NTPC is the world’s most-loved power producer by equity analysts, and yet the shares of India’s largest utility are trading near a 10-month low. What gives?
The New Delhi-based company is the top rated stock among the world’s largest utilities, with a recommendation consensus of 4.9 on a Bloomberg scale where 5 is a unanimous buy. Analysts expect the company to wring more profit from soon-to-be acquired hydro-power assets, helping it lift its earnings and share price.
“The hydro assets to be acquired offer significant scope to improve efficiency and boost profitability,” analysts at SBICap Securities wrote in a recent note after a government panel approved the sale of stakes in generators THDC India and North Eastern Electric Power to NTPC.
