With the run up in price of Reliance stock, which nearly doubled in three months, post the pandemic lockdowns. Reliance has become the costliest Oil company on the planet.
Market cap of Reliance has moved past 12 lakh crores, where the stock PE is at 40. On the business side, both sales and profits are down substantially when compared to last year.
This is not a COVID impact, Reliance business on Oil could have taken a hit as consumption dropped in the lockdown period. Even this for the March 2020 quarter, should not have declined as the lockdown was only for 10 days in the month of March.
Once market became jittery about the debt that Reliance carried, promoters got into fear mode and began selling rampantly. Now, the whole world has a share in the company. Google, Facebook & Microsoft kind of ownership. Also with ARAMCO, now the promoters hands are tied on future dreams.
They will not be allowed to blow money and kill competition. One very good blessing in disguise for the competitors.
With so much cash in their kitty, it cannot be kept idle. After clearing debts the future profits of Reliance, the parent of the telecom venture will get moved to some other activities, not into Oil business for sure.
They are now planning to sell stake in Retail too, looks like, apart from the stakes they will hold in the Oil, Tech & Retail, this company will become a bigger financial services firm which will invest into new technologies through the start-up ecosystem.
The next big challenge is for the PE & Venture capital firms globally, as Reliance will compete in bidding to acquire stakes globally into new businesses.
How good their dictatorship mindset will play in the totally competitive space that they are venturing will get known in a couple of years.
Reliance stock is not a favourite among institutions. All the holdings that Mutual Funds hold in the company are process based. Very few fund managers have a liking to this stock because of all kinds of clueless decisions that the management makes.
All of these views expressed are our beliefs, which can differ largely against others.
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