ITC

ITC
Cluster: Apple Green
Recommendation: Buy
Price target: Rs250
Current market price: Rs221

Price target revised to Rs250

 A price increase of additional 7-9% in the cigarette portfolio will have an impact on the sales volume of ITC's cigarette business, resulting in flattish sales for a quarter or two. However, once the prices are absorbed in the market, we expect the volume growth to improve in the subsequent quarters. Hence, we have reduced our cigarette business' volume growth expectation for FY2013 to 3.5% from 6% earlier.