PSU Turnaround: MOSL report highlights key factors behind PSU revival; reveals road ahead and picks preferred stocks

Motilal Oswal Financial Services' (MOSL) has come up with a report on Indian PSUs revival in the recent past. 

The MOSL report says that after a decade of poor performance, Indian PSUs made a comeback this year.

The report says that the FY14-24 CAGR of PSU Index is 11.1 per cent, whereas NIFTY has given a return of 12.8 per cent in the same duration.

The PSU Index is up by 18 per cent so far in FY25, whereas Nifty is up only by 5.5 per cent.

The MOSL report says that rerating has been seen in PSUs due to strong business and growth in the order book.

The brokerage report says that the BSE PSU Index's valuation is now 12.8x, which was just 8.7x two years ago.

However, the report says that despite the strong rally in these stocks, valuations are of them are still cheap.

Both domestic and foreign investors have not increased exposure to PSUs, the report claims.

PSU vs Private sector growth

Comparing incomes of PSU and private sector companies, the report says that in the last 5 years, PSUs income has grown by 34 per cent annually, whereas private sector's growth is just 19 per cent.

PSU's share in profit pool is now 36 per cent, which has been 17-30 per cent, as per the MOSL report, adding that PSUs have seen 45 per cent growth in the last year.

It says that consecutive pool loss is decreasing since last year.

RoE has improved from 5 per cent to 18 per cent.

PSU banks lead rally

PSU banks have driven the rally of growth.

Road ahead for PSUs

The report says profits of PSUs are expected to increase continuously.

Balance sheets of metals and oil and gas PSUs have improved due to rising commodity prices, says the MOSL report.

The ‘Make-in-India’ initiative gave a boost to the defence industry, reads the report.

Share of PSUs in income and market cap is expected to grow rapidly, says the report.

Preferred PSU stocks

As per the brokerage report, preferred PSU ideas are SBI, Coal India, GAIL, HPCL, and Bank of Baroda.