Pharma Stocks getting Higher Attention in August: Expert View

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The Pharma Sector has been the most preferable sector that has been the main reason for the stocks to rise to 10000 level since the month of March 2020. Pharma sector has been the real bench behind the market moving all the way from the 8000 level. It has been three years since the pharma sector has regained its growth in stock market, and its comeback has been very sharp. 

The covid-19 Pandemic has caused severe supply side disruptions in various sectors and earning will be cut by 10-15 %. Pharma sector has emerged as a strong contender to drive the next leg of the rally. Not only in India, but globally too the pharma sector has performed well.  

The Public sector undertaking stocks like Titan, Larsen & Toubro are being re-rated. The four Major Pick-ups in the Pharma sectors include: Cipla (NSE-1.53%), Lupin, Dr Lal PathLabs, Ipca Laboratory and Cadila. These five pharma stocks should make up all the generic, the lab side and the API Contracts. Cadila, an Indian Pharmaceutical company is a manufacturer of Generic Drugs and Cadila has received Final Approval from the US Health regulator to market generic butalbital, acetaminophen and caffeine combination tablets to treat the symptoms of tension headaches. These five pharma stocks had played well. 

 The Pharma sector is in for-Profit Booking for the next week but the month of August will belong mostly to the large cap pharma stocks. Alembic Pharma is a very strong story but it is going through a consolidation and can actually underperform the index as the banks, and the others start to catch up. 

These five Stocks are very Credible Names, and they have got presence in nifty also and on the midcap index. These five stocks can outperform but there are limitations also. August is the right time to invest in pharma sectors. 

Several industry experts have given their view towards the Stocks of Pharma Sector. “The pharma stocks are expected to give 15% compounding returns over medium to long- term” says Aditya Khemani. Pharma as a sector will produce much better results. Pharma will not see as much of a de-growth as automobiles or consumer durables. Shares of Jubilant Life sciences increased to nearly 4% in Tuesday’s Trade after the company produced a statement that it has received drug regulator DCGI (The Drug Controller General of India). The company’s subsidiary Jubilant Generics has received the approval from DCGI to manufacture and market the investigational drug remdesivir 100mg/vial.