Investors should await consistent growth metrics before looking at an investment in the company.

In addition to new launches and restructuring across product segments, festival demand also aided growth.

Without exception, the top four majors beat Street estimates across all parameters - revenues, profitability, or net profit growth. However, what stood out were the large deal wins reported by the big two, TCS and Infosys.

While Infosys has increased the margin guidance for FY21 by 100 bps to 24-24.5 per cent, analysts believe there will pressure on near-term margins as discretionary cuts - promotions and travel, headcount addition, record utilisation, and wage hikes start to reflect on costs.

Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor are the largest exporters in the listed space with export revenues of Rs 12,000 crore and Rs 5,000 crore.

Among the key concerns of the Street is market share losses in growth segments, led by higher competitive pressures.

While Covid-related sales may come down going ahead, analysts expect the company's domestic sales to outperform the market, led by the chronics portfolio, which accounts for 55 per cent of sales.

Rising commodity costs, coupled with other marketing-related expenses, could weigh on profitability in the coming quarters.

Jio is planning to win over 350 million 2G feature phone users by launching a smartphone at a fraction of the current cost.

While margins contracted by 30 basis points on y-o-y basis, they fell a sharper 120 basis points on a sequential basis to 16.8 per cent. Profitability was impacted adversely due to subdued demand, tepid realisations in commodity sectors, and negative operating leverage.

The weakness in the stock was because of inspections by the American drug regulator at its Halol plant in Gujarat which resulted in eight observations, as well as a downward revision of speciality drug payoffs.

With little clarity on the demand outlook, investors should wait out the next couple of quarters rather than rush in to catch a falling knife, says Ram Prasad Sahu.

Price cuts post the November GST rate rationalisation helped improve volume growth for HUL, what pegged back sales for ITC is adverse social media rumours against Aashirvaad atta, its single-largest FMCG brand.

From MRF to Shree Cement: 23 companies which delivered 30% CAGR in 15 years.

Street may be ignoring TCS headwinds as the stock's peak valuation doesn't seem justified by BFSI weakness, likely higher US tax rates and stronger rupee, reports Ram Prasad Sahu.

Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse

The load factor for IndiGo in Q1 stood at 83.3 per cent.

Almost a third of the company's capex was stuck in this project

Godrej Properties, is on the horizon as it unlocks value in its high-value Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) project.

Given its network and fleet, it has garnered the highest share of passenger growth.