{"id":78565,"date":"2022-12-20T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/?p=78565"},"modified":"2022-12-20T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T07:28:21","slug":"lic-increases-its-stake-by-ore-than-2-in-this-monopoly-stock-are-you-holding-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/lic-increases-its-stake-by-ore-than-2-in-this-monopoly-stock-are-you-holding-it\/","title":{"rendered":"LIC increases its stake by more than 2% in this Monopoly Stock; Are you holding it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-1594708288\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Life Insurance Corporation in India has increased its stake in the monopoly company, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The insurance giant now holds a 7.278% stake in the company from its previous 5.005% as it bought an additional 1,81,80,323 shares taking its total holding to 5,82,22,948 Equity Shares.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2294423119\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div><p>The shares of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.tradebrains.in\/stock\/IRCTC\/standalone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRCTC<\/a><\/strong> were trading 1 percent lower till Tuesday afternoon at Rs 669 levels. In the past five days, the shares have shed approximately 8 percent. The reason could be the recent announcement by the government to divest a 5% stake in IRCTC for Rs 680 per share via an Offer for Sale (OFS).\u00a0<\/p><p>Unlike other Railway stocks that have rallied significantly this year, the shares of the monopoly company have shed approximately 21 percent on a YTD. The shares nose dived significantly after the company posted a marginal decline in quarterly results.&nbsp;<\/p><p>In Q2FY23, their total revenue stood at Rs805.8 Crore which declined by more than 5 percent Quarter on Quarter (QoQ) from Rs 852.59 Crore. Their net profit in the period stood at Rs 226.03 Crore which dropped from Rs 245.52 Crore in the previous quarter.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-3269982492\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><p>Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is a Mini Ratna central public sector enterprise and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Railways, Government of India. It provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The company has a market capitalization of Rs 53,584 Crore and a dividend yield of 0.52%. In addition to this, the stock is trading at a higher valuation as the TTM PE of IRCTC is 59.91 which is higher than the Sector PE of 83.18.&nbsp;<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Written by Anoushka Roy<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disclaimer\"><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/warning-disclaimer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26306\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>The content in this news article is not investment advice. Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses. 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