India's Vedanta surges to near two-year high on CLSA upgrade

Reuters
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FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the logo of Vedanta outside its headquarters in Mumbai

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Vedanta Ltd's shares rose as much as 7.7% on Wednesday to their highest in nearly two years after CLSA upgraded the stock by two notches to "buy" from "underperform," expecting the miner to benefit from an ongoing metal price surge.

The company's shares have increased nearly 40% so far this year, compared with a 13% gain in the Nifty Metals index, against the backdrop of a jump in industrial and precious metals prices on expectations of global demand.

Vedanta's shares were last up 7.1% at 362 rupees on Wednesday.

CLSA also raised its price target on the company's stock to 390 rupees from 260 rupees, which is second highest after Nuvama's 394 rupees.

Of 12 analysts covering Vedanta's shares, six have a "buy" rating with a median price target of 305 rupees, according to LSEG data.

In addition to higher commodity prices, Vedanta's "efforts to raise capacity and profitability across segments through its ongoing capex program augurs well," CLSA said.

Vedanta's shares fell 16.2% last year after subdued quarterly results, which had prompted billionaire Anil Agarwal to undertake a sweeping overhaul that would carve up the metals-to-oil conglomerate into six separate businesses.

The group's shares were also under pressure due to parent Vedanta Resources' high debt levels and a string of credit downgrades for the parent.

While the parent's debt has reduced by $3.5 billion over the past two years, Vedanta Ltd's debt has increased by $4.7 billion to $7.5 billion, which "will be key to watch," CLSA said.

The brokerage also raised the estimate for Vedanta Ltd's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for 2024-2026 between 4% and 13%.

(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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