Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now

LONDON -- Marks & Spencer (LSE: MKS  ) , the United Kingdom's clothing and home product retailer with 731 stores across the country, saw profit before tax fall 14% to 拢564.3 million for the year to March 30.�

Group sales were up a modest 1.3% to 拢10 billion, with international and multichannel sales up 4.5% and 16.6%, respectively. The group's owned businesses in India and China provided a solid performance during the year, with good like-for-like growth and the opening of new space. The more significant U.K. sales were up 0.9% to 拢8.95 billion, although like-for-like sales actually fell by 1%.

U.K. operating costs were up 1.8% on the previous year. Efforts have been made to make the supply chain more efficient in order to offset the effect of inflation and the need for new space and customer service in stores. Underlying profit before tax fell from 拢705.9 million last year to 拢665.2 million. Underlying basic earnings per share dropped to 29.2 pence -- a 10% fall. The full-year dividend was held at 17 pence per share. In addition, the group's net debt rose from 拢1.9 billion to 拢2.6 billion.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Infosys Technologies Limited(INFY)

Infosys Ltd. provides information technology (IT) and consulting services worldwide. It offers IT services, such as application, architecture, independent validation and testing, information management, infrastructure, packaged application, SOA, systems integration, and knowledge services; product engineering services, manufacturing process and plant solutions, and product lifecycle management services; and consulting services in the areas of information and technology strategies, product innovation, next generation commerce, process excellence, and learning and complex change. The company also provides business process outsourcing solutions in the areas of business platforms, customer service outsourcing, finance and accounting, human resources outsourcing, legal services, sales and fulfillment, and sourcing and procurement outsourcing. In addition, it offers collaborative analytics solutions; digital consumer platform; Finacle universal banking solution; iProwe, a Web ac cessibility assessment product; mConnect, a real-time enterprise middleware; and research and analytical support services. Further, the company offers unified communications and collaboration solution that streamlines business processes between employees, customers, and suppliers; iTransform that helps healthcare organizations accelerate transition to new platforms; and supply chain visibility and collaboration product suite. It serves aerospace and defense, airlines, automotive, banking, capital markets, communication services, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, education, energy, healthcare, high technology, hospitality and leisure, insurance, life sciences, logistics and distribution, publishing, resources, utilities, and retail industries. Infosys Ltd. has a strategic partnership with Alstom SA. The company was formerly known as Infosys Technologies Limited and changed its name to Infosys Ltd. on June 16, 2011. Infosys Ltd. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered i n Bengaluru, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Admin]

  Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) started in 1981 by seven individuals with a paltry investment of USD 250 are today a global leader of IT and consulting with revenues of over US$ 4.8 billion (Financial year end 2010). Infosys has an enviable international presence with over 50 offices and development centers in India, China, Australia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK, Canada and Japan.

  Infosys and its subsidiaries have 113,796 employees as on March 31, 2010. Infosys takes pride in building strategic long-term client relationships. Over 97% of our revenues come from existing customers. Forbes magazine has named Infosys in its list of Global High Performers. For investors wanting their money to grow without compromising on safety factors, Infosys is the company to park their funds.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (IKFTECH.BO)

IKF Technologies Limited primarily provides information technology enabled services (ITES) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services in India and internationally. The company offers services for various solutions, including enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer and supplier relationship management, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and JD Edwards. It also provides various services comprising Web application, software development, Web designing, mobile application development, software quality control, professional embedded systems programming, PHP programming, and AUTOCAD application services. In addition, the company offers ITES services, such as data entry and processing, application development, data warehousing, IT help desk, medical transcription, document processing, and telecommunication. Further, it provides leased line, fixed wireless, and broadband Internet access services, as well as voice over Internet protocol services comprising corporat e, BPO/call center, small and medium enterprise, and individual solutions. Additionally, the company involves in the cultivation of Jatropha for bio diesel through company owned or leased lands, and through contract farming. IKF Technologies Limited has an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation for technical and marketing collaboration. The company was formerly known as IKF Software.com Limited and changed its name to IKF Technologies Limited in July 2001. IKF Technologies Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Noida, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Vodicka]

