Deutsche Bank has upgraded Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ on underperformance over the last three months and cheap price-to-book valuations.
“The stocks are now trading at close to their five-year lows on PBV,” said the bank in a note on Tuesday.
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Deutsche reduced the target price for HPCL to Rs 225 and BPCL to Rs 450 from Rs 550 mainly on the assumption that under-recoveries will remain elevated due to high crude oil prices.
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At 12:52 a.m, shares of HPCL were up 2.55 percent at Rs 251.55 and BPCL up3 percent at Rs 497.25.
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