5 Best India Stocks To Own Right Now

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5 Best India Stocks To Own Right Now: (COLPAL.NS)

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of oral care and personal care products in India and internationally. The company?s oral care products include toothpastes, toothbrushes, toothpowder, mouthwashes, and whitening products. Its personal care products consist of body wash, liquid hand wash, shave preps, skin care, and hair care products. The company also offers household care products, which include a dish washing paste. In addition, it provides pet nutrition products. Further, the company provides various dental care products for gingivitis treatment, sensitivity treatment, tooth whitening, fluoride therapy, mouth ulcer treatment, and specialty cleaning. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited sells its products primarily under the Colgate, Palmolive, Mennen, Ajax, Axion, Softsoap, and Hill?s Pet Nutrition brand names. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Mumbai, India. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited is a subsidiary of Colgate-Palm olive Company, U.S.A.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul]

  The spread of organised retail is opening up under-explored markets to fast-moving consumer goods companies. With 3 million rural distribution outlets and a leadership position in oral care products, Colgate is at the right place at the right time.

5 Best India Stocks To Own Right Now: (GLAXO.NS)

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, a research-based healthcare and pharmaceutical company, provides prescription medicines and vaccines in India. Its product portfolio comprises prescription medicines that range across various therapeutic areas, such as anti-infectives, dermatology, gynecology, diabetes, oncology, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunosuppressant, nutritional, central nervous system, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; and vaccines for the prevention of various diseases, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, invasive disease caused by H, influenza, chickenpox, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rotavirus, and cervical cancer. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Mumbai, India. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited is a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Quickel]

  GlaxoSmithKline Pharma or GSK Pharma, the Indian arm of a multinational research-based Pharmaceutical company focused on making prescription medicines and vaccines, - is arguably one of the best and safest Indian Pharma stocks. The company is committed to tackling the three major diseases identified by the World Health Organization - HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. With opportunities in India opening up, GSK India is aligning itself with the parent company to realize certain well-set long term goals An investor in GSK Pharma can reap rich dividends without being unduly obssessed with safety factor.

Best High Tech Companies For 2014: (HCLTECH.NS)

HCL Technologies Limited provides software-led information technology (IT) solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering, research and development (R&D), and business process outsourcing services worldwide. Its custom application services comprise custom application development, application management, application support, re-engineering, modernization, migration, and independent verification and validation. The company?s engineering and R&D services include hardware product engineering, embedded engineering, mechanical engineering, and software product engineering. Its enterprise application services consist of blue printing, development, deployment, global rollouts, and application maintenance and support in the areas of ERP, CRM, and SCM. The company?s enterprise transformation services include business transformation; technology transformation; data warehousing and business intelligence; middleware and SOA; enterprise content management and portals; indepe ndent verification and validation; and IT governance. Its IT infrastructure management services comprise end user computing, data center transformation, network, information security, integrated operation management, cross functional, and mainframe services. The company?s business services consists of supply chain management, finance and accounts outsourcing, knowledge process outsourcing, human resources outsourcing, customer relationship management, and technical support services. It serves aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, energy and utilities, financial services, government, healthcare, independent software vendors, industrial manufacturing, medical devices, media and entertainment, retail and consumer, semiconductors, server and storage, telecom, transportation and logistics, and travel and hospitality sectors. HCL Technologies Limited was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Noida, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Kennedy]

  HCL Technologies, based in Delhi, offers is engaged in providing software-IT solutions, remote infrastructure management services and business process outsourcing (BPO). Through its global offshore infrastructure, HCL delivers solutions in selected verticals, including financial services, retail and consumer, life sciences and healthcare, hi-tech, telecom, and media and entertainment.

  The company’s net profit rose by 57.7% to Rs 344 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2010. HCL's total revenue in the quarter stood at Rs 3,076 crore, a 7.5% increase over the same quarter a year ago. The company board has proposed an interim dividend of Re 1 on each share with a face value of Rs 2.

5 Best India Stocks To Own Right Now: (MPHASIS.NS)

MphasiS Limited provides application development and maintenance, infrastructure technology outsourcing (ITO), and business process outsourcing (BPO) services worldwide. The company?s application services include applications development, maintenance, and support services; enterprise application services, such as consulting, evaluation, selection, implementation, application maintenance and support, upgrades, and testing in the areas of enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, human capital management, business intelligence and data warehousing, and supply chain management; testing, data engineering, applications modernization, and transition services; and consulting services. Its BPO offerings consist of customer sales and support; finance and accounting; and human resources outsourcing services supporting benefits administration, payroll, compensation management, recruitment and staffing, workforce administration, workforce development, and learnin g and development. The company's ITO services cover infrastructure management services and service/technical help desks, such as monitoring and support for data center, network, endpoint, and security services; workplace services supporting personal computers, laptops, mobile, and thin computing devices; data center services; network services, such as network management, network security, application performance management, unified communications, and telecom management; and infrastructure service compliance solutions. It serves banking and capital markets, insurance, manufacturing, communications, media and entertainment, healthcare and life sciences, transportation and logistics, retail and consumer packaged goods, energy and utilities, and government sectors. MphasiS Limited was formerly known as MphasiS BFL Limited and changed its name to MphasiS Limited in November 2006. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Vodicka]

  MphasiS consistently delivers global Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing, Applications Services Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing services through a combination of technology, domain and process expertise.

  The MphasiS Group consolidated revenue was at Rs 1,220 crores for the quarter ended 30 April, 2010 as compared to Rs 1,048 crores in the same quarter last year registering an appreciable growth of 16.4%. During the same period, net profit increased by 19.2% from Rs 224 crores to Rs 267 crores. The Earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter was Rs 12.73, an increase of 18.5% over the same period last year.

5 Best India Stocks To Own Right Now: (SOTL.NS)

Savita Oil Technologies Limited manufactures and sells petroleum products in India and internationally. The company?s products include transformer oils, liquid paraffin and white oils, lubricating oils/greases, petroleum jellies, optic fiber cable filling compound, emulsifiable polyethylene wax, and waxes, as well as specialty wax emulsion for leather finishing, water based paints, and printing inks. It also generates and sells wind power. The company, formerly known as Savita Chemicals Limited, is based in Mumbai, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Quickel]

  The company supplies industrial lubricants, waxes and other industrial consumables. It has been showing a scorching growth in net profit for some time now. With a good promoter, sound business model and a great dividend record, it is poised to benefit from industrial growth in the coming year. It is also attractively priced.