@ CB brother,
You have asked for my opinion as to the ' Age old sandal tree' .I am not in a free mood to take this at this point of time.However, as you have asked for , I can't deny.
In the said trunches , I tried to give information about the company, outlook of the promoter etc etc. But I didn't give any price target etc as because I am not endowed with that sense of forecasting , as I know that price of anything is a function of the sentiment of the investing population in the market which is subject to time qualification.
I am going to put some material information and reason as per my sense so that an individual can take his decision as per his understanding.
At the outset, I give a disclaimer that I have a pile of 453 shares at an average cost of Rs 616/-
Now points to consider :
1. At the time of the ipo, it was known from the rhp that eps and bv of this share are Rs 4 and Rs 12.01respectively. Then how the price was floated to be 2100 and subsequently reduced to 950? . With this fundamental, a psu can't ask for a price of more than 60.The concerned rhp is the worst I have ever seen which failed to bring to light the real strength of the company and more engaged in ventilating the economic prospect of the country and related data
2.Now, if anybody argues that it is a 50 to 60 rupees stock and Govt has cheated , I have nothing to argue about.
I have given my study about the company in the 3 - 4 trunches which I still stick to.
3. So,the problem begins with the rhp and multiplied by some casual comments after ipo by the company and Govt personal. They passed comment that people failed to understand its valuation and price of the share will do when people understand it. Then the relevant question is what you have done to make people understand the value. Nothing as yet .
4.More interestingly, one and all experts in all the houses, experts in the media advocated for subscribing this ipo. What value did they find in the rhp ?
5.Now take a glimpse of the related news after listing of the ipo.
A) It is the only indian company ever in the list of Fortune 100 global companies. Though the Reliance made a 54 point jump in this year , it remains in the list of 500 .
Reliance is found in the Forbes 100 list but LIC not as because Forbes was out on 12/5 before listing of lic.
B) In the last quarter result, lic has made a Rs15000 cr profit while last years yearly profit was Rs7000cr..It envisages for a book value addition of Rs 24
for the last quarter. In the June quarter addition in this count was Rs 9
So, bv addition in the last two quarter is 33 while first two quarter in LI sector remain low performing.
C) Some one and a half month ago , one news came in the media through Bloomburg and three other houses that lic is going to release 1.83 lac crore to shareholders fund ,from the fund meant for non participating policy holders which means release of book value of Rs 289 per share.
In this connection, it remains mentioned that LI are very conservative fellows.They are more willing to keep their profits understated and keep it in disguise of life fund and other liabilities.
In this connection, the a/c authority acts on the estimation of the Actuary who are more inclined to provide for future uncertainties.
D)Some 9 - 10 ago , taking oath was organised in this forum not to invest in any Govt share.Fact is that in this span of time , these shares have given phenomenal return. Even the most denigrated IRFC was doubled. Lic is the largest beneficiary in this case. So better to be understood which share is to be invested at what point time so that a good make is possible.
The Adani run has best been caught by lic though it is in doldrum now with threat of more loss.Lic has investment in Adani from the price point as low as Rs20.
In this precarious situation, the opponent parties are making people understand as if lic , sbi and other psus will wind up.This along with withdrawal of sec 10 (10D) for investment of more than 5lac in LI premium will have some negative impact on the LI business as a whole.Moreover increase in non tax slab upto 7 lac in new tax rule(where there is no provision of 80C and 80D ) will play some negative for this industry.
Still I say that these will give only insignificant impact.
I have told in the earlier trunches that I have no genuine interest in this business model and I will never invest in any LI share except Lic and that too for its huge property kept in book value , inflated liability etc etc which does not reflect in its notional book value and other valuation parameters.
In this connection, it remains mentiined that private LI shares are with ADANI like market cap.
Now come to this important point .If the eps is 4 and bv is 12.o1 as on 30/6/2022, (which represented the life long business) then how is it possible that next four quarter eps is about Rs40 and therefore bv 52.01?
Now forget about all these things and concentrate on this point only:
Prior to nationalisation in Sept 1956, there were about 250 private companies who looted people for over hundred years and LIC is now the owner of this looted property and added with high business for 67 years.
(Thanks to J L NEHRU sir for his overnight nationalisation and there by conserving the properties. )
Still eps 4, bv 12.o1. Then it will not be worthy its price in the next 100 years.
Private companies often advocate for growth. Iic has come to this attributes for all these measuring parameters. Whatever may be the growth of rat, it will never equal to an elephant. But the irony, market perspective matters in near term .Adani M cap more than 50% down in 5-6days.
So , we are to distinguish between Mcap and value.
In line of my earlier trunches, I now strongly believe that notional bv of lic is more than 2200 and eps more than 275.
Government now very keen to extract dividend from lic for the planned 1.83 lac crore. Then the govt will get 1.76 lac cr and we will get 288 per share.
Make out as you can and act accordingly. But if you think bv is 12.01 and eps 4 immediately go out.
Bazar ko le ke thoda parisan to hu , phir be kuchh likh diya dekho.
Thank you
Disc: couldn't revise. So there may be some typo mistake