  IKF Technologies Ltd is engaged in the field of Bio Diesel, Telecom and IT software development amongst others. Bio-fuel is used as replacement for diesel. Biodiesel offers safety benefits over petroleum diesel because it is much less combustible, with a flash point greater than 150*C, compared to 77*C for petroleum diesel. The company’s Bio-fuel plantation is located at Shillong in Meghalaya with branch office at Udaipur and regional office at Sikar in Rajasthan. The company has entered into Technological Transfer Agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (R&D) for offering technology transfer for production of bio-diesel from Jatropha. The company provides its services to clients in USA, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Top 10 Trucking Companies To Own For 2014: (TATASTEEL.NS)

Tata Steel Limited manufactures and sells steel products in India and internationally. The company provides steel products to vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers, and aerospace sector; structural frames, infrastructure, building envelope, and internal fit out application products used for heating and ventilation, and partition walls; hot rolled coil products and high-gloss pre-finished steel perforated blanks primarily for use in domestic appliances, lighting, furniture and office equipment, racking and shelving, battery cases, bake-ware, enamel-coated applications, and decorative pre-finished metals; hot rolled and cold rolled sheets, wire rod and wire, sections, plate, bearings, and tubes for engineering companies; agricultural implements; wire products for use in farming and fencing; and engineering services, including testing, erection, and commissioning, and business consulting services. It also offers tinplate, ECCS, and Protact polymer-coated steel product s for canmaking industry; formable steels for large and intermediary steel drums, and small pails for industrial packaging sector; strip and coil, quenched and tempered plate, and special profiles for track shoe and forklift masts, as well as engineered steel bars and tubes for lifting and excavating sector; welded pipeline packages and prefabricated structural products for wind, and oil and gas structures; light fabricated systems for solar farm foundations; semi finished steel components for drilling and power generation; plates, bulb flats, angles, tubes, sections, and bars for shipbuilding; rail sections sizes, steel sleeper, noise reduction systems, other specialised track, and rail products for rail sector; steel plate and sections, armoured steel, blast protective structures, perimeter security, and anti-attack vehicle barriers, as well as engineering consultancy and solutions to defense and security sector. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Mumb ai, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Cutler]

  Neither JSW nor Steel Authority of India has the kind of raw material arrangements that Tata Steel enjoys. The company is 100 percent self-reliant and will not be affected by price increases in iron ore or coking coal. At the same time, it will fully benefit from increase in steel prices. This will lead to improved profitability. It is also the cheapest steel stock among its peers.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd(RDY)

Dr. Reddy?s Laboratories Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pharmaceutical company. It produces finished dosage forms, active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, and biotechnology products. The company also conducts research in the areas of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, inflammation, and bacterial infection. In addition, it involves in the contract manufacture generic prescription and over-the-counter products for branded and generic companies in the United States. The company primarily focuses on therapeutic categories of cardiovascular, diabetes management, gastro-intestinal, and pain management. It markets its products in India, the United States, Europe, and the Russian Federation. The company has a co-development and commercialization agreement with Rheoscience A/S for the development and commercialization of Balaglitazone/DRF 2593, a partial PPAR-gamma agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; an agreement with ClinTec Internatio nal for the development of an anti-cancer compound, DRF 1042; collaboration with the National Cancer Institute in Maryland; and an agreement with Argenta Discovery Limited for the joint development and commercialization of a novel approach to the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It also has an agreement with 7TM Pharma for drug discovery collaboration on selected drug targets; and an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline plc to develop and market pharmaceuticals for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, oncology, gastroenterology, and pain management. Dr. Reddy?s Laboratories Limited was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (NEPCMICON.NS)

NEPC India Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of wind turbine generators and solar dual power machines in India. The company offers wind turbine generators with capacities ranging up to 225/40 KW, 250/50 KW, 400/100 KW, and 750/180 KW. It also provides solar dual power modules, solar inverters, and UPS for plants. The company?s solar power systems bridge the gap between the grid and the consumer points. It primarily serves small and medium category consumers, as well as utility and energy sectors. NEPC India Limited was founded in 1986 and is based in Chennai, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roger]

  NEPC India Limited is a Chennai-based multi-crore Khemka Group companythathas diversified activities in the field of power generation from wind energy and manufactures and markets wind turbine generator (a renewable energy device). The company is also into manufacturing Solar Technology compatible power systems and UPS of various capacities with or without solar panels. The company foresees that grid connected solar farms are going to be its major business in the coming years.
  
