India's mid-cap stocks are in a "bubble" despite the country's promising economic prospects, according to contrarian fund manager Jonathan Pines. Pines, who runs Federated Hermes' $3.1 billion Asia ex-Japan fund , believes there is a disconnect between the nation's growth potential and current stock market valuations.
line SJVN says it will grow its power generation capacity to 50 gigawatts by 2040, indicating a long-term compounding growth rate of 20%, according to analysts Rohit Natarajan and Pranav Furia at stock broker Antique Stock Broking. The company currently operates 2.3 gigawatts of power generation. "Even if the target misses by 50%, the long-term growth rate is 15%," the analysts told clients on Feb. 12.
offers "reasonable" value relative to other Indian equities, benefiting from the government's infrastructure spending and the growing demand for gas and its products. "It's probably a net beneficiary of this government infrastructure spend and demand for gas and its product — and the valuation is reasonable," Pines explained. The Federated Hermes Asia ex-Japan fund has allocated 1.56% of its $3.1 billion worth of assets under management to the stock.