Zee Business Muhurat Picks: Mazagon Dock, Zomato are stocks to buy this Diwali for high returns

Zee Business Muhurat Picks: Market expert Sandeep Jain is bullish on Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Zomato Limited stocks for high returns this Diwali. The TradeSwift Director recommended investment in these two stocks from broader markets.  

The Indian markets are closed on Monday on account of the Diwali festival, however, as a ritual, the domestic equity market is opened for a special one-hour session – Muhurat Trading, wherein investors buy/invest in stocks considering it as auspicious on the day of Laxmi Pujan.  

This year, the Muhurat Trading will be between 6:15 and 7:15 PM on Monday. 

According to Jain, both the stocks have potential to garner good returns on the long term, mainly being strong on fundamental and technical fronts.  

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders  

According to the market analyst, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, defence-related company, has built 799 vessels, 26 warships, and 6 submarines. The company has zero debts, and it has a dividend payout of 37.9 per cent. 

Shares of Mazagon Dock have given a multibagger returns in the last one year as it surged almost 144 per cent and has jumped nearly 125 per cent year-to-date. The shares on Friday were closed almost 2 per cent lower to Rs 640 per share levels. 

The government’s initiative to be indigenous in defence system and empowering the defence securities with updated equipment that are made indigenously has also brought this stock into focus.  

Zomato Limited 

Sandeep Jain also said that the new-gen company made its stock market debut in July 2021 at Rs 116, delivering 50 per cent listing gains. In July 2022, the stock slipped to Rs 40 apiece. 

The stock has underperformed for the last one year as it slipped by over 53 per cent and around the same decline is seen year-to-date.  

The company in June announced the acquisition of grocery delivery start-up Blinkit. In this regard, Global brokerage firm HSBC said that the investors are broadly divided on Zomato’s strategy to acquire Blinkit, and some even question the merit of foraying into Grocery (hyperlocal).