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Observations

BPCL: Raining Dividends

In the run-up to the sale of BPCL, Govt of India is sparing no efforts to remove excess cash from the co.

BPCL had given a first interim dividend of Rs. 16/share recently.

Subsequently, it sold the Numaligarh refinery for Rs.9,876 Cr.

This was followed by the sale of treasury stock for Rs. 5,525 Cr.

No sooner have these sale transactions being completed, BPCL is now planning to give the second interim dividend.

Now, whats interesting is that BPCL is a major shareholder in many valuable cos.

BPCL’s shareholding in Petronet is worth around 4,600 Cr

BPCL’s shareholding in IGL is worth around 8,000 Cr

BPCL’ shareholding in Oil India is worth around 352 Cr

In addition, BPCL owns 21% stake in the unlisted Fino Payments Bank which should be worth around 500 Cr or so

By selling these stakes, BPCL can raise an additional 13,450 Cr (pre tax & without discounts) which can be distributed to the shareholders.

The reaction to this possible bonanza by BPCL minority shareholders to Govt of India can be expressed in the meme below

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OilMarketing Sector

August 2014:Sector of the month

The sector of the month of August 2014 were the Oil Marketing Companies as can be seen from the table below:

Symbol Close on 31 July,2014 Close on 28 August,2014 Gain
IOC 331.25 359.4 8.50%
HINDPETRO 399.3 458 14.70%
BPCL 580.15 694.3 19.68%
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CoatTailing

Portfolio of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

This post is in continuation of my coat tailing series (see here)

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ICICI Pru Life is the largest private insurer in India.

It’s significant holdings in India as on 31 March,2014 as per Stock Exchanges is given below:

 

Symbol Entity # of Shares % Date End
ADVANTA ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. LIMITED 1650974 1.96 201403
ALSTOMT&D ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. 2606644 1.02 201403
ASHOKA ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 6701472 4.24 201403
AXISBANK ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 9275662 1.97 201403
BHARTIARTL ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited 51381584 1.29 201403
BPCL ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMP 12485353 1.73 201403
CINELINE ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1860422 6.64 201403
CIPLA ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd 8239459 1.03 201403
COX&KINGS ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 6571310 4.81 201403
DBCORP ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 2580412 1.41 201403
DCBBANK ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 2838771 1.13 201403
DEEPAKFERT ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO LIMITED 1080183 1.22 201403
DRREDDY ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 3531404 2.08 201403
EMCO ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 3074222 4.72 201403
GESHIP ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 4435074 2.94 201403
GIPCL ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD 7479695 4.95 201403
GRASIM ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. 3318701 3.61 201403
GSPL ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 16611964 2.95 201403
HDFCBANK ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd 43642443 1.82 201403
HINDPETRO ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.Ltd. 3769454 1.11 201403
IDFC ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 27356403 1.8 201403
INDUSINDBK ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 7885269 1.5 201403
INFY ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 8707385 1.52 201403
IVRCLINFRA ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 12346797 4.02 201403
JAGRAN ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 16276648 4.98 201403
JYOTHYLAB ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 6572898 3.63 201403
KALPATPOWR ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 7946979 5.18 201403
KANSAINER Icici Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. 2592317 4.81 201403
KIRLOSBROS ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co.Ltd. 1160140 1.46 201403
KPIT ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 2078522 1.07 201403
LAXMIMACH ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 294145 2.61 201403
LUPIN ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 9664778 2.16 201403
M&M ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 9020857 1.46 201403
MAHLIFE ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 1310626 3.21 201403
MARUTI ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 5470163 1.81 201403
MOTHERSUMI ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 15450652 1.75 201403
MPHASIS ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 2396933 1.14 201403
NRBBEARING ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 5415214 5.59 201403
OMAXAUTO ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO 1002966 4.69 201403
ORIENTPPR ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 6188560 3.02 201403
POWERGRID ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 64003238 1.22 201403
REDINGTON ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 16543734 4.14 201403
RENUKA ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 31148264 4.64 201403
SINTEX ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. 5941870 1.9 201403
SJVN ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 97135093 2.35 201403
SOLARINDS ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 684384 3.78 201403
SUNCLAYLTD ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company 551847 2.73 201403
TATACHEM ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 11442087 4.49 201403
TATASTEEL ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 11092350 1.14 201403
TECHNO ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. 1393628 2.44 201403
THOMASCOOK ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd 4100000 1.66 201403
TVSMOTOR ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited 5120655 1.08 201403
UPL ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD 7113142 1.66 201403
VOLTAMP ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 381003 3.77 201403
WABAG ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 990647 3.73 201403
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CoatTailing

