The Sunday Guardian

CONCOR STOCK PRICE MAY RISE BY 20% IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS

- RAJIV KAPOOR

securing people’s health, the government, on the other hand, has been quite proactive in all spheres in boosting the business climate in the country.

Due to the skyrocketi­ng demand for interconti­nental products and services, the decline in logistical resources globally made worse by the Covid has resulted in an acute shortage of shipping containers. This trade disruption due to shortage of containers has also doubled cargo costs around the world and slowing the pace of recovery of many countries. Seeing the potential in sharp trade growth over the next decade, the government has focused on boosting the country’s containeri­sed exports. Realising that China has a monopoly of about 90% of the global shipping containers and to curb the ongoing container shortage, the government has rolled out a first-time project to manufactur­e containers in Gujarat, thus lowering the logistical costs in the country. This move is specifical­ly aimed at unshacklin­g the country’s dependence on China and other foreign players. The government through CONCOR has given developmen­tal orders to

The company’s operating performanc­e has been quite strong for the March 2021 quarter with export volumes growing by 11% y-o-y and domestic volumes rising by 21% y-o-y. CONCOR is also going to be a key beneficiar­y in the upcoming Western Dedicated Freight Corridor which will transform the whole landscape of the transporta­tion sector in the country. Analysts tracking the sector are quite bullish on the CONCOR stock and on the logistics sector and estimate the stock to appreciate by around 20% during the next six months on the back of finalisati­on of the disinvestm­ent process and selection of the suitor.

Rajiv Kapoor is a share broker, certified mutual fund expert and MDRT insurance agent.

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