Does HDFC AMC deserve High Valuation ? Review

HDFC Asset Management Company – HDFC AMC has a strong brand pull (benefitting from parentage), relatively higher proportion of equity assets and continued delivery on fund performance make it one of the best plays to capitalize on the financial savings opportunity in the country.

Big Opportunity
MF AUM is just c.12% of GDP (vs global average of 62%). Long term AUM growth rates have been healthy (18% CAGR over last 19 years) and we see them sustaining in the future. Importantly, share of individual investors in the AUM has been inching up and the uptick in “sticky retail flows’ should shield the industry from cyclical whipsaws in the market. HDFCAMC is one of (more…)