Mumbai: The Adani Group has gained the most in terms of value in the six months to April 2022, with an 88.1 percent jump to ₹ 17.6 lakh crore, a report said on Wednesday. In comparison, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries – which houses nearly all its ventures – saw a 13.4 percent rise in value to ₹ 18.87 lakh crore, which helped it retain the top rankings in Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 rankings.
Tata Consultancy Services came second at ₹ 12.97 lakh crore despite a 0.9 percent decline in value and was followed by HDFC Bank, Infosys, and ICICI Bank.
Among the firms led by the Ahmedabad-based Gautam Adani, the valuation for Adani Green Energy rose the fastest at 139 percent to ₹ 4.50 lakh crore, which catapulted it to the sixth spot from 16th just six months ago, the report said.
Adani Wilmar grew by nearly 190 percent to ₹ 66,427 crore and Adani Power reported a 157.8 percent growth to ₹ 66,185 crores, the report said, adding that the nine companies in the Adani group combined together saw an 88.1 percent surge in their value to ₹ 17.6 lakh crore and account for 7.6 percent of the top 500 companies now.
“The Adani Group companies in the review period increased their value by 88.1 percent, as against an increase of just 2 percent by the top 500 companies,” the report said.
Value of the top 500 companies in India increased marginally by 2 percent to ₹ 232 lakh crore from ₹ 221 lakh crore as on October 30, 2021, it said.
Despite the marginal growth, companies in the list, which is a compilation of non-state-owned companies, performed better than those in the 30-share BSE Sensex (down 4 percent) or the Nasdaq (down 17 percent), it said.
“Indian companies have weathered the storm and performed better than their global peers. It shows the inherent strength and depth of the Indian economy,” Hurun India’s managing director and chief researcher Anas Rahman Junaid said.
Among the unlisted companies, National Stock Exchange led with a 35.6 percent jump in its valuation to ₹ 2.28 lakh crore, while the Serum Institute of India had a 4.6 percent decline to ₹ 1.75 lakh crore and Byju’s saw a 24.7 percent jump to ₹ 1.68 lakh crore.
In companies that saw a decline in valuations and a slip in rankings, yoga exponent Ramdev-run Patanjali Ayurved saw a 17.9 percent decline in its value at ₹ 23,000 crores and slipped in the ranking to 184th spot from being ranked 34th.
The highest gain was by Vedant Fashions with growth in valuation of 313.9 percent, followed by Adani Wilmar and Billdesk at 172.9 percent, it said.
The banking sector rivals ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank displayed a trend of a decline in value with the second-largest lender restricting the decline to 3.9 percent, as against an over 15 percent decline for HDFC Bank.
The minimum valuation to make it into the top-500 valuation list was ₹ 5,800 crore or USD 760 million, and companies in the list came from 15 states led by Maharashtra. Mumbai alone is home to 159 of the companies, followed by Bengaluru at 59 and Gurugram at 38. (NDTV)
