SENSEX

How Patience Pays…SENSEX stocks returns this century

We all discuss stock picking & stock advice and how some of us are not able to track the markets on a regular basis & thus refrain from investing in the markets. Find below an example of how you can simply pick up blue chip companies which constitute of the index (we have chosen the SENSEX Index below) and simply stay invested in the long run without timing or trading the stock markets.
SENSEX STOCK RETURNS
Company Name
Last Price   (19th Aug ’16)
Mkt Cap (Rs cr)
Initial Price
Absolute Returns (%)*
CAGR^
Date of IPO/     Ref date
Adani Ports
273.0
56537.0
184.3
48.1%
4.6%
27th Nov ’07
Asian Paints
1115.3
106566.9
16.1
6822.7%
29.1%
3rd Jan ’00
Axis Bank
588.4
140513.1
5.2
11259.1%
33.0%
3th Jan ’00
Bajaj Auto
2931.5
84827.9
302.3
869.9%
31.9%
26th May ’08
Bharti Airtel
350.9
140248.8
22.1
1489.0%
21.0%
18th Feb ’02
BHEL
141.9
34731.4
22.5
530.7%
11.7%
3th Jan ’00
Cipla
555.6
44644.6
120.1
362.6%
9.7%
3th Jan ’00
Coal India
334.2
211092.9
342.4
-2.4%
-0.4%
4th Nov ’10
Dr Reddys Labs
3011.3
51401.7
389.3
673.4%
13.1%
3th Jan ’00
GAIL
363.7
46134.5
46.0
690.7%
13.3%
3th Jan ’00
HDFC Ltd
1369.7
216743.3
30.9
4334.0%
25.7%
3th Jan ’00
HDFC Bank
1245.0
316024.4
34.9
3469.2%
24.0%
3th Jan ’00
Hero Motocorp
3359.3
67081.4
241.4
1291.6%
17.2%
3th Jan ’00
HUL
912.0
197379.2
239.1
281.4%
8.4%
3th Jan ’00
ICICI Bank
254.0
147761.6
15.1
1581.0%
18.5%
3th Jan ’00
Infosys
1021.1
234541.0
245.0
316.8%
9.0%
3th Jan ’00
ITC
251.1
303530.3
23.9
948.7%
15.2%
3th Jan ’00
Larsen & Tubro
1490.4
138928.2
100.6
1382.1%
17.6%
3th Jan ’00
Lupin
1577.3
71131.0
5.2
30348.8%
41.1%
3th Jan ’00
M&M
1453.9
90297.5
113.4
1182.2%
16.6%
3th Jan ’00
Maruti Suzuki
4899.4
148001.1
164.1
2886.5%
29.6%
9th July ’03
NTPC
166.8
137836.9
75.6
120.7%
6.9%
5th Nov ’04
ONGC
242.0
207000.1
35.1
588.5%
12.3%
3th Jan ’00
Reliance Ind
1014.9
329110.9
126.2
704.3%
13.4%
3th Jan ’00
SBI
258.5
200667.8
22.9
1028.8%
15.7%
3th Jan ’00
Sun Pharma
782.7
188376.6
15.3
5029.1%
26.8%
3th Jan ’00
Tata Motors
510.0
173179.7
40.1
1170.6%
16.5%
3th Jan ’00
Tata Steel
392.3
38100.8
90.1
335.5%
9.3%
3th Jan ’00
TCS
2604.0
513089.6
246.9
954.7%
21.7%
25th Aug ’04
Wipro
520.6
126546.9
280.9
85.4%
3.8%
3th Jan ’00
*Please note that returns calculated are only on the principle and not dividends. Infact if we account for dividends for most of the companies one would have got back the entire purchase price from dividends received till date. Although Coal India has not given any absolute returns, it has given significant dividend payouts every year. ^CAGR is calculated on approximate completed years. For Bajaj Auto the erstwhile company was de-merged in 2008 & thus price is available from that date though the company was listed before that also. Stocks such as BHEL, NTPC & Tata Steel are currently under performing in in subdue industry conditions, despite that they would have given significant profits. IT Companies have not really given significant returns over the last decade. Please also note that these are just index stocks & similar calculations for some other mid cap companies will show even better performance over the years.

Sabyasachi Paul has been associated with equity research and advisory on equity markets in India for over 9 years & currently heads the equity research desk of Eastern Financiers Ltd, Kolkata.He also manages a portfolio on the online platform Kristal. Find link to the strategy named ‘The Tortoise’ 

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