Portfolio of HDFC Standard Life Insurance

This post is in continuation of my coat tailing series (see here)

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HDFC Standard Life Insurance   is one of the largest Life Insurance Companies in India and is a prominent investor in the Indian Equity Markets.

It’s significant holdings as  on 31 Dec,2013 as per stock exchanges is as given below:

Symbol Entity No of Shares % Date End
ALBK HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 7451356 1.37 201312
ANDHRABANK HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 6953371 1.18 201312
APOLLOTYRE HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 9483631 1.88 201312
ASHOKLEY HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd 41307026 1.55 201312
BAJAJCORP HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 2170418 1.47 201312
BAJAJELEC HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD. 1941298 1.95 201312
BAJFINANCE HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 896746 1.8 201312
BEML HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 466516 1.12 201312
BPCL HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 8550818 1.18 201312
CADILAHC HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 3016944 1.47 201312
CENTURYTEX HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd. 1664038 1.79 201312
CROMPGREAV HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 13843095 2.2 201312
DHANBANK HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 2111032 1.95 201312
DISHMAN HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED & HDFCSL Shareholders Solvancy Margin Account 3117439 3.86 201312
DIVISLAB HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD 3072433 2.31 201312
EXIDEIND HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd 28474992 3.35 201312
GMDCLTD HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. 8440630 2.65 201312
GODREJIND HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE Co. Ltd. 8118065 2.42 201312
GODREJPROP HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 2499956 1.25 201312
GSPL HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 11817538 2.1 201312
HEIDELBERG HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 10201577 4.5 201312
HINDPETRO HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co.Ltd. 7922949 2.34 201312
HTMEDIA HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 3206617 1.37 201312
IGL Hdfc Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 6690214 4.78 201312
INDIACEM HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 4592508 1.5 201312
INDIANB HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 6083799 1.42 201312
IPCALAB HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 1725936 1.37 201312
JKLAKSHMI HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 5883652 5 201312
KEMROCK HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 264963 1.3 201312
LITL HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 31098819 1.29 201312
ORIENTBANK HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 3818094 1.27 201312
ORIENTCEM HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 3711788 1.81 201312
ORIENTPPR HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD. 3811788 1.86 201312
PFC HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 14914558 1.13 201312
PRISMCEM HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 9138421 1.82 201312
PTC HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 19708562 6.66 201312
RECLTD HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 18371346 1.86 201312
SANOFI HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 359957 1.56 201312
SHREECEM HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1199463 3.44 201312
TATACHEM HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 4673012 1.83 201312
TATAGLOBAL Hdfc Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 7475462 1.21 201312
TORNTPOWER HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited 6196151 1.31 201312
UNIONBANK HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED 15241610 2.42 201312
UNITEDBNK HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd 6732391 1.21 201312
UPL HDFC STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO LTD 10666303 2.41 201312
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PSU Refiners SectorWatch

Sector Watch:Oil Marketing Companies were winners last Friday

This is part of my Sector Watch Series.

Oil Marketing Companies were winners last Friday as can be seen from the table below:

Symbol Close on 5 Sept,2013 Close on 6 Sept,2013 Gain
BPCL 287.3 299.65 4.30%
IOC 222.4 232.05 4.34%
HINDPETRO 174 184.4 5.98%