  NEPC's core product is the 225 kW Wind Turbine Generator specially made for the small and medium category consumers as also for the utility sector. More than 2500, 225 kW WEG have been installed in the country and the model is one of the largest sold WEG in India.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (PATNI.NS)

Patni Computer Systems Limited, an information technology (IT) services company, provides a range of IT services through integrated onsite and offshore delivery locations. Its services include IT strategies development, system consulting and design, application development, application maintenance and support, packaged software implementation, quality assurance, infrastructure management, business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing, and OSS and BSS systems deployment services. The company offers IT services primarily to customers in insurance, manufacturing, retail, distribution, financial services, communications, media, and utilities industries. It also offers product engineering services, including engineering design and modeling, electronic design, embedded software development, and product lifecycle management for legacy products, as well as testing and migration services for new technologies to clients in electronics, automotive, medical electronics, industrial auto mation, office automation, handheld/mobile device manufacturing, and semiconductor manufacturing industries. The company operates in North America, Europe, India, and Japan, as well as in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. Patni Computer Systems Limited was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Cutler]

  Patni Computer Systems Ltd, based in Mumbai, is one of the leading global providers of Information Technology services and business solutions. More than15000 professionals from Patni Computers service clients across diverse industries, from 28 international offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and 20 Global Delivery Centers in strategic locations across the world.

  Revenues for the quarter ended 31st March 10 stood at US$ 172.3 million (Rs.7,745.4 million). The operating Income for the quarter at US$ 36.2 million (Rs.1,627.0 million) and this is up by 8.7% when compared quarter to quarter.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Stewart Information Services Corporation(STC)

Stewart Information Services Corporation provides title insurance and related information services required for settlement by the real estate and mortgage industries. It operates in two segments, Title Insurance-Related Services and Real Estate Information. The Title Insurance-Related Services segment offers services that include searching for and examining documents, such as deeds, mortgages, wills, divorce decrees, court judgments, liens, paving assessments, and tax records, as well as provides titles insurance for residential and commercial properties, undeveloped acreage, farms, ranches, and water rights. This segment serves attorneys, builders, developers, home buyers and home sellers, lenders, and real estate brokers. The Real Estate Information segment offers products and services, which primarily include lender services, title technology, foreign and domestic government services, mapping, title information, Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 tax-deferred property e xchanges, pre-employment services, and online filing and transaction management. Its customers include mortgage lenders and servicers, mortgage brokers, mortgage investors, government entities, commercial and residential real estate agents, land developers, builders, title insurance agencies, and others interested in obtaining property information, as well as accountants, attorneys, investors, and employers. The company has operations primarily in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, central Europe, Mexico, central America, and Australia. Stewart Information Services Corporation was founded in 1893 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (RELIANCE.NS)

