Here are 16 stocks that can deliver up to 30% returns

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With Nifty surpassing the 17,200-mark, Axis Securities has revised its target for Nifty 50 upwards to 17,700 for December 2021 as it believes that the earnings momentum is likely to continue amid the gradual reopening of the economy as well as significant pick up in vaccination rates. In the current calendar year, Nifty 50 has already rallied 23.42% to 17,311. The brokerage firm believes that the current rally is supported by the sequential recovery of key high-frequency indicators such as Manufacturing PMI, the GST collection, and the Google Mobility Data which are all trending higher on an M-o-M basis. With this improvement in key macro data, FIIs turned ‘buyers’ in the equity market vs. the ‘net sellers’.

Rangebound volatility

In the recent past while the mid and small cap indices underperformed benchmark indices. The volatility index remained range-bound and hovered around the 13 mark in August, which is significantly lower than the long term of 22. “The volatility index will continue to remain around these levels which rules out chances of significant market correction in the near term,” noted the report released by Axis Securities.

Quality stocks in focus

According to the brokerage house quality theme is clearly back in focus. Likes of HUL have outperformed the market during the month of August indicating the market’s focus on sustaining returns. The report also stated that even in the mid and small cap space, quality stocks have outperformed the non-quality stocks by a significant margin. Moreover, this divergence is quite significant in the small caps as compared to the large caps, clearly indicating that the allocation will increasingly shift towards quality stocks across the board.

Top picks

While Q1FY22 earnings were a mixed bag, Nifty 50 earnings have seen further upgrades on account of an encouraging performance by metals, IT, and cement sectors. With earnings likely to sustain in the coming quarters Axis Securities has shortlisted these stock that can deliver up to 30% returns in the coming quarters.