Ananya Roy

1 week ago | financialexpress.com | Ananya Roy

Ace investor Madhusudan Kela added select small-cap picks to his Rs 3,500 crore portfolio in the quarter ending March 2025. The largest bet among these was the multibagger, Windsor Machines. Kela holds 7.71% stake in the company. While the broad small-cap index has remained flat over the past one year, Windsor Machines has more than quadrupled investor wealth during the period. It has delivered a whopping 350% return since May 2024.

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Ananya Roy

New Delhi, May 21 -- Slow growth and rising stress have been weighing on the prospects of Indian banks. But mid-sized banks such as IDFC First Bank have managed to buck the trend by focusing on fast-growing retail credit while keeping a lid on stress. IDFC First Bank reported more than 20% year-on-year growth in deposits and advances in FY25. Management aims to sustain this pace of growth over the next few years. This has enthused investors, resulting in the stock bouncing back from its 52-week low.

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Ananya Roy

Kotak Bank has recently hogged headlines, but not for good reasons. The stock corrected by as much as 6% in a single day, following its Q4 earnings. Its bottom line in the latest reported quarter shrank by 14% over the same period last year. To be sure, the bank had been a laggard in the industry for several years. Investor sentiment in the stock was bogged down by the overhang of regulatory bans and a change in leadership.

1 month ago | medium.com | Ananya Roy

You’re 47 pages into a novel. The pacing is good. Dialogue’s zipping. Maybe someone’s just made a questionable decision with eternal consequences — as they should. Then, out of nowhere, the protagonist walks into a hospital lobby. And everything. Just. Stops. Suddenly there’s a plastic chair. A flickering ceiling light. A clock that’s either broken or indifferent. Nothing’s happening — no action, no movement, no conclusion in sight — and somehow, this is the part that starts to feel…real.

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Ananya Roy

New Delhi, April 25 -- Coal India has been on a roll recently. This week, it made back-to-back announcements-a mining agreement worth Rs.7,040 crore with TMC Mineral Resources and a joint venture with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) amounting to Rs.16,500 crore for its power play. But investors were not enthused. The stock has remained flat as recent headwinds weigh on investor sentiment ahead of the Q4 results.