Reliance Industries Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in India and internationally. It also produces and markets petrochemical products, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, poly butadiene rubber, polyester yarn, polyester fiber, purified terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, olefins, aromatics, linear alkyl benzene, butadiene, acrylonitrile, caustic soda, and polyethylene terephthalate. In addition, the company involves in refining petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas, propylene, naphtha, gasoline, jet/aviation turbine fuel, kerosene, high speed diesel, sulphur, and petroleum coke, as well as engages in lubricants and petroleum retail business. Further, it offers chemicals, such as linear alkyl benzene; and polyester and fiber intermediates, such as paraxylene, purified terephthalic acid, and mono ethylene glycol, as well as staple fiber filament yarns, texturi sed yarns, twisted/dyed yarns, stretch yarns, cotton yarns, hollow fibers, secondary reinforcement products, and polyethylene terephthalate. Additionally, the company produces textiles, such as suitings, shirtings, readymade garments, as well as ready-to-stitch, take away fabrics. It also operates retail stores, including food and grocery specialty stores; mini hypermarkets; hypermarkets; electronics specialty stores; Apple stores; apparel specialty stores; health, wellness, and pharma specialty stores; footwear specialty stores; jewelry specialty stores; convenience shopping; books, music, toys, gifts, kitchen solutions, furniture, furnishing and home ware, and automotive services and products specialty stores, as well as offers transportation fuels, fleet management services, highway hospitality services, and vehicle care services. In addition, the company focuses on SEZ development and telecom/broadband businesses. Reliance Industries Limited was founded in 1966 and is ba sed in Mumbai, India.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roger]

  The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani is India's largest private sector enterprise. Starting with textiles in the late seventies, Reliance are now into polyester, fiber intermediates, plastics, petrochemicals, petroleum refining and oil and gas exploration and production - to be fully integrated along the materials and energy value chain. Group's annual revenues are in excess of US$ 44 billion.

  The flagship company, Reliance Industries Ltd, is a global Fortune 500 company and is the largest private sector company in India. Reliance industries have grown to giant proportions and if you wish your money to grow likewise, you can invest in Reliance – and your money will be safe.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (MAHSEAMLE.NS)

Maharashtra Seamless Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of seamless pipes and tubes primarily in India. Its seamless pipes and tubes have applications in the oil and gas, automotive, hydrocarbon process, bearing, hydraulic cylinder, boiler, heat exchanger, super heater and condenser, railways, mechanical, and structural general engineering industries. The company also manufactures ERW pipes that have applications in the fields of natural gas or oil, diesel, drinking water, and sewage/water treatment; and coated pipes for dwelling purposes. In addition, it engages in the generation of electricity through a wind power generation plant. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. Maharashtra Seamless Limited operates as a subsidiary of D.P. Jindal Group.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Curtis Hesler]

  Maharashtra Seamless Limited (MSL), based in Delhi, manufactures seamless steel pipes and tubes and ERW pipes and it is the flagship company of the Rs 3000 crore D.P. Jindal Group. Apart from products like hot finished pipes and tubes, cold drawn tubes, line pipes etc, the company getting into wind power generation in a big way. The 7 MW wind power project at Satara Maharashtra is a deep commitment by the company to generating environment friendly green power.

Top 10 India Stocks To Invest In Right Now: (NESTLE.BO)

Nestle India Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of various food products in India and internationally. The company offers milk products and nutrition products, beverages, prepared dishes and cooking aids, and chocolates and confectionery products. Its product line comprises milk cream and cereals, noodles, soluble coffees, and coffee blends and tea. The company provides its products primarily under the NESCAFE, MAGGI, MILKYBAR, MILO, KIT KAT, BAR-ONE, MILKMAID, and NESTEA brand names, as well as offers products of daily consumption and use under the NESTLE Milk, NESTLE SLIM Milk, NESTLE Fresh 'n' Natural Dahi, and NESTLE Jeera Raita brand names. The company is headquartered in Gurgaon, India. Nestle India Limited is a subsidiary of Nestle S.A.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Carlson]

  Nestle India continues to fire on all four cylinders and many shareholders in the company have enriched themselves investing in Nestle. The bulk of the company’s shareholding - 62% is held by the Swiss based parent company. Against a paid up equity of Rs 960 m, the reserves and surplus of Nestle India is a whopping Rs 4.9 bn. An EPS of Rs 68 per share (face value Rs 10) is a dream figure.

  A recent study report reveals that Nestle has the largest R&D facility in the global food industry and that Nestle India is a huge beneficiary of this research. With a gross sales turnover of Rs 52 bn in 2009, Nestle will rank as one of the largest FMCG MNCs in India. What better credentials a safe investor would want?