Synopsis
Banking is a rare sector in which there is a probability of finding stocks with positive one-year returns. Yes, in the last one year, banking sector stocks (barring small finance banks) have been silent outperformers. As far as the street is concerned, they have been able to manage attacks by bears pretty well. On the real business side, they clearly have been able to control their non-performing assets, or NPAs. Yes, credit growth is not up to the mark, but that is fine; it will get there sooner than later. And we have our reasons for saying so.
There are times when a sector is doing fine, but, because the street is probably not in the best of moods, it does not give due attention to what is happening. In the case of the banking sector, this is probably what has happened. It has been a sector where there have been more positive surprises than negative in the latest quarterly earnings seasons. Of course, on one count the street has been rewarding the sector. And that is: Banking stocks
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