Bajaj Group beats Adani, Tata, RIL to become top wealth creator of 2019 so far

New Delhi: After benchmark indices hit a record high on Thursday, a total of 43 stocks hit 52-week highs on NSE including Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL). Stocks of Bajaj group emerged as top wealth creators so far in 2019, with a 33.4 per cent jump in the combined market value, followed by Ambani, Adani and Tata groups.

Investors made money in five Bajaj group stocks that went up 17 to 53 per cent in the first 10 months of 2019. However, six other group stocks fell up to 14-52 per cent in the same period. On the other hand, six Adani group stocks saw a 19.27 per cent rise in the combined market value. So far, all of them have gained.

It may be noted that BSE Sensex on Thursday hit a record high of 40,392.22, exactly 100 trading sessions after its hit the previous peak of 40,312 on June 4, 2019. However, the rally in the benchmark index was not broad-based and was led by select heavyweights. RIL rallied 9% in these 100 sessions, fuelling Sensex’s rally to a fresh peak.

While nine Aditya Birla group stocks saw Rs 33,042 crore wealth erosion, Anil Ambani-led ADAG group also saw Rs 15,000 crore value erosion so far in this year.

Here are the top wealth creators so far in 2019:

1. Bajaj Group: Shares of Bajaj Finance have surged 54 per cent this year, followed by a 46 per cent jump in Maharashtra
Scooters, 26 per cent rise in Bajaj Finserv, 25 per cent gain in Bajaj Holdings and 17 per cent rise in Bajaj Auto. Note that Bajaj Auto is among the very few auto stocks that have yielded positive returns globally this year. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv have been reporting strong numbers for the past few quarters.

2. Adani stocks: In case of Adani stocks, except for Adani Ports, all other stocks have performed pretty well this year. While Adani Green has surged 113 per cent, Adani Gas has also gone up by 47 per cent. Adani Transmission and Adani Power saw a rise of 32.65 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. On the other hand, Adani Ports rose just 1 per cent for the year. Adani stocks have delivered up to 19% return so far in 2019.

3. Tata group stocks: Tata group stocks TCS, Titan, Trent, Voltas and TGBL contributed the most to the increase in the group’s market-cap, as 17 of the 27 group stocks are down so far this year. TCS alone added Rs 1.13 lakh crore to the market-cap while Titan added Rs 35,773 crore to its market value. Trent, Voltas and TGBL Rest added a combined Rs 16,720 crore to the m-cap. Tata group’s 27 stocks were worth Rs 11.83 lakh crore yesterday, having added Rs 1.34 lakh crore this year to investor wealth so far.

4. RIL: Reliance Industries and RIIL stocks added Rs 2.19 lakh crore to increase combine market-cap to Rs 9.30 lakh crore, up 30 per cent from Rs 7.11 lakh crore at the end of 2018. It is worth mentioning that on Wednesday, RIL became the sixth-largest energy firm globally by market cap. While shares of RIIL have fallen 20 per cent this year, RIL stocks have gone up 30.86 per cent. Brokerages have projected RIL to become a $200-220 billion entity in the next 4-5 years.