7.5 billion)
Subsidiaries: ITC Hotels, ITC Infotech

Current price- 180

Expected future price- 240

4. Kotak Mahindra Bank

The Kotak Mahindra Bank, promoted by Uday Kotak, has reported a loan book of Rs 2,16,774 crore as on December 2019. It has built a branch network of 1,539 branches. It has a rising net cash flow and cash from operating activities, has shown a growth in quarterly net profit with an increasing YOY profit margin. It also helps that Kotak Bank’s Annual Net Profits have been improving for the last two years, making it a reliable stock to bank upon.

Kotak Mahindra Bank is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. In February 2003, the Reserve Bank of India issued a banking licence to Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., the group’s flagship company.
Customer service: 1860 266 2666
CEO: Uday Kotak (1 May 2018–)
Headquarters: Mumbai
Founder: Uday Kotak
Founded: February 2003
Subsidiaries: Kotak Securities, Kotak Life Insurance

Fast-moving consumer goods or FMCG are those goods that are sold, well, quickly and at a relatively low cost. FMCG include packaged goods and beverages, over-the-counter drugs… basically everything you’ve been buying these last few weeks to survive. It’s safe to say that the demand for these goods isn’t going to go down anytime soon, making the FMCG sector also a fast growing one. Since Hindustan Unilever is an industry leader and has a strong hold in both rural and urban markets in India, it is expected to witness decent volume growth amid the slowdown in the economy despite its high base.

Hindustan Unilever Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Unilever PLC. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products, water purifiers and consumer goods.

Parent organization: Unilever
CEO: Sanjiv Mehta (10 Oct 2013–)
Customer service: 1800 102 2221
Founded: 17 October 1933
Subsidiaries: Lakmé Cosmetics, Kwality Wall’s,
Founders: Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd., United Traders Ltd.

Current price-2064 (18 Jun 2020)

Expected future price-2075

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